Conclusion: Another GRT, covering HIV-1
integrase (
IN) region, performed on the sample plasma aliquot, revealed major RAMs,
L74I,
E138KQ,
G140A,
Q148R, and
E157Q, to
integrase strand transfer inhibitors (
INSTI) including raltegravir, dolutegravir, bictegravir and elvitegravir.
Discussion: Specifically, previous exposure to RAL (a drug with a low-genetic barrier to resistance) in a context of poor adherence contributed to selecting mutations (
E138KQ,
G140A,
Q148R) conferring cross-resistance to DTG.