for Apr 13, 2019
New! Bugs n Drugs about antimicrobial stewardship from @andreaprinzi "as far as antimicrobial stewardship practice goes, our practices are about as scattered as the stars in the sky" https://t.co/MdeId8uYcW @ASMicrobiology #ASMClinMicro
— JClinMicro EIC (@JClinMicro) April 13, 2019
Caesarean babies have lower level of 'good' gut bacteria, study shows.
— Microbes&Infection (@MicrobesInfect) April 13, 2019
Research suggests surgical delivery may make babies more prone to respiratory infectionshttps://t.co/jjPjrSCFnt #microbiota #microbiome
Here is a new free vanco review from the maker of a free vanco dosing calculator...https://t.co/Q8U0qmUQ0L pic.twitter.com/2AfUuLqEhg
— Bug Pharmacist (@IDstewardship) April 13, 2019
Of the 42 antibiotics in clinical development today, how many have the potential to treat the toughest superbugs? Not enough: https://t.co/yHBquCMfr0
— Save Antibiotics (@saveantibiotics) April 13, 2019
@BSACandJAC are launching #JACAMR open access journal today. Come to stand 1.102 to discover more https://t.co/3mi0cSXa0c and take advantage of now free BSAC membership https://t.co/0hpNoN3qR6 @ESGAP_ABS @SIDPharm @UKCPAPIN @ECCMID @NCAS_Aus @MicrobLog_me_uk @idpharmd pic.twitter.com/obzjhUGZd9
— Philip Howard (@AntibioticLeeds) April 13, 2019
Proud to announce our latest news in #infectiousdiseases: https://t.co/kjcSdrMRcT $MRK pic.twitter.com/94tmcwPyvN
— Merck (@Merck) April 13, 2019
Culture of Secrecy Shields Hospitals in the US With Outbreaks of Drug-Resistant Infections.
— Microbes&Infection (@MicrobesInfect) April 13, 2019
Lack of transparency puts patients at risk, some say. Institutions say disclosure could scare people away from seeking needed medical care.https://t.co/hpX89EsgfL #AntibioticResistance pic.twitter.com/i6SN2QHsBe
In session on paediatric ID & vaccines Helen Marshall highlights @TheLancet study on effectiveness of a group B outer membrane vesicle meningococcal vaccine against #gonorrhoea in New Zealand #ECCMID2019 https://t.co/atq8MIa9iW
— The Lancet Infectious Diseases (@TheLancetInfDis) April 13, 2019
Great to see this new #eccmid2019 themed Reflections post by @emrsa15: That sinking feeling https://t.co/7naTxn81z7 sinks become contaminated with MDROs. Do we have too many? Should we have more designated NOT hand hygiene sinks / fluid disposal points?
— Jon Otter (@jonotter) April 13, 2019
Join us for the 2019 NEBRASKA ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP SUMMIT on May 31 2019 at the Beardmore Event Center of Bellevue! Nebraska ASP experts will share syndrome-specific tools for antimicrobial stewardship in different settings. Register: https://t.co/LThO5kjArb #NebSteward2019 pic.twitter.com/Bnqx6ETOdV
— UNMC ID (@UNMC_ID) April 13, 2019
New online: Chlorhexidine for meatal cleaning in reducing catheter-associated urinary tract infections: a multicentre stepped-wedge randomised controlled trial https://t.co/EKIGsPLZKk #UTI
— The Lancet Infectious Diseases (@TheLancetInfDis) April 13, 2019
The experimental #Ebola vaccine being used to try to contain the outbreak in DR Congo is protective 97.5% of the time, according to new data released by @WHO
— Microbes&Infection (@MicrobesInfect) April 13, 2019
The data suggest “very impressive” performance by the vaccine.https://t.co/9pfUr0hxJc pic.twitter.com/hgg38KGrt6
Drainage (slow) and sink design both related to cpe dispersal. Highlights the importance of: #infectioncontrol in building design, sinks for cpe outbreak control and importance of @HandHygieneAus moment 1 in patient care. @ACIPC #eccmid2019 https://t.co/rdoeg8YYzM
— Kathryn Daveson (@KathrynDaveson) April 13, 2019
Many of us are unfortunately familiar with the misery that ensues upon eating spoiled food, but what actually happens inside of our bodies during Salmonella infection? Our latest Microbial Sciences article tackles the trickery of Salmonella: https://t.co/lm61JY3amB
— ASM (@ASMicrobiology) April 13, 2019
