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Cryptococcus accounts for up to 180,000 deaths annually and 68% of HIV-related meningitis cases. 🆕️🔥🌟 Review discussed diagnostic, preventive, and therapeutic strategies and the pathophysiological role of inflammatory syndromes.
#IDXposts
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Cefepime Vs. Piperacillin tazobactam:
Both cover pseudomonas aeruginosa
Neither covers MRSA
Only Pip tazo covers
Enterococcus & anaerobes
Only Cefepime can be used in CNS infections
Cefepime is more neurotoxic
Pip tazo + Vanco 🔼AKI risk*
Cefepime better AmpC coverage*
Others?
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🆕️⚡️🔥
@CIDJournal
@ErinMcCreary
Antibiotic Myths for the Infectious Diseases Clinician
With 🌟s
@tmjones6
@IDPharmacist
@JGPharmD
@aprildyerid
@The_Real_LDA
@ShaeferSpires
#IDTwitter
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Let's Simplify!
Ceftaroline =Ceftriaxone + MRSA cov
Cefepime =Ceftriaxone + pseudomonas cov
Pip/tazo=Cefepime +anaerobic cov
Meropenem= Pip/tazo + ESBL cov
Ertapenem=Meropenem - PS cov
Moxifloxacin=Levofloxacin +anaerobic-PS coverage
Delafloxacin=Levofloxacin+MRSA+Anaerobic cov
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🔥🔥JUST PUBLISHED 🔥🔥
@IDSAInfo
2023 Guidance on the Treatment of Antimicrobial Resistant Gram-Negative Infections
ESBL
AmpC
CRE
DTR-P. aeruginosa
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
CRAB
#IDTwitter
@pranita_tamma
@OncIDPharmd
@davidvanduin
@ClancyNeil
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🔥🔥Just Published🔥🔥
@JAMANetworkOpen
The 1st EVER ID
#WikiGuidelines
Lead
@bradspellberg
@DrToddLee
I was honored to participate w 63 clinicians,8 countries
🌟Clinical Guidelines for the management of pyogenic osteomyelitis in adults🌟
#IDTwitter
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🆕🔥⚡⚡State of art Review Article
@TheLancetInfDis
Necrotising soft-tissue infections
#IDTwitter
#MedEd
#TwitteRx
#MedTwitter
#mustread
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NEW 🔥🔥Review Article
@JAMA_current
Pharmacologic Treatments for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
#COVID19
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🌟Fantastic figure🌟 you can show when someone asks why we need to combine Ceftazidime-avibactam & Aztreonam for treatment of MBL🦠 infections?
⚡️Aztreonam isn't hydrolyzed by MBL enzymes
⚡️Avibactam takes care of ESBL/AmpC co-produced by MBL🦠
Ceftazidime ⁉️
H t
@drtimothyli
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🔥🔥 Just published 🔥🔥
Our second
@Wiki_Guidelines
@JAMANetworkOpen
@DrEmilyMcD
@BradSpellberg
@DrToddLee
and many 🌟s
Guidelines for Diagnosis and Management of Infective Endocarditis in Adults
A
@Wiki_Guidelines
Group Consensus Statement
#IDTwitter
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Everyone who's treating MRSA Bacteremia should read this article now!
An excellent review by
@VanceFowler5
et Al
@CIDJournal
Persistent MRSA Bacteremia: Resetting the Clock for Optimal Management
🌟Excellent figures 🌟
@snap_trial
Thoughts 🤔
#IDTwitter
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🔥 Just published 🔥
@CMIJournal
The Dutch Working Party on Antibiotic Policy (SWAB) guideline for the approach to suspected antibiotic allergy
Presented today
@ESCMID
#ECCMID2023
by Prof Mark De Boer
🌟Cross reactivity in beta-lactam antibiotics🌟
EnJoY
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NEW 🔥🔥masterpiece review article
@ElieAzoulay5
@yourICM
Diagnosis of severe respiratory infections in immunocompromised patients. Bacterial, Viral and Fungal
#mustread
#IDTwitter
#COVID19
#medtwitter
#FOAMed
#TxID
cc
@BradSpellberg
@TomWalshMD13
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Important NIH 💥💥
Before prescribing ritonavir-boosted nirmatrelvir (Paxlovid), clinicians should carefully review concomitant medications, including over-the-counter medicines and herbal supplements, to evaluate the potential for drug-drug interactions
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🆕️✨️🔥 Fantastic State-of-the-Art Review
@CIDJournal
@dminter89
Contemporary Management of Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia—Controversies in Clinical Practice
#IDXposts
#meded
#mustread
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NEW 🔥🔥
@JClinMicro
@ASMicrobiology
Review Name changes for fungi of medical importance, 2018 -2019.
