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Open Access
01-12-2010 | Poster presentation
Effect of lipemia and bilirubinemia on HIV-1 protease and reverse transcriptase genotyping and phenotyping success: a five-year analysis
Authors:
T Pattery, A Van Cauwenberge, M Van Hove, V Smits, K Van Soom, J Villacian
Published in:
Journal of the International AIDS Society
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Special Issue 4/2010
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Excerpt
Interference of clinical laboratory assays by endogenous & exogenous substances in the blood is well known. To date, there are no clear guidelines on the testing of lipemic or bilirubinemic (icteric) plasma in clinical laboratories. A conservative approach of alerting the physician with re-sampling and/or processing with caution is advised. This study focuses on the effect of processed (2005-2010) HIV-1 lipemic or icteric patient plasma (visual inspection) on genotyping (virco®TYPE HIV-1) and phenotyping (Antivirogram®) success at Virco. …