for Oct 12, 2019
Safe to use a direct oral challenge to confirm current tolerance with a benign penicillin-associated rash more than 1 year ago. Multicenter Australian Study to Determine Criteria for Low- and High-Risk Penicillin Testing in Outpatients. - PubMed - NCBI https://t.co/ZOdZqnYFuH
— Eric Macy (@EricMacyMD) October 12, 2019
New in OFID: At one center, patients with sepsis who tested negative for pathogens received antibiotics for several days anyway, suggesting a target for antimicrobial stewardship efforts. https://t.co/fDqL8yDmxg #OpenForumInfectDis #IDSAJournals #DISARMSuperbugs @PaulSaxMD
— IDSA (@IDSAInfo) October 12, 2019
Our latest publication in @JAMMI_Journal: a pilot study of a province-wide #antibiotic use tracking and reporting system#VisualAbstract https://t.co/4YKZisityB pic.twitter.com/8GUCFxTIqH
— Brad Langford (@BRxAD) October 12, 2019
Researchers are using machine learning approaches to more quickly detect #antibioticresistance in bacteria. Read the full study from @NatureNews: https://t.co/DkVXpj0WW0
— Save Antibiotics (@saveantibiotics) October 12, 2019
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in chickens & pigs has ~ trebled in developing countries since 2000, experts warn.#AMR is rapidly rising among farm animals in low- & middle-income countries such as China, India & Brazil.https://t.co/a7DyR8f92Z #antibioticresistance pic.twitter.com/hPjpgJLCr6
— Microbes&Infection (@MicrobesInfect) October 12, 2019
New test diagnoses #LymeDisease within 15 minutes.
— Microbes&Infection (@MicrobesInfect) October 12, 2019
Biomedical engineers have developed a rapid microfluidic test that can detect #Lyme disease with similar performance as the standard 2-tiered approach in a much shorter time.https://t.co/mclvOYFk55 #Borrelia pic.twitter.com/R1nZolBZpm
Ahead of Print - Nasopharyngeal Pneumococcal Density during Asymptomatic Respiratory Virus Infection and Risk for Subsequent Acute Respiratory Illness - Volume 25, Number 11—November 2019 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC https://t.co/xelvlS2M5D via @CDCgov
— Jorge E. Vidal (@JorgeEVidal1) October 12, 2019
NEW 🔥in CID @dr_dmorgan
— Antibiotic Steward (@ABsteward) October 12, 2019
Overton window and a less dogmatic approach to antibiotics. #IDTwitter https://t.co/wAW41DgvZ9 pic.twitter.com/FhRg0elCdp
.@WHO says efforts to halt #Ebola epidemic in DR Congo have made “significant progress”, with the virus now contained to a far smaller & mainly rural area.
— Microbes&Infection (@MicrobesInfect) October 12, 2019
But the danger is not over. “The disease has moved into more rural & more insecure areas.”https://t.co/aIyNIjWTdj pic.twitter.com/7huR3OTjxj
To help advance #antimicrobialstewardship in hospitals, @PublicHealthON is coordinating facility-wide #antibiotic use surveillance for hospitals across the province.
— Brad Langford (@BRxAD) October 12, 2019
Publication: https://t.co/6tkTkFPoER
Antibiotic Comparison Tool: https://t.co/HK4mBaeIWk#videoabstract pic.twitter.com/fQTL8BKFpB
I want to ask all my male ID colleagues to take a few minutes and complete this survey on Equity in Academic Promotion in ID that is part of an @IDSAInfo study I am involved in with @DrJRMarcelin @IDDocJen Wendy Stead and others. https://t.co/Elb5ugxRbM
— Carlos del Rio (@CarlosdelRio7) October 12, 2019
Fluoroquinolone prescribing, according to diagnosis, for ambulatory care visits among adults >19 years of age in the United States.https://t.co/fv4FEltnEm
— Antibiotic Steward (@ABsteward) October 12, 2019
🧐 Pneumonia 👇#IDtwitter pic.twitter.com/sa7fEhGUI1
From a young age, Maria Smith wanted to study infectious diseases, especially those affecting minority & neglected populations. Now she’s a grad student in Dr. Stacey Schultz Cherry’s infectious diseases lab. Take a look: https://t.co/rrItpzMTmu @SSCLabQuips #StudentSaturday pic.twitter.com/M4xWYNYLM6
— St. Jude Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (@stjudegraduate) October 12, 2019
1. Strongly endorse this expansion.
— Paul Sax (@PaulSaxMD) October 12, 2019
2. Give them some work in the micro lab diagnosing malaria, UTIs, C diff.
3. Imagine how long their paw hygiene takes before entering and leaving each room.
🐶https://t.co/KWwezoqc6I
Study concludes 1 hour antibiotic target for ED sepsis is neither feasible nor desirable https://t.co/as1caHWcAq @FfitzP @vidamthamilton @IkeOkafor16 @DrQuinine @PaddyPfitzp @rosilvergrove @AMSInSight @astghughes @ASP_Chat @davidjvaughan @raseaton66 @DundasSteph @MarkCrislip pic.twitter.com/4luETC1FjU
— Rob Cunney (@robcunney) October 12, 2019
Epidemic diseases affect us all. They do not respect borders.
