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| Diaz,Ricardo Sobhie; Sucupira,Maria Cecilia A; Vergara,Tania RC; Brites,Carlos; Bianco,Rosana Del; Bonasser Filho,Francisco; Colares,Geova Keny B; Portela,Estevão; Cherman,Lia Adler; Barcelos,Nemora Tregnago; Tupinambas,Unai; Turcato Jr,Gilberto; Allamasey,Lisa; Bacheler,Lee; Tuohy,Martin. |
| OBJECTIVE: To investigates how the use of HIV-1 resistance tests influences physician decision-making. METHODS: Ten experienced reference physicians from the Brazilian Network for Drug Resistance each received ten patients' case histories. The selected patients had experienced at least two virological failures. First, reference physicians were asked to empirically select a new regimen for each patient. Second, after genotype report (ViroSeq 2.6) was provided, and physicians were again asked to select a new regimen considering this additional information. Finally, they were asked to select a regimen after receiving a virtual phenotype result (vircoTYPE 3.9.00). RESULTS: In 79% of the cases, physicians changed their empirical choice of regimen after... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Genotype; Virtual phenotype; Antiretroviral resistance; Brazil. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702010000500011 |
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