Article
High drug resistance prevalence among vertically HIV-infected patients transferred from pediatric care to adult units in Spain.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
de Mulder Miguel, Yebra Gonzalo, Navas Adriana, de José María Isabel, Gurbindo María Dolores, González-Tomé María Isabel, Mellado María José, Saavedra-Lozano Jesús, Muñoz-Fernández María Ángeles, de Ory Santiago Jiménez, Ramos José Tomás, Holguín Africa
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Antiretroviral treatment (ART) has contributed to increased life expectancy of HIV-1 infected children. In developed countries, an increasing number of children reaching adulthood are transferred to adult units. The objectives were to describe the demographic and clinical features, ART history, antiviral drug resistance and drug susceptibility in HIV-1 perinatally infected adolescents transferred to...
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