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CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume 34, Issue 5, Pages E23-E25Publisher
UNIV CHICAGO PRESS
DOI: 10.1086/338870
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Phenotypic and molecular studies were conducted to characterize multiple influenza A isolates recovered from an immunocompromised patient who died of viral and fungal pneumonitis. The recovery of amantadine-resistant isolates was correlated with the detection of 2 drug-resistant M2 variants (codons 27 and 31) in combination with a wild-type virus. The mutant viruses persisted within the viral population in variable proportions >1 month after cessation of antiviral therapy. These results confirm animal studies reported elsewhere regarding the genetic stability of influenza M2 mutants and their potential for transmission in humans.
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