Anti-Infectives Week

HIV/AIDS Lipodystrophy - Very-low-fat diets may be beneficial for HIV-LD patients

HIV/AIDS RNA Research - Antiviral mechanisms of HIV exonic splicing silencers clarified

HIV/AIDS Therapy - Enzyme-linked minisequence HIV drug-resistance screen accurate, cost-effective

HIV/AIDS Therapy - HAART induces tolerogenic HLA-G expression by peripheral monocytes

HIV/AIDS Therapy - HCV coinfection delays CD4 cell recovery after HAART initiation

HIV/AIDS Therapy - Levels of anti-p24 IgG1 may mark HAART efficacy

HIV/AIDS Therapy - Web-based pager system modestly improves antiretroviral treatment adherence

Haemophilus Ducreyi -  H. ducreyi cytolethal distending toxin can be blocked by CdtA-CdtC complex

Helicobacter Pylori - A complete H. pylori cag pathogenicity island confers greater disease

Helicobacter Pylori - Gastric mucosa reduces IL-4 when faced with Helicobacter pylori with cag

Immunology -  L. pneumophila acts on a protein kinase, stops macrophage IL-12 production

Immunology - Albumin has innate immunity function, inhibits B. dermatitidis yeast growth

Immunology - Monoclonal antibody protects against S. aureus infections

Infectious Disease -  H. ducreyi can give pustule or resolution regardless of phagocytosis level

Infectious Disease - Lyophilized S. cerevisiae responsible for ICU outbreak

Infectious Disease - Ocular toxoplasmosis can be treated to eliminate deterioration of vision

Influenza - Company reports positive laboratory-confirmed results from FluINsure vaccine

Kidney Disease - Understanding the role of complement in renal disease may lead to better therapy

Legionnaires Disease -  Legionella pneumophila LvhB2 is involved in infectivity efficiency at 30 degrees C

Malaria Therapy - Reintroduction of standard malaria treatment in Vietnam qualified success

Mergers and Acquisitions - Health products company obtains rights to antimicrobial line of products

Otorhinolaryngology - Allergies and autoimmune disease can affect the ears

Patents - Company announces new patent for nanobacteria eradication and therapeutics

Plague - ID Biomedical announces additional contract related to a subunit plague vaccine

Pulmonary Medicine - Cardiac troponin I positivity may help predict pediatric RSV respiratory failure

Pulmonary Tuberculosis - Cutaneous tuberculosis rare in treated pulmonary TB patients

Quality Assurance - Practice parameters are being developed for managing pediatric allergy, asthma

Rickettsias -  Anaplasma marginale varies membrane antigens; may explain disease cyclicity

Salmonella Enterica Typhi - Commensal bacterial products can increase invasion potential of S. enterica

Staphylococcus Aureus - Study: Battle MRSA bacteria in hospitals by flooding hospitals with viruses

Streptococcus Pneumoniae -  S. pneumoniae virulence involves control of oxygen by the MicAB kinase

Transplant Medicine -  Xylohypha bantiana can cause curable brain abscess similar to aspergillosis

Transplant Medicine - Polyomavirus nephropathy, tubulitis benefit most from lower immunosuppression

Tuberculosis Diagnostics - Colorimetric assay suitable for identification of drug-resistant TB strains

Tuberculosis Drug Resistance - High rate of fluoroquinolone resistance in new TB cases

Tuberculosis Drug Resistance - Mycobacterial katG, inhA mutations highly predictive of isoniazid resistance

Tuberculosis Therapy - Plasma pooling effective for finding rifampicin bioequivalence in FDCs