Andrea Mora
Clinical Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice
Vice Chair of Pharmacy Practice, Houston
Contact
Texas A&M Irma Lerma Rangel School of Pharmacy
5656 Kelley St.
Houston,
TX
77026
andrea.mora@tamu.edu
Phone: 713.566.5246
Fax: 361.221.0798
Education and Training
- South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, Infectious Diseases Pharmacy Residency, 2008-2009
- St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston, Pharmacy Practice Residency, 2007-2008
- University of Houston College of Pharmacy, Houston, PharmD, 2007
Research Interests
- Hospital-acquired infections and associated risk factors
- Antimicrobial toxicities
- Gram-negative resistance in the hospital and outpatient setting
Teaching Interests
- Antimicrobial pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics
- Developing resistance in Gram-negative and Gram-positive organisms
- Systemic fungal infections and antifungal therapy
- Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)
Representative Publications
- Nigo M, Luce AM, Arias CA. Long-term use of tedizolid as suppressive therapy for recurrent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus graft infection. Clin Infect Dis.2018;66(12):1975-6.
- Phe K, Shields RK, Tverdek FP, Aitken SL, Guervil DJ, Lam WY, Musgrove RJ, Luce AM, Tam VH. Predicting the risk of nephrotoxicity in patients receiving colistimethate sodium: a multicenter, retrospective, cohort study. J Antimicrob Chemother.2016;71:3585-7.
- Pham VP, Luce AM, Ruppelt SC, Wei W, Aitken SL, Musick WL, Roux R, Garey KW. Age-stratified treatment response rates in hospitalized patients with Clostridium difficile infection treated with metronidazole. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2015;59(10):6113-6.
- Winans SA, Luce AM, Hasbun R. Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy for the treatment of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus: a comparison of Cefazolin and Ceftriaxone. Infection.2013;41(4):769-74.
- Mora AL, Salazar M, Caeiro JP, et al. Moderate to high use of opioid analgesics are associated with an increased risk of Clostridium difficile infection. Am J Med Sci.2012;343(4):277-80