for Jul 02, 2020 through Jul 08, 2020
Hallelujah HCQ works for a US academic center!!! Treatment with Hydroxychloroquine, Azithromycin, and Combination in Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19 - International Journal of Infectious Diseases https://t.co/OsSYga3ncv
— Dr. Urso (@richardursomd) July 2, 2020
NEW 🔥🔥🔥
— Antibiotic Steward🆔 Bassam Ghanem (@ABsteward) July 6, 2020
in #CID Treatment of Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Pulmonary Disease: An Official @atscommunity/@ERSpublications/@ESCMID/@IDSAInfo Clinical Practice Guideline: Executive Summary. NTM guidelines #IDTwitter https://t.co/lDinmh6tb0 pic.twitter.com/axvQmFrTbL
Around 60% of new infectious diseases come from animals.
— World Economic Forum (@wef) July 5, 2020
🔎 Learn more about how coronavirus is affecting nature: https://t.co/D2Tj0826vX pic.twitter.com/l7jYm576Xr
Treatment with Hydroxychloroquine, Azithromycin, and Combination in Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19 - study from Michigan just published in International Journal of Infectious Diseases shows significantly improved outcomes with HCQS and Azithromycin. https://t.co/pl2idgZ2md
— Amit Thadhani (@amitsurg) July 3, 2020
Impact of SARS-CoV-2 Viral Load on Risk of Intubation and Mortality Among Hospitalized Patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 https://t.co/JuKqcYFsb2. In this paper in #CID, admission viral load among hospitalized #COVID19 patients correlates with risk of intubation @WeillCornell
— Carlos del Rio (@CarlosdelRio7) July 8, 2020
“What a uniquely American tragedy where we have the most public health resources and we have one of the worst ... responses to this pandemic,” @BhadeliaMD says, as the US tops 50,000 new coronavirus cases in a single day. https://t.co/i7VwlppEwM
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) July 2, 2020
The top US expert in infectious diseases, Dr Anthony Fauci, spoke to @JustinOnWeb and expressed his concern over the rise in coronavirus cases in the country, warning of the risk of a greater outbreak if the latest surge is not controlled#R4Today podcasthttps://t.co/VpCATzhokS
— BBC Radio 4 Today (@BBCr4today) July 2, 2020
#COVID19 may just be the beginning...
— Dr. Oni #YouBrokeTheContract Blackstock (@DrOniBee) July 5, 2020
“Almost every major epidemic we know of over the past couple of decades — SARS, COVID-19, Ebola and Nipah virus — jumped to people from wildlife enduring extreme climate and habitat strain...” https://t.co/5kQQfviPeJ
On @ABCNewsLive, we have the latest on the coronavirus pandemic after Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, says ''the current state is really not good.'' WATCH LIVE: https://t.co/qyu8bTBOXl
— ABC News (@ABC) July 6, 2020
Atlanta to mandate face masks to contain coronavirus. Well done by @KeishaBottoms for requiring the use of face masks in the city. This is a necessary step to try to slow down #COVID19 transmission at a time when cases are rapidly increasing in ATL https://t.co/stbnpXFELp
— Carlos del Rio (@CarlosdelRio7) July 8, 2020
New study describes a microwave-generated steam decontamination method for decontaminating N95 respirators.@mBiojournal https://t.co/VcFYVprtnL pic.twitter.com/yD1T7GTKKi
— ASM (@ASMicrobiology) July 3, 2020
Excited to share our article on #AntimicrobialStewardship & #COVID-19: how program activities can be repurposed, potential adverse consequences from this shift in attention & long-term implications for program building:https://t.co/RkMh2PTUGn @Payal_Patel @BronxASP pic.twitter.com/H7AEilpojJ
— Mike Stevens (@Dr_Mike_Stevens) July 4, 2020
Another
— Antibiotic Steward🆔 Bassam Ghanem (@ABsteward) July 7, 2020
⭐masterpiece Review Article⭐
in #CMR
