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🦠Two pathogenic bacteria, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus, often grow together and worsen wound infection. But how are they affected by commensal bacteria? 🔍 Read the full article🔗 doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.… #JMM #Microbiology #Pathogen #Infection

🆕🔥🟢Summary of WHO clinical practice guidelines for influenza @bmj_latest For seasonal influenza, WHO conditionally recommends treatment within 48 hours of symptom onset with oseltamivir for severe illness, and baloxavir for patients at high risk of progression from non-severe to severe illness. WHO also conditionally recommends prophylaxis (using baloxavir, laninimavir, oseltamivir, or zanamivir) for anyone exposed to zoonotic influenza, and for those exposed to seasonal influenza who are at extremely high risk. The panel issued recommendations against the use of adjunctive therapies in patients with non-severe influenza (strong recommendation against antibiotics) and severe influenza (conditional recommendation against corticosteroids, macrolides, mTOR inhibitors, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, and passive immune therapy. #IDXposts bmj.com/content/392/bm…

Oral Vancomycin for 10 days in CDI is obsolete! #IDXposts

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Fungal cells can communicate with each other via signals carried by extracellular vesicles (EVs), which are interpreted by receptor cells from the same or different species. Studying EVs provides key insights into fungal communication networks. #mBio: asm.social/2OE

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🧫 Bacteria send us love. Happy Valentine’s Day! 💓 #BacterioMed

The ‘Big Five’ carbapenemases: 1️⃣VIM 2️⃣IMP 3️⃣NDM 4️⃣KPC 5️⃣OXA-48 🌟Timeline representing the introduction of carbapenems & the appearance of carbapenemases worldwide. 🌟 #IDXposts

Should we extend the use of oral antibiotics in infective endocarditis? The ENDO-ORAL study ✅ Just Accepted bit.ly/45GkXXs

#idboardreview 20 M used disposable lenses x 3mo: 3wks ago:cloudy vision, photophobia +pain in 👁. Pain ⬆️ on topical abx & now with ulcer persistent & worsening. Diagnosis? #medEd #IDMedEd

Very useful new article just in time for all new ID fellows starting today. Check it out! @IDSAInfo @TakaMatsuo_ID @RazonableMD @IUIDfellowship @PriyaNori

In patients presenting with cUTI (including acute pyelonephritis) who are improving clinically on effective therapy, we suggest treating with a shorter course of antimicrobials, using either 5-7 days of a FQ or 7d of Non FQ rather than 10-14d 14 days for cUTI is obselete!

【Viruses and human cancers】 Let's note there are 8 viruses that cause human cancers! Level: Intermediate Importance: ★★★★★ #IDMedEd #IDFellow #CancerID @MDAndersonNews @HarrysTorres01 @ChemalyRoy @TakaMatsuo_ID

【Clinical and microbiologic features of Achromobacterspecies: a 10-year, multicenter experience】JCM 2025 Sep 19 ✍️This study supports the use of piperacillin-tazobactam, carbapenems, or trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole as initial therapy Congrats David and all🎉 @jamchugh @nischalR3 @S_Chesdachai @omarabusaleh15 @MayoClinicINFD journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/jc…

Secretary Kennedy's newly constituted advisory committee on immunizations (vaccines) is made up a lot of folks who have little expertise on vaccines So no surprise they got stuff wrong Don't take my word for it Here's what America's Infectious Disease physicians had to say

【Voriconazole: Ocular and neurological effects】 Frequent visual disturbance/hallucination should be fully explained before starting voriconazole! Level: Intermediate to Advanced #IDMedEd #IDFellow #TxID

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@EM_RESUS Wow! Thanks for sharing this Doc. I need to do a refresher on CPR. It's been a while. Here's a link for those in the UK ( I suppose others can use it too) resus.org.uk/public-resourc…

Anomalous coronaries represent the 2nd most common cause of SCD in young atheltes and adults less than 35 yo after HOCM. What is intersting here is that it associated SCAD, the CT shows likely of a special subtype of interarterial intramural course LMCA arising with acute angle from the RCC of valsalva (AAOCA) all are red flags. Nice case, thanks for sharing🙏