Infectious Disease Physician | Mom of 3 |Passionate about antimicrobial stewardship, infection prevention and public health | opinions my own
Jessica Abrantes-Figueiredo, MD
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Sad to miss #IDWeek2025 but so excited to see my mentee and our work! Check out her poster (1013) @uconnid.bsky.social #IDBsky #IDsky
ID diagnosis to never miss! #IDSky Follow me as well @id_mama_doc on Insta for more ID learning fun.
Just me waiting on #IDweek2025 posts so I can pretend like I’m there too
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In keeping with spooky 💀🎃👻 season, these are some scary do not miss diagnoses! Did you catch them all? #IDBsky #IDsky @uconnid.bsky.social
UW pharmacist, Dr Whitney Hartlage, presenting on non-severe CAP, asking the very good question, “do we really need to add empirical atypical coverage routinely?”
Spoiler alert, the data suggests “No”
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🤩 Great talks in the APP bootcamp session at #IDweek2025
Back to basics sure, but contextualized by high quality presenters = 🙌
New from IDSA, thanks to Dr William Werbel, resp virus vax in immunocompromised population:
- vax 2 weeks before or 3-6 months after immunocompromise expected
- expect blunted response if given within that window
- defer during acute rejection, illness
- adjust for viral circulation
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Great points from #IDweek workshop on *outpatient* antimicrobial stewardship… #IDWeek
Key Points:
- find your data
- engage your C-Suite around performance measures/cost
- engage your health plans
- set reasonable goals given your resources
Jessica Abrantes-Figueiredo, MD
Jessica Abrantes-Figueiredo, MD
UConn Health Infectious Diseases Division and Fellowship
Due to the USG Shutdown, I wasn’t able to attend or present @idweek.bsky.social. I was supposed to give the talk on top viral studies that will impact your practice. Here are the papers I was going to highlight:
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Jessica Abrantes-Figueiredo, MD
UW Infectious Disease Fellowship Program
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