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AIDS Behav ; 19(4): 594-600, 2015 Apr.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25369887

RESUMO

Although the majority of HIV-infected patients who begin potent antiretroviral therapy should expect long-term virologic suppression, the realities in practice are less certain. Durability of viral suppression was examined to define the best timing of targeted adherence strategies and intensive viral load monitoring in an urban clinic population with multiple challenges to ART adherence. We examined the risk of viral rebound for patients who achieved two consecutive viral loads lower than the lower limit of quantification (LLOQ) within 390 days. For 791 patients with two viral loads below the LLOQ, viral rebound >LLOQ from the first viral load was 36.9 % (95 % CI 32.2-41.6) in the first year, 26.9 % (95 % CI 21.7-32.1) in the year following one year of viral suppression, and 24.6 % (95 % CI 18.4-30.9) in the year following 2 years of viral suppression. However, for patients with CD4 ≥300 cells/µl who had 3-6 years of virologic suppression, the risk of viral rebound was very low. At the population level, the risk of viral rebound in a complex urban clinic population is surprisingly high even out to 3 years. Intensified monitoring and adherence efforts should target this high risk period. Thereafter, confidence in truly durable virologic suppression is improved.


Assuntos
Terapia Antirretroviral de Alta Atividade , Infecções por HIV/tratamento farmacológico , Adesão à Medicação , RNA Viral/sangue , Carga Viral/métodos , Instituições de Assistência Ambulatorial , Contagem de Linfócito CD4 , Estudos de Coortes , Feminino , Infecções por HIV/sangue , HIV-1/genética , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Guias de Prática Clínica como Assunto , Estudos Retrospectivos , Fatores de Tempo , População Urbana
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Clin Infect Dis ; 56(9): 1340-3, 2013 May.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23315315

RESUMO

Among patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), those with HIV-1 RNA <200 copies/mL and CD4 counts ≥300 cells/µL had a 97.1% probability of maintaining durable CD4 ≥200 cells/µL for 4 years. When non-HIV causes of CD4 lymphopenia were excluded, the probability rose to 99.2%. Our data support less frequent CD4 monitoring during viral suppression.


Assuntos
Terapia Antirretroviral de Alta Atividade , Monitoramento de Medicamentos/métodos , Infecções por HIV/tratamento farmacológico , HIV-1/isolamento & purificação , Carga Viral , Contagem de Linfócito CD4 , Infecções por HIV/imunologia , Infecções por HIV/virologia , Humanos
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J Clin Microbiol ; 50(9): 3099-101, 2012 Sep.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22760043

RESUMO

The Abbott RealTime HCV Genotype II RUO (research use only) assay was evaluated using the automated Abbott RealTime m2000 system. Concordance was 98% (81/83 samples) with samples previously typed by the Versant HCV Genotype 2.0 RUO system with manual extraction. The total assay time was reduced from 10.5 to 6.0 h and hands-on time from 13 to 4 min/patient sample.


Assuntos
Hepacivirus/classificação , Hepacivirus/genética , Hepatite C/virologia , Técnicas de Diagnóstico Molecular/métodos , RNA Viral/genética , Virologia/métodos , Automação/métodos , Genótipo , Hepacivirus/isolamento & purificação , Humanos , Fatores de Tempo
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J Clin Microbiol ; 49(8): 3036-9, 2011 Aug.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21653774

RESUMO

Using real-time technology, we reliably identified chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and quantified virus from reflex samples originally submitted for serologic testing. There was no need to process specimens obtained directly for quantitation separately. Whether the initial source is a reflex sample or one obtained directly, a repeat HCV RNA test is needed before starting treatment.


Assuntos
Hepacivirus/isolamento & purificação , Hepatite C Crônica/diagnóstico , Manejo de Espécimes/métodos , Virologia/métodos , Hepatite C Crônica/virologia , Humanos , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase em Tempo Real/métodos , Sorologia
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PLoS One ; 8(2): e56845, 2013.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23437255

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: HIV-1 RNA and CD4 cell counts are important parameters for HIV care. The objective of this study was to assess the overall trends in HIV-1 viral load and CD4 cell counts within our clinic. METHODS: Patients with at least one of each test performed by the Infectious Diseases Laboratory from 1999 through 2011 were included in this analysis. By adapting a novel statistical model, log(10) HIV-1 RNA means were estimated by month, and log(10)-transformed HIV-1 RNA means were estimated by calendar year. Geometric means were calculated for CD4 cell counts by month and calendar year. Log(10) HIV-1 RNA and CD4 cell count monthly means were also examined with polynomial regression. RESULTS: There were 1,814 individuals with approximately 25,000 paired tests over the 13-year observation period. Based on each patient's final value of the year, the percentage of patients with viral loads below the lower limit of quantitation rose from 29% in 1999 to 72% in 2011, while the percentage with CD4 counts <200 cells/µL fell from 31% to 11%. On average annually, the mean HIV-1 RNA decreased by 86 copies/mL and the mean CD4 counts increased by 16 cells/µL. For the monthly means, the correlations (R(2)) from second-order polynomial regressions were 0.944 for log(10) HIV-1 RNA and 0.840 for CD4 cell counts. CONCLUSIONS: Marked improvements in HIV-1 RNA suppression and CD4 cell counts were achieved in a large inner-city population from 1999 through 2011. This success demonstrates that sustained viral control with improved immunologic status can be a realistic goal for most individuals in clinical care.


Assuntos
Contagem de Linfócito CD4 , Infecções por HIV/imunologia , Infecções por HIV/virologia , HIV-1 , Centros de Atenção Terciária , Carga Viral , Progressão da Doença , Seguimentos , Humanos , Estudos Retrospectivos , Fatores de Tempo
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Clin Vaccine Immunol ; 13(2): 235-8, 2006 Feb.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16467331

RESUMO

The TruGene human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) genotyping kit/OpenGene DNA sequencing system (Bayer HealthCare, Tarrytown, NY) reliably produced clinically acceptable resistance profiles for reverse transcriptase and protease inhibitors on patient samples diluted to approximately 100 copies/ml following extraction with the QIAamp viral RNA minikit (QIAGEN Inc., Valencia, CA). One modification of the standard protocol was made to guarantee PCR amplification: a centrifugation step to concentrate virus was added before RNA extraction. For genotypic antiretroviral resistance testing, no significant differences in the identification and sensitivity of detection for codon mutations, base mutations, and multibase sites were found between the original and diluted samples.


Assuntos
DNA Viral/genética , HIV-1/genética , Análise de Sequência de DNA/métodos , Fármacos Anti-HIV/farmacologia , Sequência de Bases , Códon/genética , Farmacorresistência Viral/genética , Genótipo , Infecções por HIV/tratamento farmacológico , Infecções por HIV/virologia , HIV-1/efeitos dos fármacos , HIV-1/isolamento & purificação , Humanos , Técnicas In Vitro , Testes de Sensibilidade Microbiana , Mutação , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase , Sensibilidade e Especificidade , Análise de Sequência de DNA/estatística & dados numéricos
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