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Early emergence of ganciclovir-resistant human cytomegalovirus strains in children with primary combined immunodeficiency.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Aug 1998
Wolf D G, Yaniv I, Honigman A, Kassis I, Schonfeld T, Ashkenazi S
Abstract excerpt
Children with primary combined immunodeficiency (CID) and human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection often deteriorate despite antiviral therapy. In this study, the emergence of ganciclovir-resistant strains was examined in 6 children with CID and HCMV infection, using sequence analysis of the HCMV UL97 gene and virus susceptibility assays. Mutations in the proposed ATP binding site associated with ganciclovir...
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