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Consultant Clinical Scientist in Medical Microbiology @ NUH. Interested in all things IPC, Pneumocystis, endocarditis, diagnostic stewardship, WGS & novel diagnostics. 🦠 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 All views are my own
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🆕💫 Early oral stepdown therapy for infective endocarditis: an international cross-sectional survey on current use in clinical practice ESCMID Study Group for Bloodstream Infections, Endocarditis and Sepsis #idsky #IEWiki www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

submitted 20 days ago • 2 comments

The next @ipcpartners.bsky.social Journal Club will be on contamination of sink drains. No doubt that it happens. But how significant is contamination of the sink drain? What can we do to deal with it and mitigate associated risks?

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

Linezolid gets into everywhere, including the pleural space! #clinmicro #IDSky #AMR @bsacandjac.bsky.social academic.oup.com/jac/advance-...

submitted 70 days ago • 8 comments

Penicillin allergy delabelling is an effective form of antimicrobial stewardship. And can be pharmacist-led. 👏 @elisemitri.bsky.social @trubianojason.bsky.social #IDSky #AMR #ClinMicro @cmicomms.bsky.social

submitted 79 days ago • 3 comments

After 10 years of practice; First case of Melioidosis at my 🏥 #IDsky

submitted 88 days ago • 9 comments

1/14 🤔 Why do we use iodine as an intravenous contrast agent? The answer requires a review of the composition of the human body and a brief tour of one of my favorites, the Periodic Table of Elements.

submitted 112 days ago • 13 comments

🔥In Case You Missed It🔥 Our NEW WikiGuidelines A stellar cast of auth🌟rs 54 members , 12 countries The Third WikiGuidelines After OM,IE Guidelines for the Prevention Diagnosis,and Management of Urinary Tract Infections in Pediatrics & Adults #idsky #JAMANetworkOpen jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

submitted 113 days ago • 10 comments

#MicroRounds (Day 977): "day at the beach" For a lab to conclusively detect beta-lactamase in Staphylococcus spp. this is the zone-edge test (aka "sandy beach test"). Around a penicillin disk a sharp ("cliff"): beta-lac(+). A fuzzy edge ("beach"): (-) #ASMClinMicro #IDTwitter

submitted 578 days ago • 0 comments

Please share with your Biomedical & Clinical Science friends on 🦋 - let’s build our network up again❤️

submitted 113 days ago • 28 comments

Hello to everyone that is part of the Bluesky community 👋 The Healthcare Infection Society is happy to be joining you all. Be sure to follow us for updates on our Society! #IDsky #medsky

submitted 117 days ago • 1 comment

1/5 : Hello everyone! Love to see so many wonderful people in this platform. Let me introduce myself: My name is Luis Plaza, and I am a microbiologist based i. Orlando, Florida. I enjoy learning and sharing information. With that in mind I created the Let’s Talk Micro podcast.

submitted 117 days ago • 1 comment

Absolutely delighted to be able to share our paper describing the evolution of vancomycin resistance in C. difficile using evolution – out today in PLOS Biology journals.plos.org/plosbiology/... A THREAD (1/10) www.sheffield.ac.uk/news/scienti...

submitted 206 days ago • 4 comments

#IDSky Starter Packs (Updated 11/11/24) IDSky 1 go.bsky.app/LnAQjdq IDSky 2 go.bsky.app/JNfSvQT IDSky 3 go.bsky.app/FeogT7o IDSky 4 go.bsky.app/D1zxj4E TxID go.bsky.app/95rzmLi MedMycology go.bsky.app/8XGywEx Let me know if I missed you! cc #MedSky

submitted 117 days ago • 33 comments

Hi IDSky and #TxID enthusiasts I've created a Feed for Transplant ID to complement the general ID one created by @johnrossmd.bsky.social (thanks for the help John) To include your skeet, include the term #TxID (with or without the hashtag) bsky.app/profile/did:...

submitted 117 days ago • 0 comments

IDSky continues to grow rapidly We are now >300 users, which means we are on a third Starter Pack IDSky Starter Pack 1 go.bsky.app/LnAQjdq IDSky Starter Pack 2 go.bsky.app/JNfSvQT ID Starter Pack 3 go.bsky.app/FeogT7o Check back on the most recent one often as it is updated frequently

submitted 119 days ago • 36 comments