Darunavir is a good third-line antiretroviral agent for HIV type 1-infected patients failing second-line protease inhibitor-based regimens in South India

Shanmugam Saravanan, Vidya Madhavan, Pachamuthu Balakrishnan, Davey M. Smith, Sunil Suhas Solomon, Sathasivam Sivamalar, Selvamuthu Poongulali, Nagalingeswaran Kumarasamy, Robert T. Schooley, Suniti Solomon, Rami Kantor

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Abstract

Eleven protease mutations have been associated with reduced susceptibility to darunavir. In this study of 87 HIV-1-infected patients experiencing virological failure to second-line regimens containing protease inhibitors boosted with ritonavir (viral load >1,000 HIV RNA copies/ml), we observed a low prevalence (3%) of ≥3 darunavir resistance-Associated mutations, indicating that this drug may be a good option for third-line antiretroviral therapy in southern India.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)630-632
Number of pages3
JournalAIDS research and human retroviruses
Volume29
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 1 2013
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Immunology
  • Virology
  • Infectious Diseases

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