for Apr 17, 2019
I dunno outbreaks of easily preventable infectious diseases seem bad to me but I guess Republicans have a different take.https://t.co/hUmcWoUwtp
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) April 17, 2019
Coming Soon. . .#BCIDP recertification credit from SIDP! Diverse and engaging content from the premier organization for Infectious Diseases and Antimicrobial Stewardship pharmacists. Stay tuned for more information coming soon! https://t.co/JaaHJDI0gb @BPSweb pic.twitter.com/40mgDrJqAu
— SIDP (@SIDPharm) April 17, 2019
NEW🔥 statement from @IDSAInfo about Achaogen bankruptcy.
— Antibiotic Steward (@ABsteward) April 17, 2019
Drug Company Closing Underscores Needs for Swift Federal Action Supporting Antibiotic Development Stewardship.#IDTwitter #zmdri @BradSpellberg @spatel2887 @DrToddLee @JGPharmD @KisgenUF @SIDPharm https://t.co/lxWEYohLHU
Important reminder that antimicrobial stewardship is about appropriate antibiotic use, and not necessarily reduction in use https://t.co/h5UsTasJfl
— Kevin Schwartz (@DrKevinSchwartz) April 17, 2019
As #Ebola outbreak rages, vaccine is 97.5% effective, protecting over 90K people.https://t.co/zuFm0NHqRR
— Microbes&Infection (@MicrobesInfect) April 17, 2019
A NEW🔥 large point of prevalence survey of antimicrobial use in UK LTCFs by @DrDianeAshiru @AntibioticLeeds @elizbeech
— Antibiotic Steward (@ABsteward) April 17, 2019
in #JACnews @BSACandJAC
The percentage of antibiotics prescribed for prophylactic use was 25.3%. 😱👇 #IDTwitter
Great work 👌 https://t.co/BLfiMUTRqz pic.twitter.com/szUS8N7D8M
This is a great paper. Starts to answer many of the questions around using MRSA nares for avoiding vanco; most importantly (I think), the time interval between nare screening and infectionhttps://t.co/Bycw48qwWR
— Eric Wenzler (@TheIDApprentice) April 17, 2019
New @LancetGH: Effect of standard dose paracetamol versus placebo as antipyretic therapy on liver injury in adult #dengue infection: a multicentre randomised controlled trial https://t.co/UoEgDSIlOz
— The Lancet Infectious Diseases (@TheLancetInfDis) April 17, 2019
Achaogen’s failure may be an inflection point in #antibiotic development. Antibiotics are a public good. Society needs reminding that without antibiotics, there is no modern medicine, including cancer chemotherapy, joint replacements, organ transplants… https://t.co/AmD0Js9x5h
— Jason Gallagher (@JGPharmD) April 17, 2019
Oy! Study finds 1/3 of chicken meat samples from discount supermarkets in Germany (@lidl, Netto, Real, @aldi and Penny) were contaminated with bacteria resistant to 'last resort' #antibiotics used to treat #superbugs. https://t.co/DXsIR3BpE1 #AntibioticResistance
— Battle Superbugs (@battlesuperbugs) April 17, 2019
NEW🔥 in @AJHPOfficial @SIDPharm@Kerry_LaPlante & @MayaBeganovic1
— Antibiotic Steward (@ABsteward) April 17, 2019
Predictors of Clostridioides difficile recurrence across a national cohort of veterans in outpatient, acute, and long-term care settings. #IDTwitter https://t.co/Qm5x6uxH9v pic.twitter.com/GNKFlG6WaD
As measles cases in the U.S. steadily increase, the growth of anti-vaccine propaganda continues to threaten the public’s protection against this illness. IDSA debunks the most common myths about the measles vaccine: https://t.co/1cHYdc8wrZ #measlesoutbreak #VaccinesWork pic.twitter.com/ifIIp0xQvU
— IDSA (@IDSAInfo) April 17, 2019
CAMERA 2 is the newest MERINO. Do we believe prospective/RCT data that seems to report biologic implausibilities or retrospective data that comes with its own issues? 🤔🤔https://t.co/oiZG15W2xU
— Eric Wenzler (@TheIDApprentice) April 17, 2019
The fight against antibiotic-resistant bacteria needs to continue at full force. Tell your representative today: https://t.co/UogB3ZOYHZ #saveabx
— Save Antibiotics (@saveantibiotics) April 17, 2019
"The U.S. risks losing its scientific capacity to develop new antibiotics because antibacterial research is often not commercially viable," @hboucher3 and @koutterson write for @statnews https://t.co/GonooCNSkz
— Save Antibiotics (@saveantibiotics) April 17, 2019
The number of #measles cases reported worldwide in the first 3 months of 2019 has quadrupled compared with the same time last year, according to @WHO.
