Reports
The following list of reports reflects the latest in findings and outcomes in medical research as presented at major medical meetings and published peer-reviewed medical journals. In this section you can view reports from important congresses as well as summaries of some recently published journal articles. Please let us know if you have a particular area of interest you would like to see covered.
PRIORITY PRESS - EUROGIN 2010 9th International Multidisciplinary Congress
Vaccination Against HPV Reduces Burden of Disease in Its Earliest Manifestations
Monte Carlo, Monaco / February 17-20, 2010
Monte Carlo - Many theoretical arguments have been raised in support of vaccination against human papillomavirus (HPV). Now, for the first time, compelling evidence that vaccination does reduce the earliest manifestations of infection in...
MEDICAL FRONTIERS - 17th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI)
Improved Tropism Testing Rapidly Expanding the Utility of CCR5 Antiretroviral Agents
San Francisco, California / February 16-19, 2010
The concept of treating HIV with compounds that can prevent the virus from entering target immune cells, thereby aborting the viral replication cycle, is extremely attractive. The first approved agent to employ this strategy was the entry...
PRIORITY PRESS - 4th Advances Against Aspergillosis Conference
Improving Outcomes in Invasive Aspergillosis
Rome, Italy / February 4-6, 2010
Rome - With wider use of immunosuppressive regimens in transplant patients and intensive chemotherapy regimens in oncology patients, the incidence of invasive fungal and mold infections is increasing. Aspergillus species account for a...
MEDICAL FRONTIERS - 4th Advances Against Aspergillosis Conference
Improving Outcomes in Invasive Aspergillosis
Rome, Italy / February 4-6, 2010
Rome - With wider use of immunosuppressive regimens in transplant patients and intensive chemotherapy regimens in oncology patients, the incidence of invasive fungal and mold infections is increasing. Aspergillus species account for a...
PRIORITY PRESS - 17th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI)
Enhanced Tailored Therapy in an Aging HIV Population
San Francisco, California / February 16-19, 2010
The initial evidence that cardiovascular risk in HIV patients is influenced by antiretroviral therapy (ART) has been followed by several important new studies that differentiate drugs for relative risks to several additional organ systems...
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MRSA
Winter 2009
Distinct increase in MRSA over the past 20 years in eastern Ontario Audcent et al. Clinical and subtype trends of methicillinresistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) surveillance 1990 to 2009. IDSA 2009, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A distinct...
PRIORITY PRESS - 12th European AIDS Conference
A Holistic Approach to Management of HIV and Comorbidities: A Treatment Continuum
Cologne, Germany / November 11-14, 2009
The holistic approach to the management of HIV has been gaining momentum over several years as data linking the presence of HIV with accelerated disease processes have accumulated. Although the risk of liver failure from hepatitis B and C...
PRIORITY PRESS - Critical Care Canada Forum
Addressing the Challenges of Fungal Infections in the ICU
Toronto, Ontario / October 25-28, 2009
Toronto - The burden of invasive fungal infections in the hospital setting, notably those caused by Candida and Aspergillus, includes fatal sepsis and other life-threatening complications. Although new diagnostic methods are emerging to...
PHYSICIANS PERSPECTIVE - Viewpoint based on the following article: Clin Infect Dis 2009;49(1):e1-10
Vaccines Against Invasive Meningococcal Disease: Weighing the Options
October 2009
INTRODUCTION Neisseria meningitides (meningococcus) is the only bacterium that typically generates large epidemics of meningitis globally. Invasive meningococcal disease is endemic to Canada but the serogroups that cause it vary not only...