Citation Information

Olson SC, Ngo-Giang-Huong N, Beck I, Deng W, Britto P, Shapiro DE, Bumgarner RE, Mullins JI, Van Dyke RB, Jourdain G, Frenkel LM (2015). Resistance detected by pyrosequencing following zidovudine monotherapy for prevention of HIV-1 mother-to-child-transmission. AIDS (London, England), 29(12), 1467-71. (pubmed) (doi)

Abstract

To prevent mother-to-child-transmission of HIV-1, the 2010 WHO guidelines recommended prenatal zidovudine (ZDV) monotherapy (option A). To determine if ZDV monotherapy selects for HIV resistance in antiretroviral-naive women during pregnancy, specimens from 50 individuals were examined using pyrosequencing. ZDV-resistance mutations were detected at delivery in seven women (14%, 95% confidence interval 6.6-26.5%). These data raise the question whether women administered ZDV monotherapy for prevention of mother-to-child-transmission could have higher risk of virologic failure when later started on combination antiretroviral therapy, as has been demonstrated following single-dose nevirapine prophylaxis.