The Echo of Pulmonary Tuberculosis: Mechanisms of Clinical Symptoms and Other Disease-Induced Systemic Complications. #IDTwitter https://t.co/f60zzFlBC9 pic.twitter.com/ipKpn6A40D
A nurse-driven antibiotic engagement tool may be a helpful strategy to involve nurses in #antimicrobialstewardship. It also has a clever acronym:
— Brad Langford (@BRxAD) July 7, 2020
A- presence of Antimicrobial
D- planned Duration
I- Indication
O- transition from IV to Oral
S-nurse's Summaryhttps://t.co/bjFpGMCKTi
Everyone's heard of Alexander Fleming, but what about Elizabeth McCoy? The success of #penicillin and the ushering in of the antibiotics age wouldn't have been possible without her contributions to industrial #microbiology. https://t.co/QJTCiyurji #WomenInMicrobiology
— ASM (@ASMicrobiology) July 7, 2020
Vaccination against measles is crucial to avoid outbreaks like the ones hitting Europe & the U.S. Even more important because the virus erases the immune system’s memory, leaving patients vulnerable to other infectious diseases for up to 3 years afterward https://t.co/97q2rvtaU8 pic.twitter.com/Q2EfltttYy
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) July 6, 2020
Infectious diseases doctor calls for national virus strategy https://t.co/srinTicfDa
— Morning Joe (@Morning_Joe) July 2, 2020
📍The rate at which the coronavirus infection is spreading in Denmark has increased since country opened schools & kindergartens, says 🇩🇰infectious diseases agency @SSI_dk. R from 0.6 to 0.9, but still below crucial figure of 1. But need vigilance. https://t.co/128WmuItr5
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) July 2, 2020
NEW #ofid
— Antibiotic Steward🆔 Bassam Ghanem (@ABsteward) July 2, 2020
The 1st systematic literature review and meta-analysis evaluate the association between ID Consultation & Candidemia mortality. IDC was associated with significantly ⬇️ mortality & should be considered in all patients with candidemia. #IDTwitter https://t.co/UXOlcl5OEF pic.twitter.com/q4eW0MIITb
Scientists identify a new genus of phage infecting Streptococcus thermophilus. Read about the genomic and morphological characteristics of phage P738 and D4446 in @AppEnvMicro: https://t.co/ibKVLsHgE8 pic.twitter.com/r1Z8iOXLiW
— ASM (@ASMicrobiology) July 3, 2020
The Chief of Infectious Diseases @mgh_id @RWalensky and Professor at @YaleHPM & @YaleSOM @ADPaltiel just came out with a paper every college student, professor, staff member and administrator should read, now, right now. Are you ready to re-open? 1/ https://t.co/vOvPBeJUtP
— Gregg Gonsalves (@gregggonsalves) July 7, 2020
Early Release - Large SARS-CoV-2 Outbreak Caused by Asymptomatic Traveler, China - Volume 26, Number 9—September 2020 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC https://t.co/hEiaeh74JZ
— Dr. Saskia Popescu (@SaskiaPopescu) July 2, 2020
The United States is still "knee-deep" in its first wave of coronavirus infections and must act immediately to tackle the recent surge, the country's top infectious diseases expert said Monday. https://t.co/qsKasyyCaK
— CBS This Morning (@CBSThisMorning) July 7, 2020
UN warns of ‘steady stream’ of infectious diseases unless world tackles wildlife exploitation https://t.co/mFGv4APW5e
— Svein T veitdal (@tveitdal) July 7, 2020
Zoonotic diseases have caused more than £80bn in economic losses since 2000 and coronavirus is expected to add £7.2 trillion to that amount pic.twitter.com/DORfyKpbpX
Peer Reviewed
— Peter M Mahahead (@petermmahahead) July 2, 2020
"13% of those treated with hydroxychloroquine alone died compared to 26.4% not treated with hydroxychloroquine"
"The study was published today in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases." @Jordan_Sather_ @martingeddes https://t.co/4zY08DkwMD
Test monkeys infected with the #SARSCoV2 #coronavirus were protected from reinfection for up to 28 days later, according to a Chinese study.
