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Role of Rilpivirine and Etravirine in Efavirenz and Nevirapine-Based Regimens Failure in a Resource-Limited Country: A Cross- Sectional Study.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2016
Teeranaipong Phairote, Sirivichayakul Sunee, Mekprasan Suwanna, Ohata Pirapon June, Avihingsanon Anchalee, Ruxrungtham Kiat, Putcharoen Opass
Abstract excerpt
INTRODUCTION: Etravirine(ETR) can be used for patients who have failed NNRTI-based regimen. In Thailand, ETR is approximately 45 times more expensive than rilpivirine(RPV). However, there are no data of RPV use in NNRTI failure. Therefore, we assessed the susceptibility and mutation patterns of first line NNRTI failure and the possibility of using RPV compared to ETV in patients who have failed efavirenz(EFV)-...
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