Candida glabrata➡️ Nakaseomyces glabrata
Candida krusei ➡️ Pichia kudriavzevii
Cc
@MycologyRefManc
@eurconfmedmycol
#IDTwitter
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Dear Pharmacists esp CC & ID bookmark this 🆕💥💥
#IJAA
@ischemo
Recommended Antibiotic Dosage Regimens in Critically Ill Patients with Augmented Renal Clearance: A Systematic Review
🌟ARC Abx Doses 🌟
#IDTwitter
#medtwitter
#TwitteRx
#MedEd
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🔥🆕️MERCY RCT🆕️🔥
Continuous administration of meropenem, compared with intermittent administration, does NOT improve clinically relevant outcomes in critically ill patients with sepsis.
#IDTwitter
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The ‘Big Five’ carbapenemases:
1️⃣VIM
2️⃣IMP
3️⃣NDM
4️⃣KPC
5️⃣OXA-48
🌟Timeline representing the introduction of carbapenems & the appearance of carbapenemases worldwide. 🌟
#IDXposts
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"There isn’t an ID doc in this country who hasn’t been at the bedside of a patient who’s desperately ill & for whom we did not have an antibiotic.”
@IDSAInfo
President Dr. Cynthia Sears.
#IDquotes
#IDTwitter
Retweet if you ever had a patient with no
#antibiotic
to treat.
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🔥Recently published RCTs in Infectious Diseases 🔥
1️⃣
@asap_trial
@NEJM
2️⃣SOAB RCT
@CMIJournal
3️⃣ACORN RCT
@JAMA_current
4️⃣ACT HIV RCT
@NEJM
5️⃣SAFO RCT
@NatureMedicine
6️⃣ERADICATE RCT
@NEJM
#yournextJC
#IDXposts
Thread 🧵
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🔥Wow
@BradSpellberg
,our article is published 🔥
@OFIDJournal
with
@DrToddLee
@DrEmilyMcD
@medrants
Can the Future of ID Escape the Inertial Dogma of Its Past? : The Exemplars of Shorter Is Better and Oral Is the New IV
Happy new year
#IDTwitter
EnJoy
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🔥🔥Just published 🔥🔥
@iwgdf
/
@IDSAInfo
2023
Guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of foot infection in persons with diabetes
Check 🌟table 5🌟 similar to our OM
@Wiki_Guidelines
recomm
#shorterisbetter
theme is prevailing!
#IDTwitter
#IDTwitter
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🔥🔥NEW 🔥🔥
My new post a great collaboration w the amazing
@IDstewardship
Year In Review: Top✨ Non-COVID Infectious Diseases Articles Of 2021
18 high quality 🆔 RCTs
6 RCTs
@NEJM
#Shorterisbetter
#IDTwitter
#MedEd
#TwitteRx
#ASPchat
#SoMeDocs
Others🤔
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✨If you have Staph in urine check blood culture✨
💥Excellent narrative review on the role of Staphylococcus aureus Bacteriuria in S. aureus Bacteremia
Epidemiology and pathogenesis of SABU in patients with SAB💥
#IDTwitter
#ofid
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🆕️🔥 Position paper
@CMIJournal
Pseudomonas aeruginosa antimicrobial susceptibility profiles, resistance mechanisms and international clonal lineages: update from ESGARS-
@ESCMID
/ ISARPAE Group
#idxposts
#bookmark
#mustread
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Fever is a major driver of antibiotics
prescription
Fever isn't always an indication to start antibiotics
Fever isn't always a reason to get cultures from everywhere
When a patient has a fever,slow down,think twice
There are many non infectious causes of fever,can u mention one?