— Microbes&Infection (@MicrobesInfect) July 3, 2020
While the monkeys displayed initial immunity, it's unclear how long immunity against #COVID19 will last in humanshttps://t.co/1EuxhDwtQf
#HydroxychloroquineWorks helped save #coronavirus patients, study shows; Trump campaign hails 'fantastic news'. ➡️ It works according to medical researchers whose study was published in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases.https://t.co/HhlaUp9YP0
— Queenstown 🦅⚔🇺🇸 (@veritasrepublic) July 3, 2020
Here's a blog post on our new paper in CID exploring #SARSCoV2 hospital surface and air contamination in London. 50% of surface samples and 40% of air samples positive for SARS-CoV-2 RNA, but no virus cultured; highlights potential risk https://t.co/iAHaIp1WLu @IDSAInfo #COVID19
— Jon Otter (@jonotter) July 8, 2020
Olfactory dysfunction with #COVID19, debating "step-down" oral Rx for St aureus bacteremia, large study of vertebral osteo, population based survey of NTM infxns, emergent INSTI resistance in DTG Rx review, and other GREAT content in June #OFID issue! https://t.co/empBUFYWdh pic.twitter.com/BgnRgK6vbU
— Paul Sax (@PaulSaxMD) July 7, 2020
A new CID commentary signed by 239 experts calls on public health organizations to recognize the potential for airborne transmission of #COVID19 and urges preventive measures. https://t.co/Yzwrgyy6Qh #IDSAJournals #ClinInfectDis pic.twitter.com/qYAq68M43C
— IDSA (@IDSAInfo) July 6, 2020
Something we have been watching closely and important to consider - It is Time to Address Airborne Transmission of COVID-19 | Clinical Infectious Diseases | Oxford Academic https://t.co/iyTEH2c3QB
— Anne Zink (@annezinkmd) July 6, 2020
Following the publication of the @WHO's latest Global Antimicrobial Resistance and Use Surveillance System (GLASS) report, we caught up with @HananBalkhy
— BSAC (@BSACandJAC) July 2, 2020
to find out how data from the report will be used https://t.co/aUXkBi3Dsn #AMR #AntibioticResistance pic.twitter.com/d4ZQWRdf4y
Microbiology Monday: S. aureus isolated from cystic fibrosis lungs are phylogenetically diverse; most retain known virulence factors and vary in their interactions with P. aeruginosa
— ASM (@ASMicrobiology) July 6, 2020
Learn more in @mbiojournal: https://t.co/OeA53StFta pic.twitter.com/WIdMTUI2p9
It is Time to Address Airborne Transmission of COVID-19 | Clinical Infectious Diseases | Oxford Academic. Letter with more than 200 scientist signatories from around the world effort led by Dr. Moraska https://t.co/MUMLJY6PxC
— Shelly L Miller (@ShellyMBoulder) July 6, 2020
NEW #ofid by @lncwengros
— Antibiotic Steward🆔 Bassam Ghanem (@ABsteward) July 2, 2020
Minimizing time to optimal antimicrobial therapy for Enterobacteriaceae bloodstream infections: A retrospective, hypothetical application of predictive scoring tools versus rapid diagnostics tests. @TimbrookTT #IDTwitter https://t.co/b0mjk6tfXz
Recent study suggests that many people who contract #SARSCoV2 but have mild or no clinical signs still develop T-cell-mediated immunity to the #coronavirus, even in the absence of a positive antibody test.https://t.co/VgsbfzI3DT #COVID19
— Microbes&Infection (@MicrobesInfect) July 2, 2020
Treating patients with Hydroxychloroquine (cheap malaria drug) and Azithromycin (readily available antibiotic) significantly reduces mortality rates for COVID-19.
— Umar Saif (@umarsaif) July 3, 2020
Very encouraging results published in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases. https://t.co/pXXrFCQaHf
New Personal View: Comparing SARS-CoV-2 with SARS-CoV and influenza pandemics https://t.co/DMDyHIfEBK #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/WCYickfQeI
— The Lancet Infectious Diseases (@TheLancetInfDis) July 5, 2020
How Fauci and other experts deal with coronavirus risks in their everyday lives - @washingtonpost Simple advice from ID leaders. Can we all not do the same? https://t.co/Wz9ejIoySS
— Carlos del Rio (@CarlosdelRio7) July 4, 2020
Hydroxychloroquine associated with a significant reduction in-hospital mortality!
