Three HIV-infected patients with chronic hepatitis B (genotype A) were switched to adefovir therapy after unsuccessful lamivudine treatment. Surprisingly, adefovir therapy failed, although none of the virus isolates displayed mutations known to be associated with adefovir resistance (A181V, N236T). In two isolates we identified hepatitis B virus DNA polymerase mutation L217R, in one case we found multiple frameshifts in the same region. In all cases adefovir was replaced by tenofovir, resulting in a significant drop in the viral load.
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Univ Paris 12, Serv Virol, Hop Henri Mondor, Dept Virol, F-94010 Creteil, FranceUniv Paris 12, Serv Virol, Hop Henri Mondor, Dept Virol, F-94010 Creteil, France
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Univ Paris 12, Serv Virol, Hop Henri Mondor, Dept Virol, F-94010 Creteil, FranceUniv Paris 12, Serv Virol, Hop Henri Mondor, Dept Virol, F-94010 Creteil, France