"Had CRP allowed a shortening of duration of therapy compared to standard then I would be the first person to climb the mountain top and shout to the world to order the test" @bradspellberg.bsky.social #idquotes #idsky #medsky #EMIMCC #CRAP #Zombietest
"Drug fever, the most ironic of which are antibiotic drug fevers, which cause the unfortunate tautology of the team insisting on continuing the antibiotic to treat the fever caused by the antibiotic"
@bradspellberg.bsky.social
#IDquotes #idsky #medsky #EMIMCC
“Let the carbapenems flow & the steno shall grow.” #IDquotes
@williamwerbel.bsky.social #idsky #medsky #AMSsky #oncosky
"Change is scary, and medicine is a conservative profession. The core ethos of our profession is based on an oath that is 3 millennia old"
"We must overcome inertia and tradition & change practice when compelling evidence becomes available" @bradspellberg.bsky.social
#IDquotes #idsky #medsky
"Perhaps it is ego or insecurity that prevents the words, “We don’t know, it’s a bit complicated,” from leaving doctors’ lips and landing in the ears of medical students or the wider public."
Liyang Pan #IDQuotes #idsky #medsky
blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2019/10/...
"If you’re going to give antibiotics to patients who don’t need them, at least do the courtesy of giving them for a brief period of time." #IDQuotes @bradspellberg.bsky.social
#idsky #medsky #AMSsky #utisky
Antibiotic Myths for the Infectious Diseases Clinician
🌟"Today’s teaching point may end up as tomorrow’s myth." 🌟
Dr.Erin McCreary article 👇
#idquotes #idsky #medsky #AMSsky
academic.oup.com/cid/article/...
"There is no end to our struggle with bacteria;we will never "win a war" against them,and no "gorilla-cillin" will ever come along to save us from emergence of antibiotic resistance. Resistance is inevitable."
Dr.Spellberg Oct 2016
🌟Best #idquotes #idsky #medsky #microsky
“Antibiotics for surgery are like condoms for sex: only good just before and during the act.” -Andrew Morris, M.D. ID specialist
#idsky #medsky #surgerysky #IDquotes
