for Jun 18, 2019
Border patrol agents worry about catching infectious diseases.
— Jean (@watspn1013) June 18, 2019
Many have caught scabies from immigrants & now fear contagious diseases-chicken pox, mumps, MRSA staph infections & Ebola!
What level of medical screening, if any, is being done is unknown. https://t.co/GvXgRYfMOp
The rise of #AntibioticResistance is threatening our ability to treat common infectious diseases, resulting in prolonged illness, disability & death https://t.co/CqNh1IRiyC pic.twitter.com/sPVKyHAnGf
— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) June 18, 2019
Very interesting!
— Antibiotic Steward (@ABsteward) June 18, 2019
Selective killing of antibiotic-resistant bacteria from within. @nature#IDTwitter https://t.co/huSj9K8QmQ
#InfectiousDiseases A-Z: The #measles, #mumps and #rubella vaccine is recommended in the US for children at 12 to 15 months and a 2nd dose at 4 to 6 years. @RobertJMD explains how the #MMR vaccine works and what diseases it protects against. https://t.co/yj8RofOdxl pic.twitter.com/MYAT2t6XZg
— Mayo Clinic (@MayoClinic) June 18, 2019
New Review: The effect of global change on mosquito-borne disease—“no consensus on how future changes in climatic conditions will impact mosquito-borne diseases exists” https://t.co/dwnQucMe1v
— The Lancet Infectious Diseases (@TheLancetInfDis) June 18, 2019
Join @CDCgov EPIC & CDC’s National Center for Emerging & Zoonotic Infectious Diseases tomorrow, June 19, at 1 PM ET for a special webinar about the ongoing Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of the Congo: https://t.co/BG8dETYhY5 pic.twitter.com/SBWHobroCd
— CDC Emergency (@CDCemergency) June 18, 2019
I've just registered for "Sepsis: Ensuring the safety of patients and the responsible stewardship of antibiotics". Speakers include @SepsisUK @ShaunLintern from @HSJptsafety https://t.co/ONPuikKhkE
— Abid Hussain (@MicrobLog_me_uk) June 18, 2019
Emergence of plasmid-mediated colistin resistance (mcr-1) among Enterobacteriaceae strains: Laboratory detection of resistance and measures to control its dissemination. https://t.co/9zhn369GV3
— AntibioticResistance (@AntibioticResis) June 18, 2019
This is fascinating. "Researchers believe that successfully identifying heteroresistance could help doctors and researchers identify which antibiotic combinations would work best in defeating a mixed population of susceptible & drug-resistant bacteria. https://t.co/sUMlJKxVij
— Battle Superbugs (@battlesuperbugs) June 18, 2019
The good, bad and unnecessary prescribing of oral vancomycin prophylaxis in immunosuppressed patients. @InfectDisNews #IDTwitter @SIDPharm https://t.co/Lu3kauuiOn
— Antibiotic Steward (@ABsteward) June 18, 2019
Burden of MDR infections in East Africa - brings into sharp focus the need for brave #Antimicrobialstewardship strategies #AMS #AMR #IDSK https://t.co/ZjHplLKJOe @sapg @BSACandJAC
— andrew seaton (@raseaton66) June 18, 2019
Article ( @CornellBME @DeVlaminckLab's @cfDNAlex in Open Forum Infectious Diseases ): "Beta-Lactam/Beta-Lactamase Inhibitor Therapy for Potential AmpC-Producing Organisms: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis."https://t.co/6mbUuiCZut pic.twitter.com/rKpPm908xL
— Cornell BME (@CornellBME) June 18, 2019
precepting residents who take complete responsibility for their patients (she took this call way after rotation “ended”) and who light up about optimizing antibiotic use is seriously my greatest joy 🤗@sheridan_erica @IDPittStop #stewardship #stopallthevanco pic.twitter.com/fQ31ZGhtbe
— Erin McCreary (@ErinMcCreary) June 18, 2019
'There has been a significant increase in the prevalence of linezolid-resistant enterococci (LRE) in France from 2006 to 2016; this is due to the spread of optrA among E. faecium & E. faecalis human clinical isolates' #JACNews https://t.co/I64otLWjRO
— BSAC (@BSACandJAC) June 18, 2019
NEW🔥 #IJAA @steve_smoke
— Antibiotic Steward (@ABsteward) June 18, 2019
Selective antibiotic susceptibility reporting across seven hospitals had no impact on overall broad-spectrum intravenous antibiotic use. #IDTwitter https://t.co/VvMsFew5B9 pic.twitter.com/7xqwInPr3I
The discovery and isolation of a novel methanotroph with interesting physiological and genomic properties that could possibly make this bacterium able to cope with fluctuating environmental conditions @mSphereJ https://t.co/L8iqjNlM8O pic.twitter.com/SkN03vSbRz
— ASM (@ASMicrobiology) June 18, 2019
FREE @CIDRAP_ASP webinar starts in less than an hour but there's still time to register! @drklausner will cover "Addressing Untreatable #Gonorrhea: Resistance-Guided Therapy" #AMR #AntimicrobialStewardship https://t.co/qE35AwwDNp
— CIDRAP (@CIDRAP) June 18, 2019
Optimizing strategies for Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae screening in men who have sex with men: a modelling study https://t.co/ha62QiTnJH In this modeling study, q3 months screening of anal and pharyngeal sites is most effective. #CID @IDSAInfo
— Carlos del Rio (@CarlosdelRio7) June 18, 2019
Well done Mozzie Monitors! Let's keep tracking mosquitoes to protect our communities from infectious diseases.
