Add Custom Antimicrobials

With add_custom_antimicrobials() you can add your own custom antimicrobial drug names and codes.

Usage

add_custom_antimicrobials(x)

clear_custom_antimicrobials()

Arguments

x: a data.frame resembling the antibiotics data set, at least containing columns "ab" and "name"

Details

Important: Due to how R works, the add_custom_antimicrobials() function has to be run in every R session - added antimicrobials are not stored between sessions and are thus lost when R is exited.

There are two ways to automate this process:

Method 1: Save the antimicrobials to a local or remote file (can even be the internet). To use this method:

Create a data set in the structure of the antibiotics data set (containing at the very least columns "ab" and "name") and save it with saveRDS() to a location of choice, e.g. "~/my_custom_ab.rds", or any remote location.
Set the file location to the AMR_custom_ab R option: options(AMR_custom_ab = "~/my_custom_ab.rds"). This can even be a remote file location, such as an https URL. Since options are not saved between R sessions, it is best to save this option to the .Rprofile file so that it will loaded on start-up of R. To do this, open the .Rprofile file using e.g. utils::file.edit("~/.Rprofile"), add this text and save the file:
```
# Add custom antibiotic drug codes:
options(AMR_custom_ab = "~/my_custom_ab.rds")
```
Upon package load, this file will be loaded and run through the add_custom_antimicrobials() function.

Method 2: Save the antimicrobial additions directly to your .Rprofile file. An important downside is that this requires to load the AMR package at every start-up. To use this method:

Edit the .Rprofile file using e.g. utils::file.edit("~/.Rprofile").

Add a text like below and save the file:

 # Add custom antibiotic drug codes:
 library(AMR)
 add_custom_antimicrobials(
   data.frame(ab = "TESTAB",
              name = "Test Antibiotic",
              group = "Test Group")
 )

Use clear_custom_antimicrobials() to clear the previously added antimicrobials.

Examples

# \donttest{

# returns NA and throws a warning (which is suppressed here):
suppressWarnings(
  as.ab("testab")
)
#> Class 'ab'
#> [1] <NA>

# now add a custom entry - it will be considered by as.ab() and
# all ab_*() functions
add_custom_antimicrobials(
  data.frame(
    ab = "TESTAB",
    name = "Test Antibiotic",
    # you can add any property present in the
    # 'antibiotics' data set, such as 'group':
    group = "Test Group"
  )
)
#> ℹ Added one record to the internal antibiotics data set.

# "testab" is now a new antibiotic:
as.ab("testab")
#> Class 'ab'
#> [1] TESTAB
ab_name("testab")
#> [1] "Test Antibiotic"
ab_group("testab")
#> [1] "Test Group"

ab_info("testab")
#> $ab
#> [1] "TESTAB"
#> 
#> $cid
#> [1] NA
#> 
#> $name
#> [1] "Test Antibiotic"
#> 
#> $group
#> [1] "Test Group"
#> 
#> $atc
#> [1] NA
#> 
#> $atc_group1
#> [1] NA
#> 
#> $atc_group2
#> [1] NA
#> 
#> $tradenames
#> [1] NA
#> 
#> $loinc
#> [1] NA
#> 
#> $ddd
#> $ddd$oral
#> $ddd$oral$amount
#> [1] NA
#> 
#> $ddd$oral$units
#> [1] NA
#> 
#> 
#> $ddd$iv
#> $ddd$iv$amount
#> [1] NA
#> 
#> $ddd$iv$units
#> [1] NA
#> 
#> 
#> 


# Add Co-fluampicil, which is one of the many J01CR50 codes, see
# https://www.whocc.no/ddd/list_of_ddds_combined_products/
add_custom_antimicrobials(
  data.frame(
    ab = "COFLU",
    name = "Co-fluampicil",
    atc = "J01CR50",
    group = "Beta-lactams/penicillins"
  )
)
#> ℹ Added one record to the internal antibiotics data set.
ab_atc("Co-fluampicil")
#> [1] "J01CR50"
ab_name("J01CR50")
#> [1] "Co-fluampicil"

# even antibiotic selectors work
x <- data.frame(
  random_column = "some value",
  coflu = as.rsi("S"),
  ampicillin = as.rsi("R")
)
x
#>   random_column coflu ampicillin
#> 1    some value     S          R
x[, betalactams()]
#> ℹ For betalactams() using columns 'coflu' (co-fluampicil) and
#>   'ampicillin'
#>   coflu ampicillin
#> 1     S          R
# }

Usage

Arguments

Details

See also

Examples