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Evaluation of Genotypic Antiviral Resistance Testing as an Alternative to Phenotypic Testing in a Patient with DOCK8 Deficiency and Severe HSV-1 Disease.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 11 Jun 2020
Casto Amanda M, Stout Sean C, Selvarangan Rangaraj, Freeman Alexandra F, Newell Brandon D, Stahl Erin D, Ahmed Atif A, Greninger Alexander L, Yin Dwight E
Abstract excerpt
Antiviral resistance frequently complicates the treatment of herpes simplex virus (HSV) infections in immunocompromised patients. Here we present the case of an adolescent boy with dedicator of cytokinesis 8 (DOCK8) deficiency, who experienced recurrent infections with resistant HSV-1. We used both phenotypic and genotypic methodologies to characterize the resistance profile of HSV-1 in the patient and conclude...
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