Article
Resistance to tenofovir-based regimens during treatment failure of subtype C HIV-1 in South Africa.
Antiviral therapy - 1 Jan 2013
Hoffmann Christopher J, Ledwaba Johanna, Li Jin-Fen, Johnston Victoria, Hunt Gillian, Fielding Katherine L, Chaisson Richard E, Churchyard Gavin J, Grant Alison D, Johnson Jeffrey A, Charalambous Salome, Morris Lynn
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) is increasingly available for patients infected with subtype C HIV-1. This subtype is reported to develop the principal TDF resistance mutation in the HIV reverse transcriptase, K65R, with greater propensity than other subtypes. We sought to describe K65R development during TDF use in a cohort of patients infected with subtype C HIV. METHODS: Using a prospectively...
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