Ioannis Baltas
@GreekDoc
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Infectious Diseases and Microbiology SpR in London
London, United Kingdon
Joined February 2022
Congratulations to @NHSGGC the first health board in #Scotland to achieve #GAMSAS accreditation #AMS #AMR #keepantibioticsworking @raseaton66 @BSACandJAC @jacquisneddons
Global Antimicrobial Stewardship Scheme update: BSAC is delighted to announce that NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (@NHSGGC) have been awarded GAMSAS level 3 accreditation
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Our Antibiotic Apocalypse correspondent, @GreekDoc, on the latest casualty in the War: Cefiderocol to NDM carbapenemase; pour one out for the Trojan Horse!
🆕️⚡️Resistance profiles of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales in a large centre in England: are we already losing cefiderocol? Using 2024 EUCAST v14.0 breakpoint,70% of NDM producing strains were R to cefiderocol, Vs 4.5% using FDA/CLSI 2023 bps https://t.co/7cAchvbl1f
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When is a 'bloodstream infection' not actually a 'bloodstream infection'!? https://t.co/Pswix0fgTp
journalofinfection.com
To the Editor,
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Recording antimicrobial resistance during death certification in England Read about the new study by @GreekDoc @grandjean_louis @UCLchildhealth registered at #ISRCTN
https://t.co/lSYkVT2fQI
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With BSAC we are running this very short survey trying to understand how the ideal infection conference looks for you. If you take 3 minutes to complete it, I would be very grateful. It is open to all healthcare professionals. https://t.co/Fedybkda05
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David Mabey officially retires @LSHTM today after a 40+ year career dedicated to improving health & wellbeing globally. It has been a huge privilege for myself & colleagues to have worked with him. Sadness but also pride at the immense impact David has had worldwide. Thank you.
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Baltas et al. show that ciprofloxacin prophylaxis during HCT led to fewer infection episodes & reduced exposure to broad spectrum antimicrobials but saw an increased #AMR burden in breakthrough infections: https://t.co/UqHu1euGNH
@GreekDoc @OUPMedicine @OxfordJournals #JACAMRNews
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AbstractObjectives. Fluroquinolone prophylaxis during haematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) remains contentious. We aimed to determine its effectivenes
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Meet Dr Ioannis Baltas, 2023 poster prize winner for his work on ‘Post-Vaccination Covid-19: A Case-Control Study and Genomic Analysis of 119 Breakthrough Infections in Partially Vaccinated Individuals’🏆 Could your research win in 2024? Submit now! 👇 https://t.co/L5e0EgZxZ7
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Fantastic collaboration around stability of aciclovir in elastomeric devices for OPAT.First antiviral of the programme! 🇦🇺 @b_fekade @jasonroberts_pk 🇬🇧 @jamiesonce @raseaton66 @BSACandJAC & those not on X
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Delighted to have been awarded Professor of Practice in the latest promotions @ImperialMed @ImperialInfect @HPRUamr - thank you to everyone in 🇬🇧 and 🌍 (too many to name!) - hugely appreciated @ImperialNHS
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Ahead of Penicillin Allergy Day on 28/9/23 @rpharms has released info on how pharm teams can help raise awareness on the topic - facts, implications around #AMR, patient safety, ways to help. Thank you to all involved - more coming on the 28th! https://t.co/FUk0uxNcTR
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Cogliati Dezza et al. identified predictors for CRAB BSI that could be useful to identify patients at highest risk, prompting clinicians to start the most appropriate empirical therapy: https://t.co/Dpx6PeZnnQ
@OUPMedicine @OxfordJournals #JACAMRNews
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AbstractBackground. Among MDR bacteria, carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) is a major concern due to the limited therapeutic options. Duri
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Sid Ahmed et al. outline the #AntimicrobialResistance trends in Qatar in 2017-19 with interesting results, particularly for novel antimicrobial agents: https://t.co/5Z6bHK3qAj
@OUPMedicine @OxfordJournals #JACAMRNews
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AbstractBackground. The global Study of Monitoring Antimicrobial Resistance Trends (SMART) is a surveillance program for evaluation of antimicrobial resist
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Curious to know more about the #Netflix model for antimicrobials? The UK’s SMASH study explored views of infection consultants in England on the novel subscription model for #cefiderocol & #ceftazidime-avibactam that started July 2022 https://t.co/MQT9l4RDaO
@GreekDoc #JACAMRNews
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AbstractObjectives. A novel ‘subscription-type’ funding model was launched in England in July 2022 for ceftazidime/avibactam and cefiderocol. We explored t
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Please help junior doctors get fair pay by signing this petition 🙏 Petition: Negotiate with junior doctors on pay and start with offer of inflation-proof pay
petition.parliament.uk
Currently the Government is not negotiating because the junior doctors are striking and because of their pay demand. This is not constructive and we think the Government should enter negotiations and...
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An AED in every gym on earth that’s all I ask
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Thanks again to everyone who came out in force for #PayRestoration yesterday. Today we rest, and remind all our colleagues to vote yes in the industrial action re-ballot. See you all on the picket lines on Monday! #DoctorsStrike #RestAndVoteYes
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These strikes are crippling the #NHS Let's not pretend otherwise. This stalemate is a catastrophe and needs am urgent solution (above cut and paste from strikes 1-4. Current one is strike 5)
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We will march, and we will shout, and we will strike until we’re heard. Full pay restoration now. #DoctorsStrike
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