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Poor adherence and the subsequent development of drug resistance is one reason why HIV treatment can fail. A drug-resistant HIV strain is one which is less susceptible to the effects of one or more anti-HIV drugs.

Treatment guidelines

Updates to US HIV treatment guidelines

News
11 January 2011
Resistance

Uganda: HIV's Deadliest Strain

Editor's pick
AllAfrica
3 November 2010
Resistance

Sensitive test finds high rate of transmitted drug-resistant HIV in UK

News
26 October 2010
Resistance

New computer modelling system predicts responses to HIV and AIDS treatments

Editor's pick
Science Daily
7 October 2010
Resistance

FTC therapy reduces risk of important resistance mutation

News
23 September 2010
Resistance

Early warning indicators for drug resistance in resource-limited settings piloted in Namibia

News
22 September 2010
Money

Stipends go - so HIV patients refuse drugs

Editor's pick
The Sowetan
10 September 2010
Resistance

AFRICA: Drug-resistant HIV threat looming

Editor's pick
IRIN Plus News
9 September 2010
Changing treatment

AFRICA/ASIA: Worrying rates of second-line treatment failure

Editor's pick
IRIN Plus News
4 August 2010
Changing treatment

Protease inhibitor to raltegravir switch maintains viral suppression, but NRTI resistance lowers efficacy

News
22 July 2010
Resistance

Treatment and PrEP could be on a ‘collision course’, warns resistance expert

News
1 June 2010
Viral load

Viral load testing: once a year proves adequate in lower-income Asia study

News
9 April 2010
Changing treatment

Resistance tests useful for patients with very low viral loads

News
8 April 2010
Resistance

Resistance develops in 17% of patients starting HIV treatment in UK after eight years

News
8 April 2010
Drug-resistant TB

Drug-resistant TB now at record levels, says WHO

News
19 March 2010
Drug-resistant TB

XDR TB emerging despite good adherence, due to sub-optimal treatment and bad infection control

News
10 February 2010
Resistance

Even very low levels of pre-existing resistance increase risk of efavirenz failure

News
10 February 2010
Resistance

Less resistance with FTC than 3TC when combined with tenofovir

News
8 February 2010
Adherence

Adherence: study shows protease inhibitors more forgiving of missed doses, even when treatment out of date

News
2 February 2010
Starting treatment

New resistance becoming rarer as more patients achieve undetectable HIV viral load

News
5 January 2010
Resistance

Most NNRTI-experienced patients in southern Africa will benefit from etravirine

News
18 December 2009
Starting treatment

US guidelines now favour treatment at CD4 cell counts between 350 and 500; above 500 not ruled out

News
1 December 2009
Resistance

Transmitted drug-resistant HIV stabilising in Europe

News
21 October 2009
People with limited treatment options

Etravirine, darunavir/ritonavir and raltegravir very effective in highly treatment-experienced patients

News
19 October 2009