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A new study finds that many HIV-infected women have had less than ideal interactions with their medical providers.
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The demand for attention to the domestic HIV crisis has been pent-up for so long that within two days of the presidential election, a group of dozens of HIV/AIDS organizations sent the Obama-Biden transition team a letter requesting major changes to the how the domestic epidemic is handled.
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A survey of more than 1,400 adolescents and young adults indicate that teens who don't use condoms were significantly more likely to believe that condoms reduce sexual pleasure and also were more concerned that their partner would not approve of condom use.
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a final rule on Nov. 10, 2008 amending the classification regulation for male condoms made of natural rubber latex (latex condoms) and latex condoms with spermicidal lubricant containing nonoxynol-9 (N-9), designating a guidance document containing labeling recommendations as a special control for latex condoms.
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Patients enrolled in the swiss hiv cohort study, initiating their first cART regimen between 1996 and early 2007, who had baseline and follow up CD4+ count and HIV RNA data available, were included in the analysis.
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Most of us microbiologists were rudely awakened to the insufficiency of our susceptibility testing methods last year when the College of American Pathologists (CAP) sent out a carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae as an unknown proficiency testing sample. My laboratory, like most others in the United States, incorrectly reported the isolate as susceptible to imipenem and meropenem.
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An outbreak of 140 human cases of West Nile Virus in Kern County, California (better known for its increased risk of coccidioidomycosis), during the summer of 2007, prompted Reisen et al to look for possible causes.
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Hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) represents the second most common nosocomial infection, accounting for 15% of all hospital-associated infections.
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In this issue: The JUPITER trial causes a stir; ACP practice guideline for antidepressant use; testosterone for low libido; continued shortage of Hib vaccine; FDA Actions.