— Microbes&Infection (@MicrobesInfect) April 17, 2019
It said provisional data indicated a "a clear trend", with all regions of the world seeing outbreaks.https://t.co/ntGkI5iRP1 pic.twitter.com/NzeLnFsEHS
a timely editorial out today from the New England Journal of Medicine:
— Stephanie M. Lee (@stephaniemlee) April 17, 2019
"Unlike many infectious diseases, measles is a public health problem with a clear scientific solution. Measles vaccination is highly effective and safe."https://t.co/eojWI2BCRs
Re-emergence of HIV related to injecting drug use despite a comprehensive harm reduction environment: a cross-sectional analysis - @TheLancetHIV Very worrisome data. Clearly injection of cocaine very different than opioids. PrEP needed now! https://t.co/ioQWftfVhp
— Carlos del Rio (@CarlosdelRio7) April 17, 2019
Interested in Antimicrobial Stewardship and the key role of Diagnostics?
— bioMérieux Inc. (@biomerieux_inc) April 17, 2019
JOIN US TOMORROW! Search #KeepAntibioticsWorking on Twitter starting at 12:00 pm (GMT) / 8:00 am (ET) to chat with experts.
Follow us on: https://t.co/UIn6gvW01K pic.twitter.com/GU1GQdO610
Evidence that this neurotransmitter can modulate Salmonella gene expression through interaction with virulence regulator EmrR @mbiojournal https://t.co/RhCaIV7quu pic.twitter.com/EWCNNFgnF8
— ASM (@ASMicrobiology) April 17, 2019
@speedx launch of #ResistancePlus MG on the GeneXpert platform. #ResistanceGuidedTherapy more easily accessible to improve #sexualhealth and #STI management #antimicrobialresistance #antimicrobialstewardship https://t.co/8JoFg4Dh0w pic.twitter.com/uvfbnbBNAZ
— SpeeDx in Europe (@plexpcr) April 17, 2019
We shouldn't look at this issue as just needing new drugs. We also need should new diagnostic tests, #vaccines and meaningful #antibiotic stewardship programs. If we focus only on drugs, we'll just squander the new ones away like we have the old. https://t.co/NDsrgz1nmS
— Battle Superbugs (@battlesuperbugs) April 17, 2019
I’m sensing that Candida auris will be THE tipping point where we finally have to seriously fund $$$ infection control and antimicrobial stewardship research. Ignorance=Death
— 𝙀𝙡𝙞 𝙋𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙘𝙝 😷 (@eliowa) April 17, 2019
Acute loss of adipose tissue during latent tuberculosis infection may predispose the host to active TB disease @mbiojournal https://t.co/QZ4r4fPZsk pic.twitter.com/AqfAAM0Pme
— ASM (@ASMicrobiology) April 17, 2019
“Measles is one of the most infectious diseases there is—way more than Ebola and SARS and Zika… You’ve got to protect the community and the vulnerable people there.” —@nyuschoolofmed's @ArthurCaplan on the ethics of the measles vaccine https://t.co/f6x3FVt6Oy
— New York University (@nyuniversity) April 17, 2019
“Where there is love, you do not see the challenges” - so inspired by the Community Health Workers 🙌🏻 #antimicrobialstewardship with cri3gibsol @winterjody @Buckhealthcare makspa… https://t.co/9tPQpqvU44
