Impact of VRE-active perioperative prophylaxis in liver transplant patients colonized by Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci Active prophylaxis targeting vancomycin-resistant Enterococci (VRE) did not reduce early VRE infections after liver transplantation (LT) in VRE-colonized p

Impact of VRE-active perioperative prophylaxis in liver transplant patients colonized by Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci

VRE infections often complicate liver transplants. Does screening & 🎯 peri-op ppx help?

This multicenter, retrospect. study suggests no

academic.oup.com/cid/advance-... #TxID

9 countries said goodbye to a devastating disease in 2024 Nine countries eliminated a disease in 2024. Here's how Pakistan pulled it off — fulfilling a young boy's dream of eliminating blindness caused by bacterial infections.

WHO-certified Neglected Tropical Diseases Eliminated in 2024

🇨🇻 🇪🇬-Malaria
🇧🇷 🇹🇱 - Lymphatic filariasis
🇯🇴-Leprosy
🇹🇩-African Trypanosomiasis
🇵🇰 🇮🇳 🇻🇳- Trachoma

www.npr.org/sections/goa...

#IDSky

If you start reading Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett’s Principles and Practice of Infectious Disease nonstop at 11:07 pm, 12/31, you will finish it sometime in August

Also helpful: if Biomerieux’s BIOFIRE Filmarray is Flu A pos, but negative for H1N1 and H3N2 ➡️ repeat as per manufacturer’s recommendation. If same result:
➡️ possible H5N1, send to reference lab
#IDSky #ClinMicro

Trichophyton?

Our ID program has openings for the upcoming academic year! The UK ID program offers extensive clinical exposure and dedicated mentorship in all things ID! #idbluesky #idfellowship #match2024

First post on Bluesky, let’s share some websites offering many free illustrations for scientific figures 🖼️ 🧪 🌍 :

scidraw.io

bioart.niaid.nih.gov

www.phylopic.org

More well known but very nice though: www.freepik.com

Donor-derived Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma infections in lung transplant recipients: A prospective study of donor and recipient respiratory tract screening and recipient outcomes Mycoplasma hominis and Ureaplasma species are urogenital mollicutes that can cause serious donor-derived infections in lung transplant recipients. Best practices for mollicute screening remain unknown...

This is a nice and informative prospective study of donor-derived Mycoplasma and Ureaplasmain lung transplant recipients from our Duke Colleagues. Nicely done Patrick Tam! #TxID #IDSky www.amjtransplant.org/article/S160...

Is your hospital's discharge pharmacy able to do a 30-day fill to get the patient to their first outpatient visit?

If you have a large Ryan White population, linking to the state ADAP (or having your university pharmacy also be the state ADAP in our case!) can be very helpful