Predictive Factors of Detectable Viral Load in HIV-Infected Patients.

Despite availability of effective antiretroviral therapy (ART), many HIV patients still have a detectable viral load (VL). Predictive factors of detectable VL are not well documented. This study was done at two large multidisciplinary HIV outpatient clinics at the Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM) and the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC).

Identification of Possible Causative Agents in a Polymedicated Patient Presenting With Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis.

Purpose: To present the pharmacological evaluation process in a case of a polymedicated patient presenting with toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN).

Summary: A 75-year-old Caucasian polymedicated woman had been treated for hip pain with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and pregabalin in the months preceding the apparition of an expanding papulo-erythematous rash. She had also started using new medicated eye drops for glaucoma.