… drug-resistant viruses [ 6–8 ]. We report here a case of progressive CMV retinitis in an AIDS
patient treated with … An extensive study of the viral DNA load and resistance-associated viral …

… UL97 gene in which ganciclovir-resistant mutations have been found, … , the virus load in the
vitreous of eyes with CMV retinitis may … the longitudinal profile of patients' vitreous and blood …

… used to study the viral fitness of different UL97 mutants and … first progression of retinitis
according to (a) blood viral load at … identification of HCMV ganciclovir resistant isolates. Drew et …

… values of CMV viral load measured in many patients precede … the eye and the blood
compartment. The gB2 genotype was … CMV and the other herpes viruses, or between CMV and …

… CMV Retinitis The dramatically increased proportion of … This effect is stronger than the
association of HIV viral load with … patients develop disease due to ganciclovir-resistant mutants, …

… who show an increase or plateauing of CMV viral load levels … immunocompromised
HIV-infected patients with CMV retinitis who … of a UL97 ganciclovir resistant mutation (L595S). The …

… reported only in patients harbouring ganciclovir-resistant UL97-mutant … patient with AIDS:
longitudinal molecular analysis of the CMV viral load and viral mutations in blood compartments…

… UL97 mutations associated with GCV resistance in blood … HCMV strains restricted to specific
body compartments (44, 84). … for at least 1 week after the viral load becomes undetectable. …

… CMV viral load may aiso be a useful predictor. GENERAL OBJECTIVE: To determine risk
factors for CMV retinitis in patients with AIDS… in HIV pathogenesis include HIV mutations that …

… AIDS patients with first episode CMV retinitis have a significantly higher mortality rate if their
CMV viral load in blood is … and found the same mutations in the blood of 11 of these patients, …