for Nov 14, 2019 through Nov 20, 2019
It's World Antibiotics Awareness Week.
— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) November 18, 2019
The rise of #AntibioticResistance is threatening our ability to treat common infectious diseases, resulting in prolonged illness, disability & death https://t.co/w4YUB5Lmgd
The future of #antibiotics depends on all of us. pic.twitter.com/VWfNxOQXt5
The Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making. @AHRQNewshttps://t.co/aVT6JkgAsc
— Antibiotic Steward (@ABsteward) November 16, 2019
NEW 🔥🔥
HHS agency releases toolkit to improve antibiotic stewardship. https://t.co/31ghUSZDhl#IDTwitter #medtwitter #FOAMed #SoMeDocs #WAAW2019 #WAAW19 @BradSpellberg @AntibioticLeeds @SHEA_Epi pic.twitter.com/52M7S3lXSa
NEW 🔥🔥
— Antibiotic Steward (@ABsteward) November 18, 2019
The @CDCgov finally released the Core Elements of Hospital Antibiotic Stewardship Programs: 2019. Thanks @IDstewardship for sharing this important resource with me.#IDTwitter #USAAW19 #WAAW2019 #medtwitter https://t.co/ioElGURYul pic.twitter.com/8aisOXwcYm
NEW🔥🔥 in CID @idpharmd@JulieMangino @AndrewHGlassma2
— Antibiotic Steward (@ABsteward) November 15, 2019
Review of Guidelines for Dental Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Prevention of Endocarditis and Prosthetic Joint Infections and Need for Dental Stewardship. https://t.co/BIsjXvmd86 pic.twitter.com/rCLq5tpjdJ
Day #3: Resistance to clindamycin among group B strep isolates has become surprisingly high--43% is this series. Has significant clinical implications in penicillin-allergic patients, esp during pregnancy. #IDDailyPearl https://t.co/v6uhv1CcUM
— Paul Sax (@PaulSaxMD) November 15, 2019
A NEW🔥 Review Article @SIDPharm @whitajones @ICHEJournal
— Antibiotic Steward (@ABsteward) November 16, 2019
Antimicrobial stewardship staffing: How much is enough? #IDtwitter cc @kelechevarria @OncIDPharmd @EmilySpivak @hboucher3
https://t.co/6vFLqhfJSZ pic.twitter.com/04sYHGyvbq
It's Antibiotic Awareness Week 2019! We're excited to share our new #Breakpoints episode discussing the @CDCgov Core Elements of Hospital Antibiotic Stewardship Programs.
— SIDP (@SIDPharm) November 18, 2019
Listen now on your favorite platform or on our website: https://t.co/W3wvXp2L9X #USAAW19 #SaveABX pic.twitter.com/54UyIor4nJ
NEW 🔥in @CMIJournal
— Antibiotic Steward (@ABsteward) November 20, 2019
Vancomycin AUC/MIC area ratio predicting clinical outcome: a systematic review and meta-analysis with pooled sensitivity and specificity. #IDTwitter #medtwitter @IDpharmresearch https://t.co/4iEttmcdv3 pic.twitter.com/waqSuP29pH
Here's why addressing #antibioticresistance is everyone's responsibility.
— Brad Langford (@BRxAD) November 18, 2019
Drug-resistant bacteria are found everywhere, from the community to the hospital, no matter what country you live in.
We can all help by reducing unnecessary #antibiotic use. pic.twitter.com/Jhhcd46p4r
Pharmacists play an important role in #antimicrobialstewardship. 🤝 Shared-decision making is one approach to help patients make the best decision about antibiotic use. Our latest publication in @CPJ_RPC:
— Brad Langford (@BRxAD) November 14, 2019
https://t.co/MEK8p0OWr7
Full text here: https://t.co/EzwFY21hTt #WAAW19 pic.twitter.com/EEjHXVKTIu
Day #6: The enzyme responsible for high-level enterococcal resistance to gentamicin -- a "bifunctional" enzyme with two active domains -- confers resistance to all aminoglycosides except streptomycin. One of several reasons to use amp+ceftriaxone! https://t.co/yRSIbxsjHr
— Paul Sax (@PaulSaxMD) November 18, 2019
NEW 🔥 in CID by Dr. Robert Bonomo
— Antibiotic Steward (@ABsteward) November 17, 2019
Cefiderocol: A Novel Siderophore Cephalosporin Defeating Carbapenem-resistant Pathogens. #IDTwitter https://t.co/kAWVv6WHYX
Day #8: Metronidazole may be dosed every 12 hours! Who knew? H/T @jeffpears0n #IDDailyPearl https://t.co/APwelEJBZi
— Paul Sax (@PaulSaxMD) November 20, 2019
Participate in the #antibioticawarenessweek tradition!
