MEDICINE: Which HIV Treatment is Best for Patients with HIV and Hepatitis C?

Audio Journal of Medicine, September 21st, 2007 Reporting from: 47th Annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), Chicago, 2007 Which HIV Treatment is Best for Patients with HIV and Hepatitis C? JUAN BERENGUER, Hospital Gregorio Marañón, Madrid REFERENCE: Abstract V-1385/ICAAC Congress 2007 Chicago 16-20 September A retrospective study has thrown doubt on the theory that protease inhibitors (PIs) are a preferable antiretroviral treatment for patients co-infected with HIV and Hepatitis C virus. Previous research had suggested that PIs had a more beneficial effect on liver fibrosis than NNRTIs, but a study based at the Hospital Gregorio Marañón in Madrid has found the opposite. Derek Thorne discussed the data with Juan Berenguer.