— CEPI (@CEPIvaccines) October 12, 2019
Our mission is to stimulate and accelerate the development of vaccines against emerging infectious diseases and enable access to these vaccines for people during outbreaks 👉 https://t.co/b6deo4lLMH pic.twitter.com/wnyWC35Fr3
#NFID News: #Flu Is Not Fashionable! https://t.co/ab76r9OnfM #GetVaccinated #FightFlu #MetroFW pic.twitter.com/UHZMgT8SJC
— NFID (@NFIDvaccines) October 12, 2019
#ICYMI: 5 pregnant women hospitalized and 2 fetal losses from #measles complications in New Zealand https://t.co/Vxt44FRNg5 via @CNNWorld #GetVaccinated #PreventMeasles pic.twitter.com/lDjyXwKKqy
— NFID (@NFIDvaccines) October 12, 2019
Diagnosis and Treatment of Adults with Community-acquired Pneumonia. Official Clinical Practice Guideline of the American Thoracic Society and Infectious Diseases Society of America | American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine https://t.co/R1sYPdSoUB
— J (@JuanCriadoG) October 12, 2019
Ruh roh: "There has been a worrying lack of progress on some of the critical recommendations from the original document, including the development of incentives for researching new antibiotics, vaccines and diagnostics. https://t.co/2y0X5wLD08 #AntibioticResistance
— Battle Superbugs (@battlesuperbugs) October 12, 2019
Love this! @espid @bpaiig @eccmid @IcelandCourse @PIDJournal #WhyID: Crowdsourcing the Top Reasons to Choose Infectious Diseases in the Age of Twitter https://t.co/ZhOCnPHo7n
— Aubrey Cunnington (@acunningID) October 12, 2019
Join @ResearchAmerica for a Capitol Hill briefing on #antibioticresistance. Register here: https://t.co/EVplQJO0J9 pic.twitter.com/hgYwo4lByI
— Save Antibiotics (@saveantibiotics) October 12, 2019
This is pretty fascinating: Zebrafish larvae share many anatomical similarities with humans and other vertebrates, and their intestinal microbes can be directly observed. https://t.co/lFcaQqSz3U #AntibioticResistance pic.twitter.com/oLLURFC0ob
— Battle Superbugs (@battlesuperbugs) October 12, 2019
"For most gonorrhea, we're down to a single drug and if we lose that it could potentially become untreatable," @nyulangone’s Dr. Mark Mulligan said of the critical need to develop new #antibiotics. https://t.co/0CEWrA3O5T via @CNN
— Save Antibiotics (@saveantibiotics) October 12, 2019
Heads up #turtle #lovers! https://t.co/l0htfu6C0H #AntibioticResistance
— Battle Superbugs (@battlesuperbugs) October 12, 2019
A #vaccine for the common and sometimes deadly #RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) has been elusive, but scientists say a new discovery puts them much closer to success https://t.co/qSoFxOLaEb pic.twitter.com/jA63AyTvov
— NFID (@NFIDvaccines) October 12, 2019
Yikes: "Nonprescription antibiotic dispensing was observed during 1,169 of 2,411 (48.5%) diarrhea interactions and 1,690 of 2,411 (70.1%) adult acute upper respiratory tract infection interactions." https://t.co/pNp8yposFM #AntibioticResistance
— Battle Superbugs (@battlesuperbugs) October 12, 2019
Join us at https://t.co/SBMEPMV95x! Also student abstracts are welcome and apply for #ESCMID travel grants. Learn more about Infectious diseases, digitalization and artificial intelligence. #innovation #basel #infection #AI #microbiology #digital #bigdata pic.twitter.com/v41eR2QDaQ
— AppliedMicrobiologyResearch (@AppliedMicrobi2) October 12, 2019
Development of an antimicrobial stewardship program in an integrated healthcare system.: The development of an inpatient antimicrobial stewardship program ASP in an integrated healthcare system is described. https://t.co/DYEojQrOtM
— Healthcare News (@HealthcareBio) October 12, 2019
#WhyID: Crowdsourcing the Top Reasons to Choose Infectious Diseases in the Age of Twitter | Open Forum Infectious Diseases | Oxford Academic. https://t.co/jSOZtLCpcG
— Carlos Moreira (@carloshvmoreira) October 12, 2019
I donated to 'Rural Iowa newspaper stares down police lawsuit' - https://t.co/HE0lPyfXpR via @gofundme Help save this small-town paper https://t.co/joGwR8dVPK
— 𝙀𝙡𝙞 𝙋𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙘𝙝 😷 (@eliowa) October 12, 2019
#HealthTips: Heading to the #footballgame today? According to @NFIDvaccines, you can stop the spread of germs and help #FightFlu by choosing a fist bump over a high five. To learn more about the importance of #flu prevention, visit https://t.co/vjJGTpb8iL pic.twitter.com/gQtsJnmMqB
— Outland Trophy (@outlandtrophy) October 12, 2019
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