The good: this premier HIV conference offers a banquet of exceptional material. The bad: the expense and the grind of covering a meeting this rich-and lengthy.

Two studies demonstrate that raltegravir is an extremely well-tolerated and potent component of a combination antiretroviral regimen.

In the absence of well-defined post-op management, how would you proceed?

Replication of HIV within the CNS continues to be a hot topic, because it represents a viral reservoir that can complicate treatment, as well as control and prevention efforts.

“Super-spreaders” continue to play a major role in various epidemics, including tuberculosis and HIV infection.

Preliminary study results confirm that patient education and targeting those in higher-risk populations or who engage in high-risk behaviors continue to be important in preventing HIV transmission. Four specific recommendations here.

It is quite likely that we have entered a new era of treatment for individuals either mono-infected with HCV or co-infected with HCV/HIV. Details here.

The START trial is likely to provide a definitive answer to one of the most important clinical questions in HIV management: when is the optimal time to start antiretroviral therapy.

Potential for infection is everywhere for patients with alcoholic cirrhosis.

A medication change? Repeat colonoscopy with chromoendoscopy? Colectomy? Other?

Eosinophilic esophagitis is often misdiagnosed as gastroesophageal reflux disease but does not respond to acid suppression therapy. Here, a close-to-textbook case.

See if the results of this 62-year-old woman's colonoscopy help you identify the source of her abdominal pain.

A link was found between low vitamin A levels and the incidence of diarrhea with vomiting and cough with fever.

Which of the following extraintestinal manifestations of inflammatory bowel disease often parallels disease activity?

These presenting symptoms began after a near syncopal episode. The patient has no significant medical or surgical history. More details, here.

The types of digestive disorders are many, and the symptoms vary widely. This week's photo quiz offers a variety of presentations to test your diagnostic acumen.

Here’s an opportunity for primary care to have a major impact on patients with a specialty-treated disease. Specialists will never boost vaccination rates to where they need to be. It’s just not what they do.

All patients with inflammatory bowel disease are at risk for anemia at any stage of their illness. In the past few years, there has been been increasing acceptance of the safety, efficacy, and speed of correcting deficiency with intravenous iron. Here: the pros and cons of oral vs IV supplementation.

These data suggest it may be worth a try-before moving on to potentially more dangerous drugs.