Utilidad de los test de resistencias del VIH en la práctica clínica. Indicaciones en el medio penitenciario

摘要: The objective of this study is to revise the usefulness and management penitentiary clinical practice genotypic phenotypic tests. Genotypic tests establish types mutations that appear in HIV genome area are involved resistance development. Phenotypic measure susceptibility a given viral strain FARV presence decreasing concentrations drug question. material published on subject reviewed study. In daily practice, have become an extremely useful tool for establishing treatment amongst positive patients, especially cases therapeutic failure require change treatment. Generally speaking it strongly recommended therapy be carried out patients with two or more previous failures, pregnant women infected children. Individual testing establishment initial acute/recent infection individual accidental post-exposure prophylaxis. It is, however, not at beginning chronic infection. Key words: HIV. Drug Resistance. Prisons.