for Dec 06, 2019
Antimicrobial de-escalation in critically ill patients: a position statement from a task force of the @esicm and European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) Critically Ill Patients Study Group (ESGCIP) | SpringerLink https://t.co/I4kj80e6NR
— Intens Care Med (@yourICM) December 6, 2019
NEWš„ in OFID @canuckIDpharm @IDPharmProf @ClaeysKcclaeys
— Antibiotic Steward (@ABsteward) December 6, 2019
Real-world experience with ceftazidime-avibactam for multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacterial infections. #IDTwitter https://t.co/7aBw98A2xw pic.twitter.com/h61tUbvVtT
The sheer scope of the damage caused by measles as reported in the recent paper was really quite shocking to me. I wrote this in disbelief if anyone wants to read more about the science behind it https://t.co/bGbKbARw0M
— Dr Vicky Forster (@vickyyyf) December 6, 2019
A NEWš„retro. study @InfectDis_Ther
— Antibiotic Steward (@ABsteward) December 6, 2019
Discontinuing ceftaroline following bacteremia resolution in patients with vanco/dapto-refractory MRSA bacteremia resulted in NO statistically significant difference in treatment.
An RCT would be worthwhile š¤ #IDTwitter https://t.co/b6WAxniN9I
Should be a great webinar on #nurse role in #antimicrobialstewardship The Central Steward: Exploring the Role of Nursing in Antibiotic Stewardship @castrocloud @jomcewen1977 @steed1202 @PGallagherIEHG @stjamesdublin @CIDRAP_ASP https://t.co/mBnISHik5B
— Gerry Hughes (@astghughes) December 6, 2019
Cefazolin and Ertapenem Salvage Therapy Rapidly Clears Persistent Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia | Clinical Infectious Diseases | Oxford Academic https://t.co/Z9PBqE2wlA
— Federico Palacio (@fedepalacio79) December 6, 2019
This is a great commentary on the CAP guidelines, and should be attached to the guidelines. Thanks @EmilySpivak @ValeriaFabreMD @SaraKellerMD1
— Andrew Pavia (@AndrewPaviaMD) December 6, 2019
ā© Viewing the CAP Guidelines Through an Antibiotic Stewardship Lens https://t.co/lGsbv99FNh
Ribavirin for Hepatitis E Infection After Organ Transplantation: A Large European Retrospective Multicenter Study | Clinical Infectious Diseases. Take home - ribavirin very effective in chronic HEV patients. Q is what to do with the 11%? ā¦@EASLeduā© https://t.co/G0F4cRYvZ7
— Ahmed Elsharkawy (@aelsharkawy75) December 6, 2019
Fewer than 50% of hospital trusts in England managed to reduce their #antibiotics consumption between 2017/2018 & 2018/2019. In our December feature we talk to some of the trusts who did to find out their secrets to antimicrobial stewardship success: https://t.co/jh2tvlBZw3
— Julia Robinson (@robinson_julia) December 6, 2019
DYK: Bacteria that have developed resistance to #antibiotics can multiply and spread from person to person? Find out more: https://t.co/gxMf9ITDZN via @USATODAY
— Save Antibiotics (@saveantibiotics) December 6, 2019
An interesting paper published! āImplementation of a Health-System Wide #Antimicrobial_Stewardship Program in Omaha, NEā. Full text at https://t.co/QtAfZRqLSq pic.twitter.com/of1ZbcDDDe
— @Pharmacy_MDPI (@Pharmacy_MDPI) December 6, 2019
Everything you need to know about #AntibioticResistance and #antibiotics. Visit the UNDERSTAND focus area of the #ReActToolbox.https://t.co/EAsGhqePFV pic.twitter.com/gJsbHP39L9
— ReAct Action on ABR (@reactgroup) December 6, 2019
On microTalk: how M. tuberculosis can hang out in the lungs for an entire lifetime, how slow growth is a bacterial strategy to avoid killing by antibiotics, and how growth in armadillos is required to study the closely related M. leprae. https://t.co/uzWO1Ru6LM
