
Brita Skodvin
@bskodvin
Infectious disease physician from Norway. Interests are antimicrobial resistance, antimicrobial stewardship and health politics
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07-12-2014 10:00:59
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“General recommendations in favour of limited antibiotic prescribing for acute sinusitis should be encouraged, except for high-risk patient groups” Read the #OpenAccess article by Skow et al: doi.org/10.1093/jac/dk… OUP Medicine Oxford Journals #JACNews




🔥🔥🔥Important work in JAMA Network Open! We found inpatients with ASB rarely had bacteremia--pts w/altered mental status and NO systemic signs of infection had <<1% risk. Really drives home that work up of other causes of altered mentation is key, rather than anchoring on UTI




The three tenets of effective science communication in 💉 💊 is #Knowledge #trust #responsibility We failed in how we communicated the risks associated with COVID-19 vaccines - need to learn lessons for the next pandemic Kai Kupferschmidt #ESCMIDGlobal



Grateful to Clinical Therapeutics Clinical Therapeutics journal for opportunity to publish ‘Overview of Participation of #Nurses in #AntimicrobialStewardship Activities’ sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Brunel Research HPRU AMR ESNO - The European Specialist Nurses community. BSAC ESICM


🔥Just published 🔥 Clinical Microbiology and Infection ESCMID guidelines for Antimicrobial Stewardship in Emergency Departments (endorsed by European Association of Hospital Pharmacists ) #idxposts clinicalmicrobiologyandinfection.com/article/S1198-…


🆕️🔥Systematic Review #IJAA with Jason Roberts Is there evidence on the optimal duration of aminoglycoside therapy in beta-lactam/aminoglycoside combination regimens used for the treatment of Gram-negative bacterial infections? #idxposts sciencedirect.com/science/articl…




🔥🔥Just published🔥🔥 Our NEW WikiGuidelines JAMA Network Open A stellar cast of auth🌟rs Snacks, PharmD, MPH Alfredo J Mena Lora MD FIDSA Brad Spellberg Todd C. Lee Emily McDonald Guidelines for the Prevention Diagnosis,and Management of Urinary Tract Infections in Pediatrics& Adults jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…
