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Luis Ostrosky, MD, FIDSA
@drluiso.bsky.social
ID specialist and medical mycologist. Transplant ID. Healthcare epidemiology. Healthcare Quality. All views are my own.
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“Please get the truth out about our son.”

Read and share the statement from the parents of Alex Pretti, the VA ICU nurse who was shot and killed by border patrol.
January 25, 2026 at 5:30 PM
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DHS has shot 12 people during immigration enforcement operations since September:
January 25, 2026 at 4:27 PM
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January 25, 2026 at 7:23 AM
This is who they’re calling a “domestic terrorist”. I can’t imagine the desperate frenzy in the spin room tonight. The world is upside down…
A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
January 25, 2026 at 2:22 AM
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Emerging Frontiers in Clinical Mycology: Innovations, Insights, & Impacts

Our report, led by @annaapostolopoulou.bsky.social, on the cutting edge of clinical mycology & future directions, from expert discussion @ the 2024 @msgerc.bsky.social biennial meeting

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January 21, 2026 at 12:47 PM
From the Chernobyl limited series: “Every lie we tell incurs a debt to the truth. Sooner or later, that debt is paid”
January 17, 2026 at 10:56 PM
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Infection Prevention and Control in Carceral Settings

✅ Just Accepted
🔗 https://bit.ly/4avPIT1
December 9, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Vaccine policy being broadcast on YouTube as a spectacle brings parallels to other YouTube content and influencers. The medical equivalent of watching an episode of Mr Beast.
December 5, 2025 at 2:58 PM
A variety of interventions failed to improve #LongCOVID cognitive symptoms jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Interventions for Cognitive Symptoms in Long COVID
This randomized clinical trial investigates if evidence-based rehabilitation strategies improve cognitive symptoms in persons with long COVID.
jamanetwork.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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Our thoughts onto slow shift of #NHSN #CLABSI definitions. Becoming less and less relevant. We have a problem! Do you agree? #IDSky #MedSky www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org
October 1, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Risk factors associated with progression to clinical Candida auris infection among adults with previous colonization—Florida, 2019–2023

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Risk factors associated with progression to clinical Candida auris infection among adults with previous colonization—Florida, 2019–2023
We investigated factors associated with clinical progression of Candida auris cases following documented colonization among Florida patients. These finding
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October 2, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Our thoughts onto slow shift of #NHSN #CLABSI definitions. Becoming less and less relevant. We have a problem! Do you agree? #IDSky #MedSky www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org
October 1, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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An evening of insight & indulgence awaits at #IDweek2025!

Join us for a gourmet dining experience paired with world-class expertise, “Advancing Science, Improving Care”, an exclusive dinner & presentation with infectious disease leader Dr. Luis Ostrosky. @drluiso.bsky.social

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September 30, 2025 at 5:21 PM
At #TIMM2025 a panel discussion on the complexity of #clinicaltrials in #medicalmycology with industry, academia, and a patient at the table
September 21, 2025 at 12:44 PM