Impact of HIV drug resistance on virologic and immunologic failure and mortality in a cohort of patients on antiretroviral therapy in China
Liao L, Xing H, Su B, Wang Z, Ruan Y, Wang X, Liu Z, Lu Y, Yang S, Zhao Q, Vermund SH, Chen RY, Shao Y. Impact of HIV drug resistance on virologic and immunologic failure and mortality in a cohort of patients on antiretroviral therapy in China. AIDS 2013, 27: 1815-1824. PMID: 23803794, PMCID: PMC3694318, DOI: 10.1097/qad.0b013e3283611931.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCombination antiretroviral therapyHIV drug resistanceImmunologic failureHigh mortalityVirologic failureAntiretroviral therapyEmergence of HIVDRBaseline CD4 cell countDrug resistanceCD4 cell countCohort of patientsSecond-line drugsEnd of studyProportional hazards modelRural Chinese countiesHIVDR mutationsMedian timePatient adherenceKaplan-MeierChinese patientsRisk factorsHazards modelPatientsCell countMortality