49th ICAAC Starts Today

September 12th, 2009

49th ICAAC Starts Today

Browsing through the program book, I see these topics extensively covered:

H1N1 and seasonal flu, in all their glory — transmission, pathogenesis, treatment, predictions
Highly resistant GNR — acinetobacter, carbapenemases, ESBL, etc.
MRSA — my personal favorite
C diff — though perhaps a little less this year?

While no one expects ICAAC to be an HIV-focused meeting, usually there are a few important papers presented — last year, for example, NA-ACCORD and raltegravir in treatment-naives debuted at ICAAC.

But unless I’m missing something, I don’t see anything this year on the HIV front of comparable importance. One year blip or a sign of the times?

(FYI, the CDA — that’s the California Dental Association — is also having a meeting here. Their meeting-goers have much better teeth than ID doctors/microbiologists.)

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September 12th, 2009