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I signed up for online escmid but realized I have to flip my schedule like I was on night shift. Anyone else? I kind of wish I could hang with someone online so I can whisper, “Todd C. Lee would hate this, they didn’t even account for immortal time bias”. Small things, you know?

Got my ESCMID pin and it was wrapped in a paper towel. I thought it was thoughtful. My wife, the surgeon, said, “the college would never do that.” That is when i learned they refer to themselves as THE college.

Really enjoyed CID this week with the covid tales. I particularly enjoyed the one authored by Yomi Agbebi, MD, MPH, CWSP. You were a conan the barbarian of the id world. academic.oup.com/cid/article/78…

After hearing the international presenters at #ECCMID2024 and their amazing english, gonna go back and hit up the duolingo.

My son is really enjoying the bacteriophage Q&A. #ESCMIDGlobal2024

So the DOTs trial looks nice, well done, good randomization. The only thing that brings me pause is the amount of exclusions. I get that they had to be cautious but I feel I will be waiting for the phase 3. They also have more data coming out for f/u and MSSA vs MRSA subgroups.

Dr. Sriskandan’s talk on group a strep outbreak was about as perfect a talk as you can see. She instantly became a hero of mine. #ESCMIDGlobal2024

My wife up on the stage with one of the Uvalde survivors. I am so proud of her and the whole University of Texas San Antonio and University Health teams. The family is also a testament of strength. UT Health SA Surgery #mayahstrong

Happy ID pharmacist day! I was in the MICU today and missed yall Lindsey Groff, PharmD, BCIDP ktraugott Emmy Gibbons Samantha Aguilar, PharmD, BCIDP, AAHIVP I am sorry if i missed a tag, it’s been a long day.

Is it just me or when I have native valve coagulase negative endocarditis, I almost can’t believe it. I once grilled a fellow on a patient with the h/o that diagnosis and it turned out I was the one who made the diagnosis last time.

When fellows graduate, I feel like I am losing a close friend that is going out to do great things. Congrats to all the new graduates!

Local hooligans misspelled ‘dysentery’

IDSA Advocacy leads to significant new recognition of ID Physician effort in the CMS FY25 proposed Physician Fee Schedule idsociety.org/news--publicat… via IDSA

Hey, do you think this patient needs micafungin? Me:

How am I doing? Just waiting for Michael Casias, PharmD, BCIDP, AAHIVP to update his chronicles of maldi. Nothing else matters.

Got to present a session IDWeek #IDWeek2024 on Trauma-Informed Care for STI in SPANISH along side my friend and colleague Raul Macias Gil. The “English subtitles” were in the slides, participation was outstanding!

For those not on the IDSA IDea exchange. I am in the process of trying to get a meeting together for those interested in ID Critical Care society/idsa community. Please dm me your email if you would like to be included/involved.

I have a patient who is on ertapenem for esbl organism osteomyelitis. UnitedHealthcare approved 4 wks of antibiotics but now is asking for more out of pocket costs from the patient for the last 2 weeks bc of the new year. Why are you so non compassionate?

I was informed today by my surgical colleagues that their boards state that fidaxomicin is better than vancomycin for c diff. Is that a consensus in the ID community?