Cost-effectiveness of genotypic antiretroviral resistance testing in HIV-infected patients with treatment failure.

BACKGROUND: Genotypic antiretroviral resistance testing (GRT) in HIV infection with drug resistant virus is recommended to optimize antiretroviral therapy, in particular in patients with virological failure. We estimated the clinical effect, cost and cost-effectiveness of using GRT as compared to ex...

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Main Authors: Pedram Sendi, Huldrych F Günthard, Mathew Simcock, Bruno Ledergerber, Jörg Schüpbach, Manuel Battegay, Swiss HIV Cohort Study
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1769464?pdf=render