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. 2019 Nov;21(6):961–970. doi: 10.1016/j.jmoldx.2019.06.003

Table 5.

NRTI Resistance Mutations and Estimated NRTI Resistance Levels

SID Sanger and NGS Sanger alone NGS alone Sanger score → NGS score
FTC/3TC ABC AZT TDF
Samples for which NGS reported higher levels of drug resistance for one or more NRTIs
 30_PR,RT K65KE (10.5%) 1 1 → 2 1 1 → 2
 34_PR,RT M41L (99.2%), D67N (90.9%), M184MV (50.1%), L210W (96.9%), T215Y (96.2%) 1 → 5 1 → 5 1 → 5 1 → 4
 104_PR,RT D67DN (7.8%) 1 1 1 → 3 1
 111_PR,RT T215TS (5.6%) 1 1 1 → 3 1
 154_PR,RT M41ML M184MV (6.8%) 1 → 5 1 → 3 3 → 1 1
 183_PR,RT K65KE (4.4%) 1 1 → 2 1 1 → 2
 184_PR,RT L210LW (6.8%) 1 1 1 → 3 1
 254_PR,RT D67DN (5.4%) 1 1 1 → 3 1

Samples for which Sanger reported higher levels of drug resistance for one or more NRTIs

 31_PR,RT K219KR 1 1 2 → 1 1
 50_PR,RT T215TA 1 1 3 → 1 1
 88_PR,RT T215TILP 1 1 3 → 1 1
 121_PR,RT T215TADN 1 1 3 → 1 1
 154_PR,RT M41ML M184MV (6.8%) 1 → 5 1 → 3 3 → 1 1

Samples for which Sanger or NGS detected different DRMs, but for which levels of NRTI resistance were the same

 83_PR,RT M41ML T69D T69DN (86.1%; 10.6%) 1 2 4 2
 103_PR,RT M184V D67DN (5.0%) 5 3 1 1
 105_PR,RT A62AV (5.9%) 1 1 1 1
 123_PR,RT M41L,T215E K65KE (3.4%) 1 3 4 3
 157_PR,RT M184IV M184I (99.3%) 5 3 2 1
 214_PR,RT M184I K70Q K70NQ (27.2%; 70.1%) 5 4 1 3
 281_PR,RT M184V M184IV (4.3%; 91.4%) 5 3 1 1

Predicted levels of drug resistance according to the HIVdb genotypic resistance interpretation system: susceptible, 1; potential low-level resistance, 2; low-level resistance, 3; intermediate resistance, 4; high-level resistance, 5. Percent mixtures are shown in parentheses. All samples listed in this table are subtype B.

ABC, abacavir; AZT, azidothymidine; DRM, drug resistance mutation; FTC/3TC, emtricitabine/lamivudine; NGS, next-generation sequencing; NRTI, nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor; PR, protease; RT, reverse transcriptase; SID, sample ID; TDF, tenofovir.