Search results for "Drug resistance"
Journal watch: Recent studies of note
The patients were divided into two groups based on the 2005 guidelines from the American Thoracic Society–Infectious Diseases Society of America, which determined the risk for drug resistance based on ... Yet 26% of the patients in the group were found
October 2010
New antibiotic, report on drug shortages
Marketing of a test to detect HIV-1 drug resistance mutations using next-generation sequencing technology. ... The Sentosa SQ HIV Genotyping Assay is the first HIV drug-resistance assay using this technology to be authorized for marketing in the U.S.
January 2020
Get ready for flu season
The M2 inhibitors are the other class of antivirals for flu, but there's widespread resistance to them, Dr. ... If a patient's not getting better on treatment, that's also the time to consider drug resistance testing.
December 2015
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In summary, be alert to single- or multiple-drug resistance identified by culture sensitivity testing and document the type of drug resistance exhibited by the organism. ... documentation and coding. Table 3. Selected ICD-10-CM drug resistance codes.
January 2020
Cases from St. Louis University
The remainder of cases require at least two-drug therapy for a minimum of one year. ... Inadequate response could be due to drug resistance, inadequate dosing, poor tissue penetration, or presence of an abscess requiring surgical drainage.
November 2018
Recent Research
Drug resistance was also found to differ by geographic region, with the highest multidrug resistance in the Mountain and East North Central divisions and the lowest in New England. ... The finding of lower drug resistance in ICUs than in some other
November 2015
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The new drug resistance codes (category Z16) identify the antibiotics to which the infectious organism is resistant (Table 3). ... These drug resistance codes are classified as comorbidity/complications (CCs) so may change the diagnosis-related group and
January 2020
coding corner 8 ACP Hospitalist • February 2020 For ...
The new drug resistance codes (category Z16) identify the antibiotics to which the infectious organism is resistant (Table 3). ... These drug resistance codes are classified as comorbidity/complications (CCs) so may change the diagnosis-related group and
January 2020
Future of antibiotics worries infectious disease experts
Statisticians are dominating the conversation about what drug should be approved and clinicians have lost their voice,” Dr. ... Experts at the IDSA meeting also presented data on another front in the war against drug resistance: reductions in
January 2010
In the News
Ongoing monitoring of patients' CD4 cell count, HIV-1 RNA levels, ART adherence, HIV-drug resistance, and quality-of-care indicators is recommended. ... Because any drug regimen is lifelong, therapy choices should account for patient convenience and
December 2012