
Tilmann Schober
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Tilmann Schober
@TilmannSchober
Pediatrician & Infectious diseases specialist, Husband & Father, Hiker & Cyclist, Reader & Gardener


@DiorIzzy @BradSpellberg @DrToddLee Well They will always find an excuse You know the exclusion criteria Eg: atients with severe immunosuppression, foci requiring prolonged treatment, single cultures with possible contaminants, or cultures yielding Staphylococcus aureus #idxposts



Speaking of S. aureus! @snap_trial passed 3500! Writing papers: cefazolin (MSSA) and penicillin (PSSA) vs (flu)clox Recruiting: Adj clinda vs not (all) Adj cefazolin vs not (MRSA) Oral switch vs IV (all) cefazolin +/- Erta/Placebo (MSSA) Dapto vs Vanco (MRSA, starts tomorrow!)




We are happy to release the first results of a RCT of a US program that provided $1,000/month unconditionally for 3 years to 1,000 individuals in the treatment group, with a group of 2,000 people receiving $50/month serving as the control. These are sizable transfers. 1/ 🧵


New monoclonal antibody clesrovimab for RSV looks to be effective in preventing hospitalisation Good news for infants and for paediatricians! Looking forward to the full publication merck.com/news/mercks-cl…


The much anticipated BALANCE RCT showed that 7-day antibiotics (vs 14-day) results in similar 90-day mortality in hospitalized patients with BSI ⭐3,608 patients from 7 countries ⭐>50% from ICU ⭐Both G+ and G- organisms, except S.aureus ⭐NI margin = 4% Bravo 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻


DANFLU-2 update 🚨 We have today, after 3 weeks of recruitment for this flu season, randomized >116000 Danish citizens. We are getting very close to the total number of 340000 randomized over 3 seasons of recruitment. Very proud of my @CTCPR_ team! 👏🙌👍 @SSI_dk @BiomedUCPH








preventative Arctic sun in ICU pts with stroke: -less fever -more shivering -no improvement in outcome I think we under-estimate how uncomfortable external cooling is. Imagine that your body wants to spike a fever (so you feel cold), but you're trapped in a 5C water bath🥶 #1/2





