HTB homepage • Conference reports • Articles by subject • Subscribe December 2014 Contents Editorial November-December 2014: Volume 15 Number 11/12 Treatment alerts ARV supply issues cause treatment interruptions in a UK clinic Conference reports 12th Glasgow Congress on HIV Therapy, 2-6 November 2014, Glasgow Savings to the NHS predicted from switching to generic antiretrovirals Lower dose efavirenz effective in two studies Should tenofovir dose be 200 – 250 mg when used with protease inhibitors? 3TC inferior to FTC in Dutch cohort but interchangeable in other studies Suicide not associated with efavirenz use in the D:A:D cohort study Gender differences in use of cardiovascular disease-related interventions: D:A:D study Efavirenz decreases exposure to hormonal contraceptive implant Increased risk of ART-related hepatotoxicity in HIV positive pregnant women Darunavir pharmacokinetics in pregnancy and postpartum BHIVA Autumn Conference, 9-10 October 2014, London Good management of HIV positive pregnant women in UK – with some room for improvement Southern African Clinicians Society Conference, 24-27 September 2014, Cape Town, South Africa Efavirenz-associated gynaecomastia reported to the national HIV and TB healthcare workers hotline in South Africa Infants start ART too late but improvement over time in Southern Africa Treatment outcomes in HIV positive and negative people with drug resistant TB in Khayelitsha, Cape Town Pregnancy a risk factor for poor antiretroviral treatment outcomes in South African adolescents Antiretrovirals Equivalent efficacy with lower dose darunavir Side effects Poppers-related maculopathy linked to permanent and serious vision loss Hepatitis coinfection US activists called on Gilead to set a per-treatment price for sofosbuvir/ledipasvir HIV prevention and transmission UK PROUD study to provide PrEP to all participants earlier than expected: planned follow-up to continue to two years IPERGAY PrEP study shows early efficacy in protecting gay men from HIV: all participants to switch to active drug HIV in the UK 2014: Public Health England report on incidence and care Cure-related research Three papers on macrophages and HIV infection On the web Conferences Online article PDFs November/December 2014: Volume 15 Number 11/12 HTB homepage • Conference reports • Articles by subject • Subscribe
