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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 May 6.
Published in final edited form as: J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. 2008;19(2):158–165. doi: 10.1016/j.jana.2007.08.003

Table 1.

Patient Characteristics

Patient Age (year/sex) Antiretrovira Medications* CD4 count at start of DOT (cells/m3) HIV concentration (viral load) at start of DOT (RNA copies/ml) HIV concentration (viral load) at end of DOT (RNA copies/ml) Length of time on Regimen at start of DOT Adherence Monitoring Number of NRTI/PI Mutations
1 15/F AZT/3TC/TDF/SQV/LPV/r 183 (11%) 80,700 (4.91 log) 25, 900 (4.41 log) 24 weeks Interview, MEMS, Drug levels, Pill count 5/9
2 14/F AZT/3TC/LPV/r 119 (11%) 43,800 (4.64 log) 25, 900 (4.41 log) 126 weeks Interview 4/3
3 19/F TDF/DDI/EFV/LPV/r 400 (29%) 17, 200 (4.23 log) 46,700 (4.67 log) 144 weeks Interview 6/9
4 17/M AZT/3TC/ABC/TDF/SQV/LPV/r 50 (6%) 41,600 (4.62 log) 11,000 (4.04 log) 24 weeks Interview, MEMS, Drug levels, Pill count 9/10
5 18/M AZT/3TC/ABC/TDF/APV/ATV/RTV 5 (1%) 2,400,000 (6.38 log) 8,390 (3.92 log) 10 weeks Interview Pill count 8/10

Major NRTI mutations:41L,44D, 67N, 215Y, 219Q, 184V, 215F, 69D, 70R, 74I, 75M, 118I, 210W, 184I, 210Y, 219R

Major PI mutations: 10I, 20R, 32I, 33F, 47V, 54V, 71V, 82A, 90M, 10F, 84V, 46I, 73S, 54L,63P, 82T

*

Antiretroviral Medications: ABC = Abacavir APV = Amprenavir ATV = Atazanavir AZT = Zidovudine 3TC = Lamivudine TDF = Tenofovir SQV = Saquinavir LPV/r = Lopinavir/ritonavir DDI = Didanosine EFV=Efavirenz