for May 17, 2023 through May 23, 2023
Fortunately Vicky is an expert in Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS), which is the propaganda that was used in 2019 to lay the groundwork for denying antibiotics to the elderly in 2020.
— Jikkyleaks 🐭 (@Jikkyleaks) May 17, 2023
Well done Vicky, you did your job to the letter. #3tablets https://t.co/c0T0I6wdGr
Its scary!!
— Antibiotic Steward Bassam Ghanem🆔🌟 (@ABsteward) May 17, 2023
Another Step Towards Pan-β-Lactam Resistance?
The first clinical case of US patient harboring an NDM-Producing E.coli Clinical Isolate Exhibiting Resistance to Cefiderocol and Ceftazidime-Avibactam + Aztreonam combo @SimnerLab @OFIDJournalhttps://t.co/YmtQloPlJf
Study: Death rates in COVID ICU patients 69% higher than for flu#COVID19 patients had a longer hospital stay and a 69% higher mortality rate than ICU patients with influenza, national French data showhttps://t.co/bLwO4ceSdp pic.twitter.com/C0hmK8Naiz
— CIDRAP (@CIDRAP) May 17, 2023
Can spironolactone tablets replace antibiotics for acne?
— Antibiotic Steward Bassam Ghanem🆔🌟 (@ABsteward) May 17, 2023
🔥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 https://t.co/5LoufiDEXv pic.twitter.com/VKP2VYpAFD
Bacterial nomenclature change has evolved in complexity over time!
— Antibiotic Steward Bassam Ghanem🆔🌟 (@ABsteward) May 17, 2023
🆕️⚡️⚡️by 🌟 @andreaprinzi @OFIDJournal
Change of Plans:Overview of Bacterial Taxonomy, Recent Changes of Medical Importance& Potential Areas of Impact #IDTwitter https://t.co/lVYMJSZhBV pic.twitter.com/6QWNHLQogS
Antibiotics frequently given to preterm infants b/c of their vulnerability to infection may actually raise the risk of sepsis by disrupting the gut microbiome, suggests an #NIH-funded study. The findings may help advance risk prevention strategies. https://t.co/9jVJGznTBD
— Lawrence A. Tabak (@NIHDirector) May 18, 2023
🆕️⚡️⚡️ Fantastic Review @PharmacoJournal
— Antibiotic Steward Bassam Ghanem🆔🌟 (@ABsteward) May 18, 2023
🌟s @Ashlan_Kunz @ByeShel @IDpharmresearch
Steno-sphere: Navigating the Enigmatic World of Emerging Multidrug-Resistant
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia #IDTwitter Cc @OncIDPharmd https://t.co/tnLqY3kW4Q pic.twitter.com/xmUeWsTMtl
Here is the claim from @BillyZhong229 the lead author, who seems to be a student (his twitter is less than a year old).
— Jikkyleaks 🐭 (@Jikkyleaks) May 17, 2023
It's propaganda reinforcing the "Antimicrobial stewardship" dictat:
YOU WILL NOT PRESCRIBE ANTIBIOTICS FOR COVID
What were "COVID-19 national restrictions"? pic.twitter.com/dvC6fhsnXW
New in @JournalSpectrum! A next generation sequencing-based screening approach for identifying proteins encoded by mycobacteriophage that are toxic to mycobacteria. The findings could be useful for developing novel antimicrobial molecules. Learn more: https://t.co/azmCh6JTs3 pic.twitter.com/etZAzMJHpE
— ASM (@ASMicrobiology) May 17, 2023
Surveillance and Antimicrobial Stewardship in long-term care facilities. @PLR_aus talks to A/Prof Noleen Bennett from @NCAS_Aus @TheDohertyInst
— Brett Mitchell (@1healthau) May 17, 2023
about this and come exciting news about NISPAC, a surveillance system for Residential Aged Care Facilities. https://t.co/pOKLlNtxEq
Using WGS To Investigate an Outbreak of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium ST78; great job by @nalarbudi @fordebm @UQMedicine @beatsonlab https://t.co/PuSJq5emz9
— Patrick Harris (@padstamundo) May 17, 2023
mRNA vaccines helped us through the covid-19 pandemic—but they could also help defend against many other infectious diseases, offer universal protection against flu, and even treat cancer. https://t.co/DIA9IVVtes
— MIT Technology Review (@techreview) May 18, 2023
US researchers report urinary tract infection caused by pan-resistant E coli
— CIDRAP (@CIDRAP) May 18, 2023
