E coli are red
S aureus are blue
Hans Christian Gram
Stained them for you

Awaiting for ORAL RCT results!
trialsjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
#OralIsTheNewIV #AMSsky #IDSky

Two of my PhD students are now here on bsky! @tosinorababa.bsky.social is working on ancientbiotics, and @phoebesilva.bsky.social is working on CF lung infection. Follow them for #MicroSky content 🙂

Microbiome ecology approaches reveal bacterial interactions underpin worse lung function in #CysticFibrosis

#CF Lung infections are not caused by 1 pathogen in isolation but instead by interplay of complex lung microbiota of many different microbes interacting with each other & the lung environment

As the great migration from Twitter to Bluesky begins, I have created the "Clinical Microbiology" starter pack to help you find your colleagues. Please let me know if you would like to be added!

go.bsky.app/VTpSjBL

Amazing too see @bsacandjac.bsky.social here!
Have the journals come too?

Please share with your Biomedical & Clinical Science friends on 🦋 - let’s build our network up again❤️

Interesting talk on C. auris by @andy-borman.bsky.social. Additional clades emerging, much more to understand about resistance mechanisms, and the importance of careful individualised infection control 🍄

#fishis24 @hisinfection.bsky.social @biainfection.bsky.social

Discussion underway in the lunchtime leadership workshop - open to all new consultants at #FISHIS24 #careerdevelopment

The very excellent Prof Margreet Vos talking hospital design in Rotterdam #FISHIS2024

Cementing the professional legitimacy of 🦋

We now have the journals on #MedSky & #IDSky

@jamacurrent.bsky.social
@bmj.com
@cmicomms.bsky.social (first one?)
@eurosurveillance.bsky.social
@cidjournal.bsky.social
@ofidjournal.bsky.social
@thejhi.bsky.social
@jclinical-invest.bsky.social

here it is bsky.app/profile/did:...

A full house for the joint @biainfection.bsky.social and @hisinfection.bsky.social session on sustainability at #FISHIS24 Check out the pic with a link to join the sustainability group where resources will be added to those who couldn't make it in the room

Sarah Walpole introducing the IPC sustainability session - Co-production the way forward #FISHIS24 Ideas below 👇🏾

a girl is holding a yellow bucket of popcorn Alt: a girl is holding a yellow bucket of popcorn

Manning the fort but hoping to see lots of #IDSky #MicroSky at #FISHIS24 this week @hisinfection.bsky.social @biainfection.bsky.social

a man in a lab coat says no reason in front of a wall of cards Alt: a man in a lab coat says “no reason”

Y’all are going to need some infectious diseases experts

#IDSky Starter Packs

IDSky 1 go.bsky.app/LnAQjdq
IDSky 2 go.bsky.app/JNfSvQT
IDSky 3 go.bsky.app/FeogT7o
IDSky 4 go.bsky.app/D1zxj4E
IDSky 5 go.bsky.app/NgGSPeF
IDSky 6 go.bsky.app/22VBL8z

#MedSky

OMG we’re on Pack 6 😅

Delighted to announce that we are collaborating with IPC Partners for an IPC Journal Club.

💧It's in the water? Addressing risks from healthcare water systems💧

With papers from @thejhi.bsky.social

Register here: ow.ly/hMPx50U6UMS

What is Transgender Awareness Week? | Why do we celebrate it Transgender Awareness Week aims to educate people about transgender people and the issues associated with their transition and/or identity.

An important week for our trans friends and family 🏳️‍⚧️

I made my first starter pack! Medical educators, assemble!

Hi 👋
#PathSkt #MedEd #MedSky

The #CFMicro starter pack is taking shape - please share and let me know if you would like to be added!

#CF #CysticFibrosis #IDSky #MicroSky #IPSky

go.bsky.app/VYizbMW

Have added you to the #CFMicro list @chrisvandergast.bsky.social but can’t tell if this is publicly viewable (can you tell?)
Skills required to create a feed which I don’t have!
I think there are enough of us for a starter pack 👍

Impact of extended Elexacaftor/Tezacaftor/Ivacaftor therapy on the gut microbiome in cystic fibrosis There is a paucity of knowledge on the longer-term effects of CF transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) modulator therapies upon the gut microbiom…

Our latest paper now published in Journal of #cysticfibrosis

Impact of extended Kaftrio therapy on the gut #microbiome in #cf

Great work from Ryan Marsh (not yet in this place)

sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Today we launch the new/refreshed School for Change Agents. It's a 5 module virtual programme, free & open to all. >100,000 people have been through it over the last decade.
If you work for the NHS or NHS partner, you can get a free upgrade for CPD cert. horizonsnhs.com/school/ #S4CA NHS Horizons
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#biomedical #BMS please give the #IBMS a follow

We all wondered - will the journals come?

Well, big welcome to the Journal of Hospital Infection!
@thejhi.bsky.social

#IDSky #MicroSky #MedSky

What a breath of fresh air! We're excited to join the BlueSky community! #IDsky #Medsky #InfectiousDiseases #PublicHealth #Pharmsky

A Nefarious Orchestra: Gram-Negative Resistance Mechanisms Part 2 Podcast Episode · Breakpoints · 10/29/2021 · 1 sec

for our new #IDsky #Medsky friends, @sidpharm.bsky.social creates an ID & stewardship podcast called Breakpoints. here’s one of my favorite episodes featuring the amazingly smart and kind Robert Bonomo and Ryan Shields teaching us all things enzymatic resistance podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...

visual abstract for the study which concludes that serum galactomannan is unhelpful in patients with lung transplants due to poor sensitivity

ROC curve for BAL galactomannan in diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis. The ROC is pretty decent (shows moderately good sensitivity and specificity)

ROC curve for serum galactomannan for diagnosing invasive aspergillosis in a cohort of lung transplant recipients. Probably the worst ROC I've ever seen, where the curve approaches the diagonal (ie completely worthless)

Diagnostic Performance of Serum & BAL Galactomannan Testing in Lung Transplant Recipients

"Serum GM is not a valuable test in the diagnosis of IA in our LTx recipients, is costly, & does not remove the need for bronchoscopy & BAL GM."

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #TxID #IDSky