Advances in the genotypic diagnosis of cytomegalovirus antiviral drug resistance

S Chou - Antiviral research, 2020 - Elsevier
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) drug resistance mutation maps are updated with recent information
for polymerase inhibitors, the terminase inhibitor letermovir and the UL97 kinase inhibitor …

The biology of cytomegalovirus drug resistance

M Hakki, S Chou - Current opinion in infectious diseases, 2011 - journals.lww.com
An increasing volume of information correlating CMV genotypes and drug susceptibility
phenotypes is becoming available. This will improve the interpretation of sequence-based …

Detection of cytomegalovirus drug resistance mutations by next-generation sequencing

MK Sahoo, MI Lefterova, F Yamamoto… - Journal of clinical …, 2013 - Am Soc Microbiol
Antiviral therapy for cytomegalovirus (CMV) plays an important role in the clinical
management of solid organ and hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients. However …

A new tool linking human cytomegalovirus drug resistance mutations to resistance phenotypes

M Chevillotte, J von Einem, BM Meier, FM Lin… - Antiviral research, 2010 - Elsevier
Drug resistant strains of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) in patients at risk may increasingly
develop into a problem in the clinical setting. Genotypic resistance testing is becoming the …

Improved detection of emerging drug-resistant mutant cytomegalovirus subpopulations by deep sequencing

S Chou, RJ Ercolani, MK Sahoo… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2014 - Am Soc Microbiol
In immunosuppressed hosts, the development of multidrug resistance complicates the
treatment of cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection. Improved genotypic detection of impending …

Antiviral drug resistance of human cytomegalovirus

NS Lurain, S Chou - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2010 - Am Soc Microbiol
The study of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) antiviral drug resistance has enhanced
knowledge of the virological targets and the mechanisms of antiviral activity. The currently …

Antiviral drug resistance in human cytomegalovirus

S Chou - Transplant infectious disease, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
Drug‐resistant cytomegalovirus (CMV) should be considered when viral shedding persists
after several weeks of therapy. The problem is most likely to arise in the setting of a severely …

Approach to drug-resistant cytomegalovirus in transplant recipients

S Chou - Current opinion in infectious diseases, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Technical advancements can enhance the accurate and timely genotypic detection of drug
resistance. Antivirals undergoing clinical trial offer the prospect of new viral targets and drug …

Detection of low frequency multi-drug resistance and novel putative maribavir resistance in immunocompromised pediatric patients with cytomegalovirus

CJ Houldcroft, JM Bryant, DP Depledge… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is a significant pathogen in immunocompromised
individuals, with the potential to cause fatal pneumonitis and colitis, as well as increasing the …

Rapid In Vitro Evolution of Human Cytomegalovirus UL56 Mutations That Confer Letermovir Resistance

S Chou - Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
Letermovir (LMV) is an experimental cytomegalovirus terminase inhibitor undergoing phase
3 clinical trials. Viral mutations have been described at UL56 codons 231 to 369 that confer …