| Literature DB >> 1326585 |
W A Tatarowicz1, N S Lurain, K D Thompson.
Abstract
Clinical isolates of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) were screened for susceptibility to ganciclovir by plaque-reduction assay and in situ ELISA. A pretreatment isolate of HCMV obtained from the bronchial brushing of a heart transplant recipient contained both ganciclovir-susceptible and -resistant virus. Ganciclovir-susceptible (P8) and -resistant (D16) strains were further isolated by plaque purification. Both strains phosphorylated ganciclovir at levels similar to the ganciclovir-susceptible strain AD169. D16 was also resistant to phosphonoformic acid and to (S)-1-(3-hydroxy-2-phosphonylmethoxypropyl)adenine and cytosine. These data suggest that the resistance of D16 to these drugs results from a mutation in the viral DNA polymerase gene.Entities:
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Year: 1992 PMID: 1326585 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/166.4.904
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Infect Dis ISSN: 0022-1899 Impact factor: 5.226