A case of apparent resistance to all available antiretroviral drugs in a HIV-positive patient

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doi:10.1071/SH09032

A case of apparent resistance to all available antiretroviral drugs in a HIV-positive patient

Doris Chibo ^A ^C, Norman Roth ^B, Chris Birch ^A

^A Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, 10 Wreckyn Street, North Melbourne, Vic. 3051, Australia.
^B Prahran Market Clinic, 131 Commercial Road, South Yarra, Vic. 3141, Australia.
^C Corresponding author. Email: doris.chibo@mh.org.au





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Sexual Health 7(1) 82–84 http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH09032
Submitted: 16 March 2009 Accepted: 24 November 2009 Published online: 15 February 2010

Abstract

We describe a case of multidrug and class resistant HIV in a patient with psychological issues affecting his adherence. The complexities involved in subsequent treatment decisions when resistance interpretation algorithms are discordant are discussed.

Keywords: adherence factors, interpretive algorithms, multi-drug resistance, raltegravir resistance.