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Detection of drug-resistant HIV minorities in clinical specimens and therapy failure

Louvel, S. and Battegay, M. and Vernazza, P. and Bregenzer, T. and Klimkait, T. and Hamy, F. and Swiss, HIV Cohort Study. (2008) Detection of drug-resistant HIV minorities in clinical specimens and therapy failure. HIV medicine, Vol. 9. pp. 133-141.

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Official URL: http://edoc.unibas.ch/dok/A6007117

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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Particularly for therapy-experienced patients, resistance assessment by genotypic or phenotypic methods produces discordances. This study seeks proof that differences may arise from the fact that genotyping produces a single summary sequence whereas replicative phenotyping (rPhenotyping) functionally detects and assigns resistances in mixed HIV populations. METHODS: For validation, defined mixes of wild-type and M184V mutant were analysed by rPhenotyping or standard genotyping. Allele-specific and quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) set detection and quantification limits for minor virus populations in vitro and in authentic clinical samples showing geno-/pheno-discrepant lamivudine resistance. RESULTS: Allele-specific and real-time PCR methods detected down to 0.3% of mutant M184V. The functional assessment was sensitive enough to reveal >1% of mutant M184V in mixed samples. Also in discordant samples from the diagnostic routine, in which rPhenotyping had identified drug resistance, real-time PCR confirmed minute amounts of mutant M184V. CONCLUSION: By utilizing the replication dynamics of HIV under drug pressure, a rPhenotyping format potently reveals relevant therapy-resistant minority species, even of HIV known to possess reduced replicative fitness. With its rapid turnaround of 8 days and its high sensitivity, our rPhenotyping system may be a valuable diagnostic tool for detecting the early emergence of therapy-threatening HIV minorities or the persistence of residual resistant virus.
Faculties and Departments:03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Biomedizin > Department of Biomedicine, University Hospital Basel > Infection Biology (Khanna)
03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Biomedizin > Division of Medical Microbiology > Molecular Virology (Klimkait)
UniBasel Contributors:Klimkait, Thomas and Battegay, Manuel E.
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:Blackwell
ISSN:1464-2662
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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