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Always a good time for a reminder to help create the institutional change of oral transitional therapy for IE. 💊physiciansweekly.com/real-world-ass…

Tackling this controversial issue in hospital infection control. With thanks to Dan Morgan Dan Diekema is now on Bluesky Shira Doron MD and Joshua Davis and others ... Should We Continue to Use Contact Precautions for Patients with MRSA? blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-observa…

LA General, one of the largest public hospitals in the US, continues its one-in-a-generation transformation. We have hired an unprecedented 233 physicians/APPs in 12 months (yes, really!). We are seeking one final group of top-performing experts to join our amazing team for 7/25:

Wow. It's published! Our new article that will spark some good active discussion among ID people! 🆕️🔥 Clinical Microbiology and Infection by ID master Brad Spellberg & 🌟s Todd C. Lee Emily McDonald Revisiting Diagnostics: ESR and CRP:It's Time to Stop the Zombie Tests clinicalmicrobiologyandinfection.com/article/S1198-…

We’re hiring in Infectious Diseases at Los Angeles General Medical Center! Join Brad Spellberg, Rachel Baden, Kusha Davar, MD MBA MS, Sarah Rawi Freling, @clarkithrimycin and others as we pave the way in clinical care and innovation in ID, Antimicrobial Stewardship, HIV, HepC, TB and more!

Thank you #IDWeek2024 for giving me the opportunity to present my poster and reconnect with old mentors & colleagues! And of course, it's always a blast hanging out with my Los Angeles General Division of Infectious Disease family 🤩🦠

What an amazing talk on UTI Barbara Trautner gave us today!!!! Thank you!

LA General achieved Leapfrog A! We appreciate the entire hospital’s efforts to get here and honored to be part of it in infection control & prevention!

We are delighted to announce the publication of UTI WikiGuideline in JAMA Network Open. Thank you to the 54 experts from 12 countries for drafting. Special thanks to Snacks, PharmD, MPH and Alfredo J Mena Lora MD FIDSA for leading the effort. jamanetwork.com/searchresults?…

Flu season is here! LA General Medical Center encourages everyone to get their flu shot—protect your patients, protect yourself, protect your community. Let’s work together to keep everyone safer and healthier this season. #FluShot #ProtectYourCommunity #LAGeneral

@Absteward has reported that BALANCE is now published, so the Table is now updated! GNB bacteremia is now listed as Bacteremia (non S. aureus). Neary 5,000 patients have now been randomized to 1 vs. 2 Constantine Units for non S. aureus bacteremia. bradspellberg.com/shorter-is-bet…

Thrilled that our publication describing our virtual, acute care at home program, Safer@Home, is now out in JAMA Network Open. jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman… Antibiotic Steward Bassam Ghanem 🅱️C🆔🅿️🌟 Los Angeles General Medical Center LA General Medical Center Hospital Medicine Los Angeles General Division of Infectious Disease JAMA Network Open Kaveh Shojania

The number of positive blood culture bottles and the time to culture clearance can help adjust the pretest probability of infective endocarditis in patients with bacteremia. ja.ma/44iZq8l Sarah Rawi Freling Brad Spellberg Kusha Davar, MD MBA MS Los Angeles General Division of Infectious Disease

🆕🔥Case-control study Brad Spellberg Just 1/4 blood cultures positive (≥2 sets drawn) or early clearance → low IE probability. Persistent bacteremia or 4/4 bottles ↑ pretest probability. Simple bedside clues to sharpen your endocarditis game. #IDXposts jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…