— ASM (@ASMicrobiology) December 6, 2019
FDA Launches Infectious Disease Crowdsourcing App for Clinicians https://t.co/TthgmlrNKC via @medscape. This is pretty interesting. @IDSAInfo
— Carlos del Rio (@CarlosdelRio7) December 6, 2019
Urgent care antibiotic stewardship should be a top priority for antibiotic stewards. Thanks @BeckersHR for the exposure. https://t.co/LQh78PmxwO
— Eddie Stenehjem (@E_Stenehjem) December 6, 2019
'More than 8,000 people estimated to have died in Japan due to two major antibiotic-resistant bacteria in 2017' #StopSuperbugs https://t.co/Lb5vD2iz2O
— Antibiotic Action (@TheUrgentNeed) December 6, 2019
'"Ground breaking" typhoid vaccine reduces infections by 80% in Nepal. It could be a turning point in efforts to combat drug-resistant typhoid infections' #StopSuperbugs https://t.co/JZguusd25F
— Antibiotic Action (@TheUrgentNeed) December 6, 2019
Denmark Raises Antibiotic-Free Pigs. Why Canāt the US?
— Microbes&Infection (@MicrobesInfect) December 6, 2019
American pigs are raised on a liberal diet of antibiotics, fueling the rise of resistant germs. Danish pork producers are proving thereās a better way.https://t.co/959tDKGua8 #AntibioticResistance #agriculture pic.twitter.com/jVViSHrqMH
Development of anĀ ex vivoĀ lung perfusion (EVLP) model of infection using porcine lungs to investigateĀ Klebsiella pneumoniae-triggered pneumonia as a model of respiratory infections @mbiojournal https://t.co/Sf22b4lZn6 pic.twitter.com/7wvRA0pBYy
— ASM (@ASMicrobiology) December 6, 2019
Examining the expression of 7,9-O- + 9-O-acetyl modified sialic acids on cells commonly used in influenza virus by engineering the enzymes that produce or remove the acetyl groups reveals roles for these modifications during infection @mbiojournal https://t.co/VmWMPmrUfa pic.twitter.com/dWEIFVjf5s
— ASM (@ASMicrobiology) December 6, 2019
Looking for a PGY2 in Infectious Diseases Pharmacotherapy? Join our fantastic team in Portland at Oregon Health and Science University... James Lewis @dyupharmd @ambicillin @TheEpiGal @YYHamophilus
— David Bearden (@DTBearden) December 6, 2019
More info: https://t.co/EAtJ68kO17
Danish pork producers figured out a way to raise lots of pigs without overusing #antibiotics, so why can't American producers do the same? Hint-there's no good reason. Great piece by @AndrewJacobsNYT featuring our friends @battlesuperbugs @NRDC https://t.co/HMeNGrSBZT
— Matt Wellington (@matthewwell) December 6, 2019
Monitoring tuberculosis drug activity in live animals using near-infrared fluorescence imaging #AACJournal https://t.co/qT075XxYfO pic.twitter.com/ryBwZdOeDS
— ASM (@ASMicrobiology) December 6, 2019
140,000 people out of the nearly 10 million people infected with #measles died from the disease in 2018, @WHO & @CDCgov report. Many of the deaths were in unvaccinated children under the age of 5. https://t.co/KePiZLbTsm #WhyIVaccinate #VaccinesWork
— IDSA (@IDSAInfo) December 6, 2019
A #flu #vaccine can keep you from getting sick with flu, helping protect you, your loved ones, & the moments that matter most. As long as #flu viruses are spreading, itās not too late to#GetVaccinated to help #FightFlu https://t.co/rW38kagifH #NIVW pic.twitter.com/LEy22BGkJA
— NFID (@NFIDvaccines) December 6, 2019
Antimicrobial resistance: A multifaceted problem with multipronged solutions.https://t.co/sTvve0xR8z#NewIssue #microbiology #openaccess #AntimicrobialResistance #AntibioticResistance #OneHealth #GlobalHealth #InfectiousDiseaseshttps://t.co/jMsh0MimCa pic.twitter.com/9FWwC0IkDI
— MicrobiologyOPEN (@microbiologyOA) December 6, 2019
āStomach-acheā neurons rush to the rescue when bacteria invade.
