for Apr 05, 2019 through Apr 11, 2019
Kenya has officially embraced what public health experts call antimicrobial stewardship, the effort to stem resistance by reducing the overuse of antibiotics. But the government has made little headway in regulating antibiotic access. https://t.co/yjTNhyeEpQ pic.twitter.com/Y3ya3VsOrK
— The New York Times (@nytimes) April 7, 2019
NEW 🔥 Review Article in OFID by @Cortes_Penfield @BCMDeptMedicine
— Antibiotic Steward (@ABsteward) April 8, 2019
History of antibiotic treatment of osteomyelitis from pre-antibiotic era to #OVIVA era.
Very Interesting, Enjoy! https://t.co/fm5MuomCQ5 pic.twitter.com/EL42vGpAxX
NEW🔥 in CID @SIDPharm members& @BradSpellberg
— Antibiotic Steward (@ABsteward) April 5, 2019
Defining the Breakpoint Duration of Staph aureus Bacteremia Predictive of Poor Outcomes. https://t.co/OmG50j55hY pic.twitter.com/mnt8YdLHW9
The @nytimes series on antimicrobial resistance grabs ID-types' attention, and we welcome it! The tone of the first piece made me wonder...who's hiding this important problem? With h/t to @dan_diekema for comments, @gracefarris for graphic! Latest post: https://t.co/WqNmTcBo1N
— Paul Sax (@PaulSaxMD) April 8, 2019
We know that β-lactams
— Antibiotic Steward (@ABsteward) April 5, 2019
are superior to Vancomycin for MSSA BSI. Is there any clinical advantage to β-lactam over vancomycin in the treatment of penicillin-susceptible enterococcal bacteraemia? 🤔Check out the NEW retrospective from @paul_mical in #IJAA https://t.co/RNI8IQnukt pic.twitter.com/qRhiHyeyy0
Must-read piece in the @nytimes by @DrMattMcCarthy on shortage of ID docs. Here's what must be corrected: "At many medical centers, a board-certified internist accepts a pay cut of 30 percent to 40 percent to become an infectious-disease specialist." https://t.co/BCSJQ22WPm
— Paul Sax (@PaulSaxMD) April 9, 2019
A NEW🔥 study @BSACandJAC
— Antibiotic Steward (@ABsteward) April 11, 2019
The recommended dosing regimen of cefoxitin is insufficient for covering the anaerobic bacteria during abdominal surgery prophylaxis
Are you still using cefoxitin in surgical prophylaxis or Cefazolin +Metro?
#IDtwitter #IDMedEd https://t.co/KNoGpcg73M pic.twitter.com/KORyvTseCS
In a study of 2.3 million general practice patients a penicillin allergy record was associated with 6 in 1000 more deaths and 1 in 1000 more patients with MRSA @antibioticleeds @gavin_barlow @elizbeech @neilthepcist https://t.co/V9lJsuam0o pic.twitter.com/iAsU6IstNQ
— Jonathan Sandoe (@j_sandoe) April 11, 2019
Candida auris is the leading story in NYT today: good to see extensive media coverage of antimicrobial resistant organisms, the most serious and quiet global public health threat we face https://t.co/U4jyWmwtIl via @nytimes
— Mark Downing (@MarkADowning) April 6, 2019
ATN paediatric infection colleagues. We are hosting the first paediatric AMS conference @GreatOrmondSt free to attend, great content and networking opp @MGilchrist123 @aneeka_chavda @AisRafferty @DrDianeAshiru https://t.co/h36HCBHvUR
— Orlagh (@mcgarrityorlagh) April 6, 2019
Preaching to choir a bit on this one, but check out this article by @MK_IDpharm and myself with reflections from our APPE students @SoonToBePharmD @monipatt @andriadangg and @brpharmacist on their use of Twitter on an ID rotation. Thanks, @IDstewardship! https://t.co/oWOxusvS5g
— Brandon Dionne (@BWDionne) April 10, 2019
NEW🔥 in @JACCPJournal by @DrDrayMBA @MeganARech
— Antibiotic Steward (@ABsteward) April 6, 2019
Cost Avoidance Associated With Clinical Pharmacist Presence in a Medical ICU. https://t.co/jwq9h9d4EJ pic.twitter.com/t8x6MHFILk
NEW🔥 in CID @syctong @AshaBowen @Guru_JoshD Infectious diseases & microbiology clinicians in Australia and New Zealand about the management of Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia. Cc #CAMERA2 #ECCMID2019 #IDMedEd #IDtwitter https://t.co/Y2o7Hm3ueW pic.twitter.com/v3Zh3mb0hM
— Antibiotic Steward (@ABsteward) April 6, 2019
Our newest Bugs & Drugs article from @andreaprinzi begins a 3-part series covering the history, present, and future needs for cohesive antimicrobial stewardship: https://t.co/MfLQE8ybUx #ASMClinMicro