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Myth:Bactrim is not active against β-hemolytic Streptococcus,is now totally BUSTED
🆕️🔥
@ChristianCho
In vitro activity against clinical isolates of β-hemolytic Strept via BMD
TMP/SMX:100%🌟
Clinda:85%
Doxy:57%
For S.pyogenes TMP/SMX was 100% S
#idxposts
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This is my go-to table for choice of antifungals based on tissue penetration
#CMR
2104,
✴️CNS/CSF Data updated👇✴️
#IDTwitter
#tweetfungi
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NEW 🔥🔥🔥
in
#CID
Treatment of Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Pulmonary Disease: An Official
@atscommunity
/
@ERSpublications
/
@ESCMID
/
@IDSAInfo
Clinical Practice Guideline: Executive Summary. NTM guidelines
#IDTwitter
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🔥BREAKING🔥
US FDA approved Xacduro (sulbactam durlobactam for injection), a new treatment for hospital-acquired bacterial pneumonia &ventilator-associated bacterial pneumonia caused by Acinetobacter baumannii-calcoaceticus complex
#IDTwitter
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🆕🔥🔥🔥
@pranita_tamma
@OncIDPharmd
@davidvanduin
@ClancyNeil
@IDSAInfo
Guidance on the Treatment of Antimicrobial-Resistant GN Infections V2
AmpC-E 🆕🔥
CRAB🌟
Stenotrophomonas Maltophilia🔥
🌟Tables doses 🌟
Summary thread 👇
#IDTwitter
#TwitteRx
#MedEd
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SHORTEN RCT 🔥🔥🔥
@CMIJournal
Seven versus 14-days course of antibiotics for the treatment of bloodstream infections by Enterobacterales
7-day course of antibiotics as the preferential treatment for eBSI, as long as the source is properly controlled
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🆕💥💥 MERINO-2
#OFID
Meropenem versus piperacillin-tazobactam for definitive treatment of bloodstream infections caused by AmpC beta-lactamase producing Enterobacter spp., Citrobacter freundii, Morganella morganii, Providencia spp or Serratia marcescens
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Wow!
🔥The PALACE RCT 🔥
@TrubianoJason
et Al
@JAMAInternalMed
Direct oral penicillin challenge in patients with a low-risk penicillin allergy was noninferior compared with standard-of-care skin testing followed by oral challenge
Thanks
@Inox94
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Finally published
🔥SABATO🔥
But preprint
Early oral switch in low-risk Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection
Oral switch was non-inferior to intravenous standard therapy in participants with low-risk SAB
@BradSpellberg
@sebpoule
#IDTwitter
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🔥PUBLISHED 🔥
@TheLancetInfDis
Global guideline for the diagnosis and management of cryptococcosis:an initiative of the
@eurconfmedmycol
&
@ISHAM_Mycology
in cooperation
@ASMicrobiology
🌟s
@boulware_dr
@martinhoenigl
@FungalDoc
@CornelyOliver
@ferryhagen
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🔥The ACORN RCT🔥
N: 2511
Cefepime vs Piperacillin tazobactam in Adults Hospitalized With Acute Infection w/in 12h presentation to ER/ICU
AKI did not differ between FEP & TZP , but neurological dysfunction more common with FEP
H/t
@DrToddLee
#IDWeek2023
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🆕️⚡️🔥 State of the art review
The first article of the new series
@CIDJournal
By 🌟s
@Cortes_Penfield
@DGArmstrong
@JonathanRyderMD
Evaluation and Management of Diabetes-related Foot Infections
#IDTwitter
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💥STOIC Phase 2 open label RCT💥
@LancetRespirMed
Early administration "within 7 days of the onset of mild COVID-19 symptoms" of inhaled budesonide reduced the likelihood of needing urgent medical care and reduced time to recovery after early COVID-19
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🆕️🔥 Review article
#AAC
@anacasbal
@AnxoFF
Updated antimicrobial dosing recommendations for obese patients
🟢Antibiotics
🟢Antifungals
🟢Antivirals
🟢Antituberculosis drugs
#IDXposts
Thanks
@Inox94
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🔥🔥NEW 🔥🔥
Our new post, a great collaboration w 🌟
@IDstewardship
Best Infectious Diseases Articles From 2022 – A Year End Review Of Non-COVID Literature
1️⃣7️⃣⚡️🆔 RCTs
@NEJM
@TheLancet
✨
2️⃣syst Rev
3️⃣🌏Guidelines
@Wiki_Guidelines
#IDTwitter
#TwitteRx
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🌟Just published 🌟
@CIDJournal
@iwgdf
/
@IDSAInfo
2023
IWGDF/IDSA Guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of diabetes related foot infections PS: Published/posted May 2023 ,now if you like the IDSA/CID style
#IDXposts
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🆕️🔥🔥State of art review article
#CMR
@cairns_kel
@DrTrishaPeel
@AntonPeleg
Therapeutics for Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcal Bloodstream Infections
Thanks
@BradSpellberg
#IDTwitter
#VRE
#LaylatulQadr
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🔥Recently published RCTs in Infectious Diseases 🔥
1️⃣SIMPLIFY
@TheLancetInfDis
2️⃣ACCESS
@LancetRespirMed
3️⃣Trep-AB
@TheLancetInfDis
4️⃣SABATO RCT
@TheLancetInfDis
5️⃣PROPHY-VAP RCT
@LancetRespirMed
6️⃣REGARD-VAP RCT
#yournextJC
#IDXposts
Thread 🧵.
