University of Washington is doing resistence testing

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Angela - 17 Jul 2003 01:18 GMT

Ok ... We heard from Terri who is currently on vacation in Alaska.
Here is what she had to say about Acyclovir Resistance and how to test for
it. I will place this in our handy dandy file of information for us to
refer back to in the files section over on Picking Up the Pieces. There is
discussion of this over on WebMD as well as Picking Up the Pieces for
anybody that is interested in learning more or making a contribution to the
discussion. ~Angela

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Re: Re: Re: Re: need YOUR help: acyclovir resistance
by Terri_Warren_RN_ANP, on 7/16/2003 5:26:51 PM

You can't test for resistance by sending blood. You have to send a sample of
virus itself. And now the University of Washington is doing resistance
testing. What is required is a positive culture that can be sent to UW for
sensitivity testing. If someone wants more details about how to do that, I
will happy to provide details when I get back from Alaska.

Terri

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Angela - 17 Jul 2003 01:20 GMT

FYI: I will be waiting for the details from Terri when she gets back from
her vacation. When I get that information I will post it here for those
folks that do not wish to venture off to the other message boards. :)

~Angela

Picking Up the Pieces: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PickingUpThePieces/
WebMD: http://boards.webmd.com/topic.asp?topic_id=90

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M2slo2cht@Yahoo.com - 17 Jul 2003 01:29 GMT

aha! Good work Yosh.
Hopefully we'll have the details soon. Surely there can't be all THAT
much to do in Alaska LoL! ;-)

M2

>Ok ... We heard from Terri

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>Re: Re: Re: Re: need YOUR help: acyclovir resistance
>by Terri_Warren_RN_ANP, on 7/16/2003 5:26:51 PM

<snip>

>And now the University of Washington is doing resistance
>testing. What is required is a positive culture that can be sent to UW for
>sensitivity testing. If someone wants more details about how to do that, I
>will happy to provide details when I get back from Alaska.
>
>Terri

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Angela - 17 Jul 2003 01:38 GMT

From what I understand she is having a very good time up there!! lol :)
Thanks M2. :)
You're the best!!! Hopefully you already knew that and my words are just
dust in the wind ... lol

*BIG~HUGS*

~Angela

> aha! Good work Yosh.
> Hopefully we'll have the details soon. Surely there can't be all THAT
> much to do in Alaska LoL! ;-)
>
> M2

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Angela - 17 Jul 2003 02:01 GMT

It helps to belong to a couple of really good message boards ... not to
mention being able to find out things quicker from ASHA because of the HELP
group we run here in Omaha. Every little bit helps when you are interested
in making a difference. As the sign says here on Omaha: Happiness is
Helping Others. :)

*Hugs*

~Angela

> aha! Good work Yosh.
> Hopefully we'll have the details soon. Surely there can't be all THAT
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> >
> >Terri

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