A case of ganciclovir-resistant cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis in a patient with AIDS: Longitudinal molecular analysis of the CMV viral load and viral mutations in blood compartments

AIDS

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 867-873

  Boivin, Guy ^a   Gilbert, Christian ^a   Morissette, Michel ^a   Handfield, Julie ^a   Goyette, Nathalie ^a   Bergeron, Michel G ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

AIDS; Cytomegalovirus; Ganciclovir; Resistance; Viral load

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; FOSCARNET; GANCICLOVIR; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; VIRUS DNA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINITIS; VIRUS MUTATION;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS RETINITIS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; GANCICLOVIR; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MUTATION; NEUTROPHILS; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (ALCOHOL GROUP ACCEPTOR); POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 0030994405     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199707000-00005     Document Type: Article

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