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. 2014 Aug 28;9(8):e105736. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0105736

Table 2. Resistance Associated Mutations (RAMs) among naive and ART pre-treated patients with virological failure (VL>3 log/ml).

Naive ART Pre-exposed Total Pre-exposed
First line First line First line Second line
N = 164 N = 39 N = 203 N = 6
Virological failure 10 (6.0) 14 (35.8) 24 (11.8) 3 (50)
Median Viral load, log10 copies/ml 4.3 [IQR: 3.7–4.4] 4.8 [IQR: 4.1–5.5] -
Genotyping test 7/10 (70.0) 12/14 (85.7) 19 (9.3) 3 (100)
At least one RAMs 7 (100) 10 (83.3) 17 (89.4) 2 (66.6)
≥3 NRTI mutations 2 (28.5) 8 (53.3) 10 (45.5) 1 (33.3)
≥3 NNRTI mutations 5 (71.4) 5 (33.3) 10 (45.5) 2 (66.6)
NRTI resistance
3TC resistance 7 (100) 9 (75) 16 (84.2) 2 (66.6)
D4T resistance 4 (57.1) 8 (66.6) 12 (63.2) 1 (33.3)
AZT resistance 2 (20.0) 7 (58.3) 9 (47.4) 1 (33.3)
ABC resistance 1 (12.2) 3 (25.5) 4 (21.1) 0 (0)
TDF resistance 1 (14..2) 1 (8.3) 2 (10.5) 0 (0)
DDI resistance 1 (14..2) 5 (33.3) 6 (31.6) 0 (0)
NNRTI resistance
NVP resistance 7 (100) 8 (66.6) 15 (78.9) 2 (66.6)
EFV resistance 7 (100) 8 (66.6) 15 (78.9) 2 (66.6)
ETV resistance 0 (0) 3 (25.0) 3 (15.8) 1 (33.3)
RPV resistance 0(0) 2 (16.6) 3 (15.8) 0 (0)
PI resistance
LPVr resistance not done 0/3 (0) 0/3 (0)
ATVr resistance not done 0/3 (0) 0/3 (0)

Numbers and (percentages). Median and (interquartile range: IQR).

Stavudine (D4T), tenofovir (TDF), azidothymidine (AZT), lamivudine (3TC), nevirapine (NVP), efavirenz (EFV), abacavir (ABC), lopinavir/r (LPVr) (/r: ritonavir as a booster), atanazavir/r (ATVr), didanosine (DDI) or darunavir (DRVr).