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Mutations at codons 54 and 82 of HIV protease predict virological response of HIV-infected children on salvage lopinavir/ritonavir therapy.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Dec 2005
Luis Jiménez José, Resino Salvador, Martinez-Colom Alberto, Bellón Jose Ma, Angeles Muñoz-Fernández Ma
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Lopinavir/ritonavir is a protease inhibitor (PI) that has shown great effectiveness as salvage therapy in PI-experienced HIV-infected children. OBJECTIVES: To study whether mutations in the HIV-1 protease gene can reliably predict virological responses to salvage therapy with lopinavir/ritonavir in HIV-infected children. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We carried out a prospective study in 56 HIV-infected...
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