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Christian Larsen @chrislarsenmd.bsky.social · Jul 23

@bradcutrellmd.bsky.social @ricardolahozmd.bsky.social @utswinfdis.bsky.social
@ast-idcop.bsky.social

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Antibiotic Steward 🅱️C🆔🅿️🌟 @absteward.bsky.social · Dec 13

🆕✨Systematic review and meta-analysis
Toxin results cannot rule in or rule out CDI, and the decision whether to treat symptomatic NAAT+/EIA− patients for CDI should be based on clinical presentation and not on the toxin result #idsky #EMIMCC #medsky
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

Clinical significance of toxin EIA positivity in patients with suspected Clostridioides difficile infection: systematic review and meta-analysis | Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) is a common cause of healthcare-associated infections and the leading cause of antibiotic-associated diarrhea. However, the laboratory diagnosis of CDI, primar...

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Nathan Gray, MD, FACP @nathanagray.bsky.social · Dec 8

The timing of this story is heated, with health insurance industry in the news, but I was honored to collaborate with @fumikochino.bsky.social and grateful to my patient and his family for the chance to draw/write about the pain of #priorauth for @usatoday.com .

www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

For patients and doctors, insurance prior authorization can be a dangerous game | Opinion

Doctors trying to get patients necessary drugs and procedures stymied by health insurance prior authorization. It's not a game. It's life and death.

www.usatoday.com

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Brad Cutrell, MD FIDSA @bradcutrellmd.bsky.social · Dec 11

Excited to welcome our top US healthcare Epi society @sheaepi.bsky.social and its journals @ashejournal.bsky.social @ichejournal.bsky.social to #IDSky community! @priyanori.bsky.social @germhuntermd.bsky.social

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ALT: a man in a suit and tie is sitting at a desk with his hands in the air .

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Brad Cutrell, MD FIDSA @bradcutrellmd.bsky.social · Dec 7

@hivdocsk.bsky.social @ricardolahozmd.bsky.social @netanyautay.bsky.social @jdbeckham.bsky.social @pearliechong.bsky.social @chrislarsenmd.bsky.social @ellenkitchell.bsky.social

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Brad Cutrell, MD FIDSA @bradcutrellmd.bsky.social · Dec 7

One of my approaches when we have residents/students/pharmD residents is to mention a key article/study and then have one of the trainees (not the busy ID fellow!) review and give a brief summary (3-5 mins) the next day.

Everybody on team learns and find it more engaging.
#IDsky

Joseph Marcus @josephmarcusid.medsky.social · Dec 4

What is the correct # of articles for attending to send ID fellow after rounds? #IDSky

1️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/kTRqfJ/1" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Many articles on relevant topics
2️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/kTRqfJ/2" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400" target="_blank" rel="noopener">1-2 articles on relevant topics
3️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/kTRqfJ/3" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Give fellow topics; up to fellow to find articles
4️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/kTRqfJ/4" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Other (pls comment below)

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Brad Cutrell, MD FIDSA @bradcutrellmd.bsky.social · Dec 7

Great to see you Mike! #IDSky just got a little more magical 🤩

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Brad Cutrell, MD FIDSA @bradcutrellmd.bsky.social · Dec 7

Could not be more excited to announce the incoming 2025 UTSW ID Fellows! These talented and passionate docs are amazing and the microbes better watch out! #IDSky #WeareID #Match2025 #HIVSky
@utswinfdis.bsky.social @idsainfo.bsky.social

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Brad Cutrell, MD FIDSA @bradcutrellmd.bsky.social · Dec 6

Come join one of the best ID pharmacy and stewardship teams in the country with us at UT Southwestern in Dallas! #IDSky #PharmSky @sidpharm.bsky.social @utswinfdis.bsky.social @netanyautay.bsky.social @jdbeckham.bsky.social

Maggie Monogue @tazoswift.bsky.social · Dec 6

ID PharmD job opening in Dallas, Texas!! join our team 🥰
@bradcutrellmd.bsky.social
@ricardolahozmd.bsky.social

jobs.utsouthwestern.edu/job/21346700...

Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Infectious Diseases

Discover Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Infectious Diseases and other Allied Health jobs in Dallas, TX and apply online today!

jobs.utsouthwestern.edu

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Brad Cutrell, MD FIDSA @bradcutrellmd.bsky.social · Dec 6

#PCCMsky is one of them.

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Brad Cutrell, MD FIDSA @bradcutrellmd.bsky.social · Dec 6

Important work led by former UAB CMR and @utswinfdis.bsky.social own ID fellow Julie England and her mentors Drs. Walker, Lee and colleagues! #IDSky @ricardolahozmd.bsky.social @hivdocsk.bsky.social

Joseph Marcus @josephmarcusid.medsky.social · Dec 5

One of the most controversial diagnoses in ECMO is VAP.

New proposed ECMO-associated pneumonia proposed by UAB:
1) Worsening O2 by flow/sweep changes
2) 🔺 temperature or WBC
3) Pos quantitative BAL or endotracheal aspirate

#IDSky

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Analysis of diagnostic criteria for ECMO-associated pneumonia | Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology | Cambridge Core

Analysis of diagnostic criteria for ECMO-associated pneumonia

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Brad Cutrell, MD FIDSA @bradcutrellmd.bsky.social · Dec 6

Give a great big #IDSky and #HIVsky welcome to one of the most incredible HIV physicians (and physicians in general) that I have ever met, Dr Kitchell! Give her a follow and say hi! @ricardolahozmd.bsky.social @hivdocsk.bsky.social

Ellen Kitchell, MD, FIDSA, AAHIVM-S @ellenkitchell.bsky.social · Dec 5

Buenas from Dallas!

