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.
24th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Pediatric Vaccination: Taking Childhood Viral Diseases More Seriously
Basel, Switzerland / May 3-5, 2006
Basel - Despite clinical evidence of significant morbidity from rotavirus disease among children, awareness of the burden and economic consequences of infections attributable to that virus is surprisingly low in Canada. Because rotavirus...
EUROGIN 2006 6th International Multidisciplinary Congress
Emerging Issues on Human Papillomavirus Prophylactic Vaccines
Paris, France / April 23-26, 2006
Paris - Among important issues addressed here during the scientific sessions was the durability of long-term protection by human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination and how women infected prior to vaccination with one or more of the HPV types...
16th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
New Strategies to Combat Growing Antimicrobial Resistance
Nice, France / April 1-4, 2006
Nice - Increasing antibiotic resistance now seen around the world is cause for considerable alarm. Not only is the prevalence of resistance to common gram-positive organisms broadening, but resistance to equally important gram-negative...
Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease (AMMI) Canada—Canadian Association for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (CACMID) 2006 Annual Conference
Treatment Strategies in the Management of Resistant Nosocomial Infections
Victoria, British Columbia / March 15-19, 2006
Victoria - Antibiotic resistance is a growing concern both in Canada and around the world. As participants in the ongoing Canadian Intensive Care Unit (CAN-ICU) Surveillance Study, ICU facilities across Canada are working together to assess...
Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease (AMMI) Canada—Canadian Association for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (CACMID) 2006 Annual Conference
Addressing Fungal Infections and Associated Neutropenia
Victoria, British Columbia / March 15-19, 2006
Victoria - The increasing incidence of fungal infections is a cause for concern. Study findings presented here profiled the rising incidence of fungal infections by province across Canada as a means of better understanding and subsequently...
13th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections
Ten Years of HAART: Current Status and Challenges for Optimal Therapy
Denver, Colorado / February 5-8, 2006
The introduction of HAART in 1996 transformed HIV infection from a fatal condition to a chronic disorder, sending mortality into a steep and sustained decline in countries where HAART has been available. HAART fell far short of ending the...
13th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections
CROI: Definitive Changes in the HIV Control Knowledge Base
Denver, Colorado / February 5-8, 2006
Two late-breaking trials have implications for long-term HIV management. In the multinational SMART (Strategies for Management of Anti-Retroviral Therapy) study, a CD4-guided intermittent treatment appeared inferior for HIV suppression when...
13th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections
Regaining Control of Resistant HIV: Novel Strategies for Treatment-experienced Patients
Denver, Colorado / February 5-8, 2006
Need for New Therapies in Treatment-experienced Patients Based on the emergence of promising new therapies, there is substantial hope for the growing number of patients who have cycled through all of the existing antiretroviral agents and...
13th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections
Reassessing Relative Risk of Adverse Events with Antiretrovirals: New Clinical Trial Data
Denver, Colorado / February 5-8, 2006
Of the safety data presented at the CROI meeting, two of the most influential reports were generated by the D:A:D observational study, currently following more than 23,400 HIV infected patients from 11 study cohorts in Europe. In one...