A 55-year-old cisgender woman was recently diagnosed with HIV, with an initial CD4 count of 349 cells/mm3 and an HIV RNA level of 158,780 copies/mL. She is now being seen in clinic 4 weeks later and the plan is to start antiretroviral therapy. There is no evidence of resistance on the baseline genotype resistance assay. You are considering using either tenofovir DF-emtricitabine, tenofovir alafenamide-emtricitabine, or abacavir-lamivudine as the nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NRTI) backbone, in combination with a third anchor drug.
Which one of the following is TRUE regarding the NRTI backbone options for this patient as part of the initial antiretroviral therapy regimen?
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October 8th, 2024
October 8th, 2024
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