— Larissa Braz Sousa (@LarissaBrazSou2) June 18, 2019
Mozzie Monitors research aims to fight mosquito-borne diseases such as Ross River and Barmah Forest virus https://t.co/5VClLfaZym via @abcnews
Time to Make a Change in the Cutoff Value of Clarithromycin Resistance in the Treatment of Helicobacter pylori Infection. https://t.co/kp4RhU1OVH
— AntibioticResistance (@AntibioticResis) June 18, 2019
New AWaRe tool aims to guide #antibiotic use globally https://t.co/UA0DAfAshQ #AMR #AntibioticStewardship pic.twitter.com/aHBOXNuWtu
— CIDRAP (@CIDRAP) June 18, 2019
Every year, 13 million people die from infectious diseases 🌍.
— International Atomic Energy Agency (@iaeaorg) June 18, 2019
Nuclear medicine can help in the early diagnosis to control the spread of the infection and avoid an epidemic outbreak.
📝 https://t.co/VAO1N7L6CB pic.twitter.com/skTt5PmV0P
#Climatechange affects the spread of infectious diseases in the #Arctic. Here is how: https://t.co/FHI4knTsQG #infographic pic.twitter.com/Pq7fq6flTJ
— The Arctic Institute (@ArcticInstitute) June 18, 2019
We're aiming to help combat drug-resistant infections with our hospital's antimicrobial stewardship program. We've reduced antibiotic use, healthcare costs & hospital acquired infections through effective instruction and strategy implementation. Read more: https://t.co/zCK4wgkBz6 pic.twitter.com/PjxpA7JjTC
— Cleveland Clinic AD (@CCAD) June 18, 2019
#Climatechange has a significant impact on waterborne, vector borne, and zoonotic diseases. In recent years, 5 cases of a flesh-eating bacterial infection have been tied to the Delaware Bay, where water temps are rising. IDSA member Dr. Dokto weighs in. https://t.co/rVR2RTQeCT
— IDSA (@IDSAInfo) June 18, 2019
Addition of several different epitranscriptomic modifications to murine leukemia virus transcripts stimulates viral gene expression @mbiojournal https://t.co/wha6kGfQqs pic.twitter.com/ufCBzx5oLd
— ASM (@ASMicrobiology) June 18, 2019
PNAS have two cool papers just out about the role infectious diseases might have played in ancient societies: explaining what might have limited hunter-gatherer group size in the past https://t.co/ea9ndVpyub & studying the health of the earliest farmers https://t.co/J4pquuTr91
— Dr Charlotte Houldcroft (@DrCJ_Houldcroft) June 18, 2019
As part of our contribution to science development in #Nigeria, our National Reference Lab will be open for students to tour and learn more about infectious diseases. https://t.co/5JenwXLN5o #NCDCTour pic.twitter.com/MjwhZ3Fkma
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) June 18, 2019
ß-blockers:
— Ed (@Rx_Ed) June 18, 2019
- The most common side effect is NOT hypotension
- They are NOT significantly associated with depression
- They ARE associated with induction/exacerbation of psoriasis (especially in patients with history/family history of autoimmune disease)https://t.co/Wzt1lwrHfX
Enjoying the 'Outbreak! Infectious Diseases' workshop at @UCLIRDR Humanitarian Summit? Want to learn more? If yes, we want to hear from you! We're hoping to launch a Summer School in Digital Public Health in Emergencies. Let us know what you think: https://t.co/xB8UQ0C3xe pic.twitter.com/269galhSYJ
— UCL IRDR Digital Public Health in Emergencies (@UCL_dPHE) June 18, 2019
50% of patients with sepsis in Hosps don't need antibiotics, initial 72hr assessment critical for #antimicrobialstewardship says Dr @raseaton66 during the #IDSK 3rd BIDCon at the Nairobi Hospital convention center. @ZoonoticDisease pic.twitter.com/1wNo9Y6nHm
