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LIVER INTERNATIONAL
Volume 33, Issue 4, Pages 642-646Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/liv.12104
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drug resistance; hepatitis B
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- A*STAR from the NLAM Clinician Scientist Unit, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine [ETPL/10-S10/FSH-0007]
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Aim Few cases of primary entecavir resistance in chronic hepatitis B patients have been reported to date. The serial profiling of the HBV polymerase gene mutations from a treatment-naive patient who developed drug resistance after 32months of entecavir therapy is presented here. Design Serum samples were collected at multiple time points from before the start of therapy to virological and biochemical breakthrough. The evolution of the hepatitis B virus polymerase gene mutations was analysed with commercial line probe assay and pyrosequencing. Results Drug resistance mutation analysis by pyrosequencing revealed a two-step process in the selection of drug resistance. The patient had a good initial response to entecavir 0.5mg/day. A partially resistant HBV strain first emerged as the predominant species from as early as 2weeks. After a period of non-compliance to therapy, there was virological breakthrough, which resolved on restarting entecavir. Shortly after, there was secondary failure of entecavir therapy, caused by a new resistant strain carrying all three mutations required. Conclusion In this patient, pre-existence of minor population of partially resistant viral strains and treatment non-compliance probably contributed to his development of primary entecavir resistance.
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