— ASM (@ASMicrobiology) April 10, 2019
My paper "Forecasting Implementation, Adoption + Evaluation Challenges For Electronic Game-Based #AntimicrobialStewardship Intervention: Results of Codesign Workshop with Experts" was accepted in #JMIR #Preprint here: https://t.co/VRnuI1ZIFI #digitalhealth @jmirpub
— Enrique Castro 🇪🇸🇬🇧🇨🇺🇵🇪🇪🇺 (@castrocloud) April 11, 2019
#InfectiousDiseases: Measles is spread through the airborne route, which means you have to inhale the infectious virus. The tiny droplet nuclei can remain suspended in the air for up to two hours after someone with #measles has left an area. https://t.co/rCCrGy4V4a pic.twitter.com/sim2ElRpth
— Mayo Clinic (@MayoClinic) April 9, 2019
Inaugural Stewardship, Treatment, Antimicrobial Resistance & Transmission START meeting,14 June 2019 at GOSH. Organised by the fabulous @mcgarrityorlagh & @grandjean_louis @GOSHCharity.
— Dr. Alicia (@aliciad3) April 5, 2019
cc @HatcherJim @girlymicro @bpaiig @fchappell_elch
Registration link:https://t.co/bvmzAgDEuI
@zekejmiller @JonLemire<NOT JOURNALISTS @AP
— Ann Inquirerᴺᵃᵗᶦᵒᶰᵃˡᶦˢᵗ🇺🇸 (@AnnInquirer) April 6, 2019
PREJUDICE STANDS OUT LIKE A RED FLAG🇨🇳
HARDLINE RHETORIC? 100,000s+ invaders make it an #invasion
MIXED FACT W/FICTION? Trump misspoke
He wants to protect US. Infectious diseases get all in its path, U2 includedhttps://t.co/ykZ90e6YNZ
Patients Harboring E. Coli with Highly Resistant MCR-1 Gene Found In NYC Hospital - Study in @ASMicrobiology's #AACJournal https://t.co/g4pYe2XBPG pic.twitter.com/m7dhHgrb3t
— ASM Newsroom (@ASMnewsroom) April 8, 2019
Proud of two of our senior clinicians & leaders driving global conversations about antimicrobial stewardship. If you don’t know what that is - you really want to.
— Kijabe Clinical Director (@meddir_kh) April 10, 2019
Read the @nytimes article here: https://t.co/l7nxkJQT48 pic.twitter.com/EcxYwrxQ3e
NEW 🔥 in AAC @ASMicrobiology
— Antibiotic Steward (@ABsteward) April 8, 2019
recommended that caspofungin dose should not be reduced in critically ill patients in the absence of cirrhosis and advised against the use of C-P score in patients with trauma- or sepsis-induced liver injury. #IDTwitter https://t.co/cxyr8meZzX pic.twitter.com/iyVOJdhZ2p
"It's not about using less antibiotics. It's about using the right antibiotic for the right diagnosis and for the right duration of time.” IDSA member Dr. Susan Bleasdale stresses the importance of responsible use of #antibiotics and antifungals. https://t.co/MegXDnIZ1R @sbleas66
— IDSA (@IDSAInfo) April 11, 2019
MSH has built a sophisticated Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, participating in various international inter-disciplinary networks in an effort to establish collaboration on the use of antibiotics and research on antibiotic resistance. https://t.co/gVCaNa0ZJf #WorldHealthDay ⚕️ pic.twitter.com/KwsCtSWJDQ
— Markham Stouffville Hospital (@MSHospital) April 7, 2019
https://t.co/MlThyGapNl via @nytimes Urban poverty is a huge and largely unappreciated driver of antibiotic resistance globally. We will not be able to address AMR without addressing urban poverty. @IDSAInfo @saveantibiotics
— Carlos del Rio (@CarlosdelRio7) April 7, 2019
In our latest #NCDCpublication in the Intnl Journal of Infectious Diseases, we reflect on lessons from a cluster of nosocomial #Lassafever cases in a hospital, & how strenghtening Infection Prevention Control can prevent transmissionhttps://t.co/WemsTxUOnH pic.twitter.com/iZiQim33R8
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 7, 2019
Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria: 2019 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of Americahttps://t.co/WWkpq1jBcT
— Dr Ilin Gilberto dlT (@IlindelatorreMD) April 9, 2019
If you are interested in “The MRSA” (as one of my former collegues used to call it), then you may be interested in this new CMR paper via @ASMicrobiology @JClinMicro
— Bug Pharmacist (@IDstewardship) April 8, 2019
📲 https://t.co/tJMGEOrIjG#MRSA pic.twitter.com/gpnRi8dA9m