On my friend Sidd's suggestion (@hivdocsk.bsky.social), I'm looking forward to drawing strength from my ID/HIV community here! Looking forward to interesting conversations with #IDSky and @HIVsky. Y'all are the best!

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Antibiotic Steward 🅱️C🆔🅿️🌟 @absteward.bsky.social · Dec 2

🆕✨Retrospective population-based cohort study examined infection risk after colonization for MRSA,VRE,ESBL& CPE over a 5-year period
For all organisms the highest risk period of progression from colonization to infection was the first 90d #idsky #medsky
academic.oup.com/ofid/advance...

Long-term Risk of Infection Among Patients Colonized with Antimicrobial Resistant Pathogens: A Population-wide Cohort Study

This was a retrospective population-based cohort study that examined infection risk after colonization for MRSA, VRE, ESBL, and CPE over a 5-year period us

academic.oup.com

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Brad Spellberg @bradspellberg.bsky.social · Nov 30

For my inaugural post, Im proud to announce the publication of our Safer@Home care model. This is going to change how medicine is practiced. No need to admit pts "for IV antibiotics" anymore. Or just for IV diuresis in CHF. Or just for EtOH withdrawal. Etc.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Virtual Home Care for Patients With Acute Illness

This cohort study compares outcomes of patients receiving care in an outpatient, virtual, home-based acute care model with outcomes of patients receiving standard hospital care.

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Ricardo M. La Hoz @ricardolahozmd.bsky.social · Nov 29

In this single-center retrospective study, @mularoni.bsky.social tested donors (3%) and recipients (8%) for HHV-8. Most of the donor-derived HHV-8-related disease manifested as KICS!! 🤯 On the other hand, most reactivations presented as KS. #TxID #IDSky pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39551265/

Serologic screening and molecular surveillance of Kaposi sarcoma herpesvirus (KSHV)/human herpesvirus-8 (HHV-8) infections for early recognition and effective treatment of KSHV-associated inflammatory...

Kaposi sarcoma herpesvirus/human herpesvirus-8 (HHV-8) neoplastic and non-neoplastic disease in solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients can be life-threatening. We evaluated the seroprevalence of HHV-...

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Antibiotic Steward 🅱️C🆔🅿️🌟 @absteward.bsky.social · Nov 27

Conventional intermittent dosing remains the current standard of care for beta-lactam antibiotics
🆕🔥 Editorial with ✨Prof.Jason Roberts
Is it time to implement prolonged infusions of beta-lactam antibiotics in and beyond critical care settings? #idsky #medsky
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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DocScribbles / Cathy Cichon @docscribbles.bsky.social · Nov 25

Differential diagnosis for fever in an ICU patient #IDSky #MedSky #SciArt

A man is in an ICU hospital bed, intubated and sedated. The graphic around him depicts various organ systems that can contribute to fevers in ICU patients, including CNS, endocrine, cardiac, respiratory, GI, GI, bone, skin/soft tissue, and others (I.e. malignancy, autoimmune conditions, and drug fevers).

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Brad Cutrell, MD FIDSA @bradcutrellmd.bsky.social · Nov 23

Your #IDSky #BlueSky era will be your best yet

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Ilan Schwartz @germhuntermd.bsky.social · Nov 23

It’s cool that folks can reinvent themselves during the #IDSky migration

Some have been surprised to find plum handles unclaimed eg @iddoc.bsky.social

But the best transformation
🐛➡️🦋 is @MaggieMonogue to @tazoswift.bsky.social

a woman wearing a black tuxedo and red lipstick applauds

Alt: Taylor Swift doing a chef’s kiss sign

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Brad Cutrell, MD FIDSA @bradcutrellmd.bsky.social · Nov 22

So excited to have the one and only @tazoswift.bsky.social on #IDSky queen of all things PKPD and Taylor Swift! Give her a shoutout and follow @ricardolahozmd.bsky.social @sidpharm.bsky.social @ebhirsch.bsky.social @mmpharmd.bsky.social @erinmccreary.bsky.social

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Brad Cutrell, MD FIDSA @bradcutrellmd.bsky.social · Nov 22

Please welcome our UTSW ID chief @jdbeckham.bsky.social to the #IDSky community! @paulsaxmd.bsky.social @germhuntermd.bsky.social @ricardolahozmd.bsky.social @krutikakuppalli.bsky.social @netanyautay.bsky.social

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Andrew M. Ibrahim MD, MSc @andrewmibrahim.bsky.social · Nov 16

Seeing so many #IDSky people here, wanted to resurface the most widely shared #VisualAbstract in the first year we started making them. #MedSky (35k views in 7 days!)

Antibiotic stewardship for surgeons in Annals. journals.lww.com/annalsofsurg...

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Superbugs 🦠🔬🏫🧒🏽 @superbugs.bsky.social · Nov 14

Imagine a world without antibiotics.

#AMR #WAAW

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Willem van Schaik @wvschaik.bsky.social · Nov 17

Key paper alert

'Seven-year performance of a clinical metagenomic next-generation sequencing test for diagnosis of central nervous system infections'

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

'These data justify routine use of diagnostic mNGS testing for hospitalized patients with suspected CNS infection'

Seven-year performance of a clinical metagenomic next-generation sequencing test for diagnosis of central nervous system infections - Nature Medicine

Next-generation metagenomic testing increases the accuracy and sensitivity of the etiology of central nervous system infections in hospitalized patients.

www.nature.com

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Brad Cutrell, MD FIDSA @bradcutrellmd.bsky.social · Nov 17

Excited to join the #IDSky #MedSky party. I’m an adult ID doc and fellowship PD, passionate about all things MedEd and abx stewardship. Deputy editor for OFID journal so always looking for interesting new ID content. I love EBM, think ID docs and pharmDs are the best so let’s connect.

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