Article
Resistance to antiretrovirals in HIV-infected pregnant women.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 May 2009
Weinberg Adriana, Forster-Harwood Jeri, McFarland Elizabeth J, Pappas Jennifer, Davies Jill K, Kinzie Kay, Barr Emily A, Paul Suzanne M, Salbenblatt Carol R, Soda Elizabeth, Vazquez Anna, Levin Myron J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Antiretrovirals suppress HIV replication and prevent mother-to-child-transmission of HIV (PMTCT). Resistance to antiretrovirals may reduce the efficacy of PMTCT and/or complicate treatment of maternal or infant infection. OBJECTIVES: To assess resistance to antiretrovirals during pregnancy. DESIGN: Retrospective chart review of 44 pregnancies. RESULTS: Twenty-two patients were antiretroviral...
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