— Claire Brandish (@ClaireBrandish1) April 17, 2019
Twitter chat TOMORROW 8AM with:@ESCMID@DorisAnnW @elizbeech @DilipNathwani
— John Manford Hurst (@manfordou) April 17, 2019
Dr Diane Ashiru-Oredope -Pharmacist Lead for Antimicrobial Resistance and Stewardship and HCAI, Pub Health England@IFPMA #KeepAntibioticsWorking #IDPRN #IDChat @SIDPharm @MAD_ID_ASP @biomerieux_inc pic.twitter.com/SF5BJO5DZk
Thanks for sharing @ABsteward And check out the aligned publication here to get a wider understanding of the scale of #antibiotics use in LTCF https://t.co/QYeYKVJVki pic.twitter.com/EqCY2NKvKO
— Elizabeth Beech (@elizbeech) April 17, 2019
Measles in 2019 — Going Backward | “The potential danger of measles is clear, so is the solution” @NEJM https://t.co/FSQNzht3lj
— Carlos del Rio (@CarlosdelRio7) April 17, 2019
Approximately 10% ELF penetration of cefiderocol in healthy volunteer given 2 grams. Sounds about right given the similarity to ceftaz and protein bindinghttps://t.co/diOrBIli0u
— Eric Wenzler (@TheIDApprentice) April 17, 2019
Did you miss t/live broadcast yesterday w/guests Dr. Mark Stine and Celeste Wiggins Discussing #technology Footwear Sanitizing Station #infectionprevention #infectiousdiseases Access t/archived broadcast and listen at your leisure:https://t.co/tot6SSE9DN#cdiff #mrsa #bacteria
— C DIFF FOUNDATION (@cdiffFoundation) April 17, 2019
Impact of an Unsolicited, Standardized Form–Based Antimicrobial Stewardship Intervention to Improve Guideline Adherence in the Management of Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia https://t.co/T0bB1snDoM
— Sociedad Andaluza de Enfermedades Infecciosas (@SAEI_tweets) April 17, 2019
Today we added 165 new resources on antimicrobial stewardship, AMR, diagnostics, guidance, One Health, C diff, antimicrobial R&D, vaccines, and more to our bibliographies https://t.co/XafujY546N
— CIDRAP-ASP (@CIDRAP_ASP) April 17, 2019
Where will future outbreak of emerging infectious diseases appear? By working out which animals are most likely to spread illnesses and where, researchers have created heat maps to show the world's viral hotspots @GuardianNigeria ➡️ https://t.co/3GoRFKcHVB pic.twitter.com/jOjWA9NZLd
— CEPI (@CEPIvaccines) April 17, 2019
The panel discussion on Antimicrobial Resistance #the world's third threat to life. The focus was on Antimicrobial Stewardship in the UK by Nottingham University. Ever wondered what your role in the antimicrobial resistance fight is as a pharmacist? Well if not, the time is now. pic.twitter.com/DhPfetcHyr
— MUPSA (@Mupsamak) April 17, 2019
Challenges for immigrant health in the USA—the road to crisis https://t.co/Y62kFozCBi Excellent commentary in @TheLancet that everyone who cares about health and health equity should read.
— Carlos del Rio (@CarlosdelRio7) April 17, 2019
Modern medicine is a life-saving gift, but it can also have life-altering consequences, especially when used early on.
