{"id":6039,"date":"2015-05-06T17:39:09","date_gmt":"2015-05-06T21:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/hiv-id-observations\/?p=6039"},"modified":"2015-05-06T17:39:09","modified_gmt":"2015-05-06T21:39:09","slug":"an-apology-to-subscribers-and-five-random-idhiv-questions-to-ponder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/hiv-id-observations\/index.php\/an-apology-to-subscribers-and-five-random-idhiv-questions-to-ponder\/2015\/05\/06\/","title":{"rendered":"An Apology to Subscribers, and Five Random ID\/HIV Questions to Ponder"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some of you have been kind enough to enter your email address in the little box on the right side of this page, which gives you a “subscription” to this site. It looks like this:<\/p>\n

\"Subscribe\"<\/a><\/p>\n

We thank you for signing up! Delivery is usually\u00a0prompt and reliable (even during this past winter’s historic snowstorms), and the price can’t be beat (free).<\/p>\n

But this week,\u00a0due to a fascinating technical glitch — text copied from the FDA web site included a prohibited character, a little empty box — no e-mail notification was sent out with the latest post. Our apologies! For the record, the post included various\u00a0thoughts on\u00a0the nettlesome problem of fat accumulation syndromes in HIV<\/a>, and a terrific video from that famous ID specialist John Stewart.<\/p>\n

In exchange for this inconvenience,\u00a0we’re offering a full refund — plus a bonus Five Random ID\/HIV Questions to Ponder<\/em><\/p>\n

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  1. Could this investigational zoster vaccine<\/a> really be 97% effective?\u00a0<\/strong>Total game-changer for shingles prevention if it turns out to be this effective and<\/em> safe.<\/li>\n
  2. Are we\u00a0going to call the newest azole antifungal<\/a>\u00a0“isavuconazole,” or by it’s weird real name, “isavuconazonium?”<\/strong>\u00a0Strongly hoping the former.<\/li>\n
  3. What percentage\u00a0of\u00a0ID doctors know\u00a0exactly<\/em> what “MALDI-TOF<\/a>” stands for?<\/strong> My guess: \u00a054%.<\/li>\n
  4. Has anyone prescribed elvitegravir<\/a>\u00a0or cobicistat<\/a>\u00a0as individual agents?<\/strong>\u00a0Probably — it’s a big country. But why did they do this?<\/li>\n
  5. Why did several\u00a0people in Colorado catch plague from a\u00a0sick dog?<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0Yikes, a few chewed\u00a0shoes you expect. But plague?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Speaking of plague …<\/p>\n