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Multiple ganciclovir-resistant strains in a newborn with symptomatic congenital human cytomegalovirus infection.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 May 2012
Campanini Giulia, Zavattoni Maurizio, Cristina Emilio, Gazzolo Diego, Stronati Mauro, Baldanti Fausto
Abstract excerpt
A case of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) drug-resistance in a congenitally infected newborn is described. Unusual aspects of this case include: (i) the detection of an extremely complex virus population, composed of a mixture of wild-type (wt) and multiple mutant ganciclovir (GCV) and valganciclovir (val-GCV) resistant strains carrying a variety of known mutations in UL97; (ii) the identification of novel UL97...
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