"One teabag is better than four": Participants response to the discontinuation of 2% PRO2000/5 microbicide gel in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Introduction: The Microbicides Development Programme evaluated the safety and effectiveness of 0.5% and 2% PRO2000/5 microbicide gels in reducing the risk of vaginally acquired HIV. In February 2008 the Independent Data Monitoring Committee recommended that evaluation of 2% PRO2000/5 gel be discontinued due to futility.

Coronary artery stenosis in Reiter's syndrome: a complication of aortitis.

Seronegative spondyloarthritis may be complicated by a variety of cardiac lesions including aortitis. We describe a patient with Reiter's syndrome who presented with angina and new onset heart murmurs. Cardiac catheterization revealed myocardial ischemia and aortic insufficiency.

Comparison of triamcinolone acetonide with indomethacin in the treatment of acute gouty arthritis.

Twenty-seven patients presenting within 5 days of the onset of crystalline proven acute gout were prospectively treated with either indomethacin 50 mg tid or triamcinolone acetonide 60 mg intramuscularly. Patients with contraindications to therapy with indomethacin received triamcinolone acetonide. They were followed for 30 days.