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📣Registration for #WSPID2025 is officially OPEN! Join us in Bangkok, Oct 28-31, 2025, for an unforgettable gathering of experts, researchers & healthcare professionals—all working to improve pediatric infectious disease care. Secure your spot today! 👉 bit.ly/3EaFTw4

#WHAHC2025 plenary: Prof Manuel Miron-Rubio navigating endocarditis treatment between guidelines from #AHA (aimed for hospital) and OPAT-GAMES (aimed for the most stable at home); #HITH #HAH can manage heart failure, anticoagulation, young children at home.

At #WHAHC2025 the paediatric team from Paris discussed how to think outside the box to get children home via #HITH #HAH, including asking the #paedID team to think creatively about home-friendly IV #antibiotics. But this is the key slide for all #pediatricians! This this this. 👇

A global collaboration has led to world-first guidelines for complicated #UTI in children. Led by #MCRI researchers, it aims to improve outcomes by better defining complex #infections and guiding optimal treatment. | The Infection Flagship, MCRI, Melbourne ESPIDSociety 👉 tinyurl.com/2de5zmv7

A/Prof Penelope Bryant presenting at #WHAHC2025 on stabilising notoriously unstable antibiotics for use in 24 hour infusions so we can get children home via #HITH #HAH. Meropenem isn't as unstable as a decaying radioactive isotope, but it's close... WHAHC Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI)

UTIs impact 8% of girls and 2% of boys before the age of 7, with some #infections more severe or recurring. #MCRI's A/Prof Penelope Bryant spoke to RACGP's NewsGP on how to better classify and treat these more complicated cases. | The Infection Flagship, MCRI, Melbourne 👉 tinyurl.com/3zpjc3b7

MCRI's Prof Andrew Steer featured on the Oxford Vaccine Group’s Colloquy podcast to discuss #globalhealth research in the Asia-Pacific & the effort underway to discover a #vaccine for #StrepA (strep throat). | #MedicalResearch #RHD Listen 👉 tinyurl.com/4kkusphr

MCRI's Dr Josh Osowicki featured on JAMA Network's podcast to discuss prevention strategies for #StrepA (strep throat), tackling rheumatic heart disease & understanding the forces behind increasing global #infections. | #MCRI #Vaccines Listen 🎧👉 tinyurl.com/4kkusphr

The first Guidelines for Complicated #UTI in Children is now open access in Ped Infect Diseases for ESPIDSociety. Led by Penelope Bryant with international co-authors, and committee Nigel Curtis and @gweeamanda. Aiming to get #cUTI standardised! Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) 👉tinyurl.com/2de5zmv7

More than 3 million children died from antibiotic-resistant infections in 2022, according to a new #MCRI and CHAI study. A BBC News (World) article details the potential ways to prevent #infection & combat #antimicrobialresistance. The Infection Flagship, MCRI, Melbourne ➡️bbc.com/news/articles/…

Although our focus is on optimising antibiotics in children, it's too hard to ignore Nigel Curtis's Orwellian truth-telling take in a letter to MJA: medical surveys risk 'damaging public trust in science', in a currently damage-prone era. Go read! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.5694/mj…

The new ESPIDSociety complicated #UTI open access guidelines led by #MCRI have been highlighted in GPNews assisting #GP decisions about which children are likely to need different management, follow-up and referral. Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) RACGP www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/clinica…

The new ESPIDSociety complicated #UTI guidelines presented ESCMID by Michael Buettcher: - known urological abnormality - multiple recurrent UTI - severe disease (sepsis, abscess) - underlying condition (immunosuppressed, CRF) - neonates Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) 👉tinyurl.com/2de5zmv7

A nice editorial from Josh Osowicki in April's JAMA about a study (doi:10.1001/jama.2025.0910) showing the correlation between #iGAS and social disadvantage, not least because of his use of both 'lurking' and 'parsing'... jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/… Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI)

A nice review by Dave Burgner and team in Ped Infect Diseases on 'Maternal and Perinatal Factors That Influence Susceptibility to Childhood Infections', considering maternal & infant health and exposures. Dave's done a lot in this area so go read! Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40440682/

Study on respiratory co-infection in children in Laos shows complex relationships between viruses, bacteria and disease severity - see the paper and image below rather than a feeble summary attempt by me... Catherine Satzke Fiona Russell Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-01659-y

#ASOT and antiDNAse B levels in children can be difficult to interpret so Josh Osowicki, Andrew Steer, ID fellow extraordinaire Shu Ki Tsoi et al have established age-based reference intervals to aid clinical diagnosis of #ARF and #PSGN. Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) doi.org/10.1093/jpids/…

Highlighting overuse of #antibiotics, risk of #AMR, and also using the opportunity to climb aboard the favourite soap box to say more children - both with infections and without - should be treated at home! 😀 Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) 7NEWS Melbourne Bethan Yeoman

Vanessa Clifford has a longstanding interest in #infection safety of donated #breastmilk. This study, led by Vanessa, showed no spore-forming anaerobes in pasteurised milk from 150 human donors. Which is good. Especially for babies. 😀 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40489333/ Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI)

🔍New #WSPIDPodcast Episode! Join Dr. Dena van den Bergh, a renowned leader in #AntimicrobialStewardship research in "Innovative Approaches to Transforming Neonatal and Pediatric #AMS". 🎧 Spotify: spoti.fi/43PnW0h 🎧 Apple Podcasts: apple.co/43QrUpx #PID #WSPID