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Phenotypic evaluation of previously uncharacterized cytomegalovirus DNA polymerase sequence variants detected in a valganciclovir treatment trial.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 15 Apr 2014
Chou Sunwen, Boivin Guy, Ives Jane, Elston Robert
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BACKGROUND: In a large randomized trial comparing oral valganciclovir and intravenous ganciclovir for treatment of cytomegalovirus disease in solid organ transplantation, confirmed genotypic drug resistance was uncommon (<5%), but definitive interpretation was limited by the detection of 110 uncharacterized UL54 viral DNA polymerase sequence variants. METHODS: Based on treatment history and genetic locus of the...
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