Conference reports

Pharmacokinetics of lopinavir/ritonavir incombination with rifampicin based TB treatment in children

Efavirenz versus nevirapine based first linetreatment in a South African cohort

GSK572: 24-week results in treatment-naive and raltegravir-experienced patients

Consensus guidelines recommend routine use of genotypic tropism testing: new focus on maraviroc as a switching option (2010)

UK studies on bone health: increasedfracture rates reported in HIV-positive people

Muscle weakness or pain analysed as possible raltegravir side effect

Adding maraviroc does not boost CD4s inrandomised trial

Switch to twice-daily unboosted atazanavir outdoes switch to once-daily dose

Small but higher rates of AIDS and non-AIDS complications with uncontrolled HIV despite CD4s over 350

12th International Workshop on Adverse Drug Reactions and Co-Morbidities in HIV, 4-–6 November 2010, London

Bio-Alcamid associated with unacceptable risk of complications: no longer recommended as a treatment for facial lipoatrophy

First International Workshop on HIV and Ageing, 4-–5 October 2010, Baltimore

T-cell senescence linked to KS in peoplewith good HIV control

Higher risk of potential drug-drug interactions in HIV patients over 60

Age raises fracture risk more in HIV-positive people

50th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), 12–-15 September 2010, Boston

Raltegravir pharmacokinetics inpregnancy

Low birth weight associated with HAART in pregnancy in Zambia

Bilirubin levels in infants following in utero atazanavir exposure compared to exposure to other antiretrovirals

Novel mutations and shifting susceptibility to darunavir and tipranavir

Four-drug single-pill antiretroviral equivalent to Atripla at 48 weeks

High rates of bone loss and progression with HIV in longitudinal study

XVIII International AIDS Conference: 18–-23 July 2010, Vienna

Spray-dried nanoparticle formulation of efavirenz

Switching boosted-PIs to raltegravir

Scaling up: what to do first?

A new point of care CD4 test

Early infant diagnosis

Efavirenz-based regimens among womenof reproductive age receiving ART in Johannesburg

Male circumcision retains effectiveness at reducing risk of HIV infection: 54 month results

Towards a cure: HIV reservoirs and strategies to control them, 16–17 July 2010, Vienna

Rapporteur summaries

XVIII International AIDS Conference: 18-–23 July 2010, Vienna

Navigating the IAS Vienna conference online

Results from the Caprisa 004 tenofovir microbicide trial

Quadrivalent HPV vaccine reduces genital lesions and HPV acquisition in men

Rilpivirine (TMC-278) vs efavirenz in treatment-naive patients: phase 3 results

Once-daily nevirapine extended release (XR) is non-inferior to current formulation

GSK572 (dolutegravir): second-generation integrase inhibitor

TBR-652: early results for CCR5 inhibitor

Atazanavir/r plus maraviroc or tenofovir/FTC in treatment-naive patients

Unboosted twice-daily atazanavir plus raltegravir

CASCADE analysis of when to start treatment

Impact of antiretroviral PMTCT prophylaxis regimens on subsequent maternal disease progression in Kesho Bora

Birth outcomes with antiretroviral exposure

New WHO guidelines for children (July 2010)

Early treatment for infants is cost-effective

No difference in outcomes for children initiating treatment with a protease inhibitor or an NNRTI nor with viral load switching strategies in PENPACT-1

Tablets more acceptable than syrups in the ARROW trial

Paediatric formulation of TMC 278

Smoking and atazanavir levels

Darunavir/ritonavir and rosuvastatin

Lime juice is not a microbicide: do not try at home

2nd Joint Conference of BHIVA with BASHH, 20–-23 April 2010, Manchester

HAART use among women in UK receiving treatment prior to conception

Duration of ruptured membranes and vertical transmission in the UK

Significant rates of unplanned pregnancies among young women born with HIV

Route of HCV transmission in HIV-positive gay men is unlikely to be from semen

75% HIV-positive children have insufficient levels of Vitamin D

Increase in LGV cases in gay men reported in the UK

High rates of osteopenia and osteoporosis: importance of DEXA monitoring

Summaries of other studies

11th International Workshop on Clinical Pharmacology of HIV Therapy, 7-9 April, 2010, Sorrento, Italy

Atazanavir absorption maximised with food

Methadone levels reduced moderately by rilpivirine

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