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Today's Featured Report
  The incidence of HIV-associated multicentric Castlemans disease
J. Krell, M. Tuthill, V. Campbell , et al
XVII International AIDS Conference


 HIV-associated Castleman's Disease
Disease Management Archives
 
Disease Management Update
  Treatment of HCV/HIV co-infection in a diverse population with substantial co-morbidity
 B. Johnston, M. Carasso E. Marchand, et al
 XVII International AIDS Conference
HIV/HCV Coinfection
 Disease Management Archives 		   
     
Drug Update
  Hepatic steatosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus genotype 2 or 3 does not affect
viral response in patients treated with peginterferon alpha-2a (40KD) (PEGASYS) plus
ribavirin () for 16 or 24 weeks.
Rodriguez-Torres M, Govindarajan S, et al
Liver Int. 2008 Aug 14.

 Peginterferon alpha-2a
Drug Archives		    
 
Diagnostic/Monitoring Update
  Identification of Aspergillus species in oral tissue samples of patients with hematologic
malignancies by in situ hybridization: a preliminary report.
Myoken Y, Sugata T, Mikami Y, et al
J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2008 Sep;66(9):1905-12.



 Diagnostic Archives 		   
 
Marginalized Update
  Clinical Outcomes of Hepatitis C Treatment in a Prison Setting: Feasibility and
Effectiveness for Challenging Treatment Populations.
Maru DS, Bruce RD, Basu S, Altice FL, et al 
Clin Infect Dis. 2008 Aug 20.


Prisoners
 Marginalized Updates
 
US Update
  The cost-effectiveness of using hepatitis A/B combined vaccine versus hepatitis B
vaccine alone for high-risk heterosexuals.
Rein DB, Weinbaum CM
 Vaccine. 2008 Aug 13.
US Updates Archives
 
Global Update
  FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Regional differences in HIV prevalence among drug users in China: potential for
future spread of HIV?
 Kretzschmar M,  Zhang W,  Mikolajczyk RT, et al
BMC Infectious Diseases 2008, 8:108 (4 August 2008)
Global Updates Archives
     
Week-in-Review
  The most frequently accessed reports on the Medical Advocates' Web site during
the week of August 18-25, 2008
 August 25, 2008



 

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