— Dragana Obradovic (@DraganaObrado20) December 6, 2019
Targeting nociceptors might yield effective treatments for infectious and inflammatory diseases#IBD #GutMicrobiomahttps://t.co/FAhuwp7vES
Knowledge of Antimicrobial Resistance among Veterinary Students and Their Personal Antibiotic Use Practices: A National Cross-Sectional Survey. https://t.co/Ijv8WfhbEO
— AntibioticResistance (@AntibioticResis) December 6, 2019
Gentamicin (correct) vs gentamycin (incorrect). The spelling from an āiā and not a āyā comes from the fact that Gentamicin comes from the bacterium Micromonospora purpurea and not from Streptomyces.
— Carlos del Rio (@CarlosdelRio7) December 6, 2019
As attendees embark for #ashpmidyear2019 meeting, hereās a timely release of Phase II Match perceptions. Thanks to @ASHPOfficial New Practitioners Forum Committee for the opportunity to collab on this! Excited to FINALLY see it in print! https://t.co/j1gkrv0M6A
— Krutika Nitin Mediwala (@krutu8) December 6, 2019
Bravo to Julian Torres, MD, #infectiousdiseases specialist @MontefioreNYC for @USNewsHealth article bringing hope to US #Latino communities |The HIV Gap: Why Underserved Areas Are Disproportionately Affected https://t.co/GppJSYNSFy@MontefioreOVCPL @MontefioreID #HIV #PrEP #AIDS
— Einstein Dept of Medicine (@einsteinmedicin) December 6, 2019
Samoan authorities have arrested a prominent anti-vaccination activist amid a #measles outbreak that has killed > 63 people, most of them children.
— Microbes&Infection (@MicrobesInfect) December 6, 2019
Edwin Tamasese has been charged with "incitement against a government order."https://t.co/XS2BxSwUlM #antivax pic.twitter.com/zV1xqA6kKz
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— Antibiotic Steward (@ABsteward) December 6, 2019
FDA authorizes marketing of cobas vivoDx MRSA diagnostic test that uses novel technology to detect MRSA bacteria. #IDTwitter https://t.co/nBx38vQpmF
"Infectious diseases are evolving much faster than we are, and much faster than our defences are." says Richard Hatchett, the chief executive of @CEPIvaccines
— Dr Josie Golding (@BeakerH) December 6, 2019
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#Must_Read
— Rasha Abdelsalam (@salam_rasha) December 6, 2019
Amazing UK 2019 #OPAT good practice recommendation in adult and children OPAT āOutpatient Parentral Antimicrobial Therpayā good practice in UKhttps://t.co/nP1nVXWRHT@DrDianeAshiru @BSACandJAC @IDSAInfo @OxfordMEC @eopat @SIDPharm @accpinfdprn @rpharms pic.twitter.com/0qRIsMVyjn
Families that have not been vaccinated against #measles in Samoa have been asked to hang a red flag outside their homes to help fight a deadly outbreak of the disease.