— Lily Nichols, RDN (@LilyNicholsRDN) April 17, 2019
Giving antibiotics to infants is tied to everything from allergies and obesity to infectious diseases in adulthood. https://t.co/XIcR1LCRtH
Though the FDA approved new antibiotics last year, very few physicians know how to use them, writes @DrMattMcCarthy for @nytimesopinion. https://t.co/ghhXSKqvJj
— Save Antibiotics (@saveantibiotics) April 17, 2019
“Unlike many infectious diseases, measles is a public health problem with a clear scientific solution. Measles vaccination is highly effective and safe. Each complication or death related to measles is a preventable tragedy that could have been avoided” https://t.co/GBr6oil4wJ
— Dr Kathleen Bachynski (@bachyns) April 17, 2019
.@CDDEP Of 21 #antibiotics entering markets btwn 1999 & 2014, less than 5 were registered in most countries in sub-Saharan Africa. ... mere existence of an effective antibiotic does not mean that they are available in countries where they are most needed.https://t.co/hm7AwmPx6t
— Battle Superbugs (@battlesuperbugs) April 17, 2019
New @LancetGH: Sustaining #pneumococcal vaccination after transitioning from Gavi support: a modelling and cost-effectiveness study in Kenya https://t.co/RZfFLwNdGQ
— The Lancet Infectious Diseases (@TheLancetInfDis) April 17, 2019
Mandatory Flu Vaccine for Healthcare Workers: Not Worthwhile | Open Forum Infectious Diseases | Oxford Academic https://t.co/LcRA97xMca
— SNCCLA (@SNCCLA) April 17, 2019
Professor David Isaacs, Clinical Professor of Paediatric Infectious Diseases at @sydney_uni has published a compelling story of vaccination in the war against infectious diseases - 'Defeating the Ministers of Death': https://t.co/ThkY1nmYi3
— Sydney_Health (@syd_health) April 17, 2019
Design, synthesis, and identification of CMCdG, a novel nucleoside analog with improved properties + potent activity against both WT and entecavir-resistant HBV #AACJournal https://t.co/jzfjdqfus2 pic.twitter.com/sWX3QUrM8L
— ASM (@ASMicrobiology) April 17, 2019
Phenotypic and genetic characteristics of fluoroquinolone- and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. https://t.co/Z5NxVPNXVZ
— AntibioticResistance (@AntibioticResis) April 17, 2019
Vaccinations prevent infectious diseases that kill, prevent cancer and do not cause autism. Get vaccinated. @CDCgov @ACPinternists @CincyHealthNews @SheilaGrayTV @HealthyWomen https://t.co/thLlZ0TZgJ
— Lisa Larkin MD FACP (@LisaLarkinMD) April 17, 2019
.@statnews: "If @MedicareGov changed its rules to allow hospital #antibiotics to be reimbursed as if they were outpatient drugs, doctors would then be able to choose the antibiotics that are best for their patients, not just the least-expensive ones." https://t.co/cdeSD02rv3
— Battle Superbugs (@battlesuperbugs) April 17, 2019
Proving there is nothing new under the 🌞 & that most #Antibiotic #Stewardship interventions are simple: 'PUO' my 🦶! A failure to follow-up the culture ➡️ missed ESBL-K.pneumoniae 'R' to empiric ABx. Simple interventions = important results @BSACandJAC @CIDRAP_ASP @ESGAP_ABS pic.twitter.com/m0gxONRbIy
— Marc Mendelson (@SouthAfricanASP) April 17, 2019
We were very pleased to welcome @keithridge1 yesterday to hear about our #medicinesoptimisation #antimicrobialstewardship #Deprescribing work and for us to better understand how it fits with the national pharmacy and prescribing agenda pic.twitter.com/tOzFXbe1yQ
— West Hampshire CCG (@WestHantsCCG) April 17, 2019
Bad news on the #antibiotics R&D front, another company out of business: https://t.co/aHdAUJCSUK. We need a new system for developing antibiotics, one that severs sales by volume and gives incentives for finding/developing novel drugs.
