Félix-Antoine Garneau-Picard

Delighted to have been involved in this comprehensive, up to date review of the management of Cryptococcal meningitis just published in @PracticalNeurol pn.bmj.com/content/early/…

【Mayo Clinic CME Orthopedic Infectious Diseases 2025】 👉Comprehensive #OrthoID learning course is coming soon! 👉Great learning opportunity for #IDFellow #IMResident #OrthoResident! ce.mayo.edu/orthopedic-sur… #IDMedEd #IDFellow #OrthoID @MayoClinicINFD @MSISorg @EBJIS_ @MDTande @omarabusaleh15 @AbinashVirkMD @RazonableMD @ElenaBeamMD @HussamTabaja @MayoOrthoRes

🆕🔥Just published 🔥🆕 Updates on the Treatment of Drug-Susceptible and Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis(TB) An Official @atscommunity @CDCgov @IDSAInfo @EuroRespSoc Clinical Practice Guideline Thanks @Inox94 #idxposts atsjournals.org/doi/full/10.11…

Procalcitonin is far from being a perfect biomarker. But when used appropriately, it can be an effective anti-anxiolytic (i.e. ⬇️ unnecessary antibiotic use) This meta-analysis shows its role in cancer patients with suspected resp infections and sepsis doi.org/10.1186/s12885…

IDSA favored combo Rx empirically IDSA guidance recommend Levo/ TMP/SMX In this study: TMP/SMX combined with levofloxacin (P =0.684) was not associated with favorable prognosis What's your practice? Combo Vs mono? Empirically Are you using minocycline? @BradSpellberg @DrToddLee

Excellent review 🔥 @baym et Al From Petri Dishes to Patients to Populations: Scales and Evolutionary Mechanisms Driving Antibiotic Resistance #idxposts #mustread annualreviews.org/content/journa…

We hope her story will give you pause! Our patients deserve better! Strong words from ID specialists 🆕️⚡️⚡️Perspective @JAMAInternalMed @BradSpellberg @rachelpbaden When oral can replace IV antibiotics, changing practice as new data emmerge #IDTwitter jamanetwork.com/journals/jamai…

🔥BALANCE RCT🔥 74 hospitals in 7 countries 3,608 patients A 7-day course of antibiotics for hospitalized patients with bloodstream infections was non inferior to 14d within a 4% prespecified margin for mortality at 90 days @BradSpellberg @DrToddLee nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

🆕️🔥Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials #infection 9 RCTs, N:1439 Prophylactic vs preemptive strategy for the prevention of CMV disease in solid organ transplant recipients #idxposts link.springer.com/article/10.100…

We prescribe way too much empiric extended spectrum antibiotics for pneumonia This CPOE is pretty simple - don't Rx unless patient has a history of MRSA or pseudomonas Or if your hospitals rate of MRSA >2.5% or pseudomonas >2% of all pneumonias

🆕️🔥Systematic review and meta-analysis 15 comparably higher-quality studies involving more than a million participants. Effect of preconception antibiotics exposure on female reproductive health and pregnancy outcomes #idxposts thelancet.com/journals/eclin…

Implementing oral antibiotics for bone and joint infections: Lessons learned and opportunities for improvement ✅ Just Accepted 🔗 bit.ly/3Z26Usf

🆕️🔥 @CMIJournal @DrToddLee @DrEmilyMcD @AlexLawandi Establishing pip tazo susceptibility in ceftriaxone non-susceptible Enterobacterales: comparing disk diffusion,Etest, & VITEK 2 automated MIC measurements vs. broth microdilution #idxposts @padstamundo clinicalmicrobiologyandinfection.com/article/S1198-…

📣🛡️💊 Quick 5 things to celebrate the week! 👉 idstewardship.com/5-ways-celebra… #USAAW #USAAW2024 #WAAW #WAAW2024

Publication Alert Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus endocarditis is common particularly among elderly patients with comorbidities and multiple risk factors. Clinicians should not overlook CoNS bloodstream infections, as they could be markers for IE. doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc…

🆕️🔥Article @TheTxIDjournal @GorslineChelsea Not Just an Oxymoron: The Utilitarian's Guide to Antimicrobial Stewardship in Transplant Infectious Diseases Table ✨️2: TID ASP opportunities & initiatives #idxposts #shorterisbetter @BradSpellberg onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

🆕️🔥Systematic review 4 retrospective studies N:752 The use of pip/tazo for open fractures does not differ from 1st G cephalosporins +/-aminoglycoside in regard to SSI, AKI,return to OR, 1-year mortality, non-union,and development of resistant pathogens sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

2024 saw the outbreak of a strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza with intermittent transmission to human. Excellent 🆕️✨️Review Avian Influenza: An Overview and Clinical Status #idxposts #H5N1 #HPAI link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infective Endocarditis: A Systematic Review of Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes ✅ Just Accepted 🔗 bit.ly/3ZkoXv8

Endocarditis therapy has long been based on opinions of eminent experts rather than high-quality evidence Wow @BradSpellberg Our editorial 🔥PUBLISHED 🔥 with the b🌟st @DrToddLee @DrEmilyMcD Endocarditis Therapy: The Move From Expert Opinion to Evidence sciencedirect.com/science/articl…