Discordant Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 drug resistance mutations, including K103N, observed in cerebrospinal fluid and plasma

Clin Infect Dis. 2002 Jul 1;35(1):82-3. doi: 10.1086/340865. Epub 2002 Jun 7.

Abstract

Discordant resistance mutations were seen in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) isolated from specimens of blood and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) obtained from 3 of 6 patients. To our knowledge, this is the first report of HIV-1 isolated from CSF harboring the K103N mutation, which confers resistance to the nonnucleoside reverse-transcriptase inhibitors, and this finding may indicate that virus in the CSF replicates independently from virus in the blood compartment.

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Substitution
  • Asparagine / genetics
  • Drug Resistance, Microbial / genetics*
  • HIV-1 / drug effects
  • HIV-1 / genetics*
  • Humans
  • Lysine / genetics
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Mutation
  • RNA, Viral* / blood
  • RNA, Viral* / cerebrospinal fluid
  • Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors / pharmacology

Substances

  • RNA, Viral
  • Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors
  • Asparagine
  • Lysine