Engagement alone doesn’t necessarily mean a platform is better. Many people left X for specific reasons—particularly concerns about misinformation and the direction of the platform under its current ownership. I’m still hoping a stronger alternative emerges.

Clinical presentation, risk factors and outcome of non-tuberculous mycobacteria infection in hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation: a multinational case-control study AbstractBackground. The clinical and microbiological features of infection due to non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) after hematopoietic stem-cell transpla

Clinical presentation, risk factors and outcome of non-tuberculous mycobacteria infection in hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation: a multinational case-control study url: academic.oup.com/ofid/article...

Diabetes mellitus is a risk factor for developing CMV retinitis in solid organ transplant recipients: A case-control study

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Transplant ID: It is correct that suspected rabies should be considered a rule-out. In fact, not just rabies, but any donor presenting with encephalitis or encephalopathy of unknown etiology. In BC, Canada, these cases are generally reviewed by our team prior to donation.

Building a healthier future: Announcing the 2025 Scholar and Health Professional-Investigator awardees 26 outstanding scientists and health professionals will receive Michael Smith Health Research BC Scholar and Health Professional-Investigator (HP-I) salary awards, providing the support they need to expand their impact. BC researchers are at the forefront of tackling our province’s most pressing health challenges, advancing knowledge across biomedical, clinical, health system, and population health research. This...

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Without having read it yet, this is screaming Strongy.

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Bird Flu and Transplant Patients: Emerging Risks and Clinical Insights Podcast Episode · AJT Highlights · 05/28/2025 · 32m

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Please join us this Friday at 3 PM EST for an update on the updated CMV in solid organ transplant guidelines and great discussion on the nuances. Submit questions to us during the live stream.

117: They Paged Me What? A TID Guide to Donor Call Febrile · Episode

Out today: bite sized episode of Febrile on how to approach TID donor calls with my @txidfellows.bsky.social crew @courtharrismd.bsky.social & @rebeccakumar.bsky.social. Thanks to @sarawinndong.bsky.social for inviting us on!
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This is your kid.

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Reports of Encephalopathy Among Children ... This report describes cases of influenza-associated encephalopathy or encephalitis among children during 2010-11 through 2024-25 flu seasons.

1/ In Jan 2025, CDC received reports of children w severe influenza-associated encephalopathy (IAE), including cases of acute necrotizing encephalopathy (ANE), a rare but life-threatening complication. Several cases were fatal. The CDC investigated trends in IAE deaths.🧵
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Shorter vs. standard-duration antibiotic therapy for nocardiosis: a multi-center retrospective cohort study - Infection Purpose The prolonged treatment recommended for nocardiosis does not rely on strong evidence. Consequently, some clinicians opt shorter therapy in certain circumstances. We assessed the effectiveness ...

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Short-term vs long term abx treatment for nocardia infections

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🔥 Big news for TB preventive therapy !

Thanks to 🇨🇦 (😉 🇺🇸), McGill university and Dr Dick Menzies

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Toxoplasmosis in organ transplant recipients: Evaluation, implication, and prevention Toxoplasmosis in organ transplant patients can be a result of donor-transmitted infection, or reactivation of latent infection, or de novo infection. Solid organ transplants including heart, liver, ki...

Yes, unfortunately. This paper quotes a risk of transmission in D+/R- livers of 20% which seems too high (versus <1% in kidneys) but need to prove check the actual reference.

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

Toxoplasmosis in non-cardiac solid organ transplant recipients: A case series and review of literature - PubMed The risk of toxoplasmosis in high-risk cardiac transplant recipients is well recognized prompting universal donor and candidate screening with administration of targeted post-transplant chemoprophylax...

To my knowledge limited data such as:
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31769583/
academic.oup.com/cid/article-...
Seems relatively uncommon but potentially associated with high morbidity/mortality.
Since these patients need PJP prophylaxis in the 1st year with TMPSMX being preferred, why not proph them?

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This is so cool😎
This group came up with a TB risk assessment prediction tool using age, sex, refugee status, yr of entry, TB incidence in country of origin, TB exposure, & medical covariates: HIV, kidney dz, DM, SOT, cancer.
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I ❤️this calculator!
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Bird flu in Canada may have mutated to become more transmissible to humans Scientists are racing to understand what a hospitalized teen’s case of bird flu may mean for future outbreaks

I spoke to @mscribe.bsky.social @theguardian.com about the H5N1 case in BC.

More and more human cases are occurring, along with mutations that indicate further human adaptation.

We need to treat these cases like a warning, because that is what they are.

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Hi Maricar, is this still open? The website says the application deadline has passed for volunteer sign up (Oct 31st).

Paratek Pharmaceuticals Announces Positive Top-Line Data from Phase 2b Study of Oral Omadacycline (OMC) in Nontuberculous Mycobacterial (NTM) Abscessus Pulmonary Disease Paratek Pharmaceuticals Announces Positive Top-Line Data from Phase 2b Study of Oral Omadacycline in NTM Abscessus Pulmonary Disease...

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Phase 2b Study of Oral Omadacycline M. abscessus Pulmonary Disease

➡️ 1st placebo RCT M.abscessus

➡️ Sx-based endpoints = 👍

➡️ Microbiologic endpoints = higher conversion (-) culture, no R

➡️ 12w, omadacycline safe & well-tolerated

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