Drug-resistant influenza A virus potentially serious to high-risk patients

Monday, March 2, 2009 - 13:56 in Health & Medicine

A mutation of the influenza A(H1N1) virus that is resistant to the drug oseltamivir may pose a serious health threat to hospitalized patients who have a weakened immune system, according to a study to be published in the March 11 issue of JAMA, and being released early online because of its public health importance.

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