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🆕️🔥2023 ESC Guidelines for the management of endocarditis🔥🆕️ #IDSLXposts H/t Gus Hamilton It's a huge document. I will try to compare it to our IE WikiGuidelines soon Ignacio uman #IDXposts academic.oup.com/eurheartj/adva…

Join Helen Newland and Whitney Buckel and get BCIDP/ACPE credit while learning how #ArtificialIntelligence can be used to improve your current ID practice! #SIDP2023 #IDWeek2023 Register today! sidp.org/annualmeetings

Who has jumped on the antifungal stewardship train and implemented a similar program? 🍄🍄🍄 Helen S Lee and Taylor Ackling review this recent publication on #micafungin stewardship for the SIDP Journal Club Series (sidp.org/BCIDP), worth 1.5h of ACPE/BCIDP Credit!

First At-Home Test for Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Receives FDA Approval! 👉People can obtain the direct-to-consumer Simple Test over the counter without a prescription! jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…

Ten common misconceptions about antibiotic use in the hospital Journal of Hospital Medicine Everyone who sees patients and prescribes antibiotics in hospital should read this doi.org/10.1002/jhm.13…

🔆TMP/SMX was universally susceptible against clinical isolates of β-hemolytic Streptococcus using the gold standard BMD 🔆TMP/SMX is a potential monotherapy agent for the treatment of β-hemolytic Streptococcus SSTIs while clinda & esp doxy may be less reliable empiric options

‼️Did you know that susceptibilities for many PO cephalosporins are inferred from cefazolin, not ceftriaxone? May overcall resistance but safest option if unable to test directly. Removed cefdinir from our adult formulary and switched to cefuroxime. Here’s why! #downwithcefdinir

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A pharmacist-driven deprescribing protocol for negative urine and sexually transmitted infection cultures in the emergency department increases antibiotic-free days. academic.oup.com/ajhp/article-a…

My coworker Brandon Hawkins received this gem from his student today. This may be the most iconic thing to have happened in ID pharmacy history!!! Which one is your fave? Creds: @sarah_mch

SCr remains the primary clinical biomarker for monitoring of kidney function. It plays a critical role in the detection of AKI & dose adjustments for renally cleared meds, esp Abx; however, SC is neither sensitive nor specific for the early detection of acute decreases in GFR.

CDC recommends everyone 6 months and older get the 2024-2025 COVID-19 vaccine to protect against severe COVID-19 illness, hospitalization, and death. Read the latest on CDC’s 2024-2025 COVID-19 vaccine recommendation in MMWR: bit.ly/mm7337e2

Today we celebrate all the #PharmDs who serve as experts to prevent drug-induced #AKI in the #ICU. Including a #pharmacist on your ICU team reduces AKI incidence and improves therapeutic outcomes. PMID: 36394173 #WorldPharmistsDay2024 SCCM Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology Section Board of Pharmacy Specialties ASHP

Attending #KidneyWk? There are so many great sessions, but this is one of our favorites.👇Will we see you there? 🎯Neonatal and Pediatric AKI: Advances in Prediction and Treatment @PrasadDeva64 @the_kidney_dude Michelle Starr MD MPH @menonshina 🗓️Oct 25 ⏰10:30-12:30 PDT 📍Room 33

Dr. Allegretti named PI and Pro Pharma selected as CRO for the first of two studies in our upcoming Adult AKI Clinical Study. The first study will enroll US patients with the goal of determining a cut-off point for severe #AKI risk stratification in adults. #ICU #clinicaltrials

🥳📣The first patient in our US study of ProNephro AKI (NGAL) for adult use has been enrolled at Mass General Hospital. This study will determine a cut-off for risk stratification of moderate to severe AKI in adults and will be followed by a validation study. 👏👏👇

Great info this past week at #KidneyWk bringing awareness to AKI and highlighting that more work needs to be done around serum creatinine #BioPortoMedSci BioPortoDx

🔥BALANCE RCT🔥 74 hospitals in 7 countries 3,608 patients A 7-day course of antibiotics for hospitalized patients with bloodstream infections was non inferior to 14d within a 4% prespecified margin for mortality at 90 days Brad Spellberg Todd C. Lee nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

Exciting new publication from BioPortoDx!

The removal of #HIV- and #LGBTQ-related resources from the websites of the CDC and other health agencies is deeply concerning. Access to this information is crucial for ID and HIV health care professionals. Our full statement: bit.ly/3PYun9v