Oxford University Press, Clinical Infectious Diseases, 4(57), p. 604-607, 2013
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cit323
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Our study in Cameroonian rural district hospitals showed that the immunologic and clinical failure criteria had poor performance to identify HIV drug-resistance in a timely manner. Switching to second-line antiretroviral therapy after two consecutive viral loads ≥5000 copies/mL, as recommended by the WHO, appeared the most appropriate strategy.