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Hidradenitis suppurativa is a chronic inflammatory disease characterised by painful, deep seated nodules, abscesses occurring in intertriginous areas 🆕💫 Review @TheLancet Hidradenitis suppurativa There is limited evidence supporting systemic antibiotic thelancet.com/journals/lance…

Brilliant article reviewing zoonotic infections in the Canadian Arctic. 🇨🇦 Echinococcus canadensis, Mycoplasma phocacerebrale ("seal finger"), Trichinellosis & more. Link: cmaj.ca/content/197/2/…, by James Burns et al. Published in @CMAJ today.

"Why the last cases of #SleepingSickness will be the hardest to eliminate - Pharmaceuticals and vector-control programmes have greatly diminished the once-widespread disease, but sustained effort will be needed to stamp out infection for good" #NTDs nature.com/articles/d4158…

Super interesting!! 🆕💫New diagnoses of histoplasmosis, coccidioidomycosis, and blastomycosis were routinely made outside their historically defined regions of endemicity #idxposts academic.oup.com/ofid/article/d…

Chagas disease is a parasitic infection that can cause heart and/or gastrointestinal problems. This JAMA Patient Page describes the parasitic infection Chagas disease and its risk factors, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment. ja.ma/4giTj7b

93.7 million lives saved through #measles vaccination. A staggering achievement, and a testament to the power of immunisation. As we look back on the year, let’s celebrate this progress and commit to the fight ahead: gavi.org/vaccineswork/s…

@JordanKM19 @DukeAdultID @MadyHeldman @hanna_sandrine @EileenMaziarz @camwolfe @tamckpatrick @BeaCereus Nice paper Jordan! Hope you get some time off this holiday season.

The role of EBV surveillance testing in lung transplant recipients at intermediate risk authors.elsevier.com/a/1kH-94xITSrz… @DukeAdultID @MadyHeldman @hanna_sandrine @EileenMaziarz @camwolfe @tamckpatrick @BeaCereus

Phage therapy treatment of resistant bacterial infection, one of the first in Canada. youtu.be/Szx4ImAlE8g?si… @AHS_media @DrGregGerman @PhageAustralia @phagedirectory @UCalgaryMed @UCalgary @phageconsortium @CBCNews @CTVNews @globalnews

Wild report of a neurocysticercosis school outbreak in Belgium: "When patient 8 was invited for additional history taking, his father recounted pulling a 1 m-long, ribbon-like worm from his son's anus". tinyurl.com/5n83kcnf By Vanden Driessche et al.

Cefiderocol may not be the soldier we were waiting for to help us win the battle against NDM 🆕✨Of 204 NDM-producing Enterobacterales isolates/China 18% R to cefiderocol* 29% R to cefepime/zidebactam 22% R to cefepime/taniborbactam ATM/AVI S to 99.0% sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

IDSA has developed a Road Map to Becoming an ID Physician– a comprehensive guide designed to support aspiring physicians at every stage of their journey. This interactive PDF includes links to mentorship programs, exposure opportunities, grants and more. idsociety.org/globalassets/i…

Lots of posts today about the anniversary of #Smallpox Eradication (Dec 9 1979, tho WHA declaration came May 8 1980). The Final Report of the Global Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication also recommended investigating #mpox (#monkeypox). iris.who.int/handle/10665/6…

From an outstanding review of sepsis in this week's @NEJM nejm.org/doi/full/10.10… @nualameyer

Sepsis can occur in patients of any age, but the incidence varies markedly across the life span. The incidence worldwide is highest among children younger than 5 years of age. Learn more about sepsis and septic shock in a new Review Article: nej.md/3OFrGZR

Great news towards a single meningitis vaccine!

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High rates of Mycoplasma pneumoniae ("walking pneumonia") in Ontario, 2024, especially in those age 5-17. 16.3% of a subset of 135 specimens had mutations that suggest resistance to macrolide antibiotics. Link: tinyurl.com/3ddnd29w

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Original Article: Antibiotic Treatment for 7 versus 14 Days in Patients with Bloodstream Infections (BALANCE) nej.md/3Z5bTJD #CCCF2024 | @CCCForum