Infectious Diseases

Drug used alone to treat HIV-1 infection in antiretroviral treatment-naïve adults.

An investigational antiviral used to treat life-threatening adenovirus and cyto-megalovirus (CMV) infections in transplant patients seems to be free of the side-effects associated with similar drugs.

Guidelines released last year by the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) for the treatment of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea called for the use of metronidazole for mild to moderate illness and oral vancomycin for severe illness.

Findings of Israeli study, but more data called for

Statin use was significantly associated with a shorter time to reach clinical stability

More formal, open-label study expected to net better data