Dan Ilges

Very proud of our recent PGY1 pharmacy resident Kaylee Whitenack for getting this through to publication! Much more to sort out, but albumin appears important for outcomes in MSSA bacteremia.

A study led by Dr. @InfectiousDan Ilges, at Mayo Clinic Arizona found that excluding #Cdifficile from gastrointestinal pathogen panels reduced unnecessary treatments, improved diagnostic accuracy, and caused no delays in diagnosis. Read more: contagionlive.com/view/excluding…

🆕️⚡️⚡️Quasi-experimental, pre/post, retrospective cohort Positive impact of a diagnostic stewardship intervention Following gastrointestinal pathogen panel C. difficile target removal, GIPP orders 🔽 from 3.23 to 2.7 per 1,000 patient visits (P < .001) cambridge.org/core/journals/…

HIV viral load dropped 3.5 logs after 11 doses of Biktarvy per given per tube for patient on CRRT and ECMO. I told the team we’re crushing it. #twitterx

Evaluation of multisite programmatic bundle to reduce unnecessary antibiotic prescribing for respiratory infections: A retrospective cohort study ✅ Just Accepted 🔓 Open Access 🔗 bit.ly/46ulrhX via @InfectiousDan @Stevens_AK @AbinashVirkMD @pascalisID

Providers discovering twice daily dosing of cephalexin for simple cystitis. Nicely done @LisaIDpharmD!

🆕️🔥Retrospective, multicenter, cohort study Twice daily cephalexin is as effective as four times daily dosing for  for the treatment of uncomplicated UTI with a cefazolin-susceptible urine culture #IDXposts academic.oup.com/ofid/article/d…

@SIDPharm @WakeJohnWill @ASaccoPharmD

Ready to join the debate on #ceftriaxone dosing in the ICU? Olivia Randazza and @WakeJohnWill dissect this recent ceftriaxone PK study for the latest @SIDPharm Journal Club series (sidp.org/BCIDP), worth 1.5h of ACPE/BCIDP Credit! #IDTwitter #TwitteRx

#Breaking the #FDA approved #letermovir (Prevymis) for Preventing #CMV in Adult Kidney Transplant Patients #Merck #IDtwitter #Medtwitter #kidneytwitter contagionlive.com/view/fda-appro…

🆕️⚡️🔥Retrospective cohort study suggests that short (≤10 days) antimicrobial courses had comparable 90-day outcomes as intermediate and prolonged regimens for GN-BSI among immunocompromised patients with neutropenia #IDTwitter @IDdocAdi @BradSpellberg onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ti…

With the latest CLSI breakpoints, tobramycin is the only reliable aminoglycoside for Pseudomonas if you ever need one (Susceptible: MIC ≤1) Amikacin: can still be used for UTI (Susceptible: MIC ≤ 16) Gentamicin: RIP ☠️

From @seausman, @MsSmallsO et al Analysis of antimicrobial stewardship intervention acceptance rate at a multisite heath system showed female & male clinicians were equally effective at prospective audit and feedback 📄: doi.org/10.1017/ice.20…

Nitrofurantoin meme

Attention #IDtwitter - there’s still time to apply to our ID Rph clin specialist opening! Come work with our wonderful @MayoAZINFDIS team. Provide world-class care in beautiful AZ. - cocci - transplant - stewardship - research - teaching - and more! …wp-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candidat…

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@Stevens_AK @IDdocAdi @MayoClinicINFD @MayoClinic @SandhyaNagarak1

Providers asking for another day of pip/tazo be like #IDtwitter