• Medicine · Oct 2020

    Comparative Study Observational Study

    Differences in human immunodeficiency virus-1C viral load and drug resistance mutation between plasma and cerebrospinal fluid in patients with human immunodeficiency virus-associated cryptococcal meningitis in Botswana.

    • Nametso Kelentse, Sikhulile Moyo, Mompati Mogwele, Kwana Lechiile, Natasha O Moraka, Dorcas Maruapula, Kaelo K Seatla, Lerato Esele, Kesaobaka Molebatsi, Tshepo B Leeme, David S Lawrence, Rosemary Musonda, Ishmael Kasvosve, Thomas S Harrison, Joseph N Jarvis, and Simani Gaseitsiwe.
    • Botswana Harvard AIDS Institute Partnership.
    • Medicine (Baltimore). 2020 Oct 9; 99 (41): e22606e22606.

    AbstractTo determine effects of cryptococcal meningitis (CM) on human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1C cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) viral escape, CSF/plasma viral discordance, and drug resistance mutation (DRM) discordance between CSF and plasma compartments, we compared CSF and plasma viral load (VL) and DRMs in individuals with HIV-associated CM in Botswana.This cross-sectional study utilized 45 paired CSF/plasma samples from participants in a CM treatment trial (2014-2016). HIV-1 VL was determined and HIV-1 protease and reverse transcriptase genotyping performed. DRMs were determined using the Stanford HIV database. CSF viral escape was defined as HIV-1 ribonucleic acid ≥0.5 log10 higher in CSF than plasma and VL discordance as CSF VL > plasma VL.HIV-1 VL was successfully measured in 39/45 pairs, with insufficient sample volume in 6; 34/39 (87.2%) participants had detectable HIV-1 in plasma and CSF, median 5.1 (interquartile range: 4.7-5.7) and 4.6 (interquartile range:3.7-4.9) log10 copies/mL, respectively (P≤.001). CSF viral escape was present in 1/34 (2.9%) and VL discordance in 6/34 (17.6%). Discordance was not associated with CD4 count, antiretroviral status, fungal burden, CSF lymphocyte percentage nor mental status. Twenty-six of 45 (57.8%) CSF/plasma pairs were successfully sequenced. HIV-1 DRM discordance was found in 3/26 (11.5%); 1 had I84IT and another had M46MI in CSF only. The third had K101E in plasma and V106 M in CSF.Our findings suggest that HIV-1 escape and DRM discordance may occur at lower rates in participants with advanced HIV-disease and CM compared to those with HIV associated neurocognitive impairment.

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