A cohort study of enfuvirtide immunological and virological efficacy in clinical practice.

The aim of the study was to evaluate, under routine circumstances, the immunological and virological efficacy of antiretroviral regimens containing enfuvirtide in multi-class experienced HIV-1 infected patients. This retrospective monocentric study analyzed the clinical, immunological, and virological data of 18 HIV-1 infected patients who started enfuvirtide and completed at least 3 months of therapy. Following 3 months of enfuvirtide therapy, 11 (61%) patients had HIV-1 RNA below 400 copies/ml, among whom 8 (44%) patients below 50 copies/ml.

Feasibility of azithromycin prophylaxis during a pertussis outbreak among healthcare workers in a university hospital in Paris.

The objective of the present study was to evaluate the feasibility of azithromycin prophylaxis with respect to tolerability and compliance during a pertussis outbreak among healthcare workers in a university hospital ward. Compliance with the prophylaxis regimen was 89%; compliance was 75% from intent-to-treat perspective. The rate of adverse events was 33%.

[Antiretroviral agents in HIV-infected patients with cirrhosis].

Since highly active antiretroviral therapies became available, the future of HIV-infected patients has been transformed. However, 20 to 25% of HIV patients are co-infected with hepatitis B or C viruses, and the course of these diseases has worsened, since these patients have an enhanced sensitivity to the hepatic toxicity of antiretrovirals. The relation between high antiretroviral concentrations and toxicity has been clearly demonstrated with certain protease inhibitors and non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTI) that have a predominantly hepatic metabolism (CYP4503A4).