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More delays in the fight against TB in South Africa

Long hospital stays for TB treatment can increase risk of reinfection with MDR or XDR-TB strains

High rate of MRSA recurrence in patients with HIV

Enhanced Trofile assay better at identifying HIV tropisms, only slight impact on virologic outcomes

South Africa’s lop-sided TB response: more attention to prevention of drug resistance required

The scale of the challenge in fight against TB in South Africa

Migrants with MDR-TB in southern Africa being dumped off at borders without referrals to care

TB news from the World Lung Health Conference, Paris

Can we create ‘elite controllers’?

The consequences of fear

No allowances

Starting HIV treatment soon after a patient is diagnosed with cryptococcal meningitis decreases risk of death

Study shows how vaccine may have increased risk of HIV infection

Children born to HIV-positive mothers no more likely to develop cancer

Low rates of HIV testing in US emergency departments

Third of patients in Botswana have a gene that slows efavirenz clearance and increases risk of CNS side-effects

A stronger immune system reduces risk of death from cancer for people with HIV

HIV prevalence stable among UK injecting drug users