title: Effects of a combination of zidovudine, didanosine, and lamivudine on primary human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection.
abstract: A combination of zidovudine, didanosine, and lamivudine was used to treat 10 patients with primary human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection 5-28 days after the onset of symptoms. When therapy began, the mean plasma HIV-1 RNA level was 5.31 +/- 0.33 log10 copies/mL and the mean CD4 T cell count was 630 +/- 112 x 10(6)/L. The plasma HIV-1 RNA level decreased rapidly, and levels dropped below the cutoff in each case after 108 +/- 32 days. Lymph nodes from 5 patients were biopsied before therapy and during follow-up. Infectious HIV-1 could not be cultivated from any lymph node mononuclear cells taken on day 90, and HIV-1 RNA was at very low levels in lymph nodes after 1 year. In some cases, waning of the antibody response to HIV-1 was shown by Western blot after several months of undetectable plasma RNA. These data demonstrate that triple-drug therapy has a potent antiviral effect during primary HIV-1 infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, General Hospital, Toulon, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lafeuillade
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Poggi
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tamalet
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Profizi
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tourres
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Costes
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000276:immunology; D019380:Anti-HIV Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016516:CD4-CD8 Ratio; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000097:blood; D016049:Didanosine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000276:immunology; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D019259:Lamivudine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000821:virology; D008297:Male; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011533:Proviruses / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000097:blood; D015215:Zidovudine / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D019380:Anti-HIV Agents; D004279:DNA, Viral; D012367:RNA, Viral; D019259:Lamivudine; D015215:Zidovudine; D016049:Didanosine