49th International Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), 12-15 September 2009, San Francisco

31 December 2009. Related: Conference reports, Conference index, ICAAC 49th San Fransisco 2009.

Reports from the conference

Introduction

The following short reports are summaries from some of the interesting studies presented at ICAAC this year. As were not able to cover this meeting in person, all information is dependent on the online posters.

Reports in this issue of HTB include:

• Smoking masks the long-term benefits of HAART on lung function

• Recent ARVs and the blood/brain barrier: CSF drug concentrations of darunavir/r and raltegravir

• Raltegravir body composition study: 48-week DEXA results

• Alcohol and marijuana may reduce drug levels of atazanavir and efavirenz

• Other drug interaction studies at ICAAC

ICAAC unfortunately routinely removes online access shortly after the meeting and is one of the few medical meetings covering HIV care that does not support continued open access to this resource.

As we went to press these were still available online:

http://www.posters2view.com/icaac

[Username: ICAAC; Password: SanFran]