It appears to be the first US case of an infection showing resistance to all available beta-lactam antibioticshttps://t.co/VUGVU3mnB4#AMR pic.twitter.com/1H5huJvBkr
My talk "On-site #TDM to individualise antimicrobial dosing" at the 3rd Annual Worldwide Precision Dosing Seminar can be found now on @YouTube🤩https://t.co/Avm0cXWM3Q@CanLab_DE @UniFreiburg @FitFreiburg#sensors #MachineLearning #digitalhealth #antimicrobialstewardship
— Can Dincer (@CanDincer83) May 17, 2023
Invitation: Virtual webinar on plans for the next national point prevalence survey of healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial use in England. #PPSEngland
— Diane Ashiru, PhD (@DrDianeAshiru) May 18, 2023
Thurs 25th May 2023 17:00-18:00
Register for webinar/recording: https://t.co/FpszGHRrN6
cc #AntibioticGuardian pic.twitter.com/TYqMwtwjtl
We recently hosted an #antimicrobialstewardship #AMS workshop in Fiji with great attendance from hospital doctors and pharmacists, @FNUFiji and @MOHFiji Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Services representatives. Read more on our website👉https://t.co/PpS6j1NJJl pic.twitter.com/b6dO3PHJbY
— COMBAT-AMR (@COMBAT_AMR_) May 17, 2023
CoVid- "1st in deaths caused by infectious or respiratory diseases." We don't let measles spread. We seem to let CoVid.https://t.co/D3dV9YNq7m
— Claire T. (@ClareTa26975369) May 18, 2023
"None of us are safe from #AntimicrobialResistance until everyone, everywhere is safe from antimicrobial resistance." BSAC President, Dr David Jenkins, reminds the conference that #AMR doesn't respect borders. We're in this together. https://t.co/LdFolkr4u3 #BSACSpring2023 pic.twitter.com/tFG1YKEkQk
— BSAC (@BSACandJAC) May 18, 2023
Does your site have pharmacist led penicillin allergy delabeling? If so, what pearls and pitfalls would you advise. 💊
— ACCP INFD PRN (@accpinfdprn) May 17, 2023
Resource over penicillin allergy delabeling: https://t.co/09RA9Djkb7 pic.twitter.com/p5s36sNJ4r
Natural Product Antibiotic Discovered 80 Years Ago Kills Drug Resistant Bacteria in Mice
— Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (@GENbio) May 17, 2023
Researchers believe streptothricin scaffold should be evaluated as a potential therapeutic for the treatment of drug resistant Gram-negative pathogens. Learn more: https://t.co/WiBRRExV7g pic.twitter.com/PSyjMOjkEF
The @COMBAT_AMR_ program facilitated a workshop for doctors & pharmacists from hospitals across Fiji, to strengthen #antimicrobialstewardship capacity as part of a broader training program in the region. Learn more 👉 https://t.co/NbB5dXJci8@UniMelbMDHS @TheRMH @KirstyBuising
— Doherty Institute (@TheDohertyInst) May 17, 2023
An #antibiotic developed ~80 years ago before being abandoned could again offer new solutions, this time to the emerging threat of drug-resistant superbugs.
— MicrobesInfect (@MicrobesInfect) May 17, 2023
Scientists are now digging it back up, exploring its potential under a new name, #nourseothricin.https://t.co/rmL848dSqm
Surveillance and Antimicrobial Stewardship in long-term care facilities | Infection Control Matters https://t.co/zWC1QBrqw3
— Phil Russo (@PLR_aus) May 17, 2023
Science: Novel enterovirus D68 VLP vaccine candidate elicits neutralizing antibodies that inhibit lung infection & block dissemination to CNS in🐁 A major advance in development of future tools to prevent #EVD68 respiratory disease & #acuteflaccidmyelitis https://t.co/WjPQYnluql
— Kevin Messacar MD PhD (@kmess44) May 18, 2023
#Antibiotic stewardship can be effective, even in high-volume settings in which unnecessary antibiotic prescribing is common, new study finds. https://t.co/YR0b7Q9cyJ
— Save Antibiotics (@saveantibiotics) May 17, 2023
Researchers discovered that certain antibodies, aimed at Epstein-Barr virus, can mistakenly target proteins in the brain & spinal cord, leading to #MultipleSclerosis (MS) symptoms.
