POCT testing could improve outcomes for neonatal sepsis #Pitt_IDFall25
Potential health and cost impacts of a point-of-care test for neonatal sepsis and possible serious bacterial infections in infants: a modeling analysis in two settings
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November 10, 2025 at 2:40 AM
POCT testing could improve outcomes for neonatal sepsis #Pitt_IDFall25
Co-infections can harm health outcomes, especially in pregnancy #Pitt_IDFall25
Maternal, pregnancy and infant outcomes in women treated for multidrug/rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis with novel and repurposed drugs in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
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November 10, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Co-infections can harm health outcomes, especially in pregnancy #Pitt_IDFall25
Important considerations for treatment of HIV #Pitt_IDFall25
HIV Reservoir Dynamics and Bacteriome Composition Along the Gut Axis
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November 10, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Important considerations for treatment of HIV #Pitt_IDFall25
Not every adverse reaction to an antibiotic is a true allergy! #Pitt_IDFall25
🆕🔥State-of-the-Art Review with 🌟s @trubianojason.bsky.social : Antibiotic Allergy—A Multidisciplinary Approach to Delabeling #idsky
url: academic.oup.com/cid/article/...
url: academic.oup.com/cid/article/...
November 10, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Not every adverse reaction to an antibiotic is a true allergy! #Pitt_IDFall25
COVID-19 can have serious consequences such as mucormycosis #Pitt_IDFall25
Covid-19 Associated Mucormycosis: Identifying Mortality Predictors in a Retrospective Cohort Study
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November 10, 2025 at 2:34 AM
COVID-19 can have serious consequences such as mucormycosis #Pitt_IDFall25
Evidence for the importance of HPV vaccination #Pitt_IDFall25
Anal Human Papillomavirus Infection Progression to Disease Among Men Who Have Sex With Men
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November 10, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Evidence for the importance of HPV vaccination #Pitt_IDFall25
An application of epidemiology in ID #Pitt_IDFall25
November 4, 2025 at 5:56 PM
An application of epidemiology in ID #Pitt_IDFall25
A potential new treatment option for Staph bacteremia #Pitt_IDFall25
🆕🌟Excellent review article
P2Y12 inhibitors(eg clopidogrel,ticagrelor)in Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia: current evidence and clinical implications
Coming soon: CLOPI-SNAP+ Clopido-SNAP #idsky #EMIMCC
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
P2Y12 inhibitors(eg clopidogrel,ticagrelor)in Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia: current evidence and clinical implications
Coming soon: CLOPI-SNAP+ Clopido-SNAP #idsky #EMIMCC
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
P2Y12 inhibitors in Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia: current evidence and clinical implications
Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia presents a substantial clinical burden, with high
rates of morbidity and mortality. Despite its severity, therapeutic advancements have
been small in the past decade,...
www.thelancet.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:55 PM
A potential new treatment option for Staph bacteremia #Pitt_IDFall25
Antibiotic stewardship is financially sustainable #Pitt_IDFall25
Long-Term Effectiveness of Financial Incentives for Not Prescribing Unnecessary Antibiotics to Children With Acute Respiratory and Gastrointestinal Infections: Japan's Nationwide Quasi-Experimental Study
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Long-Term Effectiveness of Financial Incentives for Not Prescribing Unnecessary Antibiotics to Children With Acute Respiratory and Gastrointestinal Infections
A financial incentive to provide a rationale to not prescribe antibiotics to children with acute respiratory or gastrointestinal infections in Japan was as
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October 26, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Antibiotic stewardship is financially sustainable #Pitt_IDFall25
#Pitt_IDFall25 It’s important to understand the consequences of preventable infections
Brain Imaging and Whole Blood Targeted Transcriptomic Analyses to Characterize Cerebral Infarctions in Children With Tuberculous Meningitis
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Brain Imaging and Whole Blood Targeted Transcriptomic Analyses to Characterize Cerebral Infarctions in Children With Tuberculous Meningitis
Silent cerebral infarctions are common in children with tuberculous meningitis of mild severity. This study links these infarctions to elevated systemic MM
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October 26, 2025 at 3:59 AM
#Pitt_IDFall25 It’s important to understand the consequences of preventable infections
Understanding the pharmacokinetics of HIV treatment is essential for ensuring viral load remains undetectable #Pitt_IDFall25
Exploring the interaction between injection site and biological sex on the real-world population pharmacokinetics of long acting cabotegravir and rilpirivine in people living with HIV
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#IDSky
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October 14, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Understanding the pharmacokinetics of HIV treatment is essential for ensuring viral load remains undetectable #Pitt_IDFall25
Another global health application in infectious disease #Pitt_IDFall25
Whole genome sequencing of hepatitis B virus genotypes E and A in Zambia reveals limited viral diversity in HIV coinfection
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#IDSky
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October 14, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Another global health application in infectious disease #Pitt_IDFall25
Another important example of global health and its intersection with infectious disease. #Pitt_IDFall25
Identifying gaps in tuberculosis preventive care for non-U.S.-born persons at community health clinics in the United States
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October 6, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Another important example of global health and its intersection with infectious disease. #Pitt_IDFall25
It’s flu season: here’s some information on predicting severity of influenza infection in the hospital setting. #Pitt_IDFall25
Severity of Clinical Presentation and Outcomes in Hospitalized Adult Patients with Influenza by Type and Subtype, United States?2017?2020
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#IDSky
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October 6, 2025 at 1:35 PM
It’s flu season: here’s some information on predicting severity of influenza infection in the hospital setting. #Pitt_IDFall25
Vaccines are important for herd immunity to protect our most vulnerable community members. #Pitt_IDFall25
#JustPublished:
Our risk assessment highlights how ongoing circulation of #diphtheria may affect some populations who are more vulnerable to infection.
