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amtatara.bsky.social
Physician scientist engaged in biomaterials, immunoengineering, and device-related infection. Assistant prof at UTSW.
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Post-hoc analysis of 📷 📷 study in MSSA/MRSA bacteremia: Persistent fever = indicator for complicated infection Fever on Day 4️⃣: aOR (3.7 (95% CI: 1.58-8.67)) mortality Fever on Day 7️⃣: aOR: (8.78 (95% CI: 2.78-27.7) 🚫 assn between ⬆️CRP/WBC and mortality #IDSky academic.oup.com/ofid/advance...

In OFID, Seongman Bae and colleagues elucidate risk factors associated with 30-day infection-attributable mortality in a large cohort of patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (SAB).

【Mayo Clinic CME Orthopedic Infectious Diseases 2025】 👉Comprehensive #OrthoID learning course is coming soon! 👉Great learning opportunity for #IDFellow #IMResident #OrthoResident! ce.mayo.edu/orthopedic-s... #IDMedEd #IDFellow #OrthoID #MayoClinicINFD #MSIS #EBJIS

#NIH funding is vital and the returns are superb, as noted by critical translational breakthroughs relevant to chronic fatigue, Parkinson's, prior diseases, cataracts, and hearing loss made with NIH funding in 2024 www.nih.gov/news-events/...

A new Staph aureus candidate vaccine has been fast-tracked into a US clinical trial in 2025 Dire need for this, as we are seeing more MRSA isolates with vancomycin MIC 2 mcg/mL, for which vancomycin is typically ineffective

It's that time of year again. Here are my top 10 ID papers of 2024 1. My opinion 2. Practice changing, paradigm-shifting or dogma challenging 3. Not COVID 4. Alphabetical order by first author 5. CoI for 4 and 5 (I am an author) Summary slide here, details in thread #IDSky #Top10IDpapers

Reminder that there’s a whole Vulfpeck Xmas album in the style of Guaraldi: m.youtube.com/watch?v=mMjo...

Led by Chih-Ming Tsai + Irshad Hasham, a fascinating new JCI paper from the George Liu Lab at UCSD Pediatrics shows that in mice who have previous Staphylococcus aureus (SA) exposure, B cells secrete abundant IL-10 when challenged with the SA antigens for a second time (in a vaccine) Thread🧵 1 of 2

This is an amazing opportunity for an emerging clinical researcher to catapult their career by leading a multisite clinical trial on therapies for candidemia, while earning a PhD under the supervision of the BEST people #IDSky #MedMycoSky Deadline Dec 17! library.witshealth.co.za/Vacancies/20...

Pretty much use metronidazole 500mg q12 for all indications aside from CNS at this point

Today we report that an engineered skin bacterium, swabbed gently on the head of a mouse, can unleash a potent antibody response against a pathogen. Could lead to topical vaccines that are applied in a cream. @djenetbousbaine.bsky.social led the charge... @natureportfolio.bsky.social 1/55

Could not be more excited to announce the incoming 2025 UTSW ID Fellows! These talented and passionate docs are amazing and the microbes better watch out! #IDSky #WeareID #Match2025 #HIVSky @utswinfdis.bsky.social @idsainfo.bsky.social

ID PharmD job opening in Dallas, Texas!! join our team 🥰 @bradcutrellmd.bsky.social @ricardolahozmd.bsky.social jobs.utsouthwestern.edu/job/21346700...

Fantastic training program- outstanding leadership and an amazingly diverse patient population- I highly recommend applying!

Buenas from Dallas! On my friend Sidd's suggestion (@hivdocsk.bsky.social), I'm looking forward to drawing strength from my ID/HIV community here! Looking forward to interesting conversations with #IDSky and @HIVsky. Y'all are the best!

Never a dull moment… #UTSWID

Medicine a humbling experience… A patient with Capnocytophagia Meningoencephalitis @utswinfdis.bsky.social Thanks Colten Creel (2nd year fellow) for the excellent presentation! #IDSky #MedSky

Are you looking the most important and latest studies on Ortho ID? Look no further! We curated it for you. #IDSky #MedSky orthoidlibrary.com/bibliography/

🟣Wednesday Harvard Joint ID Conference 🟣04 December 2024, 8A 🟣Health Equity and ID presented by Aima Ahonkhai, MD MPH 🟣ID and Addiction Medicine presented by Daniel Solomon, MD @danielsolomon.bsky.social @mgb-id-fellows.bsky.social alumni can participate through alumni.massgeneralbrigham.org

Final: Thunder 116 Rockets 119

Both a 2-dose and a 3-dose hepatitis B vaccine with a cytosine phosphoguanine adjuvant showed a superior seroprotection response compared to 3 doses of the conventional HepB-alum vaccine. #WorldAIDSDay https://ja.ma/3Zch5dD

For my inaugural post, Im proud to announce the publication of our Safer@Home care model. This is going to change how medicine is practiced. No need to admit pts "for IV antibiotics" anymore. Or just for IV diuresis in CHF. Or just for EtOH withdrawal. Etc. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Wonderful resource, will print out to have at my desk!

Here’s a handy table for the summary of bioavailability of oral antimicrobials. #IDSky journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Biomaterials friends, does anyone have recommendations for where to get PTFE molds made? I’m looking to make a set for ISO 5833.

Dallas has Portillos! New venue for UTSW ID journal club…?

Fantastic! So great to see more GPC data, even if not S aureus. Excited to dig into the paper and share with friends on the wards.

Hi #IDSky! Febrile is a cultured podcast about all things ID. We talk about clinical reasoning, diagnostics, abxs, and other interesting topics! 🦠 We love showcasing trainees and ID clinicians, and we cover both adult+pediatric topics/cases. We're ~4 years old and sponsored by @idsainfo.bsky.social

If your hospital has a musculoskeletal infection service, what do you call it? I’ve heard OrthoID and Bone&Joint ID (aka BoJo). Haven’t figured out how to make polls on Bluesky…

Love to see it! Thanks to those for sharing their experiences and OFID for publishing. #OrthoID

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