— MicrobesInfect (@MicrobesInfect) May 18, 2023
This antibody misdirection was found in ~23% of MS patients studied.https://t.co/3El7L47eFD
WHO advisers recommend switch to monovalent XBB COVID vaccine
— CIDRAP (@CIDRAP) May 18, 2023
The WHO's outside experts saw a need for better protection against XBB lineages and had several reasons for dropping the ancestral strain.https://t.co/bQEjIrIzG9 pic.twitter.com/z39dFj2jXh
@SIDPharm members @dana_holger & @rp_Mynatt provide input on a HOT and UPCOMING topic: OPAT 🔥🔥🔥
— SIDP (@SIDPharm) May 17, 2023
Is teamwork the key to those tricky infusion and lab issues?
Check out the article to learn more!https://t.co/5FSUXqeHWj @Contagion_Live pic.twitter.com/YqRul9mbsP
Natural Product Antibiotic Discovered 80 Years Ago Kills Drug Resistant Bacteria in Mice
— Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (@GENbio) May 17, 2023
Researchers believe streptothricin scaffold should be evaluated as a potential therapeutic for the treatment of drug resistant Gram-negative pathogens. Learn more: https://t.co/WiBRRExV7g pic.twitter.com/FxGUMwwGP2
Microbes play a role in every part of society. The new issue of Microcosm, ASM's member magazine, explores these interactions, highlighting microbes as problems & solutions to the world’s biggest challenges. Sign in or renew your ASM membership for access: https://t.co/9mk0vTG6AH pic.twitter.com/qVINaBBwHf
— ASM (@ASMicrobiology) May 17, 2023
Kizzmekia Corbett (@KizzyPhD) is among 31 inaugural @hhminews Freeman Hrabowski Scholars. The assistant professor of immunology and infectious diseases helped develop the mRNA-based vaccine platform that enabled the creation of COVID-19 vaccines. https://t.co/KCKptYPCYG
— Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (@HarvardChanSPH) May 17, 2023
Happy birthday #EdwardJenner!
— Superbugs 🦠🔬🏫🧒🏽 (@CUsuperbugs) May 17, 2023
Read here about his groundbreaking work that contributed to the complete eradication of smallpox, one of the most devastating infectious diseases in history.#CelebrateVaccines #VaccinesSaveLives@DrJennersHouse @britsocimmhttps://t.co/uHWFvNo6Ql
Apobec3A plays an important role in host antiviral defenses. New research in #JVirology suggests that Apobec3A deamination functions are involved in antagonizing replication of human adenovirus (HAdV), providing new insights into HAdV/host-cell interplay. https://t.co/Av5RGNKmdp pic.twitter.com/Rlh1s3fdyZ
— ASM (@ASMicrobiology) May 17, 2023
“While new #antibiotics are made to respond to resistant strains, the bacteria continue to evolve—creating a constant, and costly, cycle,” @iraflatow reports for @scifri https://t.co/O0vdBuStGy
— Save Antibiotics (@saveantibiotics) May 17, 2023
Our live webinar on audits as an #antimicrobialstewardship tool starting soon with @rcgp
— TARGETantibiotics (@TARGETabx) May 18, 2023
Thank you to @EricaElsden and panellists @clara_auyeung Dr Philip Anyanwu
TARGET audits available: https://t.co/gTzkx79g5C pic.twitter.com/Bh6k9jqsnF
The start of the 13th Annual International Pediatric Antimicrobial Stewardship Conference is 2 weeks away. In person and virtual registration is available. Visit the event page for more. https://t.co/Mni6OD3nXD pic.twitter.com/ExriEN8M0n
— PIDS (@PIDSociety) May 18, 2023
“The aim of the study was to develop and test a set of electronic health record variables that could indicate allergic-type reactions to the antibiotics typically used to prevent surgical-site infections.” https://t.co/lX0r49zSeS
— Amesh Adalja (@AmeshAA) May 17, 2023
Are you a clinician who's passionate about tackling #AMR? If you're at the #BSACSpring2023 today, come and have a chat with the excellent @UoAEpi #UKARStudy team to discuss how you can get involved with the UK Antimicrobial Registry. https://t.co/ujZ6nAYkzF pic.twitter.com/Cpf3E0YrgM
