Drug-Resistance Testing | NIH - Clinicalinfo
HIV drug-resistance testing is recommended at entry into care for people with HIV to guide the selection of the initial antiretroviral (ARV) regimen (AII). If antiretroviral therapy (ART) is deferred, repeat testing may be considered at the time of ART initiation (CIII).
Drug Resistance | NIH - HIVinfo
Aug 4, 2021 · Drug-resistance testing identifies which, if any, HIV medicines that will not be effective against a person’s HIV. Drug-resistance testing is done using a sample of blood. People with HIV should start taking HIV medicines as soon as possible after their HIV is diagnosed.
HIV Drug Resistance Testing - Stanford Health Care
HIV drug resistance testing determines whether a patient with HIV has a mutated form of the virus that does not respond to antiretroviral therapy (ART).
Fact Sheet: HIV Drug Resistance - World Health Organization …
May 21, 2024 · To stop HIV drug resistance: make optimal antiretroviral medicines available; retain patients in care and ensure adherence to treatment; increase access and use of viral load testing; and switch regimens rapidly in cases of confirmed treatment failure.
Resistance testing: genotype | Johns Hopkins HIV Guide
All prior and current drug-resistance testing results should be reviewed and considered when designing a new regimen for a patient experiencing virologic failure. ... et al. Performance of HIV-1 drug resistance testing at low-level viremia and its ability to predict future virologic outcomes and viral evolution in treatment-naive individuals ...
HIV Drug Resistance Testing - Labcorp
Drug resistance testing provides HIV-1 antiretroviral susceptibility data to assist clinicians in the selection of the most effective treatment regimen for each patient.
HIV Resistance Assays - Clinical Guidelines Program
Jun 20, 2023 · The guideline includes evidence-based recommendations for using HIV drug resistance testing to help improve ART outcomes. Toward that end, the goals of this guideline are to: Assist clinicians in determining when to order HIV drug resistance testing
Overview of HIV-1 drug resistance testing assays - UpToDate
Subsequently, HIV variants developed resistance to every available antiretroviral agent that has been identified. The evolution of drug resistance has significant clinical implications for choosing effective antiretroviral regimens. This topic will provide an overview of HIV drug resistance testing.
HIV Resistance Assays - NCBI Bookshelf - National Center for ...
The guideline includes evidence-based recommendations for using HIV drug resistance testing to help improve ART outcomes. Toward that end, the goals of this guideline are to: Assist clinicians in determining when to order HIV drug resistance testing
Benefits of resistance testing - Antiretroviral Resistance in …
In developed countries, resistance testing has been adopted as the standard of care for the treatment of HIV-1 infection. The clinical utility of resistance testing for therapeutic decision-making in patients who have failed antiretroviral drug therapy is no longer controversial.