2021
Cerebrospinal Fluid Viral Load Across the Spectrum of Untreated Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1) Infection: A Cross-Sectional Multicenter Study
Ulfhammer G, Edén A, Antinori A, Brew BJ, Calcagno A, Cinque P, De Zan V, Hagberg L, Lin A, Nilsson S, Oprea C, Pinnetti C, Spudich S, Trunfio M, Winston A, Price RW, Gisslén M. Cerebrospinal Fluid Viral Load Across the Spectrum of Untreated Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1) Infection: A Cross-Sectional Multicenter Study. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2021, 75: 493-502. PMID: 34747481, PMCID: PMC9427147, DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciab943.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCSF HIV RNAWhite blood cell countPlasma HIV RNAUntreated human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infectionHuman immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infectionCSF white blood cell countVirus type 1 infectionHIV RNACopies/mLType 1 infectionMulticenter studyOpportunistic central nervous system infectionsCerebrospinal fluid HIV RNACerebrospinal fluid viral loadHigher CSF HIV RNALog10 copies/mLCentral nervous system infectionCross-sectional multicenter studyHIV RNA quantificationNervous system infectionTreatment-naive adultsBlood cell countLarge multicenter studyCNS compartmentalizationCSF discordance
2009
Raltegravir Cerebrospinal Fluid Concentrations in HIV-1 Infection
Yilmaz A, Gisslén M, Spudich S, Lee E, Jayewardene A, Aweeka F, Price RW. Raltegravir Cerebrospinal Fluid Concentrations in HIV-1 Infection. PLOS ONE 2009, 4: e6877. PMID: 19721718, PMCID: PMC2731205, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006877.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV-1 infectionRaltegravir concentrationsCerebrospinal fluidTreatment-experienced HIV-1-infected patientsSystemic HIV-1 infectionHIV-1-infected patientsHIV-1-infected individualsIntegrase inhibitorsCentral nervous system penetrationAntiretroviral treatment regimensDrug entryPlasma albumin ratioCerebrospinal fluid concentrationsBlood-CSF barrierCSF albumin concentrationPlasma raltegravir concentrationsTreatment regimensAlbumin ratioDrug classesCSF specimensHIV-1CSF samplesAlbumin concentrationFluid concentrationsLiquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry