Purpose: The rationale for recent changes in guidelines for the prevention of opportunistic infections (OIs) in HIV-infected persons is discussed. Summary: The epidemiology of AIDS has changed ...

Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have discovered a new technique to control inflammatory disorders that also maintains a patient’s ability to fight off infections. Principal investigator ...

Immunogeneticists have discovered a new genetic disorder that causes immunodeficiency and profound susceptibility to opportunistic infections including a life-threatening fungal pneumonia. An ...

It is already known that people who are immunocompromised are more prone to infections. Chronic and opportunistic infections are often found in people with an AIIRD, and may be linked to some of the ...

New guidelines from EULAR pull together recommendations that had been scattered across the literature and national rheumatology societies. The recommendations suggest that a closer working ...

HONOLULU -- Lung transplant clinicians had a rocky start using belatacept (Nulojix) for immunosuppression at one large-volume center, though they maintained that the agent could still be used to ...

Atopic dermatitis (AD) was associated with an increased risk of hospitalised infections, opportunistic infections and several herpesvirus infections in both children and adults, with the risk being ...

Evidence of immunogenicity with the anti-idiotypic monoclonal antibody vaccine 1E10. Results from a phase I clinical trial in breast cancer patients No significant financial relationships to disclose.

Ascending dose trials of the safety and tolerability of Toca 511, a retroviral replicating vector encoding cytosine deaminase, in patients with recurrent high-grade glioma. Chemotherapy plus ...

Infection-related mortality remained high after HSCT in a resistant setting. Read more on key mortality drivers.

An international consortium co-led by Vanderbilt University Medical Center immunogeneticist Rubén Martínez-Barricarte, PhD, has discovered a new genetic disorder that causes immunodeficiency and ...