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Each additional day of antibiotic therapy is associated with measurable antibiotic harm, particularly adverse events
🆕💥💥
@CMIJournal
@BRxAD
et Al
Estimating daily antibiotic harms: an umbrella review with individual study meta-analysis
#IDTwitter
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Doxycycline is a marvellous antibiotic.
Please mention in the comment one infectious or non-infectious indication for doxycycline?
#IDtwitter
Go ▶️
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🆕️⚡️🔥Study of risk of infective endocarditis in patients with streptococcal bloodstream infection demonstrated that Streptococcus sanguinis,
S. mutans, and S. gallolyticus were significantly associated with higher risk of infective endocarditis
#IEWiki
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NEW💥🔥💥
@TheLancet
@aurdinh
PTC RCT 16 🇫🇷 centers >700 patients
Among hospitalized patients with CAP who met clinical stability criteria, discontinuing β-lactam treatment after 3 days was non-inferior to 8 days of treatment
#IDTwitter
#Shorterisbetter
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A 🆕️🔥🔥 state of art review article
@yourICM
by many 🌟s
@andymoz78
@DrAndreKalil
I highly recommend everyone to read !
How to use biomarkers of infection or sepsis at the bedside: guide to clinicians.
Procalcitonin 🔥
#IDTwitter
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NEW by Dr. Mical Paul🔥🔥in CID
Seven versus fourteen Days of Antibiotic Therapy for uncomplicated Gram-negative Bacteremia: a Non-inferiority Randomized Controlled Trial. Shorter is better.
Could be the Best study of 2018
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✨✨Fantastic Review✨✨
@antibioticsmdpi
✴️Very important question✴️
Follow-Up Blood Cultures Useful in the Antimicrobial Management of Gram Negative Bacteremia? A Reappraisal of Their Role Based on Current Knowledge
#IDTwitter
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🔥🔥Breaking News🔥
#RECOVERYtrial
Dexamethasone reduced deaths by one-third in ventilated patients and by one fifth in other patients receiving oxygen only There was no benefit among those patients who did not require respiratory support
#COVID19
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🔥Linezolid d/d Interactions and Serotonin syndrome 🔥
🆕️⚡️Population-based cohort study of 1134 patients who were prescribed linezolid,215 patients (19.0%) were taking antidepressants
Serotonin syndrome occurred in less than 0.5% of patients
#IDTwitter
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🆕️⚡️Ceftazidime/Avibactam and Meropenem/Vaborbactam for the Management of Enterobacterales Infections: A Narrative Review, Clinical Considerations, and Expert Opinion⚡️🆕️
#IDXposts
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🔥AstraZeneca : A careful review of all available safety data of more than 17 million people vaccinated in the European Union & UK with COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca has shown NO evidence of an increased risk of pulmonary embolism, deep vein thrombosis🔥
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HECK-YES🔥
No more SPICE or SPACE💥
Enterobacterales w mod/high risk for clinically significant AmpC production due to an inducible ampC gene:
✨Hafnia alvei
✨Enterobacter cloacae
✨Citrobacter freundii
✨Klebsiella aerogenes
✨YErSinia enterocolitica
#IDTwitter
#MedEd
#TwitteRx
🆕🔥🔥🔥
@pranita_tamma
@OncIDPharmd
@davidvanduin
@ClancyNeil
@IDSAInfo
Guidance on the Treatment of Antimicrobial-Resistant GN Infections V2
AmpC-E 🆕🔥
CRAB🌟
Stenotrophomonas Maltophilia🔥
🌟Tables doses 🌟
Summary thread 👇
#IDTwitter
#TwitteRx
#MedEd
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🔥🔥COVACTA study🔥🔥
Tocilizumab did NOT meet its primary endpoint of improved clinical status in hospitalised adult patients severe
#COVID19
associated pneumonia. In addition, the difference in patient mortality at week four,were not MET
@CarlosdelRio7
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🔥🔥SABATO RCT 🔥🔥
@TheLancetInfDis
Efficacy and safety of an early oral switch in low-risk Staphylococcus aureus BSI
Oral switch antimicrobial therapy was non-inferior to IV standard therapy in participants with low-risk S aureus BSI
@BradSpellberg
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🆕💥💥
@NEJM
Single dose liposomal amphotericin B combined with flucytosine and fluconazole was noninferior to the WHO-recommended treatment for HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis and was associated with fewer adverse events
#IDTwitter
#MedEd
#TwitteRx
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🆕💥💥
#IJAA
@ischemo
@Critcare_bear
@jasonroberts_pk
Pharmacodynamics of ceftriaxone for the treatment of MSSA:Is it a viable treatment option?