Decreased tenofovir diphosphate concentrations in a transgender female cohort: Implications for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) https://t.co/Js1iy6OUXx If confirmed this is clearly important @Armstrw @HIVMA
— Carlos del Rio (@CarlosdelRio7) April 13, 2019
📢 New Postdoc Alert! 📢The Wilcox Lab (@kswilcox) is looking for a #postdoc! Help work on basic #epilepsy research and therapy development in the @uofupharmacy. https://t.co/brvmi7mXmP #ECRchat #PhdChat #AcademicTwitter #ScienceJobs #Research #Neuroscience pic.twitter.com/87BJKNo5uo
— UofU3i (@UofU3i) April 13, 2019
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— Microbes&Infection (@MicrobesInfect) April 13, 2019
AIM2 senses #Brucella abortus DNA in dendritic cells to induce IL-1β secretion, pyroptosis and resistance to bacterial infection in micehttps://t.co/0DpUYDOpfp #inflammasome #immunology pic.twitter.com/q5ibCyh1Fl
Notes from the Field: Acute Hepatitis A Virus Infection Among Previously Vaccinated Persons with HIV Infection — Tennessee, 2018 | @CDCMMWR recent outbreak of HAV among PLWH, IDU and homeless should remind us there is a highly effective vaccine. https://t.co/m8z9yPqL6I
— Carlos del Rio (@CarlosdelRio7) April 13, 2019
Gabriel Weston: Fresh thinking on bacteria | The BMJ | A nice look at C. difficile @jvanprehn @SmitsLab @driesbudding https://t.co/rZZ71voa01
— Vdbroucke-Grauls (@ChristinaGrauls) April 13, 2019
Rationale for a Neisseria gonorrhoeae Susceptible Only Interpretive Breakpoint for Azithromycin https://t.co/Sdw9X3A4yH CLSI decided to set a susceptible only interpretive breakpoint at the MIC (Minimum Inhibitory Concentration) of and below 1 ug/ml
— Carlos del Rio (@CarlosdelRio7) April 13, 2019
Identification of feasible and applicable quality indicators for #antibiotic use in hospitals #ECCMID2019https://t.co/3R0t4O4a9h @WinfriedKern pic.twitter.com/xYydY2QuUb
— Brad Langford (@BRxAD) April 13, 2019
Important posters to see Sunday at #ECCMID2019 on Gram-negative #antimicrobialresistance. @SIDPharm members @TheIDApprentice @OncIDPharmd Prince, Biagi, and colleagues: https://t.co/pqxQ6ml0Cmhttps://t.co/B188DAMdh5https://t.co/v39bhowbLp pic.twitter.com/LNdujmeDJA
— SIDP (@SIDPharm) April 13, 2019
Plus Comment: Non-antibiotic prevention strategies against catheter-associated urinary tract infections https://t.co/MiUx8G46X5
— The Lancet Infectious Diseases (@TheLancetInfDis) April 13, 2019
Interested in #AntimicrobialStewardship? Find out how this combination of systems can help you optimize antibiotic therapy? Stand 3.1 #ECCMID2019 #DiagnosticsIsPower pic.twitter.com/QtebM8c94U
— bioMérieux (@biomerieux) April 13, 2019
So proud of @ryankshields presenting an oral session at #ECCMID2019 on in vitro activity and selection of imipenem-relebactam resistance against carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriacea #rockstar @SIDPharm pic.twitter.com/diE0snuFJ7
— Erin McCreary (@ErinMcCreary) April 13, 2019
40, 80, 160, and 325 mg of diluted Alka-Seltzer every 60 min works as well as every 90 min.
— Eric Macy (@EricMacyMD) April 13, 2019
Comparable safety of 2 aspirin desensitization protocols for aspirin exacerbated respiratory disease - The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice https://t.co/7xFb5CfnKb
Decrease in fluoroquinolone use associated with decreased #Cdiff in @VeteransHealth hospitals but caution with corresponding increase in cephalosporin use #ECCMID2019 @Vanessa_S91https://t.co/V62wYmoYWz
— Brad Langford (@BRxAD) April 13, 2019
COMBACTE and ARLG join forces in the battle against #antibioticresistance. "ARLG have long admired the work being done by COMBACTE". Read the press release: https://t.co/z8zfjCMq4H @davidvanduin @IMI_JU #ARLG #clinicaltrials #bacteria #antibiotics #infectiousdiseases pic.twitter.com/UjTVXeBUR1
— COMBACTE (@COMBACTE) April 13, 2019
You’re Covered in Fungi. How Does That Affect Your Health?