— Microbes&Infection (@MicrobesInfect) December 6, 2019
The flags will assist medical teams travelling door to door inoculating residents.https://t.co/YP3HchltfH pic.twitter.com/MUkAZYQzIJ
In @TheLancet, 2 interesting letters on control of #scabies https://t.co/vO413FB4gR and https://t.co/uSmUBt9Qug, the latter taking a swipe at 1997 @TheLancet letter that stopped ivermectin being used for scabies control in UK https://t.co/otkWrLqfGT
— The Lancet Infectious Diseases (@TheLancetInfDis) December 6, 2019
In 2018, Measles infected 10 million people and killed 140,000 persons, mostly unvaccinated children. W.H.O decries ācollective failureā as measles outbreak continues in 2019, with much worse numbers compared to last year.#VaccinesWork #VaccinesSaveLives https://t.co/ycr3sGr43j
— Ed (@Rx_Ed) December 6, 2019
New psych guidelines: evaluate adults for: Past or current infectious disease, including.... locally endemic infectious diseases such as Lyme disease. @marybethpf@Lymenews @rbransfield @lymehopecanadahttps://t.co/IRMO8EkbCb. https://t.co/MCHzcqonjk
— @Jmarkemd (@janemarke) December 6, 2019
Hat tip to @Intermountain! Health care company will launch new #antibiotic stewardship initiative at its urgent care sites systemwide. https://t.co/kEWjzJB7eD #AntibioticResistance
— Battle Superbugs (@battlesuperbugs) December 6, 2019
Dr. Pere Santamaria, professor in the Cumming School of Medicineās (CSM) Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases @UCalgary, and the road to his discovery of a potential treatment for autoimmune diseases @UCalgaryMed https://t.co/BAUyxEPWrQ
— KillamLaureates (@KillamTrusts) December 6, 2019
HOPA's 5th #BCOP webinar launches Dec. 20. Dr. Anne M. McDonnell, PharmD BCOP will discuss updates from the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) October 2019 meeting. Learn more: https://t.co/OS4ymR9APm #oncologypharmacy #pharmacywebinar #pharmacyeducation pic.twitter.com/0iqNpSdzUE
— HOPARX (@HOPArx) December 6, 2019
Rising Stars is an innovative program funded by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) to increase the proportion of underrepresented minority faculty. The program is currently open to postdoctoral applicants.https://t.co/LupfV1u2Cl
— Felix Yarovinsy (@fyarovinsky) December 6, 2019
āThe business model for developing new #antibiotics is fundamentally broken,ā @SeemaCMS wrote recently. You can help change this. https://t.co/YXYFPpuftF @pewhealth
— Save Antibiotics (@saveantibiotics) December 6, 2019
Do it for the team! Protect yourself and protect others. #GetVaccinated to help #FightFlu! Visit https://t.co/bdtfLeN5hn to learn more from @NFIDvaccines pic.twitter.com/LPRjoAv1jr
— Outland Trophy (@outlandtrophy) December 6, 2019
New study in the @OUPAcademic Journal of Infectious Diseases shows that expanding #HIV treatment eligibility to include adolescents under 15 is leading to a large increase in ART initiation: https://t.co/J7VaMIL0N6 #ICASA2019 #Africa
— ELMA Philanthropies (@ELMAPhilanthro) December 6, 2019
"I thought that is the best protein I have seen in 15 years" says Frederic Garzoni one of the scientists behind a new protein structure that could be used to vaccinate against a host of infectious diseases.
