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Objectives To evaluate the safety, immunological outcome and HIV-1 evolution in the reverse transcriptase (RT) in patients with multidrug resistance receiving zidovudine/lamivudine/abacavir (TZV) plus tenofovir (TDF). Methods Pilot analysis of highly experienced patients ( n=28), with ≥1 thymidine-associated mutation (TAM) and the M184V mutation. Results Median of 8.5 treatment regimens, 58% Centers for Disease Control stage C. Baseline (nadir) CD4 count 363 (112) cells/μL. There was a sustained 24-week drop in viral load (VL) of 0.71 HIV-1 RNA copies/mL ( P<0.001), with 35.7% (10/28) achieving a VL of <50 copies/mL. The median 24-week decrease in CD4 was −53 cells/μL and only −17 cells/μL when baseline CD4 was <350 cells/μL. There was no evolution in RT mutations, TAMs, accessory mutations or K65R. No clinical progression and one out of 28 suspected abacavir Hypersensitivity Reaction (HSR). Lower probability of achieving VL<400 copies/mL was associated with D67N ( P=0.007), D67N/M41L ( P=0.01), ≥3 TAMs ( P=0.07) and VL>10 000 copies/mL ( P=0.01). Mutations conferring zidovudine hypersusceptibility (Y181C, K65R and L74V) did not improve virological or immunological outcomes. Better CD4 outcomes were seen in patients without M41L ( P=0.04) or with baseline VL<10 000 copies/mL ( P=0.01). Conclusions A bridging regimen with TZV+TDF prevents significant immunological decline and may forestall viral evolution in HIV-1 RT despite persistent viral replication. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]