Phase 1 of the Cefazolin for All revolution is complete. We (Kimberly Blumenthal, MD, MSc, Bernardo Sousa-Pinto, Lindsay Courtney, Christian Mancini) did a SR and MA of an absolute BOAT LOAD of articles to measure the rate of dual allergy between cefazolin and penicillins. Our findings...

So devastated to hear the news of Francisco Marty, MD I really was mostly an admirer from afar, but after I knew I was taking a job with lots of transplant ID, I asked to see if I could rotate with him for a week. It was 1 week before the lockdown in Boston in March 2020 🧵

Is it time to end outdoor mask mandates? Some thoughts on this issue, with thanks to zeynep tufekci Shannon Palus Monica Gandhi MD, MPH, and with insights from my dog Louie. Latest: blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-observa…

Don’t swim or let your kids swim if sick with diarrhea. One person with diarrhea can contaminate the entire pool. Learn more ways to keep you and those you care about healthy: go.usa.gov/xsymt. #HealthySwimming

1/ 🚨New episode alert!🚨 Join us this week for our latest episode of #5Pearls where we discuss penicillin allergies! Available wherever you podcast! iTunes: bit.ly/coreimpodcast || Show Notes: bit.ly/PCN_allergy

One of my favorite reviews on antibiotic therapy for a very common, neglected disease: sacral osteomyelitis. Comes up all the time. Most patients don't need long courses of IV antibiotics. Brad Spellberg academic.oup.com/cid/article/68…

Welcome to our new first year fellows!! 🥳🎉😁 @AudreyLiMD Abarna Pearl MD Jaspreet Banga Dr. Hawra Al-Lawati Rodgers L Moeng MD #IDTwitter #WeAreID

Come work with me! BIDMC is hiring for an inpatient ID PharmD 👇🏼 Great colleagues, phenomenal trainees, & $5 Red Sox tickets. Plus, we can be BFFs! ☺️ SIDP ACCP INFD PRN jobs.bidmc.org/job/boston/inf…

Preventability of 30-day hospital revisits following admission with #COVID19 at an #academic medical center sciencedirect.com/science/articl… #academictwitter #medtwitter Plum Analytics BIDMC Harvard Medical School UCSF School of Medicine Andrew Auerbach #QualityImprovement

This week we have another Harvard Medical School Combined Rounds featuring a panel discussion on "Outpatient COVID-19 Therapies in the Time of Omicron." Panelists include Dan Taupin, MD (Daniel Taupin, MD) - Join us! 📅 Thurs. January 6 🕗 8 am 💻 bit.ly/3EWro9I

Lots of options now for outpatient COVID therapy. Here’s our article that compares and contrasts efficacy vs cost per hospitalization prevented. Paxlovid NNT 24 but cost/hosp/prevented is $$$. 3 dollar signs being a lot 😁

This is fantastic. Wendy Stead Mary LaSalvia

🚨Here you go: What we know & don’t know about monkeypox, & how to think about the current outbreak. One thing: It’s unique partly because it’s, er, happening amid a pandemic. Our reactions are deeply influenced by the last 3 years—in good & bad ways. 1/ theatlantic.com/health/archive…

Fellowship interview season is upon us and we are so excited to meet applicants tomorrow for our very first interview day! Our fellowship has great things on the horizon and we can’t wait to share them with you #IDtwitter #IDFellows

President Donald J. Trump Expand it to Medicare B so they can get it at the doctor's office when they are WITH the doctor. Not having to go to yet ANOTHER place & get it at a (overworked) pharmacy

Here again are my #Top10 Infectious Diseases papers of 2022. Not in order (alphabetical by first author). Non-COVID (because >120,000 COVID papers in 2022). Have to be at least one of: Paradigm Shifting, Practice Changing or Dogma Challenging #IDtwitter 🧵

“The emotional burden of removing interventions is already very heavy, and we are trying to spare the family the burden of yet another decision.” ID (led by @JeffLarnard & Wendy Stead) and Pall Care collab on perceptions & rx of antimicrobials around CMO doi.org/10.1093/ofid/o…