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Celebrating IIPW2024 and Global Handwashing Day How clean are your hands? #IIPW #movingtheneedle #GlobalHandwashingDay2024

Doctors from the UK, Ireland and New Zealand will have their ability to practise in Australia fast-tracked from next week under new changes introduced by regulators. abc.net.au/news/2024-10-1…

We have a PhD position in "Microbial Genomics/Bioinformatics" with myself and Schembri Lab at Institute for Molecular Bioscience. If you are interested in AMR and bacterial genomics I encourage you to apply. bit.ly/3UcXMPL

Report highlights progress in efforts to incentivize antibiotic R&D But the WHO report also says more countries need to adopt policies that reward innovation and provide predictable financing for new antibiotics. ow.ly/KBvE50TN6rH

idsociety.org/news--publicat… Antibiotic Steward Bassam Ghanem 🅱️C🆔🅿️🌟 Emily McDonald Brad Spellberg Balance results will be presented Friday at ID week. 7 days NI to 14 for most uncomplicated bacteremia (powered on *mortality*)

Why must we give weeks of IV antibiotics initially for treatment of NTMPD caused by RGM? Has anyone ever used an all-oral regimen? Brad Spellberg Todd C. Lee Gabe 🦊 Boris Jegorović, MD, PhD, DTM&H Alice Han Jonathan Ryder, MD

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🆕️🔥PAPRAC RCT 24 hours or less of perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis is noninferior to PAP (>48h, until removal of all catheters and stents) in preventing SSI within 90 days after surgery in patients undergoing open cystectomy and urinary diversion jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

We enjoyed taking the stage today at #IDWeek2024 during the "Best of #ESCMIDGlobal 2024" session. Big thanks to Gustavo Lopardo and Education Director Mary Horgan for the great presentation!

Great discussion on differing guidelines for how long to treat LTBI before starting anti-TNF therapy in IBD patients at #IDWeek2024.

Great meeting where critical issues for future TB research and control were discussed.

CREATE PhD Fellows Wellcome-funded programme providing interdisciplinary PhD training in global health to outstanding UK health professionals, supported by 11 partner institutions in the UK and Africa. Closing date Stage 1 Friday 8 November 2024 create-phd.org/how-to-apply

Children are being left behind in the global effort to end #TB. 📑Our latest report reveals that many countries w/ high TB rates are failing to implement the updated WHO guidelines: ow.ly/ZAjU50TQrLy

What a brilliant paper! Very convincing that rifaximin drives dapto resistance in VRE. Todd C. Lee something for us to take note of in designing adaptive platform for enterococcal bacteremia

Great summary

On 22 Oct, #MSF orthopaedic surgeon, Dr Mohammed Obeid, shared his testimony about what he was experiencing as he sheltered in Kamal Adwan hospital, north #Gaza. Since this was recorded, we have lost contact with him. We are urgently seeking information about his whereabouts.

Did you enjoy part 1 of the ESCMID AMR webinar series? Be sure to register for Part 2 taking place next week covering the all-important topics of #AMR diagnostics and surveillance as we make our way towards #WAAW2024. See the full programme and register: ow.ly/eOZ250TStSI

"In 2023, Tuberculosis (TB) probably returned to being the world’s leading cause of death from a single infectious agent, following 3 years in which it was replaced by coronavirus disease (COVID-19), and caused almost twice as many deaths as HIV/AIDS." buff.ly/3C3Hsuw

TB, the ultimate symbiotic pathogen returns inevitably to top spot as the infection shortening the lives of our species. Preventable. Curable. And yet here we are.

I'm in the process of leaving here too. Hope to see you there (or tag me if you already are) carole mitnick Josh Osowicki Animesh Sinha Ilaria Motta Bern-Thomas Nyang'wa Boris Jegorović, MD, PhD, DTM&H Antibiotic Steward Bassam Ghanem 🅱️C🆔🅿️🌟 LSHTM TB Centre UCL-TB TBPPM Learning Network The Union MSF UK MSF Science Darcy Wooten she/her TB Activist Greg Fox Uzma Khan