Only a HIGH ceftriaxone dose of 2 g q12h achieves bacterial killing & sustained inhibition of bacterial growth
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🔥Fantastic review🔥
@InfectDis_Ther
β-Lactam Resistance in ESKAPE Pathogens Mediated Through Modifications in Penicillin-Binding Proteins
🌟Excellent Fig 1👇: Classification of PBPs and their implications for beta-lactam resistance🌟
#IDTwitter
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Cefazolin and Ertapenem ,
A synergistic combination used in the treatment of persistent MSSA bacteremia
#IDTwitter
The future of ID practice is going to be changed with many 🌟s
@DrToddLee
@syctong
et Al
A new project, "Expanding the SNAP"
3 RCTs
Ertapenem + cefazolin for MSSA bacteremia
Rifampin for PVE
Daptomycin Vs Vancomycin in MRSA bacteremia(superiority trial)
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Fantastic 🆕️⚡️⚡️Review article
@antibioticsmdpi
When & How to Use MIC in Clinical Practice?
Microbiological,pharmacological & clinical situations where an interpretation of antibiotic conc in relation to the MIC determination would be useful
🌟Bookmark🌟
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🆕️⚡️⚡️🔥Multicenter Retrospective, Cohort Study
@CIDJournal
@BradSpellberg
et Al
Real-world Application of Oral Therapy for Infective Endocarditis
The study esults demonstrates similar outcomes of real-world use of oral vs. IV-only therapy for IE
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Patients with procalcitonin <0.5 ng/mL still showed significant clinical bacteremia
Procalcitonin-based algorithms may not be appropriate for bacteremia management
Are you using PCT algorithm in pts with Bacteremia?!
#IDTwitter
#medtwitter
#TwitteRx
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Fluids are an important component of treating patients who are critically ill with sepsis
🆕️⚡️Review
Fluid Therapy for Critically Ill Adults With Sepsis
#IDTwitter
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🔥NEW🔥
@PharmacoJournal
@LinaMengPharmD
@DHpharmd
@EmilyMui
@StanDeresinski
@StanfordASP
Comprehensive Guidance for Antibiotic Dosing in Obese Adults: 2022 Update
#IDTwitter
cc
@SIDPharm
@accpinfdprn
@IDstewardship
@InfectiousDz
@DosingMatters
#paywall
☹️
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🆕️⚡️⚡️
@VanceFowler5
Redefining Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia: a structured approach guiding diagnostic and therapeutic management
cc
@JonathanRyderMD
@BrentFooter
@syctong
#IDTwitter
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🔥 JUST PUBLISHED 🔥
@IDSAInfo
@SCCM
Guideline for the evaluation of new-onset fever in adult ICU patients without severe immunocompromise
12 recommendations[all weak based]
9 best practice statements
#IDXposts
#IDWeek2023
H/t
@YukiKotani5
Thanks
@Inox94
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🆕🌟🔥🔥🔥
@yourICM
Surviving sepsis campaign: international guidelines for management of sepsis and septic shock 2021
#IDTwitter
#medtwitter
#TwitteRx
#pkpd
#IDWeek2021
@SCCM
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Great!
Ontario becomes the first province to list fluvoxamine as a
#COVID19
treatment to consider in mildly ill patients symptoms <=7d
Clinical Practice Guideline Recommended Drugs & Biologics in Adult Pts with COVID-19 - Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory
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🆕⚡⚡ematic Review & Meta-Analysis
@CIDJournal
@DrToddLee
🌟s
@BogochIsaac
@DrEmilyMcD
Revisiting the Evidence Base for Modern Day Practice of Treatment of Toxoplasmic Encephalitis
TMP-SMX appears to be as effective & safer than pyrimethamine-containing
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Fever of unknown origin
and inflammation of unknown origin are diagnostic challenges that often require an extensive workup!