— Bristol University š (@BristolUni) December 6, 2019
Read @Ben_Morris1 story on @BBCNews https://t.co/YWIB6stUyG#ADDomer
Slower-growing broilers are usually healthier and according to Dutch data receive less than a third of the antibiotics that faster-growing breeds receive. Now it also seems that most consumers prefer the taste too https://t.co/syZbN899nx
— Save our Antibiotics (@ASOAntibiotics) December 6, 2019
A new bioluminescence-based diagnostic test for #MRSA has been cleared by @US_FDA. The new technology could cut down diagnostic time to as short as 5 hours. https://t.co/fOGslqk6u5 #DISARMSuperbugs
— IDSA (@IDSAInfo) December 6, 2019
Under a newly approved program, @gavi announced it will fund a global emergency stockpile of Ebola virus vaccines available to countries for outbreak response and prevention. https://t.co/Pv7ieMEEg4
— ID News (@InfectDisNews) December 6, 2019
@CIDRAP news roundup published yesterday. You know what to do! https://t.co/dK2jpuKKZ5 #AntibioticResistance pic.twitter.com/khowxPgitu
— Battle Superbugs (@battlesuperbugs) December 6, 2019
There is a shortage of malaria vaccine candidates that can offer the high efficacy rates set by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a requirement for the second-generation malaria vaccines. https://t.co/UlwImLNXQI #malaria #vaccines #infectiousdiseases $GOVX pic.twitter.com/IYCw0VYg1P
— GeoVax, Inc. (@Geovax_News) December 6, 2019
Adults with chronic health conditions are at greater risk for #flu-related complications, including permanent physical disability & death. Learn what you can do to #LowerYourFluRisk & help #FightFlu at https://t.co/BvHmGHwinB #GetVaccinated pic.twitter.com/AnvutFKyLa
— Sabin Vaccine Inst. (@sabinvaccine) December 6, 2019
And there is data to show poor infrastructure is more important than antibiotic usage volumes re how many Superbugs we see; plus many social facotors also are very important. Not enough expenditure on publicly funded healthcare also a factor. https://t.co/gE8kTHLkxc https://t.co/0pf7yN17mQ
— Peter Collignon (@CollignonPeter) December 6, 2019
Inconvenience and lack of confidence are some of the main reasons why people choose not to vaccinate. However, these reasons are reversing the progress of eradicating and combating #infectiousdiseases. Learn more about the benefits of vaccines: https://t.co/oN0WoSbJzs pic.twitter.com/ZQ3O1cSOgf
— Takeda (@TakedaPharma) December 6, 2019
STEWARDSHIP / RESISTANCE SCAN: European priority pathogen surveillance; US hospital stewardship https://t.co/hzTdva6RY9 #AMR #AntibioticStewardship
— CIDRAP (@CIDRAP) December 6, 2019
The flu exacts a significant global human and economic toll each year. Federal support for efforts to tackle flu through research, surveillance, prevention and preparedness is essential.Ā https://t.co/xh5J2VaFUB #ASMAdvocacy
— ASM (@ASMicrobiology) December 6, 2019
Great Step from @US_FDA to launch #CURE_ID app for multi drug resistance cases@Medscape @CDCgov @WHO @IDSAInfo @SIDPharm @accpinfdprn #antimicrobialresistance https://t.co/UAyd6XifY1 pic.twitter.com/IXAlitjP6b
— Rasha Abdelsalam (@salam_rasha) December 6, 2019
Global #measles cases surge amid stagnating vaccinations.
— Microbes&Infection (@MicrobesInfect) December 6, 2019
The disease killed an estimated 141,000 people last year, most of them children under the age of 5, according to @WHO.https://t.co/1WNYfclT8p pic.twitter.com/1Wp0TcEQdE
Hospitals Sue Trump to Keep Negotiated Prices Secret - ā¦@nytimesā© Price transparency is not something hospitals are willing to support. āTo complicatedā, āa burdenā. I think that they have no idea what their actual costs are and like it that way. https://t.co/UwmEQVQZi5
— Carlos del Rio (@CarlosdelRio7) December 6, 2019
Dr. Dilek Ince sharing her experiences with antimicrobial stewardship at the U. Of Iowa Quality Leadership Academy. pic.twitter.com/gqf0WYgkQy
— Michael Edmond (@mike_edmond) December 6, 2019
Jason Bowling, M.D., associate professor of infectious diseases, will be presenting about patients at high-risk for influenza-related complications on Mon., 12/9, from 11:30a-1p. This educational session is available live and via simulcast: https://t.co/E5g80FVSEV pic.twitter.com/clqmQWCBxY
— UTHealthSanAntonio (@UTHealthSA) December 6, 2019
Trends in Hospital-Based Specialty Palliative Care in the United States From 2013 to 2017https://t.co/X9tf1rfTL7
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