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Always a highlight to catch up with the BIDMC Infectious Diseases Fellowship fam♥️ Thanks to IDWeekOutBREAK for a fun time at the escape room😁 #idweek2024 #teamBuddingBeasts Samira Reyes Suhaib Naqvi Gyula Michael Petranyi @swinndong IDWeek

New from Dr. Hawra Al-Lawati, Westyn Branch-Elliman, M.D., MMSc., FSHEA, others: Discover insights on operationalizing an Adverse Event Detection Surveillance System for Antimicrobial Stewardship. Learn more in our latest research article. #AntimicrobialStewardship #PatientSafety. 📄: doi.org/10.1017/ice.20…

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Implementing the Infectious Diseases Society of America Antimicrobial Stewardship Core Curriculum: Survey Results and Real-World Strategies to Guide Fellowship Programs bit.ly/3Yvca8o

DYK: At least 28% of antibiotic prescriptions aren’t necessary. #USAAW24 Learn when antibiotics are needed and when they’re not: bit.ly/3GAsRXM

🆕️🔥Article TransplantID Journal Chelsea Gorsline MD Not Just an Oxymoron: The Utilitarian's Guide to Antimicrobial Stewardship in Transplant Infectious Diseases Table ✨️2: TID ASP opportunities & initiatives #idxposts #shorterisbetter Brad Spellberg onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

🆕🔥 Systematic review and meta analysis 56 RCTs Audit & feedback interventions improve antibiotic prescribing in primary care with a modest reductions in antibiotic prescribing volume, unnecessary antibiotic initiation, prolonged duration antibiotic academic.oup.com/cid/article/do…

Doxycycline has demonstrated clinical and serologic efficacy in the treatment of primary, secondary, early latent, and late latent syphilis.Here, this small study compare the outcomes of oral doxycycline with IV penicillin therapy for ocular syphilis An RCT is urgent!

【State-of-the-Art Review: Diagnosis and Management of Spinal Implant Infections】CID Dec 17, 2024 👉Comprehensive review on spinal implant infections! 👉Key talking points with patients are helpful! Congrats on Geno and the team! #OrthoID #MayoIDFellowship Musculoskeletal Infection Society European Bone and Joint Infection Society (EBJIS)

Data drives policies! 📊 Great talk by Dr Jameela Al Salman Dr. Jameela Al Salman on global & regional research agenda for AMR 🧫🌍 @ the 🇴🇲Omani AMR symposium A gap highlighted in the gulf region: *Stewardship Implementation Research* ! #IDx #AMR #GCC #Stewardship

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If someone thinks the measles outbreak and childhood death in Texas are "not unusual" or that these things "happen all the time", they are deeply misinformed. Don't be fooled. blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-observa…

Core Curriculum by Dr. Hawra Al-Lawati, Barbra Blair, and Jeffrey Larnard: Urinary Tract Infections: Core Curriculum 2024 bit.ly/3SukR0o (Free temporarily)

Bacterial Vaginosis — Time to Treat Male Partners! A new standard of care #idxposts nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

Words matter. It’s time to retire the term oral “step-down.” It implies inferiority of the oral route—and doesn’t align with stewardship principles. Terms like IV to oral switch or oral transition better promote optimal antimicrobial stewardship. What terms do you use—and why?

【Ten Practical Tips for A Successful Presentation at Infectious Diseases Clinical Case Conference】Open Forum Infectious Diseases July 2025 👉Our mini-review on ID medical education is now out! I’m grateful to my previous Program Directors Dr. Barnett Ben J Barnett, MD @UT_Infectious and Dr.

In patients presenting with cUTI (including acute pyelonephritis) who are improving clinically on effective therapy, we suggest treating with a shorter course of antimicrobials, using either 5-7 days of a FQ or 7d of Non FQ rather than 10-14d 14 days for cUTI is obselete!