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SUBMITTER: Mukaide M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2812155 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mukaide Motokazu M Tanaka Yasuhito Y Shin-I Tadasu T Yuen Man-Fung MF Kurbanov Fuat F Yokosuka Osamu O Sata Michio M Karino Yoshiyasu Y Yamada Gotaro G Sakaguchi Kohsaku K Orito Etsuro E Inoue Manami M Baqai Sumbella S Lai Ching-Lung CL Mizokami Masashi M
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 20091123 2
The mechanism by which entecavir resistance (ETVr) substitutions of hepatitis B virus (HBV) can induce breakthrough (BT) during ETV therapy is largely unknown. We conducted a cross-sectional study of 49 lamivudine (LVD)-refractory patients and 59 naïve patients with chronic hepatitis B. BT was observed in 26.8% of the LVD-refractory group during weeks 60 to 144 of ETV therapy. A line probe assay revealed ETVr substitutions only in the LVD-refractory group, i.e., in 4.9% of patients at baseline, ...[more]