— Roland Baker (@RolandBakerIII) July 3, 2020
International Journal of Infectious Diseases: Treatment with Hydroxychloroquine, Azithromycin, and Combination in Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19 July 01, 2020https://t.co/zxCx5fUa9P
New minireview in #IAIJournal: Fitness Trade-Offs Resulting from Bacteriophage Resistance Potentiate Synergistic Antibacterial Strategies https://t.co/IZ5nOAp6Op pic.twitter.com/CoQVsBtDVX
— ASM (@ASMicrobiology) July 2, 2020
Researchers from @EmoryUniversity Warn Coronavirus May Use Propeller Hat To Stay Airborne https://t.co/PJ3Uj8039e via @theonion. 🤣🤣🤣 I really needed a laugh today!
— Carlos del Rio (@CarlosdelRio7) July 7, 2020
Coronavirus cases are peaking again, but it’s different this time. Excellent article in @NYTimes https://t.co/sfwMbl5cVf
— Carlos del Rio (@CarlosdelRio7) July 2, 2020
Those of us in #infectiousdiseases joke that it can be challenging for us to agree on things. If you read this article in the @washingtonpost that interviews 6 experts there are common themes amongst all of them in how they mediate their risk to #COVID19 https://t.co/FKbk3J4lyr
— Dr.Krutika Kuppalli (@KrutikaKuppalli) July 4, 2020
Live updates: @GovAbbott issues mandatory mask policy for counties with 20 or more coronavirus cases. Good for Texas, time for GA to do the same. It is only a face cover, you can do it @GovKemp https://t.co/sIxbvAHnHs
— Carlos del Rio (@CarlosdelRio7) July 2, 2020
NEW 🔥🔥RCT @NEJM
— Antibiotic Steward🆔 Bassam Ghanem (@ABsteward) July 8, 2020
Single-dose baloxavir showed significant postexposure prophylactic efficacy in preventing influenza in household contacts of patients with influenza. #IDTwitter https://t.co/x8dzOKGC2J pic.twitter.com/enLssZd2Zr
Microscopic respiratory droplets generated by talking and breathing can hover in the air for minutes or hours and drift many metres horizontally before infecting people, argue 239 experts from 32 countries, in a commentary in Clinical Infectious Diseases https://t.co/wSlXxD7oOO
— The BMJ (@bmj_latest) July 8, 2020
Distribution of Transmission Potential during Non-Severe COVID-19 Illness https://t.co/w5lfg50ZXj. Elegant study from @ClevelandClinic suggesting in non-severe COVID-19, viral loads in upper resp specimens peak by 2-3 days from symptom onset and decrease rapidly thereafter.
— Carlos del Rio (@CarlosdelRio7) July 2, 2020
🚨 New article!
— Bug Pharmacist 💊🧫 Tim Gauthier (@IDstewardship) July 4, 2020
Memes as teaching tools. You in or out? ...examples included 🤓 ...
🖋Written by a pharmacy student from U. of Pittsburg COP 🙌🏼
➡️ https://t.co/CLOMOacpM5 #MedEd #SOTL #Memes #Scrollandlearn pic.twitter.com/ZWg77I2uPP
Scientists warned of a potential wave of #coronavirus-related #brain damage as new evidence suggested #COVID19 can lead to severe neurological complications, including inflammation, psychosis & delirium.https://t.co/cBBSCI2Q2p pic.twitter.com/Ob5xJS93eR
— Microbes&Infection (@MicrobesInfect) July 8, 2020
Dr. Dacuma of the Institute of Biological Sciences and PhD holder from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, shed light on the concept of pathogen spillover, or the transmission of the agents of infectious diseases such as virus, to humans. https://t.co/w5ArvRmkTM
— University of the Philippines 🌻 (@upsystem) July 3, 2020
Created by Cameron Forbes. Last updated July 09, 2020 at 05:08 EST.