— BSAC (@BSACandJAC) May 18, 2023
During the @WUSTLmed Commencement ceremony, Anthony S. Fauci, MD, recently retired director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, encouraged medical school graduates to embrace and advocate for science and truth.https://t.co/nLNPuBoVFI
— WUSTLnews (@WUSTLnews) May 17, 2023
Overcoming bacterial resistance with multiple charges
— Ananikov Lab (@AnanikovLab) May 17, 2023
Our joint study with Vereshchagin group published in ACS Infectious Diseases @ACS_Infectioushttps://t.co/yVxgINl3pR#microorganism #antiseptics #biofilm #pathogens
The Vaccine Research Center (VRC) of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has announced the start of a clinical trial of an experimental universal influenza vaccine. https://t.co/FZevREKmlZ
— Interesting Engineering (@IntEngineering) May 17, 2023
From vaccines and antibiotics to CT and MRI scanners, there have been many incredible medical innovations over the past 100 years that have shaped the world’s ability to fight some of the world’s deadliest diseases. Learn more: https://t.co/EZI6nKDYwS Via @wef
— Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance (@gavi) May 17, 2023
Change of Plans: Overview of Bacterial Taxonomy, Recent Changes of Medical Importance, and Potential Areas of Impact | Open Forum Infectious Diseases | Oxford Academic https://t.co/4Mhe5JE0Su
— Laura Piddock 💙 (@LauraPiddock) May 17, 2023
Case study details #mpox spread among casual heterosexual partners
— CIDRAP (@CIDRAP) May 18, 2023
7 linked transmission chains were noted, including 3 patients who had linked partners who were female sex workershttps://t.co/4zHYWvhTAS pic.twitter.com/10x7fUCXbU
In @mbiojournal, researchers show for the first time that the predatory bacterium, Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus, reproduces through both binary and binary fission inside different prey bacteria. Learn more: https://t.co/qj0viUASVw pic.twitter.com/i9KB7oGrnN
— ASM (@ASMicrobiology) May 18, 2023
Focus on elderly care in this week's podcast as @PLR_aus talks to A/Prof Noleen Bennett about surveillance and antimicrobial stewardship in Long-term care https://t.co/uqXnL51LRk and all podcast hosting sites pic.twitter.com/i0spnPYpon
— Martin Kiernan (@emrsa15) May 17, 2023
Efficacy of mRNA-1273 and Novavax ancestral or BA.1 spike booster vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 BA.5 infection in non-human primates https://t.co/KAvySy64S7 Important study by colleagues at @EmoryVaccineCtr
— Carlos del Rio (@CarlosdelRio7) May 17, 2023
A clinical trial of an experimental universal #influenza vaccine has begun enrolling volunteers.
— MicrobesInfect (@MicrobesInfect) May 17, 2023
This Phase 1 trial will test the experimental vaccine, known as H1ssF-3928 mRNA-LNP, for safety & its ability to induce an immune response.https://t.co/ixS2wxyNKI #flu
WOAH report shows global decline in antimicrobial use in animals
— CIDRAP (@CIDRAP) May 18, 2023
Data from 80 countries show a 13% decline in the amount of antimicrobials used in food-producing animals from 2017 through 2019https://t.co/kuaZYIvR7j#AntibioticStewardship #AMR pic.twitter.com/35Y4F9cy47
Why is COVID life-threatening for some people? Genetics study offers clues https://t.co/QO0ujM6CRZ 49 DNA sequences are associated with becoming critically ill from COVID-19. Among them are genes for inflammatory responses and the activation of immune cells.
— Carlos del Rio (@CarlosdelRio7) May 18, 2023
🆕️⚡️#AAC
— Antibiotic Steward Bassam Ghanem🆔🌟 (@ABsteward) May 18, 2023
Model-Informed Precision Dosing of Vancomycin in Adult Patients Undergoing Hemodialysishttps://t.co/OQDlE1WAE2
Created by Cameron Forbes. Last updated May 24, 2023 at 05:16 EST.