— Brad Langford (@BRxAD) November 18, 2019
Which antibiotic are you? Find out which antibiotic best matches your personality. 🆕Updated for 2019!
👉https://t.co/xHgCrxuLSo👈#AntibioticResistance #KeepAntibioticsWorking pic.twitter.com/SANvPkwuwH
6th CRE drug approved. Drug approvals at fastes clip in 25 years.
— Brad Spellberg (@BradSpellberg) November 15, 2019
FDA approves new antibacterial drug to treat complicated urinary tract infections as part of ongoing efforts to address antimicrobial resistance https://t.co/M3uwndxNjO
🔥 Cefiderocol finally got @US_FDA approval.
— Antibiotic Tweets (@khalideljaaly) November 15, 2019
It is a siderophore cephalosporin That has good activity against ESBL, AmpC, CRE (KPC, OXA-48, & even NDM), MDR Pseudomonas, & Acinetobacter 👾https://t.co/2i63bk0X7g
The climate crisis is a public health emergency
— Bonnie🇺🇸 Call MOC 202-224-3121 (@BonniBK) November 14, 2019
in so many ways! Even fetuses are affected!
Heatwaves, wildfires, fine particle pollution, infectious diseases, droughts, loss of farming jobs, unpredictable weather events, and so much more #ClimateAction https://t.co/gR3agq0H79
🚨 #Cefiderocol #Fetroja was FDA-approved today 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
— Bug Pharmacist 💊🦠 Tim Gauthier (@IDstewardship) November 15, 2019
Here are cliff notes: https://t.co/HwlfjgVlee
🤔 Have anything you would add?
BTW can you believe it, an antibiotic brand name doesn’t have an X, Y, or Z!!! pic.twitter.com/pi37IAwCCL
Want to find out how best to talk about drug-resistant infections to drive awareness and action? As part of World Antibiotics Awareness Week we will be hosting a webinar on our Reframing Resistance work
— AMR at Wellcome (@Wellcome_AMR) November 15, 2019
Wed 20 Nov 3PM GMT
Open to all, please register👇https://t.co/EbRArZSAFt https://t.co/CEbwgQopBG
Our lovely Antimicrobial Stewardship Pharmacist Anna getting very excited about #WorldAntibioticAwarenessWeek 🎉. You can make your #AntibioticGuardian pledge at 👉https://t.co/ZrEacjCwga #AntibioticResistance #KeepAntibioticsWorking #AntibioticGuardian 🦠 @UHP_NHS pic.twitter.com/vi9JPgtBF9
— University Hospitals Plymouth Pharmacy Department (@uhppharmacy) November 18, 2019
The new @CDCgov AMR report isn't all doom and gloom. Decrease in carbapenem resistant Acinetobacter, decrease in MDR P. aeruginosa...and some decrease in selected states on LTCF CDI. Inpatient stewardship at work potentially. https://t.co/hbsDph61Ra #AntibioticResistance pic.twitter.com/8VmAo9cnV7
— Brandon Bookstaver (@BBookstaver_USC) November 18, 2019
If you're a #PharmacyTechnician or Pharmacist & want to learn more about #AntibioticResistance #AntimicrobialStewardship or NICE guidance, head over to CPPE's dedicated web page to test and grow your knowledge (link below)
— Samantha Quaye 🕷 (@MrsQuaye) November 19, 2019
https://t.co/lbmqHBTQco #WAAW2019
#AntibioticResistance is one of the most urgent global health threats. Everyone has a role to play.
