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.
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Spring–Summer 2011
Genital warts negatively affect well-being in men and women: PISCES study Sénécal et al. Loss of quality of life associated with genital warts: baseline analyses from a prospective study. Sex Transm Infect 2011;87:209-15. Genital warts...
PRIORITY PRESS - 88th Canadian Paediatric Society Annual Conference
Appropriate Antibiotic Use: Lessons Learned for Control of Resistance in Children
Québec City, Québec / June 15-18, 2011
Québec City - Antibiotic resistance is a major threat to the effective treatment of common paediatric infections. There are numerous mechanisms by which bacteria acquire resistance to different antibiotics. Bacteria can also transfer and...
PRIORITY PRESS - 88th Canadian Paediatric Society Annual Conference
Advances in Paediatric Immunization: Targeting the Last Remaining Serogroup Towards Complete Meningococcal Disease Control
Québec City, Québec / June 15-18, 2011
Québec City - Five serogroups cause the majority of clinical meningococcal disease worldwide; 4 of these are preventable through both monovalent and quadrivalent vaccination. Meningococcal disease researchers have long sought to...
MEDICAL FRONTIERS - 29th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Pediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID)
Extended Protection Against Serious Infections: Meningococcal B Disease and Influenza
The Hague, The Netherlands / June 7-11, 2011
Medical Editor: Dr. Julie Frère, Montreal, Québec Whether it manifests as sepsis or meningitis, invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) is well known to physicians who treat children. Recognizing the infection before it becomes...
PRIORITY PRESS - EUROGIN 2011 European Research Organization on Genital Infection and Neoplasia Congress
Reducing the Burden of HPV Disease Through Successful Vaccine Uptake
Lisbon, Portugal / May 8-11, 2011
Three years into the most successful adolescent vaccination program ever launched in Australia, a marked decline in genital warts (GWs) continues to be observed among vaccine-eligible Australian women, researchers reported during the...
PRIORITY PRESS - 21st European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID)
Update on the Management of Pneumococcal Disease: Epidemiology and the Role of Conjugated Vaccine in Adults
Milan, Italy / May 7-10, 2011
Milan - The management of pneumococcal disease in adults remains a challenge, as the public health burden of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) and community-acquired pneumonia is substantial, researchers reported here this week. Diagnosis...
PRIORITY PRESS - Primary Care Today
Update on Serogroup B Meningococcal Disease: Advances in Optimal Immunization
Toronto, Ontario / May 5-7, 2011
Toronto - Invasive meningococcal disease is devastating and often fatal even with the best medical care. Many different serotypes of Neisseria meningitidis have been identified but the 5 most important serotypes are A, B, C, W-135 and Y. In...
PRIORITY PRESS - Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada- Canadian Association for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (AMMI-CACMID) Annual Conference
Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in Older Adults: Protection Anticipated with the Conjugate Vaccines
Montreal, Quebec / April 7-9, 2011
Montreal - According to investigators, Streptococcus pneumoniae is still associated with a considerable burden of disease in Canada, causing approximately 50% of all pneumonia, 50% of sinusitis and 50% of otitis media in children. Ten years...
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January-March 2011
Prophylactic use of the quadrivalent HPV prevents external genital lesions in boys and men Giuliano et al. Efficacy of quadrivalent HPV vaccine against HPV infection and disease in males. N Engl J Med 2011;364(5):401-11,...