Jason Harris

The PROMISE trial showed superior efficacy of triple-drug ART in preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV.

Researchers evaluated the prevalence of late recurrent viremia following sofosbuvir-based treatment.

Diagnostic sensitivity and specificity were 100% for the quantitative real-time reverse-transcriptase assay.

Researchers did not observe a significant improvement with hydrocortisone over placebo for time until septic shock or mortality.

Tryptophan starvation did not completely block chlamydial development in high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) negative C33A cell lines.

New guidelines call for doxycycline, ceftriaxone, or azithromycin when benzathine or procaine penicillin aren’t available.

Researchers found only 3 cases of follicular trachoma and one case of infection in 2 districts, well below the World Health Organization criteria.

Antibiotic resistance to Salmonella is a serious concern for public health and clinical providers.

The association appeared to be independent from other risk factors for HPV infection, and researchers did not note any association between HPV prevalence and any other feminine hygiene product.

One important issue derived from the study is that it sets a target that may be useful for the norms evaluating hand hygiene products, and also for future studies comparing different hand hygiene products.

Thirty-nine patients enrolled in this phase 2b study were infected with HIV strains that exclusively use CCR5 co-receptors, with ten continuing treatment today (one and a half years on PRO 140).

Just 4% of patients who used the service needed to see a physician

Cell characteristics appear to play the biggest role in recovery.

Numerous studies have shown no benefit in continuing antibiotics after surgery.

Children typically have more than one strain of S. mutans and most share at least one strain with mother or a family member.

The ideal technology can be used at the bedside, produces highly accurate results within 30 minutes, and can detect both resistance and susceptibility.

In his remarks at ASM Microbe 2016, Gates calls nutrition the world’s greatest health challenge.

The proportion of patients with diabetes hospitalized for CAP increased from 23.7% in 2009 to 28.1% in 2012.

Efficacy decreased from 68.7% to 4.2%.

Researchers found the multidrug resistant bacteria in a woman who sought treatment for UTI.

Antibody is cost-effective, reducing economic burden that may result from this dangerous virus.

The Salmonella Typhimurium vaccine also restored normal glucose tolerance.

Risk for recurrence was greater in high-risk and HIV coinfected patients.

Nevirapine-based ART did not have a negative impact on levonorgestrel exposure or efficacy.

In 2011, Malawi implemented Option B+, which provided lifelong antiretroviral therapy for all HIV-positive women who were pregnant or breastfeeding regardless of CD4 count.

Projections for 2025 suggest that HIV-positive patients who initiate care but never begin antiretroviral therapy could account for as many as 9% to 22% of HIV-related deaths in Rwanda, Malawi, Kenya and South Africa.

Should the focus shift to how best to reach men in trials?

The most recent estimates from UNAIDS estimates suggest that 15.8 million people are being treated with antiretroviral therapy.

The study was stopped early because researchers determined treatment was unlikely to show a benefit.

Dr Siberry said the benefits of triple ARV treatment for both the patient and for prevention of mother to child transmission ‘outweigh the concerns we see, potentially, in lower bone mineral content.’