Are you looking for a chalk talk on the management of prosthetic joint infections? Check out this one by Nico Cortes-Penfield MD FACP FIDSA 🦴💊 idsame.notion.site/77a1e493f9f54b… #IDMedEd #MedEd

It’s Friday! For this week’s JAC-AMR tweetorial, let’s talk about carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB)

Ladies and Gentlemen: Taysom Hill ⚜️ 3 rushing TDs ⚜️ 1 passing TD ⚜️ 1 fumble recovery ⚜️ 112 rushing YDs ⚜️ 69 kickoff return YDs ⚜️ 22 passing YDs

The gut microbiome is an "organ" that participates in metabolism, immunity, and infection prevention. Anti-anaerobic antibiotics thus cause a kind of "organ failure." I worry this is hurting our patients. New from our lab in ERS publications 1/9 tinyurl.com/cmv63rnn

"Standing still is falling behind. The time to act on #AMR is now." - Dr. Helen Boucher (Helen Boucher). #IDWeek2022

Deadly Fungi Are Infecting More Americans wsj.com/articles/deadl…

These are GREAT! A few more mini-myths: - if PCN allergy➡️allergy to ALL beta lactams - if SSRI➡️never linezolid - FQs: too toxic to use in outpt setting -- ever - Never use nitrofurantoin w/⬇️GFR - Linezolid is 💰 - Doxy is a "weak" abx - Dental work + prosthetic joint = Abx

Have you ever wondered how far the endemic mycoses have spread since the glove has warmed? Turns out a lot. Work from our group by Patrick Bryan Adriana Rauseo and Julio C. Zuniga-Moya Geographic Distribution of Dimorphic Mycoses in the United States for the Modern Era academic.oup.com/cid/advance-ar…

Person with confirmed dengue may have been exposed by a mosquito in Maricopa County. To learn if others have been infected in the same neighborhood, Public Health teams will be visiting neighborhood residents to offer free, voluntary at-home blood testing. maricopa.gov/CivicAlerts.as…

Ten ways to make the most of World Antimicrobial Awareness Week! #WAAW2022 bit.ly/3tHx2te

Congrats @CamJordan94 on becoming the #Saints career sack leader!!!!   #Levelz

1/6 Happy Friday! Here’s the JAC-AMR Tweetorial Phage therapy is a promising option for difficult-to-treat infections #IDTwitter lab_rao María Tomas (María del Mar Tomas)

New Annals of Internal Medicine study finds cases of deadly fungus, Candida auris, rose drastically between 2019 and 2021. Increase included treatment resistant strains: ow.ly/jlfG50No3sc CDC

AS and IP resources and staffing are FAR from optimal. We need to convince that 1+1=3. Here’s an article shared by Priya Nori MD, FSHEA, FIDSA at #SHEASpring2023 worth checking out! cambridge.org/core/journals/…

THE LSU TIGERS ARE KINGS OF COLLEGE BASEBALL 👑 The 7th national title in LSU Baseball history 🏆

Thank you for highlighting our group's work at University of Arizona- Infectious Disease Division recently published in ASHE Journal. With growing resistance, important to optimize empiric therapy and remain carbapenem sparing when we can.

A WikiGuidelines Consensus Statement: For adults with infective endocarditis, oral transitional therapy was at least as effective as IV-only therapy. ja.ma/3OAfjOr Emily McDonald Todd C. Lee

JAMA Network Open Emily McDonald Todd C. Lee WikiGuidelines is delighted to announce our second publication. This publication covers the important subject of managing and diagnosing infective endocarditis in adults. Thank you to Emily McDonald Todd C. Lee for your leadership.

Exciting news!

Among hospitalized adults, the risk of acute kidney injury did not differ between cefepime and piperacillin-tazobactam, but neurological dysfunction was more common with cefepime. #IDWeek2023 ja.ma/3RYQHSD