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.
18th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID)
Echinocandins and New Approaches to Candida Infection Management in the ICU
Barcelona, Spain / April 19-22, 2008
Barcelona - Strategies for the control of invasive fungal infections are being modified to address changing patterns of incidence. Species such as Candida glabrata, which are often less susceptible to fluconazole and other azole...
18th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID)
Emerging Treatment Options for Hospital-acquired and Ventilator-associated Pneumonias
Barcelona, Spain / April 19-22, 2008
INTRODUCTION Hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP)—defined as pneumonia that develops 48 hours or more after hospital admission and not incubating on admission—represents a major problem for healthcare authorities. According to a study of...
18th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID)
The Changing Epidemiology of Gram-Positive Infections
Barcelona, Spain / April 19-22, 2008
INTRODUCTION Within a year of initial use of penicillin in 1944, the first resistant strains were reported. In the case of methicillin, two years elapsed since its first significant use in 1959 and reports of resistance leading to the...
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March/April 2008
Cost-effectiveness of a catch-up meningococcal vaccine program Ortega-Sánchez et al. Economics of an adolescent meningococcal conjugate vaccination catch-up campaign in the United States. Clin Infect Dis 2008;46(1):1-13. Catch-up...
15th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections
Cardiovascular Disease and HIV/AIDS: More Findings from D:A:D
Boston, Massachusetts / February 3-6, 2008
In an unexpected outcome from an analysis conducted to explore the hypothesis that thymidine analogue nucleoside/nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) increase cardiovascular (CV) risk, recent use of didanosine (ddI) or...
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January/February 2008
Updated NACI recommendations:infants and families likely to benefit from the pentavalent rotavirus vaccine Canada Communicable Disease Report (CDDR). Online publication 22 January 2008;34(ACS-1):1-33. The National Advisory Committee on...
15th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections
Emerging Evidence on the Growing Risk of Renal Dysfunction in Patients with HIV/AIDS
Boston, Massachusetts / February 3-6, 2008
Several recently completed studies, many of which evaluated relatively large patient populations, have confirmed that HIV and its treatments increase the risk of renal disease. Although there is concern that the complications generated by...
15th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections
Maintaining Undetectable Viral Loads: New Agents Demonstrate Long-term Efficacy
Boston, Massachusetts / February 3-6, 2008
In the recent past, there was concern that control of multidrug-resistant HIV would soon be lost. While this remains possible, it has been pushed further into the distance not only due to promising results with novel compounds but also with...
15th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections
Revisiting Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor Backbone Combinations
Boston, Massachusetts / February 3-6, 2008
Based on objective studies, several treatment guidelines, including the latest from the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), have identified abacavir/lamivudine (ABC/3TC) and tenofovir/emtricitabine (TDF/FTC) to be preferred...