— Elizabeth Beech (@elizbeech) November 14, 2019
Join Global AMR Twitter Storm at 1pm (GMT) on Mon 18 Nov 2019 (9AM ET), add #KeepAntibioticsWorking, #AntibioticGuardian. More via https://t.co/hYHTwdqDSJ Pls RT pic.twitter.com/SgEm37KdTo
30-50% of antibiotics used for respiratory tract infections in primary care are avoidable. Check out ‘The Cold Standard’ toolkit that provides practical ways to incorporate antimicrobial stewardship into your practice!https://t.co/wOdKGcbMJK pic.twitter.com/n80BeAuZjO
— ChoosingWiselyCanada (@ChooseWiselyCA) November 18, 2019
Day #5: Though often polymicrobial, Strep species are the most common isolates from liver abscesses in the USA, esp the confusingly named Streptococcus milleri group (Streptococcus anginosus, Streptococcus constellatus, and Streptococcus intermedius). https://t.co/mFc2D61cTp
— Paul Sax (@PaulSaxMD) November 17, 2019
IDSA’s Faces of Antimicrobial Resistance report highlights patients & their families who have suffered the debilitating effects of #antibioticresistant infections. These heart-wrenching stories demonstrate the urgent need to combat #AMR. https://t.co/f9MV4yGTSO #USAAW2019 pic.twitter.com/4KkVNGGUld
— IDSA (@IDSAInfo) November 18, 2019
NEW🔥 retrospective study OFID @pillsandskills @TimbrookTT @EmilySpivak
— Antibiotic Steward (@ABsteward) November 14, 2019
An ASP bundle for uncomplicated Gram-negative bacteremia was associated with ⬇️ durations of therapy and earlier PO switch. #IDTwitter https://t.co/cINkHc04LS pic.twitter.com/641J707R51
The fight against antibiotic threats requires long-term planning, but a new CDC Report highlights how stewardship has decreased the number of deaths due to drug-resistant infections. More takeaways: https://t.co/4HJ0jcLqU8#AntibioticAwarenessWeek #WAAW #AntibioticResistance
— ASM (@ASMicrobiology) November 18, 2019
In 2015, the CDC released a national action plan to reduce #AntibioticResistance; the first item was to improve antimicrobial stewardship in hospitals. How to implement this in the clinical lab? @andreaprinzi summarizes: https://t.co/fkVkbTQXyt#WAAW #AntibioticAwarenessWeek
— ASM (@ASMicrobiology) November 18, 2019
What can a multicenter QI collaborative achieve in improving @CDCgov core antimicrobial stewardship practices. Report of the @VTOxfordNetwork collaborative of 146 NICUs by @DDukhovny et al. https://t.co/KtZxXsr1XU #ebneoalerts #neoEBM pic.twitter.com/bg3X01bd6X
— Evidence-Based Neo (@EBNEO) November 14, 2019
🦠💊 Meet Prof Martha Clokie (@MarthaClokie), master of microbiology @uniofleicester who develops bacteriophages as treatments for infectious diseases caused by 𝘊. 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘭𝘦, 𝘌. 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘪 + 𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢. New @wikipedia page: https://t.co/RTu6hPDvMg #WomenInSTEM pic.twitter.com/qairwIbpGJ
— Dr Jess Wade 👩🏻🔬 (@jesswade) November 17, 2019
Want to know why context & culture matter in antibiotic prescribing? Register for this free course on #AntimicrobialResistance & #SocialScience launching on Nov 18 #WAAW2019 @ESRC @BSACandJAC @ARC_at_Imperial @HPRUamr https://t.co/H4C5bATLrq
— Esmita Charani (@e_charani) November 17, 2019
In light of the new CDC #AntimicrobialResistance
— Andrea Prinzi (@andreaprinzi) November 14, 2019
Report, let's review some core concepts of #stewardship:
Where did we come?
Where are we now?
What else can we be doing? 🤔@ASMicrobiology @JClinMicro#microbiology https://t.co/4NZiMiL1ZC
NEW 🔥 🇮🇹 study @CMIJournal
— Antibiotic Steward (@ABsteward) November 16, 2019
Bloodstream infection caused by KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae resistant to ceftazidime/avibactam: Epidemiology and genomic characterization. #IDTwitter #medtwitter https://t.co/v9mCFzpJTA
New antibiotic found in bacteria inside a worm inside an insect egg.
— Microbes&Infection (@MicrobesInfect) November 20, 2019
New #antibiotic named darobactin, identified from a screen of Photorhabdus isolates, is active against important Gram-negative pathogens both in vitro & in animal models of infection.https://t.co/9PYhIvm7Mq pic.twitter.com/1xsXG8151Q
🧫🧪Meet Dr Mireille Kamariza (@mkamariza2002), @Harvard Junior Fellow who develops point-of-care diagnostics for infectious diseases. Kamariza was born in 🇧🇮 and moved to 🇺🇸 at the age of 17 to study @UCSanDiego. New @Wikipedia page: https://t.co/8YkEZxXFrR #womeninSTEM pic.twitter.com/anAygbQZBA
— Dr Jess Wade 👩🏻🔬 (@jesswade) November 15, 2019