— Lorren Alumasa (@LorrenLohloh) June 18, 2019
New Personal View> The evolving research agenda for paediatric #tuberculosis infection #TB https://t.co/4uvKkFKPp2
— The Lancet Infectious Diseases (@TheLancetInfDis) June 18, 2019
[Etiological analysis and in vitro drug sensitivity of bacterial keratitis in northern China in the period of 2006-2015]. https://t.co/qYbSGbHhB9
— AntibioticResistance (@AntibioticResis) June 18, 2019
DYK: @WHO estimates antibiotics add an average of 20 years to human life expectancy. https://t.co/aHYab0wbKG @HarvardChanSPH
— Save Antibiotics (@saveantibiotics) June 18, 2019
New @JBacteriology minireview: Fitting pieces into the puzzle of P. aeruginosa T3SS gene expression https://t.co/lwtbiti7YC pic.twitter.com/IARSZqIDk1
— ASM (@ASMicrobiology) June 18, 2019
New @TheLancetHIV: Correlates of HIV RNA concentrations in cerebrospinal fluid during antiretroviral therapy: a longitudinal cohort study https://t.co/Rm7bqeC7P6
— The Lancet Infectious Diseases (@TheLancetInfDis) June 18, 2019
By studying infectious diseases, @IVinvents researcher Corrie Ortega hopes to build health equity worldwide. https://t.co/tO87TpS0Jw #IAmSTEM pic.twitter.com/75VRIzxICw
— Crosscut (@Crosscut) June 18, 2019
The future of antibiotic development continues to darken. A system that relies on venture capitalists to fund an essential public good is not sustainable. @hboucher3 @idpharmd @IDstewardship @accpinfdprn @Contagion_Live @SIDPharm https://t.co/QXxakFG0in
— Jason Gallagher (@JGPharmD) June 18, 2019
"At higher rates than any adverse event due to vaccines."
— Coerced Tax Slave (@CoercedTaxSlave) June 18, 2019
Incorrect. A quantitative analysis of publicly available WHO #vaccine data sheets revealed that #vaccines cause 2875x more death & serious adverse reactions than all infectious #diseases combinedhttps://t.co/nM9JFyNCWV
I am an #antibiotic resistance fighter and advocate for the responsible use of antibiotics around the world! https://t.co/6EsomzMkMa
— Debbie Goff (@idpharmd) June 18, 2019
The conserved C-terminal domain of Tristetraproline is important for anti-inflammatory actions in vivo #MCBJournal https://t.co/l2WhzzbWkQ pic.twitter.com/nefl67tnzf
— ASM (@ASMicrobiology) June 18, 2019
Wage the war against antimicrobial resistance. Our consultant pharmacists can help you develop and implement an effective antibiotic stewardship program. https://t.co/4cEzKSVRbe pic.twitter.com/u8Yt5BgtY3
— PharMerica (@PharMericaCorp) June 18, 2019
Waw, this article made it to the news! @CNN & @Medscapehttps://t.co/uJyobGiSgxhttps://t.co/pjZc5QpI4I#IDTwitter
— Antibiotic Steward (@ABsteward) June 18, 2019
Yes i agree and also not enough action to stop spread and contagion, the likely most important global factors for AMR especially in developing countries. https://t.co/C7pKGhLHH7 https://t.co/lrxg4W86ZQ
— Peter Collignon (@CollignonPeter) June 18, 2019
Integrating multiple biomarkers to increase sensitivity for the detection of Onchocerca volvulus infection | The Journal of Infectious Diseases | Oxford Academic #onchocerciasis https://t.co/48aAdrvoLx
— onisillos sekkides 🦠 (@onisillos) June 18, 2019
STEWARDSHIP / RESISTANCE SCAN: Rapid test for bloodstream infections; Funds for new #antibiotic class; Resistant #Ecoli in Alaskan gulls https://t.co/4dqH1p9WWy #AMR #AntibioticStewardship
