HIV/AIDS Clinical Care for January 10, 2011

Buenos días este es una copia de los temarios recibidos sobre VIH/SIDA, publicados en Journal Watch, que quiero compartir con ustedes.

Cada uno de los artículos tienen sus referencias para que puedan buscarlos y leerlos. 

Saludos 

Dr. Carlos Erazo

 

"SUMMARY AND COMMENT

Curing HIV? Free!

January 10, 2011 | Rajesh T. Gandhi, MD

An HIV-infected man who underwent stem-cell transplantation for leukemia continues to be free of the virus more than 3.5 years later, without any antiretroviral therapy.

Reviewing: Allers K et al. Blood 2010 Dec 8;

DRUG WATCH

New Formulation of Etravirine; Label Changes for Darunavir and d4T

January 10, 2011 | Paul E. Sax, MD

Etravirine is now available in a 200-mg tablet, darunavir is approved for once-daily dosing in some treatment-experienced patients, and the d4T label no longer calls for dose reduction to prevent toxicity.

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

Structural Cardiac Abnormalities Appear to Persist Despite ART

January 10, 2011 | Abigail Zuger, MD

Echocardiographic abnormalities were prevalent but mostly mild in a cohort of HIV-infected patients, the majority of whom were receiving ART.

Reviewing: Mondy K et al. Clin Infect Dis 2011 Feb 1; 52:378

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

Antiretrovirals and Cognitive Function

January 10, 2011 | Rajesh T. Gandhi, MD

The extent to which individual antiretrovirals penetrate the central nervous system may influence whether those drugs improve cognitive function, but the jury's still out.

Reviewing: Smurzynski M et al. AIDS 2010 Nov 30;""