Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., attends a news conference in the U.S. Capitol. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
AOC: “This is a threat of genocide & merits removal from office. The President’s mental faculties are collapsing & cannot be trusted.
To every individual in the President’s chain of command: You have a duty to refuse illegal orders. That includes carrying out this threat”
Chagas’ disease! A review from CID.
This zoonotic disease persists through a complex interplay of socioeconomic disparities, cultural practices, and historical inequities that disproportionately affect impoverished rural communities throughout Latin America
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Thank you so much @josephmarcusid.medsky.social for the kid words
The most comprehensive Chagas’ disease review I have read in @cidjournal.bsky.social
Congratulations and thank you to @andhen25.bsky.social and team on such a useful paper!
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NEJM: Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis after Measles Infection
bit.ly/4rFkQ8w @nejm.org
Get vaccinated.
Mia Valentina Paz Faria A 7-year-old from Venezuela who was living in Austin, Texas Detained for 70 days “I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”
UPDATE: Staff at the ICE concentration camp in Dilley, Texas have begun raiding the dormitories of kids and their parents to confiscate and destroy letters from the children. This is in response to the ace reporting by @micarosenberg et al for ProPublica:
“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
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Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis can complicate pulmonary echinococcosis via residual lung cavities. In this review (41 studies, 72 CPA cases), diagnosis relied on radiology/histology, combined surgical–medical therapy led to uniformly favorable outcomes
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Febrile neutropenia still drives heavy carbapenem use due to MDR Gram-negatives. In a cohort of 553 FN episodes, an ML risk model + prior colonisation data could cut meropenem use by ~30% and IEAT from 23% to 9%, supporting personalised EAT.
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🦠 Rare but severe: necrotizing gingival & sinus infection due to Trichoderma longibrachiatum in an allo-HSCT recipient. Cure achieved with aggressive surgery 🔪 + combination antifungals 💊, including consolidation with rezafungin.
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In this systematic review (29 studies), mNGS outperformed culture for spinal infections with broader pathogen detection,higher sensitivity,faster turnaround⏱️ Challenges remain: cost & distinguishing colonization from infection.
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Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis remains a lethal threat in immunocompromised and post-COVID patients 🦠 Advances in PCR, lateral flow assays, and immuno-PET/MRI are reshaping diagnosis, but rising azole resistance demands susceptibility testing
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Peptide-based vaccines are redefining precision immunology, offering safety, specificity,scalable manufacturing. This review explores how bioinformatics-driven epitope design, nanoparticles,& next-gen adjuvants are fighting viral threats 🚀🦠
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Ticks strike twice 🐜🐜 Fatal Babesia microti/Borrelia burgdorferi coinfection presenting as acute liver failure and shock. Read full case @
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Excited to announce our new Seminar on Leprosy just published online in @TheLancet! 🌍
This multicontinental collaboration provides an update on key public health & clinical aspects of leprosy
@thelancet.com @cudeptofmedicine.bsky.social @cudivofid.bsky.social
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@idweek.bsky.social abstracts have just been posted online on @ofidjournal.bsky.social
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⚠️ Rising MDR in cUTIs demands new options. Plazomicin shows strong in-vitro activity, synergy with key agents, and favorable outcomes in trials—yet real-world evidence from LMICs is urgently needed 📉📊.
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Imidazolopiperazines (KAF156/ganaplacide) show potent activity across blood, liver, and gametocyte stages of Plasmodium 🦟💊—a promising path forward as antimalarial resistance rises.
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📊 New study from Teso, Uganda: Among 1009 TB patients, overall treatment success was 91.9%. Females had higher success, while age >49 and HIV infection lowered success. Early screening, preventive therapy, and peer support are key to improving outcomes.
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Our Faculty recently took part in a pilot Spanish case conference in collaboration with UCLA and the University of the Amazonia (Peru), focused on tropical medicine—with English translation included. A great opportunity to learn and practice Spanish!
Thanks to @andhen25.bsky.social. 🌟
🧬 Unusual infection: M. luteus, normally a skin commensal, triggered prosthetic valve endocarditis in an immunocompetent woman. 8 weeks of IV vancomycin led to full recovery.
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Travel medicine clinic does not have many travelers to Switzerland 🇨🇭
-70yo 🇺🇸 traveler to 🇨🇭 died from Tick-Borne Encephalitis after 🥾 in Alps
-12th case in 🇺🇸 traveler since 2000
-TBE vaccine 💉 recommended for travelers to Europe/Asia with⬆️ tick exposures
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📊 HIV from injection drug use is climbing (2016–2022).
PrEP uptake in PWID remains critically low.
Call to action: integrate ID + addiction care, expand low-barrier services, implement LA-PrEP, and fight stigma through policy + education.
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ED study in Japan: Relaxation of COVID-19 IPC practices led to a surge in virus-related exacerbations of COPD (7.7%→52.5%) & asthma (39.7%→66.7%). Reinforcing viral prevention is key in chronic airway disease care.
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Dolutegravir/lamivudine improved quality of life, treatment acceptability, and symptom burden in PLWH over 6 months (French multicenter study, n=260). Gains appeared by month 1 and persisted. Monitoring discontinuations—especially among women—remains key.
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A systematic review (2003–2023) shows live attenuated (LAIV) and inactivated (IIV) influenza vaccines protect children/adolescents equally well (~50% VE). Post-2017 LAIV strain updates restored H1N1 protection and improved efficacy vs influenza B.
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P. aeruginosa is the archetype of adaptive resistance—porins close, pumps activate, enzymes evolve. New β-lactam/β-lactamase inhibitor combos and cefiderocol offer treatment options.
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Novel entomo-virological tools, such as honey-baited traps preserving mosquito-expectorated RNA, are reshaping arbovirus monitoring. Integrating these with genomic surveillance can bridge field ecology and molecular epidemiology. 🔬🦟journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2049936...
Recurrent UTIs remain a major burden, and new guidance is steering care toward non-antibiotic prevention—behavioural measures, topical oestrogen, methenamine hippurate, and intravesical HA/CS 💡💊💧
Read this review for more 📘✨
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AI-driven models are showing clear promise in improving HIV/TB detection and management in Nigeria, where immunosuppression drives disproportionate TB risk. Strengthening technical capacity will be essential for translating this potential into practice.
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