Detection of Ganciclovir Resistance Mutations and Quantitation of Cytomegalovirus (CMV) DNA in Leukocytes of Patients with Fatal Disseminated CMV Disease
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) UL97 mutations associated with ganciclovir resistance at codons 460, 594, and 595 were detected by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) followed by restriction enzyme analysis in CMV blood isolates and directly in polymorphonuclear leukocyte (PMNL) DNA extracts of 4 subjects who die...
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Published in | The Journal of infectious diseases Vol. 173; no. 3; pp. 523 - 528 |
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Main Authors | , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Chicago, IL
The University of Chicago Press
01.03.1996
University of Chicago Press Oxford University Press |
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Summary: | Cytomegalovirus (CMV) UL97 mutations associated with ganciclovir resistance at codons 460, 594, and 595 were detected by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) followed by restriction enzyme analysis in CMV blood isolates and directly in polymorphonuclear leukocyte (PMNL) DNA extracts of 4 subjects who died of progressive disseminated CMV disease due to ganciclovir-resistant CMV strains. The CMV DNA load was also serially determined in leukocyte fractions of these patients using a quantitative-competitive PCR assay. There was excellent concordance between specific UL97 mutations in blood culture isolates and those detected in PMNL fractions for all patients. Emergence of such UL97 mutations during ganciclovir therapy was associated with an increasing CMV DNA burden in leukocytes of the 2 patients with AIDS but not in the 2 subjects with chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Rapid molecular strategies, including detection of common CMV UL97 mutations and CMV DNA quantitation, can be used directly in leukocytes of immunocompromised subjects with CMV disease to monitor antiviral therapy. |
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Bibliography: | istex:D24773538AA72DDA9A1B7AA7E423A0A4224BC905 Reprints or correspondence: Dr. Guy Boivin, Centre Hospitalier de I'Université Laval, Room 9500, 2705 Blvd. Laurier, Sainte-Foy, Quebec, Canada GIV 4G2. ark:/67375/HXZ-QZ066L68-X ObjectType-Article-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-1 content type line 23 ObjectType-Article-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 |
ISSN: | 0022-1899 1537-6613 |
DOI: | 10.1093/infdis/173.3.523 |