Clinical characteristics associated with positive respiratory cultures in patients receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation - Bryce D. Warren, Erika O’Neil, Michal J. Sobieszczyk, Joseph E. Marcu... Introduction Hospital – acquired pneumonia (HAP) and ventilator – associated pneumonia (VAP) represent a significant healthcare burden with increased mortality ...

New #ECMOID paper out today!

VAP/HAP are most common ECMO infections, BUT difficult to diagnose due to:
1) Difficulty seeing infiltrates on CXR in ARDS
2) Colonization

We eval’ed factors associated with ➕ cx in ECMO

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On a personal note (paper #50!)

Research Advice for Early Career Transplant Infectious Disease Clinicians

Interested in #TID research but don’t know where to start? @txidfellows.bsky.social put together a nifty guide to get started: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @courtharrismd.bsky.social @chelseagorsline.bsky.social

Our latest episode collabs with @txidfellows.bsky.social to discuss donor call - are you prepared?! Listen to @rebeccakumar.bsky.social @courtharrismd.bsky.social @chelseagorsline.bsky.social share their approach as they answer a few pages.

Then check out: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37937964/

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Building a #TxID training program?
Recipe in "Transplant ID" by @courtharrismd.bsky.social @rebeccakumar.bsky.social
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Machine learning, antimicrobial stewardship, and solid organ transplantation: Is this the future? Background The use of machine learning (ML) in infectious diseases is expanding. Objectives This review aims to provide an overview of the literature on ML for clinical decision support in antimic...

I truly enjoy this paper illustrating the potential for personalized antimicrobial decision making in #Transplant patients. Any tool to help reduce the guesswork in #antimicrobial prescribing is appreciated. #TxIDChat

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

The big test that comes to mind is the Karius. In order for it to be ordered in the inpatient setting, both ID and Pathology needs to approve the test. We usually will recommend banking a specimen and only submit it if our infectious workup is unrevealing.

I think with regards to risk counseling we (TxID) have become less dogmatic and generally more open to counseling on harm reduction. #TxIDChat

Q3. Xenotransplantation: Is your institution exploring xenotransplantation as a viable alternative to human organ donation? What do you view as the major infectious barriers and/or risks surrounding xenotransplantation? #TxIDChat
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During the AST IDCOP Town Hall, the Education work group discussed putting out some ID Chalk Talks in partnership with the @idsainfo.bsky.social chalk talks! But the ID Chalk Talk repository is great for gen ID topics

I'm behind the times on adopting AI; I'm curious what others are using/doing! #TxIDChat #IDSky #MedSky

Hi #Medsky and #IDsky, come join @txidfellows.bsky.social ws.bsky.social @courtharrismd.bsky.social @chelseagorsline.bsky.social ky.social during our discussion on the future of #TxID

Hello!! I'm Rebecca, I'm TxID at @medstarhealth.bsky.social Georgetown!

Come hang with us at 7:30 pm EST TONIGHT!

Social Media Savvy, It's More Than Just the #Hashtags: How the Use of Social Media in Transplant Infectious Diseases Can Impact the Field and Patients

🔥Out now! Our latest from @txidfellows.bsky.social on the use of social media in #TxID. doi.org/10.1111/tid.... @courtharrismd.bsky.social @rebeccakumar.bsky.social @germhuntermd.bsky.social @paulsaxmd.bsky.social @transplantid.bsky.social

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🔥Join us for our first #TxIDChat on Bluesky coming Thursday Dec 19th at 7:30pm EST/6:30pm CST. You can follow along on our profile, searching #TxIDChat, or using TxID Feed created by @germhuntermd.bsky.social (Profile -> Feeds -> TxID -> top right select Pin to add to your home screen)! #IDSky

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Great grand rounds by @MichaelGIsonMD.bsky.social !!

<em>Bartonella quintana</em> Infection in Kidney Transplant Recipients from Donor Experiencing Homelessness, United States, 2022 <em>B. quintana</em> Infection from Kidney Donor

1/8 Our report of the first confirmed cases of transplant derived Bartonella quintana infection and the public health investigation surrounding them has been published!
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