EIS (@escmid.bsky.social)/ AMC Epi Alert (Sept 2, 2025)
- Cholera (Nepal & Chad)
- Chikungunya (Americas, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh Europe local transmission)
- Dengue (Europe, Florida)
- WNV (Italy > 400)
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www.escmid.org/fileadmin/es...
#ESCMID Emerging Infections Subcommittee & Amsterdam Medical Center
#EpiAlert
- Measles (Americas, Global)
- Chikungunya (Global)
- Oropuche (Americas)
- Listeria (Europe)
- Cholera (Sudan)
www.escmid.org/science-rese...
I found another fun Veo 3 prompt: "Realistic footage of the moon landing, but it took place in [year]"
Here is 1883 AD, 1255 AD, 44 AD, 2300 BC, 30,000 BC, and 65 million years ago
Yes, there was apparently wind on the moon back then, you are just going to have suspend disbelief a bit.
Swiss study finds a threefold increase in macrolide use among children during global Mycoplasma pneumoniae outbreak in late 2023:
doi.org/10.1093/jaca...
#IDSky #JACAMRNews
Sandoz has expanded its voluntary recall for vials incorrectly labelled as "Penicillin G Potassium for Injection" that may contain "Cefazolin for Injection"
www.fda.gov/safety/recal...
"But because only 3% of Gavi’s budget goes to administrative costs, a relatively low figure compared with other charities, that leaves little to cut before important programmes are under threat."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Cambodian boy in ICU with H5N1 avian flu infection
The case marks the eighth since early June and is part of a steady rise since late 2023.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...
La viremia VIH no suprimible es un desafío clínico. Excelente revisión de los infectólogos de La Paz en Lancet.
Los inhibidores de los puntos de control inmunitario revierten la latencia del VIH y potencian la respuesta citotóxica frente a este virus. Esta acción dual hace de estos fármacos una atractiva estrategia en la investigación de la curación de las personas con VIH.
I think a lot of non-US based researchers have little interest in traveling to the US (can’t blame them). Wish getting to ESCMID on VA funds wasn’t so hard
A relevant update from the SNAP trial on adjunctive clindamycin, and some thoughtful insights in the thread below!
@steventong.bsky.social
@gurujosh.bsky.social
@seanong.bsky.social @drtoddlee.bsky.social
#AMSsky #IDsky
"The four major tetM-carrying lineages circulating since 2020 together account for 83% of tetM-carrying isolates".
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"Of the four major lineages, two carry variants in penA (encoding penicillin-binding protein 2 [PBP2], the main target of ceftriaxone) that increase ceftriaxone resistance"
"These results suggest that widespread use of doxycycline for the treatment and prevention of sexually transmitted infections may be contributing to reshaping of the gonococcal population in the United States" www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
The SNAP trial may finally resolve some of the longest-running debates in SAB management (cefazolin vs semi-synthetic PCN? Is PCN really active vs PSSA?).
Huge congrats to Drs. Joshua Davis, Steven Tong, & the global team who made this ambitious trial happen. #IDSky blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-obser...
".... many scientists and administrators now seem to think that the best response to the war on DEI is to keep their heads low and wait out four hard years."
On a scale of from 0 to 10, how likely do you think that there will be fair elections in 28?
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
When folks tell me I should prototype in a type safe language:
Unions on alert as Labour prepares to unveil ‘Trumpian’ plan for civil service
Jobless, isolated, fed misogynistic porn… where is the love for Britain’s lost boys?
Go outside, ditch the phone, get humble: my top 10 Scandi life lessons after a decade in Denmark
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
The gift of the gab: did an iron age brain drain bring Celtic to Ireland?
‘We joke about who’s getting their knees done’: the rock veterans still touring into their late 70s
NHS faces £5.7bn bill for patching up hospitals before demolishing them
