Management of Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B and Antiviral Resistance

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C Adding telbivudine (Tyzeka) 600 mg once daily would be the preferred management strategy.

This answer is incorrect. Telbivudine and lamivudine have resistance profiles that significantly overlap and thus telbivudine would not be recommended in a patient with known or suspected lamivudine resistance. In addition, telbivudine and lamivudine usually are not given together.

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A It is unlikely the patient has developed resistance to lamivudine since HBV resistance to lamivudine rarely occurs in the first 2-3 years of lamivudine therapy.
B The patient would likely have a good response with the addition of adefovir (Hepsera) 10 mg once daily or tenofovir (Viread) 300 mg once daily.
D Entecavir (Baraclude) 0.5 mg once daily should be added to the lamivudine.

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