— Microbes&Infection (@MicrobesInfect) April 13, 2019
Researchers are turning to how our fungal residents may contribute to inflammatory bowel diseases and other maladies.
https://t.co/kHN1K45Dge #microbiota #inflammation
Judy Wilyman “completed a PhD investigating the control of infectious diseases in Australia in 2015”. You misspelled “enabled the emergence of almost eradicated diseases by promoting an insane idea of vaccinations being deleterious”. You muppet. https://t.co/uOs8RihfVL
— Bruce Ashford (@DrBruceAshford) April 13, 2019
Meet the editors on Day 1 of the launch of #JACAntimicrobialResistance #JACAmR @DilipNathwani @AntibioticLeeds @gavin_barlow @CIDRAP_ASP pic.twitter.com/8hIpPTPRXR
— Antibiotic Action (@TheUrgentNeed) April 13, 2019
What could be better than working with @kswilcox? How about working in BOTH the Wilcox Lab and the Keefe Lab! Help work on astrocyte regulation in neurotransmission at @uofupharmacy. https://t.co/brvmi7mXmP #ECRchat #PhdChat #AcademicTwitter #ScienceJobs #Research #Neuroscience pic.twitter.com/A6bBXP6e57
— UofU3i (@UofU3i) April 13, 2019
Really excited to be at #ECCMID2019! My first time at this meeting—hoping to meet up with Twitter friends, #antimicrobialstewardship friends, and see old friends, too. 3-day public transit pass with meeting kit was a nice touch btw
— Andrew Morris (@ASPphysician) April 13, 2019
Important data out of Bordeaux reporting on #AMR in Mgen & #gonorrhoea to multiple antibiotics. We are running out of options, #diagnostics are the tools to guide appropriate treatment & prolong usefulness of current treatment #ECCMID2019 #antimicrobialstewardship #STI pic.twitter.com/lL0ujjeJ7W
— SpeeDx (@speedx) April 13, 2019
See #AntimicrobialStewardship ePosters from @LTHTAntibiotics and join us at the poster sessions on Monday #ECCMID2019 pic.twitter.com/OKruop1Cjt
— Abimbola Olusoga (@Abimbola_pharm) April 13, 2019
The European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases#ECCMID2019 annual congress in Amsterdam from 13-16 Aprilhttps://t.co/9sZgNUqR9b#motivation #startup #WGS #PrecisionMedicine #IoT #AI #Bigdata #Blockchain #hais #Cloud #sepsis #flu #ECG #mhealth #innovation pic.twitter.com/SryplN5LJw
— RDx What Else (@RDxWhatElse) April 13, 2019
Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and rifampicin resistance: a prospective multicentre diagnostic accuracy study. https://t.co/CWs40FXIEg
— AntibioticResistance (@AntibioticResis) April 13, 2019
The #HPV vaccine is important for preteens and teenagers.
— Microbes&Infection (@MicrobesInfect) April 13, 2019
What about older women?https://t.co/BS7siK0fyn #hpvvaccine #cervicalcancer pic.twitter.com/8xcwEKke9M
It's a rainy weekend on the East Coast. Why not check out the video archives of our weekly #infectiousdiseases talks? Friday's presenters spoke about #chlamydia vaccine development, #HIV in the male genital tract, and ART resistance. https://t.co/MdRjFu5OwQ @unccfar @DavyThibaut pic.twitter.com/UNkbxQJOLE
— UNC IGHID (@uncglobalhealth) April 13, 2019
Outpatient use of #antibiotics decreased 7% in Japan following a national action plan, with reduced cost approx $400 million #ECCMID2019 https://t.co/sajiqDIk42
— Brad Langford (@BRxAD) April 13, 2019
Diagnosing infection by phone isn’t easy. Why is the abx in the picture for this story doxycycline? Guess a physical exam really is important. Patients aren’t customers. https://t.co/vPg8AfUVOj
— Gloria K. Aggrey, MD (@GAggreyMD) April 13, 2019
Ecological study identifies potential association between antimicrobial resistance and climate change: European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases New research presented at this week's 29th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology… https://t.co/E5BzgoIQrM
— Clinical Trials News (@ClinicalPhase) April 13, 2019
Fantastic study by @VUMC_MedPSTP Scholar, Infectious Diseases Fellow, and #physicianscientist Leslie Meenderink of @TyskaLabActual:
— Vanderbilt PSTP (@VUMC_MedPSTP) April 13, 2019
Actin dynamics drive microvillar motility and clustering during brush border assembly https://t.co/JwBrNZnlJo
Hi K Li suggesting that practice of 6/52 iv therapy in osteomyelitis originates from https://t.co/jZ0w9k39O7 highlighting how practice change occurs that may not be driven by scientific evidence. #oviva trial
— Kathryn Daveson (@KathrynDaveson) April 13, 2019
Opting out of #measles #vaccine could be a death sentence for others https://t.co/F3lp5IGmkR via @thehill @DrGuptaMD @MarchofDimes pic.twitter.com/UmR7p4mtBM
— NFID (@NFIDvaccines) April 13, 2019
Researchers suggest the end of California’s drought could result in a reduced transmission of the mosquito-borne #WestNile #virus. https://t.co/W0QhGgqeUz
— IDSA (@IDSAInfo) April 13, 2019
The Anti-Human Immunodeficiency Virus Drug Tenofovir, a Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor, Also Targets the Herpes Simplex Virus DNA Polymerase. https://t.co/AvhgkW5O75
— AntibioticResistance (@AntibioticResis) April 13, 2019
Tomorrow I fly - to the land of tulips in the spring, windmills and #ECCMID2019 Looking forward to presenting my poster on Monday at 13:30.....P2069 I look forward to sharing my colourful dental antimicrobial stewardship work with you! pic.twitter.com/iYXKNHw97G
— Wendy Thompson (@wendythedentist) April 13, 2019
#ECCMID2019 Sanders on PCV/microbiota.
