What did you conclude?

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Also can help pending time zones (or can add to the discussion later in the piece).

I don't really have fomo being off X despite probably missing out on things. Appreciate those trying to persist on both and trying to bring us together. I do wish there was a little bit of an algorithm here but X wasn't a happy place to learn.

Also trying LinkedIn but tbh just too wordy.

Australia just changed to nitro from triprim as first line. Makes for an interesting read.

How do you convey this nuance?

Maybe just a subset? I'm possibly biased by knowing a couple of people who find this particularly debilitating.

Yes this is deeply concerning to me given how common drtb and comorbid depression are. Needs care - as much for serious rare scenarios such as pancreatitis and optic neuropathy. It's not an easy drug but neither is vanc.

Done. Thanks

On my door...

Never done it myself. We also have a protocol somewhere.

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*I'd buy*

Btw, your Thursday reflection deserves its own mug (which is but). Otherwise I'm just going to print it out and laminate it.

Loving a good smashing pumpkins reference ( I had to explain 90s EDM to my trainer today which was also deeply depressing in its own way noting she hadn't yet been born).

#microsky #idsky #medsky

When they say “what’s the harm in one more day of antibiotics?”

Agreed

Xennial here. We're just having a festival of staph over here. Luckily they're all helping the SNAP trial answer a few outstanding questions on how to manage.

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New research article

#Bedaquiline resistance in patients with Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra-tested #rifampicin resistant #tuberculosis in the Western Cape, South Africa: a prospective study

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I'll have a think.

- beware the septic patient with an initial normal wcc.

Also love this list and the approach.
- find out why the micro was taken. You'll spend as much time explaining what isn't important as what is
- a fever with low platelets, normal wcc and mild raised transaminases is doxycycline deficient until proven otherwise

Getting decent micro.

A cute drawing of an iguana and some zoonoses associated with them

Everything is a zoonosis! Drawing/listing challenge.
#29 - Iguana

Requested by @catherineberry.bsky.social and inspired by @iuidfellowship.bsky.social

Found an interesting report of Burkholderia pseudommallei abscess in a pet iguana, could that have zoonotic potential?

#IDSky #VetSky

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A rare case of rabies-like Australian bat lyssavirus infection The death on July 3 of an Australian man with untreatable lyssavirus has highlighted the challenge posed by zoonotic viruses endemic to the country. Samaan Lateef reports.

We have our own fun version of rabies in Australia (ABLV). Also post exposure prophylaxis did not work here...

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