Don't miss out on this @CLSI_LabNews webinar on the recent antimicrobial susceptibility testing changes and how to incorporate them into antimicrobial stewardship! Free for SIDP and @accpinfdprn members! Check your email for the code. https://t.co/pfIaUIHN78 pic.twitter.com/bG5HqpJ30H
— SIDP (@SIDPharm) April 5, 2019
NEW🔥 case report just published in @AJHPOfficialB @alyssapgould @RachelFoster86 @julie_justo @BBookstaver_USC
— Antibiotic Steward (@ABsteward) April 8, 2019
Use of continuous infusion ceftolozane–tazobactam with therapeutic drug monitoring in a patient with cystic fibrosis https://t.co/ashWZJbQlh pic.twitter.com/5AzLpoc3lx
Today is #WorldHealthDay, a good reminder that we must all work together to slow the spread of #antibioticresistance https://t.co/1aRGnyBqnG #NPHW
— Save Antibiotics (@saveantibiotics) April 7, 2019
Increasing resistance to #antibiotics threatens to undo all the progresses we've made in combating infectious diseases over the past century. On this #WorldHealthDay, let's renew commitments to speed progress against #antimicrobialresistance. https://t.co/6ELg3xi83Z @WHO pic.twitter.com/cje2xBCF1l
— IDSA (@IDSAInfo) April 7, 2019
Novel evidence for the critical role of maternal milk protein glycosylation in shaping early-life gut microbiota and promoting B cell activation of neonates @mbiojournal https://t.co/XS0h6me3LU pic.twitter.com/ql9XE6jJkD
— ASM (@ASMicrobiology) April 9, 2019
Fecal transplants could help patients on cancer #immunotherapy drugs.
— Microbes&Infection (@MicrobesInfect) April 7, 2019
Patients who initially did not benefit from drugs saw their tumors stop growing or shrink after receiving a stool sample from patients for whom the drugs worked.https://t.co/lzN9bX5nay #microbiota #FMT pic.twitter.com/KX6DOjFmTJ
The @ISID_org Guide to Infection Control in the Healthcare Setting has been reorganized to make all of the free content easier to access! Lots of great #InfectionPrevention & #AntimicrobialStewardship resources available! See: https://t.co/15K5o6IH6I
— Mike Stevens (@Dr_Mike_Stevens) April 8, 2019
Please share! @mcgillu School of Population & Global Health is looking for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the area of Infectious Diseases in Indigenous Communities https://t.co/sJZBWDg0fC pic.twitter.com/PrZhKcJzfR
— Madhu Pai (@paimadhu) April 8, 2019
New @TheLancet: Mapping diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus vaccine coverage in Africa, 2000–2016: a spatial and temporal modelling study https://t.co/xaUlgQwOn9
— The Lancet Infectious Diseases (@TheLancetInfDis) April 6, 2019
No antibiotics/ deferred antibiotics increase BSI/all-cause mortality in elderly with UTI Important data for Stewardship but careful discussion (retrospective cohort /no BSI source proven) needed to avoid further increase in inappropriate ATB in community https://t.co/8F36iST7ys pic.twitter.com/UEAln2GxL8
— Evelina Tacconelli (@EveTacconelli) April 7, 2019
Quality metrics for pediatric #AntimicrobialStewardship
— Brad Langford (@BRxAD) April 7, 2019
Programs:
🗓️days of therapy per 1000 patient-days
💊total antimicrobial days
🏨30-day readmission rate
✔️adherence to ASP recommendations
👏 @KatTPharmD @ASPphysicianhttps://t.co/9fwVbMdnpb
'Infection increase an "unintended consequence" of efforts to tackle sepsis say hospital leaders'. More must be done to understand the relationship of #antimicrobial stewardship to #sepsis #StopSuperbugs https://t.co/2pYmqp6xzP
— Antibiotic Action (@TheUrgentNeed) April 9, 2019
CRISPR-Cas biology and its application to infectious diseases: a new @JClinMicro minireview https://t.co/TeJoPG4haX #ASMClinMicro pic.twitter.com/I0aeY2wuqf
— ASM (@ASMicrobiology) April 5, 2019
Nice paper showing impacts of #penicillinallergy in primary care - more data like this is needed and then targeted interventions. @BSACandJAC @AntibioticLeeds @j_sandoe https://t.co/lt9qWg2zxS
— Jason Trubiano (@TrubianoJason) April 11, 2019
A NEW 🔥review article in JID
— Antibiotic Steward (@ABsteward) April 5, 2019
Opioids and Infectious Diseases: A Converging Public Health Crisis.
