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Prolonged persistence of lamivudine-resistant mutant and emergence of new lamivudine-resistant mutants two years after lamivudine withdrawal in HBsAg-positive chronic hepatitis patient: a case report.
Infection - 1 Oct 2008
Orlando R, Tosone G, Portella G, Veropalumbo E, D'Onofrio M, Piazza M
Abstract excerpt
Lamivudine can select resistant hepatitis B virus (HBV) tyrosine-methionine-aspartate-aspartate aminoacid motif (YMDD) mutants, which usually disappear in few months after lamivudine withdrawal. We report an unusual case of a male adult patient who showed a prolonged persistence of the M204I mutation up to 24 months after lamivudine withdrawal followed by the emergence of new distinct YMDD mutants (namely M204V,...
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