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Virtual medicine can offer great flexibility, but perhaps it also lacks nuance to truly do any meaningful antibiotic stewardship! #IDSky #AMR #ClinMicro

submitted 20 days ago • 2 comments

Good piece of molecular detective work on fluconazole resistant Candida parapsillosis in @bsacandjac.bsky.social @cmcurtis.bsky.social 👍 #IDSky #ClinMicro #AMR academic.oup.com/jac/advance-...

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

I'm incredibly honored by this opportunity to serve as President-Elect of @asm.org starting this summer. Looking forward to working with the Board, ASM leadership ,and staff to help advance the microbial sciences. I'm also glad to share my Vision statement, please join us! asm.org/Press-Releas...

submitted 46 days ago • 48 comments

#HISCON topics announced! 👉Intro to the new NHS Estates Technical Bulletin (in collaboration with Royal Society for Public Health) 👉Novel aspects of the built environment 👉AI 👉Whole genome sequencing 👉Emerging hot topics in IPC Sign up to our mailing list👉ow.ly/WniB50U6iVS

submitted 60 days ago • 0 comments

The Emerging Threat of H5N1 to Human Health

submitted 65 days ago • 2 comments

Fascinating

submitted 64 days ago • 0 comments

🆕 In @nejm.org "Critical Illness in an Adolescent with Influenza A(H5N1) Virus Infection" Highlights of the article in a 🧵 👇 www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

submitted 67 days ago • 1 comment

Vaccines save lives.

submitted 69 days ago • 2 comments

Many people talk about the "Golden Age of Antibiotics", but I hadn't seen it visualized properly. Just how many types of antibiotics were discovered during that time? So, I visualized it myself!

submitted 76 days ago • 24 comments

Large, prospective phage aerosol decontamination (targeting Steno, Acinetobacter, Pseudomonas, and Kleb pneumo) in 🇹🇼 ECMO: Intervention: 5 min phage humidifier in 29 pts Control: no phage 🚫 change in nosocomial inf rate ⬇️ infs by target bacteria #IDSky www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

submitted 76 days ago • 1 comment

To honour Jane Hinton’s contributions to microbiology, especially the development of the Mueller-Hinton agar, DSMZ researchers named the strain Streptomyces hintoniae (DSM 41014) after her. #herstory #HonoringWomenInSTEM #WomenInScience #streptomyces #microbiology

submitted 93 days ago • 0 comments

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submitted 95 days ago • 0 comments

We've already hit 100 followers! Thanks to everyone who has followed us so far. Spread the word :)

submitted 97 days ago • 1 comment

A hero and a warrior. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/30/h...

submitted 99 days ago • 8 comments

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submitted 100 days ago • 0 comments

Pertussis is extremely serious for infants; one-third of infants with pertussis require hospitalization, and 1 in 100 of those babies die. Vaccination is recommended early in the 3rd trimester of each pregnancy to protect the newborn.

submitted 105 days ago • 2 comments

Latest State-of-the-Art Review in @cidjournal.bsky.social comes from Dr. Miriam Barshak et al on ocular infections. (I had the pleasure of precepting Miriam in clinic around 20+ years ago --but who's counting! -- and she is brilliant and awesome.) @nottheogdrv.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/cid/...

submitted 107 days ago • 5 comments

Excellent talk from the team at Alder Hey - IPC in a children’s hospital #FISHIS2024

submitted 108 days ago • 0 comments

The very excellent Prof Margreet Vos talking hospital design in Rotterdam #FISHIS2024

submitted 109 days ago • 1 comment

www.devdiscourse.com/article/scie...

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submitted 112 days ago • 33 comments

Which E. coli are you? #MicroSky #IDSky

submitted 113 days ago • 2 comments

Sigh.

submitted 113 days ago • 557 comments

🆕️⚡️ ⚡️ #ofid Implementing oral antibiotics for bone and joint infections: Lessons learned and opportunities for improvement #idsky academic.oup.com/ofid/article... academic.oup.com/ofid/advance...

submitted 113 days ago • 2 comments

@mariankeyes.bsky.social So glad I just found you here! #strictly now enjoyable again. You’ve just missed the most exceptional pair of trousers. Words elude me.

submitted 113 days ago • 0 comments

🆕️⚡️⚡️Retrospective, multicenter, cohort study Oral antibiotics Vs OPAT Discharge oral therapy was not associated with higher rates of treatment failure compared to OPAT for children with MRSA bacteremic osteomyelitis #idsky link.springer.com/article/10.1...

submitted 113 days ago • 1 comment

The United States' first known case of a more severe strain of mpox was confirmed in California, the CDC says.

submitted 113 days ago • 90 comments

Wondering why so many people have mycoplasma (aka walking pneumonia) lately? Here’s a clue. Just published: after propensity matching, those w/ prior #COVID19 infection were about 3x more likely to get mycoplasma than those without #COVID: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #MedTwitter #MedSky

submitted 113 days ago • 43 comments

New: UK guidelines for the investigation and management of eosinophilia in returning travellers and migrants. #IDsky #microsky @drneilstone.bsky.social www.journalofinfection.com/article/S016...

submitted 116 days ago • 0 comments

Incredible graphic - the myriad of ways that bacteria defend themselves against antibiotics. 14 resistance mechanisms, summarised by Idan Yelin & Roy Kishony in Cell www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

submitted 116 days ago • 17 comments

Results 10 yrs metagenomic sequencing for CNS infections www.nature.com/articles/s41... Impressive. Key take homes for me. 1) Time to result still long - addressable but a barrier currently. 2) 10% contamination. 3) Despite using cutting edge tests a "causative" organism found in only 15%.

submitted 116 days ago • 3 comments