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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2 Suppl 1
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-1-13
pubmed:abstractText
The evaluation of resistance test perception by clinicians over the years 1999--2003 was assessed in an Italian cohort. The results on 2233 samples from 1416 HIV-1 infected patients show an increase in HIV-1 drug resistance test requests over time, with a plateau reached in the last three years. CD4-cell count at the time of genotype request progressively increased. In particular, the median CD4 cell count of drug-treated patients increased from 221x10(6) cells/l [interquartile range (IQR): 109-368] in 1999 to 296x10(6) cells/l (IQR: 166-478) in 2003 (p<0.0001). At the same time, plasma HIV-RNA level progressively decreased from a median of 103,500 copies/ml (IQR: 37,250-260,000) in 1999 to 9,444 copies/ml (IQR: 2,086-41,281) in 2003 (p<0.0001). Overall, data suggest that the genotype test is increasingly considered, and requested also for patients at earlier stages of drug history and/or at less severe disease stage.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1121-7138
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
27
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
141-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-2-25
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Temporal change in the use of genotypic resistance testing over the years 1999--2003.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't