27 December 2008

Contents

Conference reports

• 48th Annual International Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), 25-28 October 2008, Washington DC

• Antiretroviral Pregnancy Registry finds no increase in congenital anomalies with exposure to tenofovir

• No association between maternal antiretrovirals in pregnancy and congenital anomalies

• Pharmacokinetics of saquinavir/ritonavir in pregnancy

• Course of labour in pregnant HIV-positive women with no contraindication for vaginal delivery

• Four weeks of antiretroviral prophylaxis is sufficient for HIV-exposed infants

• HAART suppresses genital tract HIV shedding in HIV/HSV co-infected women

• Efavirenz significantly reduces levels of some oral contraceptives

• Lack of efficacy of isoniazid (INH) prophylaxis and PK evaluation in South African infants