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Director of Molecular Microbiology at MUSC. Former CPEP Fellow at the University of North Carolina and APHL/CDC Fellow at the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene. https://www.linkedin.com/in/logandpatterson/
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Proud to be a part of PASCV! If you're interested in clinical virology and molecular diagnostics for infectious diseases, we'd love for you to join us! Tons of benefits, and membership fees are $125 or less. Reach out to me if you decide to sign up or have questions. www.pascv.org/page/Members...

🚨New Pub Alert! Our 1000-Karius retrospective is out! #ClinMicro #IDSky @uclapathology.bsky.social

Excited to announce that the first issue of #ASMCaseReports is HERE! πŸŽ‰ Congratulations to all of our authors! πŸ™Œ @asm.org @burnhambugdoc.bsky.social @nicholasmoore.bsky.social Read the fully open-access issue: journals.asm.org/toc/asmcr/cu...

Almost a month after joining the site, we have over 90 clinical microbiologists in the "Clinical Microbiology" starter pack! While not quite the atmospheric rise of the #IDSky group, we'll keep recruiting! Please share and let your #clinmicro colleagues know how to find us when they arrive!

"Can I get speciation for that culture?" Speciation (noun): the formation of new and distinct species in the course of evolution

Stumbled upon this gem in an OR consult note today: "Will also have to do DNA phenotyping of their bacteria with micro Genex." As the micro director...

As the great migration from Twitter to Bluesky begins, I have created the "Clinical Microbiology" starter pack to help you find your colleagues. Please let me know if you would like to be added! go.bsky.app/VTpSjBL

Dear #IDSky, Do you have a really cool case that you'd like to publish? One that involved a unique or challenging diagnostic approach? If so, I would encourage you to submit your case to the BRAND NEW ASM Case Reports journal. Read more here: doi.org/10.1128/asmc... journals.asm.org/journal/asmcr

A vendor came to visit our lab recently to push a new product. The rep mentioned that it capitalized on the new "trend" of people caring about diagnostic stewardship, followed by an eye roll. Clearly they don't do any research before these meetings 🀣 For those interested: doi.org/10.1128/jcm....