Family reunion 🥰

Can you spot our 3 new members ? 🐥🐥🐥

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Risk factors associated with bloodstream infections caused by Acinetobacter baumannii in hospital settings: A systematic review and meta-analysis Acinetobacter baumannii is a Gram-negative, nosocomial, and opportunistic pathogen posing a significant public health concern in hospital environments, particularly in intensive care units (ICUs). Alt...

Risk factors associated with bloodstream infections caused by Acinetobacter baumannii in hospital settings: A systematic review and meta-analysis - CMI Communications www.cmi-comms.com/article/S295...

Here I share the latest amazing work of our Colleagues from Gemelli Hospital!

Pandemic fears grow as hospitals 'overflow' with evolving infection Doctors in New York are being urged to test hospitalized patients for bird flu amid growing concerns over human-to-human spread.

BREAKING: Flu-like Illness at epidemic levels in USA.
24 million cases, 310,000 hospitalizations & 13,000 deaths have occured so far. Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee & Texas hit the hardest. #signalboost #influenza #h5n1 #flu

Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring Researchers facing “a lot of uncertainty, fear, and panic”

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Something scientific community should be aware of:

Is there anything better? Potentially ... with GA2. Our latest video in our partnership with @Dr. Glaucomflecken explores recent research into the safety and efficacy of immunization with a late-liver... TikTok video by NEJM

Ooh, story time!

Watch the latest video in our partnership with @glaucomflecken.bsky.social, which explains a trial investigating the safety and efficacy of immunization with a late-liver-stage attenuated malaria parasite: www.tiktok.com/@nejm.org/vi...

#Medsky #IDsky

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Dengue This JAMA Insights explores several aspects of dengue virus infection, including epidemiology, diagnosis, and clinical management, following a global resurgence in both endemic and nonendemic regions.

Dengue has resurged globally with larger outbreaks in endemic areas and new cases in nonendemic regions, facilitated by range expansion of vector mosquito populations and climate change, population growth, and urbanization
#idsky #medsky
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Resistance Optimised Antibiotic Dosing (The ROAD Study): Is dosing of meropenem and piperacillin-tazobactam optimised to prevent the emergence of antibiotic resistance safe and feasible in the ICU? A ... Pre-clinical data suggest that resistance to beta-lactam antibiotics can be suppressed with higher than conventional antibiotic exposures. The objecti…

🆕🔥ROAD Study🔥🆕
Resistance Optimised Antibiotic Dosing
A pilot study by Prof.Jason Roberts #cmicomm
Is dosing of meropenem and piperacillin-tazobactam optimised to prevent the emergence of antibiotic resistance safe and feasible in the ICU? #idsky #medsky
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Antibiotic Treatment for 7 versus 14 Days in Patients with Bloodstream Infections | NEJM Bloodstream infections are associated with substantial morbidity and mortality. Early, appropriate antibiotic therapy is important, but the duration of treatment is uncertain. In a multicenter, non...

🔥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 #idsky
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On Monday we are releasing a new #Communicable podcast episode - the 2nd round of the Nightmare Series. @angelahuttner.bsky.social & Thomas sit down w/ David Patterson & Souha Kanj to discuss clinical challenges of dealing w/ #carbapenemase producers. Swipe for preview!

#IDSky #MedSky #AMR

www.clinicalmicrobiologyandinfection.com/article/S119...

Excellent and brilliant article from the Canadian colleagues, that helps bring some more light on the MERINO aftermath

Reference Collection to push back against "Common Statistical Myths" Note: This topic is a wiki, meaning that this main body of the topic can be edited by others. Use the Reply button only to post questions or comments about material contained in the body, or to sugge...

In clinical research, you will often receive feedback on study design, stats, and/or data analysis from an editor or reviewer that is simply wrong. Here is a list of common "statistical myths" and references you can use to push back.

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Oral antibiotics for S. aureus bacteremia including endocarditis: sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander Todd C Lee, MD MPH FIDSA, Brad Spellberg, MD, Emily G McDonald, MD MSc; Oral antibiotics for S. aureus bacteremia including endocarditis: sauce for the goo

"If bacteria were sentient,they likely would not care which route antibiotics took on their way to eradicating them. Rather, they would care about how much antibiotic made it to their place of residence & whether it metabolically poisoned them" #idsky 🔥
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