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Cytomegalovirus polymerase chain reaction viraemia in patients receiving ganciclovir maintenance therapy for retinitis.
AIDS (London, England) - 16 Apr 1998
Bowen E F, Emery V C, Wilson P, Johnson M A, Davey C C, Sabin C A, Farmer D, Griffiths P D
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OBJECTIVES: To determine whether recurrence of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) viraemia during maintenance ganciclovir for cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis correlates with (i) CMV disease at a new anatomical site, (ii) progression of the presenting retinitis, or (iii) acquisition of genetic changes in gene UL97 associated with resistance to ganciclovir. DESIGN: A previously described cohort of 45 patients...
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