David Barr (@davidadambarr) 's Twitter Profile
David Barr

@davidadambarr

Infectious diseases clinician. TB & HIV tweets mostly.
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Ryan Dinkele (@ryandinkele) 's Twitter Profile Photo

In Xpert-positive TB-patients, we compared the aerosolization of M. tuberculosis between deep breathing, normal breathing, and induced coughing.

Ryan Dinkele (@ryandinkele) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We found that, per manoeuvre, coughing released more M. tuberculosis than breathing, however, individuals breathe 22,000 times per day compared to an average of ~460 coughs.

Ryan Dinkele (@ryandinkele) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Therefore, we estimate that breathing alone is likely to contribute around 90% of the daily aerosolized M. tuberculosis bacilli.

Graeme Meintjes (@graemein) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Findings of the RADIANT-TB trial led by Rulan Griesel and Gary Maartens in Cape Town, presented this week at AIDS2022, evaluating dolutegravir dosing in patients with TB on rifampicin:

Ruan Spies (@spies_ruan) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Rifampicin-resistant TB independently predicts death in patients hospitalised with HIV-associated TB. Why is this the case? We set to find out in a study just published in Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine sajhivmed.org.za/index.php/hivm…

Helen McArdle (@hmcardleht) 's Twitter Profile Photo

EXC The 'life-saving' service set to keep hundreds of patients out of hospital every week heraldscotland.com/news/23250155.…

Tom Boyles (@tomboylesid) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Free Chapter 1 from How to Request a Test until the end of February. Todd C. Lee Emily McDonald Brad Spellberg see what you think and if you'd like a copy of the whole book. academic.oup.com/book/45509/cha…

NEJM (@nejm) 's Twitter Profile Photo

#CROI2023: Treatment for tuberculosis, a leading cause of death worldwide, typically involves 6 months of continuous therapy. In the TRUNCATE-TB trial, a strategy involving shorter initial treatment was noninferior to standard treatment. nej.md/3XsQB4H

#CROI2023: Treatment for tuberculosis, a leading cause of death worldwide, typically involves 6 months of continuous therapy. In the TRUNCATE-TB trial, a strategy involving shorter initial treatment was noninferior to standard treatment. nej.md/3XsQB4H
Harmit S. Malik (@harmitmalik) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Everyone who intends to join or lead a research group should read the essay by Bruno Lemaitre: An Essay on Science and Narcissism: How do high-ego personalities drive research in life sciences? (Usually available for free download; do a google search)

Richard McElreath 🦔 (@rlmcelreath) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Revelation, Resistance, Reexpression, and Residual: A course in Exploratory Data Analysis from Jim Albert, inspired by John Tukey's book on the topic. bayesball.github.io/EDA/

Revelation, Resistance, Reexpression, and Residual: A course in Exploratory Data Analysis from Jim Albert, inspired by John Tukey's book on the topic. bayesball.github.io/EDA/