Hot off the press! Our experience in providing HCV meds in-hand to postpartum women at discharge from hospital admissions for labor and delivery.

Meds to beds = higher HCV treatment completion than a traditional linkage to outpatient care-based approach.

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@madelinemc5.bsky.social and I are excited to share that our HCV rapid start program at WashU ID has delivered over 200 courses of HCV meds to the bedside for inpatients at BJH! This allows people to start HCV rx at discharge, just like they would for any other new med prescribed on discharge.

Emergence of infective endocarditis due to Serratia spp.: Results of a multicenter cohort Infective endocarditis due to Serratia spp. (S-IE) has historically been considered a rare entity. Typically linked to injection drug use (IDU), S-IE appears to be a growing problem as the harms of unsafe drug use proliferate. However, guidance on therapy for gram-negative IE remains limited.

Emergence of infective endocarditis due to Serratia spp.: Results of a multicenter cohort

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Emergence of infective endocarditis due to Serratia spp.: Results of a multicenter cohort Serratia spp. infective endocarditis (S-IE) is described as a rare entity associated with injection drug use (IDU). However, in a cohort of 4 US health sys

Serratia IE - an emerging infection among PWID in midst of rising IDU in US.
- high mortality
- unclear mgmt
- biofilms?!
- more research/registry needed!

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