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Prior exposure to lamivudine increases entecavir resistance risk in chronic hepatitis B Patients without detectable lamivudine resistance.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Jan 2014
Lee Jeong-Hoon, Cho Yuri, Lee Dong Hyeon, Lee Minjong, Yoo Jeong-ju, Choi Won-mook, Cho Young Youn, Lee Yun Bin, Yu Su Jong, Yoon Jung-Hwan, Lee Hyo-Suk, Kim Yoon Jun
Abstract excerpt
The efficacy of entecavir (ETV) treatment in chronic hepatitis B (CHB) patients who were exposed to lamivudine (LAM) but had no detectable LAM resistance (LAM-R) is not well evaluated. In this study, we aimed to evaluate whether the probability of developing genotypic resistance to ETV in LAM-exposed patients with or without LAM-R is comparable to that in antiviral-naive patients. This retrospective cohort study...
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