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EnglishThe benefit of lamivudine (LAM) in hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is compromised by the progressively increasing emergence of drug-resistant mutant strains. Although the addition of adefovir dipivoxil (ADV) usually induces complete suppression of viral replication, primary non-response to ADV in LAM resistant patients has been reported in a variable percentage of cases. Here we report a case of a patient with HBV infection and hepatocellular carcinoma who started LAM therapy and subsequently developed virological breakthrough. The patient was given ADV, but HBV-DNA negativisation was not reached. However, HBV clearance was obtained when the patient was switched from ADV to tenofovir. Virological evaluations showed two well-known LAM-related mutations (rtL180M and rtM204I) in addition to reverse-transcriptase rtQ215H. This is the first case suggesting that this mutation may have an impact on viral replication. Finally, we also report that rtQ215H is responsive to tenofovir.
| Titolo: | Polymorphism rtQ215H in primary resistance to adefovir dipivoxil in hepatitis B virus infection: a case report |
| Autore/i: | MICCO, LORENZO; Fiorino S; LOGGI, ELISABETTA; Lorenzini S; VITALE, GIOVANNI; Cursaro C; RIILI, ANNA; BERNARDI, MAURO; ANDREONE, PIETRO |
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| Anno: | 2009 |
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| Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr.06.2008.0287 |
| Abstract: | The benefit of lamivudine (LAM) in hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is compromised by the progressively increasing emergence of drug-resistant mutant strains. Although the addition of adefovir dipivoxil (ADV) usually induces complete suppression of viral replication, primary non-response to ADV in LAM resistant patients has been reported in a variable percentage of cases. Here we report a case of a patient with HBV infection and hepatocellular carcinoma who started LAM therapy and subsequently developed virological breakthrough. The patient was given ADV, but HBV-DNA negativisation was not reached. However, HBV clearance was obtained when the patient was switched from ADV to tenofovir. Virological evaluations showed two well-known LAM-related mutations (rtL180M and rtM204I) in addition to reverse-transcriptase rtQ215H. This is the first case suggesting that this mutation may have an impact on viral replication. Finally, we also report that rtQ215H is responsive to tenofovir. |
| Data prodotto definitivo in UGOV: | 2013-06-25 |
| Appare nelle tipologie: | 1.01 Articolo in rivista |
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