🆕️⚡️⚡️Narrative review
@CMIJournal
Update on imaging in fever and inflammation of unknown origin: focus on infectious disorders
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Can spironolactone tablets replace antibiotics for acne?
🔥SAFA RCT🔥
@bmj_latest
Spironolactone improved acne on all outcomes
Spironolactone provides a safe and effective alternative to oral antibiotics for adult women with persistent acne
#IDTwitter
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Wow!!
🆕💥💥
#CID
@IDSAInfo
@pranita_tamma
et Al
Administration of a β-lactam Prior to Vancomycin as the First Dose of Antibiotic Therapy Improves Survival in Patients with Bloodstream Infections
#IDTwitter
#medtwitter
#TwitteRx
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🆕️🔥Retrospective, multicenter, cohort study
Twice daily cephalexin is as effective as four times daily dosing for for the treatment of uncomplicated UTI with a cefazolin-susceptible urine culture
#IDXposts
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🆕️⚡️🔥 State of art review article
@NatureRevMicro
Antibiotic-induced collateral damage to the microbiota & associated infections
How antibiotic can facilitate subsequent infections due to both loss of colonization resistance& overgrowth of resistant mos
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Another
⭐masterpiece Review Article⭐
in
#CMR
The Echo of Pulmonary Tuberculosis: Mechanisms of Clinical Symptoms and Other Disease-Induced Systemic Complications.
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FANTASTIC⚡️⚡️
The evidence base for refraining from screening for or treating ASB in elderly is strong,but both practices remain prevalent
Bacteriuria in older adults triggers confusion in healthcare providers:A mindful pause to treat the worry
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🌟Fantastic figure 🌟 from
@febrilepodcast
A Primer on AmpC β-Lactamases
and treatment approach for high risk AmpC producing Enterobacterales infections with
@HawraAllawati
and
@pranita_tamma
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#MedEd
#Bookmark
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Important topic in Infectious Diseases
🌟Fever of Unknown Origin🌟
🆕💥💥Review Article
@NEJM
@cleverwebber
#mustread
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#medtwitter
#TwitteRx
#MedEd
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🔥 Just PUBLISHED 🔥
Antiretroviral Drugs for Treatment and Prevention of HIV Infection in Adults
2022 Recommendations of the International Antiviral Society–USA Panel
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#hivtwitter
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🔥Just PUBLISHED 🔥
WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis: Drug-resistant tuberculosis treatment, 2022 update , Module 4
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🔥SNAP protocol 🔥
@CIDJournal
Early oral antibiotic switch in Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia: The Staphylococcus aureus Network Adaptive Platform (SNAP) Trial Early Oral Switch Protocol
@syctong
#IDXposts
#MedEd
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NEW 🔥🔥
#CID
@eliowa
et Al
Comparative Effectiveness of Switching to Daptomycin Versus Remaining on Vancomycin Among Patients With (MRSA) BSI
Switching to dapto within 3 days of initial receipt of vanco is associated with ⬇️ 30-day mortality
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NEW 🔥🔥
#CID
@BradSpellberg
A simple diagnostic ASP ⛔ routine ordering of urine cultures using education, audit&feedback➕ hospital-wide screensaver👇
⬇️ inpatient U. Cx orders(~-50%) & rates of hospital CAUTIs w/o change in hospital mortality
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It's hard to believe that Spain a country with the highest number of abstracts over many years and with the greatest impact on the infectious diseases practice yet their ID physicians are still struggling to get recognized as specialty
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#ECCMID2022
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Stop sending urine culture for nosocomial fever workup 🔴
🌟Cystitis doesn't cause fever
🌟Urine from cath is NOT sterile
🌟(+) Urine culture # Infection
#IDXposts
#mustpost
NEW 🔥🔥
#CID
@BradSpellberg
A simple diagnostic ASP ⛔ routine ordering of urine cultures using education, audit&feedback➕ hospital-wide screensaver👇
⬇️ inpatient U. Cx orders(~-50%) & rates of hospital CAUTIs w/o change in hospital mortality
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A common question in clinical practice is, "Does this patient need blood cultures?"
This is my go-to review 🌟
@ValeriaFabreMD
@CIDJournal
guidance regarding indications for initial & follow-up blood cultures in adult non-neutropenic inpatients
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🆕💥
@antibioticsmdpi
@AlexisT
Use of Antimicrobials for Bloodstream Infections in the Intensive Care Unit, a Clinically Oriented Review
#IDTwitter
#medtwitter
#TwitteRx
#MedEd
@ESCMID
ESGCIP
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