— Dr. Alicia (@aliciad3) April 13, 2019
H flu increased in young children and parents, S aureus no sustained effect.
Nasopharyngeal microbial interactions in the era of pneumococcal conjugate vaccination.https://t.co/S7VMxjurNk
#CDC blames #groundbeef for mystery #Ecoli #outbreak that sickened more than 100 people in 6 states #infectiousdiseases #infections #health #healthcare #foodpoisoning @acog @AmerMedicalAssn @DuPageCMS @InfectiousDz https://t.co/LqkCj188Ad
— Carlos Mock (@ctmock) April 13, 2019
#Vaccines are not just for kids. Older adults need them too & are at risk for infectious diseases as immune systems weaken with age.
— PharmaDoctor™ for patients (@PharmaDRclinic) April 13, 2019
Now you don't have to go to the GP for your vaccinations. Get them quick and reliably from your local #pharmacy ↙️https://t.co/bF8mdX5xZH pic.twitter.com/9yUK48NHqH
33 percent reduction in #antibiotic
— Brad Langford (@BRxAD) April 13, 2019
prescribing for French children following release of guideline for upper respiratory tract infection #ECCMID2019 https://t.co/YzleOPIkn9
Drug Development for Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria: Why Compromise? https://t.co/MYkxn0y94D
— AntibioticResistance (@AntibioticResis) April 13, 2019
#ECCMID2019 - VITEK DENSICHEK: Automated McFarland Measurement for VITEK 2. Optical density. Quality & efficiency every time. Check it out Stand 1.3. It's time to boost workflow efficiency with high quality, compliance & traceability! #DiagnosticsIsPower #AntimicrobialStewardship pic.twitter.com/Qba6LAhxe3
— bioMérieux (@biomerieux) April 13, 2019
#ECCMID2019 Starting to have outdoor advertising hunters (OOH) givie us selfie photos. Join the OOH hunters? Amsterdam airport or around the town. Create awareness on #AntimicrobialStewardship. Take selfie (you & OOH) send @bioMérieux! We’ll RT all OOH stars! #DiagnosticsIsPower pic.twitter.com/BjYUVCMVXe
— bioMérieux (@biomerieux) April 13, 2019
Principles of antimicrobial stewardship will be incorporated in the management of these common infections. #NebSteward2019 Register: https://t.co/LThO5kjArb pic.twitter.com/3M8PvAnK5y
— UNMC ID (@UNMC_ID) April 13, 2019
Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs and Infection Prevention Programs will be essential in translating #MachineLearning models into behavior and culture change in clinical care. #ECCMID2019
— John Manford Hurst (@manfordou) April 13, 2019
Free to join - Enroll today: Global Point Prevalence Survey. Find out more Stand 1.3. #GPPS Scholarship winner film showcasing - Philippines, Egypt, Brazil. Antimicrobial Consumption & Resistance. bioMérieux sole private sponsor #DiagnosticsIsPower #AntimicrobialStewardship pic.twitter.com/X9DN3X03WW
— bioMérieux (@biomerieux) April 13, 2019
#MedicineShortages in #Europe is a major problem. @EAHPtweet has highlighted this. Lack of profit in generics causes instability in #antibiotic supply chain.@medsshortages https://t.co/dMYSQroAvm #ECCMID2019 pic.twitter.com/QAmAak0aoX
— Philip Howard (@AntibioticLeeds) April 13, 2019
.@CNN: A multi-state outbreak of E. coli has raised alarms and questions: As of April 3, 72 people in five states have become ill, yet according to the @CDCgov the cause of the infection remains unknown. https://t.co/zXCPqcISVV
— Battle Superbugs (@battlesuperbugs) April 13, 2019
Diagnosis and management of diarrhea in solid‐organ transplant recipients: Guidelines from the American Society of Transplantation Infectious Diseases Community of Practice - Angarone - - Clinical Transplantation - Wiley Online Library https://t.co/I26h5FugFb
— Michael Angarone (@mangarone23) April 13, 2019
Created by Cameron Forbes. Last updated April 19, 2019 at 07:34 EST.