A must read article #IDtwitter #IDMedEd https://t.co/ctMi0LvdfY pic.twitter.com/d4fcM0rTgv
#JAC-AMR is an #openaccess online journal that will REVOLUTIONISE the way we think & talk about antimicrobial resistance & stewardship through the EXPERT curation of peer-reviewed resources & research. We can't wait to launch it with @DilipNathwani at #ECCMID2019 @ESCMID pic.twitter.com/0wyVTq9g9y
— BSAC (@BSACandJAC) April 9, 2019
New online> Efficacy of mass drug administration with #ivermectin for control of #scabies and #impetigo, with coadministration of azithromycin: a single-arm community intervention trial #MDA https://t.co/7XNGl49Hky
— The Lancet Infectious Diseases (@TheLancetInfDis) April 5, 2019
Spanish microbiologists and (non-officially recognized) infectious physicians launch a movie poster-based campaign to improved microbiological sampling https://t.co/dhYqJF0C5l… @PaulSaxMD @idpharmd @SouthAfricanASP @AntibioticLeeds #UCanNailIt
— ESGAP_ABStewardship (@ESGAP_ABS) April 9, 2019
'UK Government produces new tools to help health professionals boost prevention impact - including in the area of #antimicrobialresistance' #StopSuperbugs https://t.co/np9N2G0vqP
— Antibiotic Action (@TheUrgentNeed) April 8, 2019
New episode of the #science #podcast This Week in Virology #TWiV 542: Inside Microbiotix https://t.co/ukXI6axdSB inside a biopharmaceutical company in Worcester, MA that discovers and develops small molecule drugs that target serious infectious diseases #viruses
— Vincent Racaniello (@profvrr) April 7, 2019
The Scary Shortage of Infectious-Disease Doctors - Great piece by @DrMattMcCarthy about the real problem with the rise of the superbugs: the dwindling number of ID specialists. A crisis! @Armstrws @RWalensky @IDSAInfo https://t.co/MDsf61P3jl
— Carlos del Rio (@CarlosdelRio7) April 9, 2019
NEW 🔥Minireview @romneyinla in JCM :Understanding and Addressing CLSI Breakpoint Revisions - A Primer for Clinical Laboratories. https://t.co/t9DmA1Xdsj pic.twitter.com/chjsNMye1v
— Antibiotic Steward (@ABsteward) April 10, 2019
Analysis of Salmonella flagellar motors reveals clues to the change in conformation for switching and rotating necessary for motility @mbiojournal https://t.co/CqEB1DgjCs pic.twitter.com/3ccbuTCHjX
— ASM (@ASMicrobiology) April 8, 2019
"The measles virus is one of the most infectious diseases known to man. A person with measles can cough in a room and leave, and hours later, if you’re unvaccinated, you could catch the virus from the droplets in the air the infected person left behind."https://t.co/6pXEW18Iof
— Jaipreet Virdi (@jaivirdi) April 10, 2019
Created by Cameron Forbes. Last updated April 19, 2019 at 07:34 EST.