A Case Series of Third-Trimester Raltegravir Initiation: Impact on Maternal HIV-1 Viral Load and Obstetrical Outcomes

I Boucoiran; K Tulloch; N Pick; F Kakkar; J van Schalkwyk; D Money; M Boucher

doi:10.1155/2015/731043

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology (Jan 2015)

A Case Series of Third-Trimester Raltegravir Initiation: Impact on Maternal HIV-1 Viral Load and Obstetrical Outcomes

I Boucoiran,
K Tulloch,
N Pick,
F Kakkar,
J van Schalkwyk,
D Money,
M Boucher

Affiliations

I Boucoiran: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of British Columbia, BC Women’s Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
K Tulloch: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of British Columbia, BC Women’s Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
N Pick: Division of Infectious Diseases, University of British Columbia, BC Women’s Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
F Kakkar: Division of Infectious Diseases, Centre hospitalier universitaire Sainte-Justine and Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Canada
J van Schalkwyk: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of British Columbia, BC Women’s Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
D Money: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of British Columbia, BC Women’s Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
M Boucher: Centre Maternel et Infantile sur le SIDA, Centre hospitalier universitaire Sainte-Justine, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/731043
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 26, no. 3
pp. 145 – 150

Abstract

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OBJECTIVE: To describe the impact of initiating raltegravir (RAL)-containing combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) regimens on HIV viral load (VL) in pregnant women who have high or suboptimal VL suppression late in pregnancy.

Published in Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology

ISSN: 1712-9532 (Print); 1918-1493 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases; Science: Microbiology
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/9575

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