PMID- 20580309 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20101014 LR - 20141120 IS - 1873-5967 (Electronic) IS - 1386-6532 (Linking) VI - 48 IP - 4 DP - 2010 Aug TI - Acute hepatitis B infection associated with drug-resistant hepatitis B virus. PG - 270-4 LID - 10.1016/j.jcv.2010.05.010 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Pre-existing antiviral-resistant hepatitis B virus (HBV) has been associated with primary non-response to lamivudine treatment in patients with chronic hepatitis B, but little is known of the capacity for resistant HBV to cause primary infection. OBJECTIVE: The study was to investigate if Beijing patients with acute hepatitis B (AHB) are infected with drug-resistant HBV. STUDY DESIGN: Sera were collected from 201 NA-untreated patients with AHB. Direct polymerase chain reaction (PCR) sequencing was used to screen HBV reverse-transcriptase (RT) domain and clonal sequencing were performed for all resistance-positive samples. RESULTS: Direct PCR sequencing showed that 14 samples (7.0%) were positive for drug-resistant HBV variants, comprised of 11 with the lamivudine-resistant pattern rtM204I and/or rtM204V in the presence and absence of compensatory mutations rtL80I, rtV173L, and rtL180M; two with the adefovir-resistant pattern rtA181V; and one with the entecavir-resistant pattern rtL180M+rtS202G+rtM204V. Concomitance of resistance variants with wild-type HBV was observed in samples from 13 patients. Clonal sequencing verified direct sequencing results. Furthermore, variants associated with resistance to adefovir or entecavir were found in 3 samples. CONCLUSIONS: Drug-resistant HBV strains, including those not resistant to lamivudine, are transmissible and can cause acute hepatitis B in China. CI - Copyright 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Xu, Zhihui AU - Xu Z AD - Viral Hepatitis Research Laboratory, Institute of Infectious Diseases, Beijing 302 Hospital, 100 Xi Si Huan Middle Road, Beijing 100039, China. FAU - Liu, Yan AU - Liu Y FAU - Xu, Teng AU - Xu T FAU - Chen, Li AU - Chen L FAU - Si, Lanlan AU - Si L FAU - Wang, Yao AU - Wang Y FAU - Ren, Xiaoqiang AU - Ren X FAU - Zhong, Yanwei AU - Zhong Y FAU - Zhao, Jingmin AU - Zhao J FAU - Xu, Dongping AU - Xu D LA - eng SI - GENBANK/GQ377514 SI - GENBANK/GQ377515 SI - GENBANK/GQ377516 SI - GENBANK/GQ377517 SI - GENBANK/GQ377518 SI - GENBANK/GQ377519 SI - GENBANK/GQ377520 SI - GENBANK/GQ377521 SI - GENBANK/GQ377522 SI - GENBANK/GQ377523 SI - GENBANK/GQ377524 SI - GENBANK/GQ377525 SI - GENBANK/GQ377526 SI - GENBANK/GQ377527 SI - GENBANK/GQ377528 SI - GENBANK/GQ377529 SI - GENBANK/GQ377530 SI - GENBANK/GQ377531 SI - GENBANK/GQ377532 SI - GENBANK/GQ377533 SI - GENBANK/GQ377534 SI - GENBANK/GQ377535 SI - GENBANK/GQ377536 SI - GENBANK/GQ377537 SI - GENBANK/GQ377538 SI - GENBANK/GQ377539 SI - GENBANK/GQ377540 SI - GENBANK/GQ377541 SI - GENBANK/GQ377542 SI - GENBANK/GQ377543 SI - GENBANK/GQ377544 SI - GENBANK/GQ377545 SI - GENBANK/GQ377546 SI - GENBANK/GQ377547 SI - GENBANK/GQ377548 SI - GENBANK/GQ377549 SI - GENBANK/GQ377550 SI - GENBANK/GQ377551 SI - GENBANK/GQ377552 SI - GENBANK/GQ377553 SI - GENBANK/GQ377554 SI - GENBANK/GQ377555 SI - GENBANK/GQ377556 SI - GENBANK/GQ377557 SI - GENBANK/GQ377558 SI - GENBANK/GQ377559 SI - GENBANK/GQ377560 SI - GENBANK/GQ377561 SI - GENBANK/GQ377562 SI - GENBANK/GQ377563 SI - GENBANK/GQ377564 SI - GENBANK/GQ377565 SI - GENBANK/GQ377566 SI - GENBANK/GQ377567 SI - GENBANK/GQ377568 SI - GENBANK/GQ377569 SI - GENBANK/GQ377570 SI - GENBANK/GQ377571 SI - GENBANK/GQ377572 SI - GENBANK/GQ377573 SI - GENBANK/GQ377574 SI - GENBANK/GQ377575 SI - GENBANK/GQ377576 SI - GENBANK/GQ377577 SI - GENBANK/GQ377578 SI - GENBANK/GQ377579 SI - GENBANK/GQ377580 SI - GENBANK/GQ377581 SI - GENBANK/GQ377582 SI - GENBANK/GQ377583 SI - GENBANK/GQ377584 SI - GENBANK/GQ377585 SI - GENBANK/GQ377586 SI - GENBANK/GQ377587 SI - GENBANK/GQ377588 SI - GENBANK/GQ377589 SI - GENBANK/GQ377590 SI - GENBANK/GQ377591 SI - GENBANK/GQ377592 SI - GENBANK/GQ377593 SI - GENBANK/GQ377594 SI - GENBANK/GQ377595 SI - GENBANK/GQ377596 SI - GENBANK/GQ377597 SI - GENBANK/GQ377598 SI - GENBANK/GQ377599 SI - GENBANK/GQ377600 SI - GENBANK/GQ377601 SI - GENBANK/GQ377602 SI - GENBANK/GQ377603 SI - GENBANK/GQ377604 SI - GENBANK/GQ377605 SI - GENBANK/GQ377606 SI - GENBANK/GQ377607 SI - GENBANK/GQ377608 SI - GENBANK/GQ377609 SI - GENBANK/GQ377610 SI - GENBANK/GQ377611 SI - GENBANK/GQ377612 SI - GENBANK/GQ377613 SI - GENBANK/GQ377614 SI - GENBANK/GQ377615 SI - GENBANK/GQ377616 SI - GENBANK/GQ377617 SI - GENBANK/GQ377618 SI - GENBANK/GQ377619 SI - GENBANK/GQ377620 SI - GENBANK/GQ377621 SI - GENBANK/GQ377622 SI - GENBANK/GQ377623 SI - GENBANK/GQ377624 SI - GENBANK/GQ377625 SI - GENBANK/GQ377626 SI - GENBANK/GQ377627 SI - GENBANK/GQ377628 SI - GENBANK/GQ377629 SI - GENBANK/GQ377630 SI - GENBANK/GQ377631 SI - GENBANK/GQ377632 SI - GENBANK/GQ377633 SI - GENBANK/GQ377634 SI - GENBANK/GQ377635 SI - GENBANK/GQ377636 SI - GENBANK/GQ377637 SI - GENBANK/GQ377638 SI - GENBANK/GQ377639 SI - GENBANK/GQ377640 SI - GENBANK/GQ377641 SI - GENBANK/GQ377642 SI - GENBANK/GQ377643 SI - GENBANK/GQ377644 PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20100626 PL - Netherlands TA - J Clin Virol JT - Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology JID - 9815671 RN - 0 (Antiviral Agents) RN - 0 (DNA, Viral) RN - 0 (Organophosphonates) RN - 0 (Viral Proteins) RN - 2T8Q726O95 (Lamivudine) RN - 5968Y6H45M (entecavir) RN - 5Z93L87A1R (Guanine) RN - 6GQP90I798 (adefovir) RN - EC 2.7.7.49 (RNA-Directed DNA Polymerase) RN - JAC85A2161 (Adenine) SB - IM MH - Adenine/analogs & derivatives/pharmacology MH - Adult MH - Amino Acid Substitution/genetics MH - Antiviral Agents/*pharmacology MH - China MH - DNA, Viral/chemistry/genetics MH - *Drug Resistance, Viral MH - Guanine/analogs & derivatives/pharmacology MH - Hepatitis B/*virology MH - Hepatitis B virus/*drug effects/*isolation & purification MH - Humans MH - Lamivudine/pharmacology MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Molecular Sequence Data MH - *Mutation, Missense MH - Organophosphonates/pharmacology MH - Polymerase Chain Reaction MH - RNA-Directed DNA Polymerase/genetics MH - Sequence Analysis, DNA MH - Viral Proteins/genetics EDAT- 2010/06/29 06:00 MHDA- 2010/10/15 06:00 CRDT- 2010/06/29 06:00 PHST- 2010/03/17 00:00 [received] PHST- 2010/05/18 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2010/05/25 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2010/06/29 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2010/06/29 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2010/10/15 06:00 [medline] AID - S1386-6532(10)00223-4 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.jcv.2010.05.010 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Clin Virol. 2010 Aug;48(4):270-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jcv.2010.05.010. Epub 2010 Jun 26.