Fascinating Chagas screening study in 🇨🇦 blood donors who only test:
1️⃣ born in Latin America (LA)
2️⃣ travel to LA for >6 months
3️⃣ mother from LA
42k of 1.2M total donors tested
27 ➕of 42k tested
All ➕ met criteria 1️⃣, except one donor with only RF 3️⃣
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onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
New single center 🇺🇸 pediatric #ECMOID study that matches my personal experience.
Pts on ECMO are inflamed and the specificity of CRP, WBC, and Procalcitonin are low. 👎
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journals.lww.com/pccmjournal/...
A video to remember at the Texas ID Society Meeting in lecture by Eva Clarke
m.youtube.com/watch?v=79bV...
#IDSky #TIDS2026
Crazy facts in MMWR:
“one in 7 patients with Legionnaires disease report having stayed overnight in a hotel or vacation rental property; among those, approximately one half report having used a hot tub”
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www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
Congratulations to ID fellow 🌟 and Chagas guru @ogallardo.bsky.social for his award winning presentation at #TIDS2026
#IDSky #ProudMentor
Congratulations to these exceptional ID fellows on graduating fellowship!
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@ogallardo.bsky.social @sucroselauren.bsky.social @ryanliberg.bsky.social
New research article
Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of #Neisseria gonorrhoeae across anatomical sites within and between individuals in the Netherlands: a retrospective observational study
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
#IDSky #ClinMicro #AMR #STI #gonorrhoea #OpenAccess #OA
New Research
Effectiveness of oral care for the prevention of non-ventilator hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAPPEN): a multicentre, stepped-wedge, cluster-randomised trial in Australia
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Lyme borreliosis testing among facial palsy patients in Ohio remains low despite rising statewide incidence, 2022–2024. Provider awareness and seasonality matter. #idsky #medsky
Excited to share an article that I've long awaited to share seeking to answer: What is the right dose of cephalexin/cefadroxil for SSTIs?
We reviewed clinical studies & conducted PTA sims to elucidate this #IDSky @absteward.bsky.social
accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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The Lancet Microbe
The Lancet Infectious Diseases
Ken Koon Wong
Jonathan Ryder, MD
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Background and Objectives
Chagas disease (Trypanosoma cruzi), prevalent in Mexico, Central and South America, can be transfusion-transmitted. Selective serological testing of blood donors was implem.....
Optimal cephalexin and cefadroxil dosing for skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs) is unclear. We summarize clinical and pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) data that compare dosing strategies ...
This multicentre randomised controlled trial demonstrates that improving oral care
reduces NV-HAP incidence among hospitalised patients, compared with usual care. Our
findings provide novel and clinic...
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Facial palsy is one of many manifestations of Lyme borreliosis. Data from our 3- year retrospective descriptive cohort quality improvement study sugge…