— Matt Wellington (@matthewwell) April 17, 2019
New infectious threats and new antimicrobial solutions -
— UniBirmingham News (@news_ub) April 17, 2019
Research from @IMIBirmingham covered by @khaleejtimes:https://t.co/qTlEXkD4Sf
#postdocs, join us in this new movement against #viraldiseaseshttps://t.co/v9DlEge9Bp#LoveVirology#ASV2019#virology#vaccines#immunology#immunotherapy#infectiousdiseases#tropicalinfection#genetherapy#Tcells#celltherapy#hiv#dengue#Zika#chikungunya#Ebola#Marburg https://t.co/XBNVUDrn3N
— Parijat Bhatnagar (@CellMeds) April 17, 2019
How #measles hacks the body—and harms its victims for years via @WIRED https://t.co/6d9OfSDyt7#GetVaccinated #PreventMeasles pic.twitter.com/rDfw5vhisF
— NFID (@NFIDvaccines) April 17, 2019
VIDEO: Myself on "How Drug Resistance Challenges Medical Ethics", from the LMU in Munich last year.#AntibioticResistance #ABR #AMR #bioethics #publichealth #healthcare #antimicrobialresistance #ethics @CARe_GU https://t.co/Glk83Q9qeM
— Christian Munthe (@christianmunthe) April 17, 2019
Structure of Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs in Leading US Hospitals: Findings of a Nationwide Survey https://t.co/EbZO1rdAJ5
— Sociedad Andaluza de Enfermedades Infecciosas (@SAEI_tweets) April 17, 2019
Antibiotic Stewardship in Paediatric Inpatients and C. Difficile Associated Disease? https://t.co/Ga3Rtz9HsG
— AntibioticResistance (@AntibioticResis) April 17, 2019
Executive summary of the GESIDA/National AIDS Plan Consensus Document on Antiretroviral Therapy in Adults Infected by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (Updated January 2017). https://t.co/UdVDilpuHL
— AntibioticResistance (@AntibioticResis) April 17, 2019
#Surgical site infection rates differ by gender for certain procedures, according to new research being presented at this year's European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases in Amsterdam https://t.co/yFcgmGZVW5
— Vygon (@VygonGroup) April 17, 2019
6 tips for healthcare professionals for using #antibiotics wisely, courtesy of @ChooseWiselyCA https://t.co/LZOH3piAKO pic.twitter.com/PZD5Z6UsrI
— Do Bugs Need Drugs? (@DoBugsNeedDrugs) April 17, 2019
Dr. Kaas, senior Harvard professor, MD, phd, president of Infectious Diseases Society of America put together a lot of statistical info & logical arguments to assert that we greatly over-estimate how many lives have been saved by vaccines.https://t.co/j5jvHi0LN7
— Wallace Noll (@Wallace_Noll) April 17, 2019
Interesting study on why there is overprescribing of #antibiotics in the out-patient setting and some super simple solutions. https://t.co/PvpVMq5VwW #AntibioticResistance
— Battle Superbugs (@battlesuperbugs) April 17, 2019
Our new article with @NCICancer. Explainer: what is Candida auris and who is at risk? https://t.co/3NDiRD4qf5 via @ConversationEDU
— NCAS_Australia (@NCAS_Aus) April 17, 2019
Editorial commentary from Gary Maartens & @graemein in Clinical Infectious Diseases: "Managing HIV-associated tuberculosis in the dolutegravir era"https://t.co/pOsOHpdkak#CIDRIPapers
— CIDRI-Africa Wellcome Centre (@CIDRI_Africa) April 17, 2019
Giving Grand Rounds at St. Mary's Medical Center Long Beach
— Eric Macy (@EricMacyMD) April 17, 2019
April 18, 2019
Update on Penicillin Allergies
Penicillin allergy testing, cephalosporin use in individuals with unconfirmed penicillin "allergy", and the importance of delabeling for antibiotic stewardship @KPMedSchool
To any @UofUHealth employees who have led a quality improvement effort in their department and wants to share their work, please join us for the 6th Annual Evidence Based Practice Poster Fair, to be held May 21-23, 2019. Abstracts due 4/22 to https://t.co/vONrqXC9Zk pic.twitter.com/e8HgK2JRN7
— Tristan Timbrook (@TimbrookTT) April 17, 2019
Yes, it is a global problem resulting in the loss of countless lives. Our Faces of Antimicrobial Resistance report highlights some of these individuals, whose stories demonstrate the urgent need to combat #AMR: https://t.co/a38n3PLrUX @CDCDirector https://t.co/gW38QJHH8M
— IDSA (@IDSAInfo) April 17, 2019
Always putting out such clinical useful data. Thanks fellas! @Crasspofungin @DosingMatters https://t.co/NT8j5pEJb2
— Eric Wenzler (@TheIDApprentice) April 17, 2019
The Villanueva Lab (@ClaudioVillanu) is looking for a #postdoc! Join a lab working to understand of how type 2 #diabetes risk genes lead to changes in glucose metabolism. For more info, see our website: https://t.co/brvmi7mXmP #ECRchat #PhdChat #AcademicTwitter #T2Diabetes pic.twitter.com/JjJwOJSILQ
— UofU3i (@UofU3i) April 17, 2019
Created by Cameron Forbes. Last updated April 19, 2019 at 07:34 EST.