title: Drug resistance. An updated, user-friendly guide to genotype interpretation.
abstract: Genotypic antiretroviral resistance testing (GART) has been shown to be of value in selecting antiretroviral therapy. Unfortunately, GART reports often are difficult to interpret and, at times, can be misleading. Published lists of "primary" resistance mutations often do not include the combinations of "secondary" mutations, which also limit the efficacy of antiretroviral agents. This article tries to rectify this situation by introducing a general approach to genotype interpretation and by providing more "user-friendly" tables of key single mutations and key mutation combinations.
authors.affiliation: Wayne State University, USA.
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: MacArthur
mesh_terms: D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial / Q000235:genetics*; D005838:Genotype; D006678:HIV / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics*; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000188:drug therapy; D016333:HIV Protease / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D009154:Mutation; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011480:Protease Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012194:RNA-Directed DNA Polymerase / Q000235:genetics; D018894:Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D011480:Protease Inhibitors; D018894:Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors; D012194:RNA-Directed DNA Polymerase; D016333:HIV Protease