— CIDRAP (@CIDRAP) June 18, 2019
The animal sector is doing better than the human sector on reducing antibiotic use. however, we need a OneHealth approach to be most effective. See this new measure @BSACandJAC https://t.co/6R6LQfBbwm https://t.co/7I62BvF1F8
— Philip Howard (@AntibioticLeeds) June 18, 2019
"There is now conclusive evidence that the risk of #HIV transmission through anal sex when HIV viral load is suppressed is effectively zero." #InfectiousDisease @IDSAinfo https://t.co/UltFgQ9WKt pic.twitter.com/HFvsQhbr4i
— MedPage Today (@medpagetoday) June 18, 2019
1 day left to register for free #NFID #CME #webinar on managing #outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases on 6/19/19 at 12 PM ET. Learn strategies & best practices implemented during recent outbreaks of #hepatitis A and #measles: https://t.co/Ehxp0jKwgl pic.twitter.com/MLNH2VvehX
— NFID (@NFIDvaccines) June 18, 2019
Apathetic Pathogens.
— Microbes&Infection (@MicrobesInfect) June 18, 2019
Article highlight on “Culture-attenuated pathogenic #Leptospira lose the ability to survive to complement-mediated-killing due to lower expression of factor H binding proteins"https://t.co/OiSAINAKJn #immunology pic.twitter.com/kWD4JKv2mi
Dear Farmer: The issue we are worried about is the bacteria ON the meat that is increasingly resistant to antibiotics due to overuse. We ignore this issue at our own peril. @frednewspost https://t.co/mKQmDGbGwT
— Battle Superbugs (@battlesuperbugs) June 18, 2019
Repertoire of human breast and milk microbiota: a systematic review @fsgfmb https://t.co/R44P9kEqBT. What are the implications for our understanding of #neonatal #sepsis?
— Abid Hussain (@MicrobLog_me_uk) June 18, 2019
Thanks to everyone involved. #IDtwitter Perceived differences between intensivists and infectious diseases consultants facing antimicrobial resistance: a global cross-sectional survey | https://t.co/Fse59WAgjr
— Leo Lagunes, MD, PhD (@leolagunes) June 18, 2019
Jasmine Marcelin, MD (@DrJRMarcelin) is an ID specialist & Assoc Med Director of Antimicrobial Stewardship Program at @UNMC_ID & advocate for Diversity & Inclusion in med, passionate about med ed & using social media to achieve both goals#PWChat #MinoritiesInMedicine
— Physician's Weekly (@physicianswkly) June 18, 2019
"While death threats can be distressing, it rarely succeeds in getting people to stop speaking up. And a bullet in my brain, or other doctors vaccinating against infectious diseases, will do nothing to change the science." https://t.co/NAgxceVEDq @DrLindaMD
— CROWDTalk (@crowdtalk) June 18, 2019
EBOLA VIRUS AND OTHER INFECTIOUS DISEASES ARE COMING INTO AMERICA THIS VIDEO FROM MONROVIA AFRICA AND IT SHOWS ALL THE PROBLEMS AND DEATHS ASSOCIATED WITH THE EBOLA VIRUS.https://t.co/EjGxRBWICh
— BROTHER BROWN (@TSHIRTJOHNNY) June 18, 2019
Há 9000 anos já tinha isso 😮
— dasilva.rt (@rt_dasilva) June 18, 2019
Scientists studying the ancient ruins of Çatalhöyük, in modern Turkey, found that its inhabitants—3,500 to 8,000 people at its peak—experienced overcrowding, infectious diseases, violence and environmental problems.https://t.co/8H63KVosIQ
S. cerevisiae Elg1 participates in a mechanism that may coordinate PCNA unloading during DNA repair with DNA damage checkpoint induction @mbiojournal https://t.co/V3YkEbmsJH pic.twitter.com/sHHYkVMWK5
— ASM (@ASMicrobiology) June 18, 2019
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