According to biochemist Albert Szent-Györgyi: “Life is nothing but an electron looking for a place to rest.” Read about the discovery of divergent microorganisms that transfer their electrons extracellularly, in a new article from @BridgetE_Conley: https://t.co/m6N9rABEFM
— ASM (@ASMicrobiology) November 17, 2019
#Antibiotics are a limited resource, there is a shortage to cover our future needs and that is why antimicrobial stewardship is crucial to help #nurses and other #healthcare workers to use them more responsibly. Join the @WHO webinar tomorrow! https://t.co/liNqldbNXz #Nurses2020 https://t.co/U53fk1o0A6
— ICN (@ICNurses) November 20, 2019
New from Canadian Nurse: Nurses are critical in effective antimicrobial stewardship https://t.co/V0mw7A7nx6#antimicrobialstewardship #nurses #critical #new
— Canadian Nurses Assn (@canadanurses) November 18, 2019
Many hospital-acquired bacterial infections are also #AntibioticResistant. On a new MTM, Amy Mathers describes her work tracking AMR bacteria to their reservoir in hospital sinks, as well as her work on Klebsiella, a bacterial pathogen for the modern era: https://t.co/yUBYHgNQBf
— ASM (@ASMicrobiology) November 19, 2019
Published: #ECDCAntibioticSurvey Survey of healthcare workers’ knowledge, attitudes & behaviours on antibiotics, use & #antibioticresistance in EU/EEA https://t.co/YnuU3RILoo Many thanks to the PAG, all who cascaded & >18,000 that completed survey #EAAD #AntibioticGuardian #WAAW pic.twitter.com/tkNw3HVBcu
— Diane Ashiru, PhD (@DrDianeAshiru) November 18, 2019
Help us build congressional support for the DISARM Act, which would encourage the dev. of new #antibiotics, require hospitals to establish #antibioticstewardship programs, & report antibiotic use & resistance data to @CDCgov. https://t.co/fPzoDLXhe5 #DISARMSuperbugs #USAAW2019 pic.twitter.com/sPdNGBvOXK
— IDSA (@IDSAInfo) November 18, 2019
📄 New #fosfomycin review from @PharmacoJournal released!https://t.co/HmISuD5VcA pic.twitter.com/n7yCC7Obom
— Bug Pharmacist 💊🦠 Tim Gauthier (@IDstewardship) November 20, 2019
Matthew Ames survived a devastating bacterial infection that resulted in the loss of his four limbs. On #MedTalks Superbug Series, he speaks with infectious diseases expert, Professor David Paterson about one of the biggest threats to health. Listen at https://t.co/c498NFueJU pic.twitter.com/04dlEeKSqD
— UQ Medicine (@UQMedicine) November 17, 2019
"#Microbiologists can explain how #diagnostics work, review best testing practices, + discuss how to interpret results/what susceptibility results mean- they are essential to the success of the #antimicrobialstewardship movement."@ASCLS@ASMicrobiologyhttps://t.co/IB5nkTQI0q
— Andrea Prinzi (@andreaprinzi) November 15, 2019
To kick off Antibiotic Awareness Week, @CDCgov has released the updated core elements for hospital antimicrobial stewardship! Lots of great examples and references included. https://t.co/gKYAxUjxVy #USAAW19 #BeAntibioticsAware pic.twitter.com/WJx6oVVd5F
— Jeff Pearson (@jeffpears0n) November 18, 2019
Today marks the start of World Antibiotic Awareness Week (#WAAW). Learn more about the role of pharmacy in antimicrobial stewardship in our review article: https://t.co/714EqSFISV | #WAAW2019 #AntibioticResistance #AMR pic.twitter.com/dmFd6OfJ3p
— Natasha Leeson (@natasha_leeson) November 18, 2019
Antibiotic stewardship helps combat #antibioticresistance by protecting patients from unnecessary antibiotic usage. In 2019, IDSA awarded 25 institutions the designation of Antimicrobial Stewardship Centers of Excellence: https://t.co/nKTEDpRGKq #USAAW19 #BeAntibioticsAware pic.twitter.com/gsY8TBprXz
— IDSA (@IDSAInfo) November 19, 2019
How can we work together to reduce #AMR? #AAW2019 is the ideal time to refresh your knowledge. Access a copy of our Antimicrobial Stewardship Clinical Care Standard today: https://t.co/nYeCa1DlDt #AMS #CCS #AAW2019 #AntibioticResistance #ACSQHC @CDCgov @healthgovau @WHO @HQSCNZ pic.twitter.com/woaJS3bPtE
— ACSQHC (@ACSQHC) November 18, 2019
Allegedly, I am Doxycycline
— Samantha Quaye 🕷 (@MrsQuaye) November 19, 2019
Try this fun quiz to find out which #antibiotic you are and why...https://t.co/3k9mso5uVY#WAAW2019 #AntimicrobialStewardship @DrDianeAshiru @AntibioticLeeds @KieranCM1987 @ceriphi @SarahJ_Thomson @AmyJohn89 @Kimberley_P23 @jacquisneddons
As promised, our newest paper about MDR Acinetobacter complete with Shakespearean-inspired title courtesy of @ID_PharmDavid. Shout out to @ClaeysKcclaeys for the invite and to the rest of the team @PrecisionAbxLab @Xinergistic @ABsteward https://t.co/Ez0Ub3mxha
— Eric Wenzler (@TheIDApprentice) November 18, 2019
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