title: Synergistic inhibition of human immunodeficiency virus isolates (including 3'-azido-3'-deoxythymidine-resistant isolates) by foscarnet in combination with 2',3'-dideoxyinosine or 2',3'-dideoxycytidine.
abstract: The combinations of foscarnet plus 2',3'-dideoxyinosine and foscarnet plus 2',3'-dideoxycytidine synergistically inhibit the replication of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 isolates, including two 3'-azido-3'-deoxythymidine-resistant isolates. The combination of 2',3'-dideoxyinosine plus 2',3'-dideoxycytidine showed additive inhibition of the majority of the human immunodeficiency virus isolates tested. All three combinations showed pronounced antagonistic cytotoxicity and thus were less toxic to the growth of peripheral blood mononuclear cells than the separate drugs.
authors.affiliation: Virology Department, Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Palmer
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Harmenberg
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cox
mesh_terms: D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000633:toxicity; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D016049:Didanosine / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000633:toxicity; D004338:Drug Combinations; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D004357:Drug Synergism; D017245:Foscarnet / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000633:toxicity; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D009000:Monocytes / Q000187:drug effects; D016047:Zalcitabine / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000633:toxicity; D015215:Zidovudine / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000998:Antiviral Agents; D004338:Drug Combinations; D017245:Foscarnet; D015215:Zidovudine; D016047:Zalcitabine; D016049:Didanosine