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. 1998 Apr;42(4):868–872. doi: 10.1128/aac.42.4.868

TABLE 4.

Summary data for patients shedding ACV-resistant virusa

Immune status Patient no. Disease status Isolation site Virus type Phenotype IC50 (μM) Treatment history Dose
Immunocompetent 1 Genital Genital 2 UC 12 None
2 Genital Genital 2 TKD 18 ACV cream
3 Genital Genital 2 TKA 5.5 None
4 Genital Genital 2 UC 19 None
5 Keratitis Eye 2 TKD 110 No information
Immunocompromised 6 HIV positive Genital 1 TKD 22 Prophylaxis (oral) 400 mg BID
7 Lung transplant Lung 1 TKD 43 Prophylaxis (oral) 200 mg BID
8 AML Oral 1 TKD 19 Treatment (oral) Not known
9 BMT Oral 1 TKA 40 Treatment (oral) 200 mg QID
10 BMT Oral 1 TKD 11 Prophylaxis (oral) 200 mg 5× daily
11 Heart transplant Oral 1 TKD 3 Treatment (oral)b 200 mg TID
a

Abbreviations: UC, uncharacterized phenotype; BID, twice daily; QID, four times daily; TID, three times daily; AML, acute myelocytic leukemia; BMT, bone marrow transplant. 

b

This patient also received ganciclovir.