It also recommends tailored public health response measures to protect those most at risk.
Learn more: www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-even...
Our risk assessment highlights how ongoing circulation of #diphtheria may affect some populations who are more vulnerable to infection.
It also recommends tailored public health response measures to protect those most at risk.
Learn more: www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-even...
Protecting the most vulnerable: ECDC recommendations to address the ongoing local transmission of diphtheria
Diphtheria remains a public health concern in Europe, prompting ECDC to recommend targeted measures to protect vulnerable populations.
www.ecdc.europa.eu
September 28, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Vaccines are important for herd immunity to protect our most vulnerable community members. #Pitt_IDFall25
Another great example of why immunizations are necessary. Preventable infections can have long-term consequences: in this case, Brian damage from COVID-19. #Pitt_IDFall25
September 28, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Another great example of why immunizations are necessary. Preventable infections can have long-term consequences: in this case, Brian damage from COVID-19. #Pitt_IDFall25
COVID-19 vaccines remain recommended using shared clinical decision-making per ACIP. #Pitt_IDFall25
Stated at ACIP: COVID-19 vaccines are recommended for people 65 years and older and for individuals 6 months to 64 years old based on individual decision making.
Fact: Scientific evidence continues to strongly support broad COVID-19 vaccination.
Fact: Scientific evidence continues to strongly support broad COVID-19 vaccination.
September 21, 2025 at 8:16 PM
COVID-19 vaccines remain recommended using shared clinical decision-making per ACIP. #Pitt_IDFall25
Here’s one application of antimicrobial stewardship in the community setting! #Pitt_IDFall25
The Take 5 Campaign: Effects of an Intervention to Promote Five-Day Durations of Antibiotic Therapy for Common Infections in Urgent Care
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#IDSky
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September 21, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Here’s one application of antimicrobial stewardship in the community setting! #Pitt_IDFall25
Vaccines are an important public health measure. Here’s some data to back that up for HSV immunization! #Pitt_IDFall25
This is by far the most common vaccine I strongly recommend in ID adult clinical practice. As ID doctors, we see some truly severe cases of zoster, with post-zoster sequelae that may last months or even rarely be permanent. #IDSky doi.org/10.1093/cid/...
September 21, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Vaccines are an important public health measure. Here’s some data to back that up for HSV immunization! #Pitt_IDFall25
An important example of how pharmacokinetics and infectious disease practice intersect. #Pitt_IDFall25
Out in OFID today. Why just looking at trough alone is not enough for monitoring vancomycin.
Great work from our fellow Dr. Shiau and in collaboration with Drs. Roy and Sabourenkov from DoseMe.
academic.oup.com/ofid/advance...
Great work from our fellow Dr. Shiau and in collaboration with Drs. Roy and Sabourenkov from DoseMe.
academic.oup.com/ofid/advance...
September 21, 2025 at 8:07 PM
An important example of how pharmacokinetics and infectious disease practice intersect. #Pitt_IDFall25
As a member of the Global Health ARCO, I thought this was a great example of applying evidence based practice globally. #Pitt_IDFall25
Cost-effectiveness of Targeted Next Generation Sequencing for TB drug-resistance testing as an alternative to the standard of care in South Africa
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#IDSky
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#IDSky
Cost-effectiveness of Targeted Next Generation Sequencing for TB drug-resistance testing as an alternative to the standard of care in South Africa
South Africa faces emerging resistance to TB drugs like bedaquiline. Phenotypic drug susceptibility testing (DST), the current reference standard for bedaquiline DST, has long turnaround times.
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September 13, 2025 at 10:00 PM
As a member of the Global Health ARCO, I thought this was a great example of applying evidence based practice globally. #Pitt_IDFall25
A great example of antibiotic stewardship: this meta-analysis concludes that antibiotic use is not generally appropriate for asymptomatic bacteriuria in kidney transplant recipients! #Pitt_ID25
Asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) is generally systematically screened and treated with antibiotics in kidney transplant recipients (KTRs). In OFID, authors explore the role of antibiotic therapy in management of ASB in KTRs. https://bit.ly/3JQye8M
September 13, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Here’s a useful overview of a major antibiotics class, the tetracyclines! #Pitt_ID25
Tetracyclines always been a fascinating antibiotic class. So many different evolutions, and antimicrobial activity that variably spans across Gram pos & neg bacteria, as well as malaria!
Cool review in @cmicomms.bsky.social by @jeffpears0n.bsky.social @bwdionne.bsky.social
#IDSky #clinmicro #AMR
Cool review in @cmicomms.bsky.social by @jeffpears0n.bsky.social @bwdionne.bsky.social
#IDSky #clinmicro #AMR
September 13, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Pharmacokinetics are relevant to ID practice, such as reduction in drug concentrations of rifampin in pregnant women. #Pitt_ID25
Rifampin Exposure in Pregnant and Non-Pregnant Women with Tuberculosis in India
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#IDSky
🔗 https://bit.ly/46kvUP0
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#IDSky
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September 13, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Pharmacokinetics are relevant to ID practice, such as reduction in drug concentrations of rifampin in pregnant women. #Pitt_ID25
Rifampin Exposure in Pregnant and Non-Pregnant Women with Tuberculosis in India
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#IDSky
🔗 https://bit.ly/46kvUP0
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#IDSky
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September 13, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Pharmacokinetics are relevant to ID practice, such as reduction in drug concentrations of rifampin in pregnant women. #Pitt_ID25