Joseph Sassine
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Excited to launch new tracks in our 2-year ID fellowship program @ou.edu starting July 2025: TxID, Hospital epi/healthcare admin, Trop Med/Global Health, ID/Crit Care.
Tracks come with option for 12-credit certificates, covered by the program:

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#IDSky #TxID
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2. Follow up BCx are low yield in this population ➡️ Keeping a restriction on follow up BCx is a reasonable diagnostic stewardship measure, even in patients with febrile neutropenia
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We restricted BCx to 1 set per 48 hours and compared to the pre-restriction period in patients with febrile neutropenia.
Our findings:
1. Positivity rate not statistically different between both periods but diagnostic yield increased with a higher number of initial BCx sets
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This study offers real-world data evaluating the ePlex BCID-FP rapid identification system for yeast and found it was less sensitive than previously reported and infrequently led to de-escalation of antifungals
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ID fellowship applicants, make sure to check out our program @ou.edu:
2 year clinical program - 3 tracks (TxID, hosp epi, trop med) - Path for crit care fellowship - 12 credit certificates in year 2

#TxID #IDSky #MedEd

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We don’t, because this panel is meant to identify fungi on blood culture specimens exclusively.
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And part 2 is out now: How to prevent travel-related infections in the transplant recipient, check it out!
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#IDSky #TxID

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Had a great time in Syracuse presenting Medicine Grand Rounds earlier today on Infections after CAR T at SUNY Upstate and meeting some great ID colleagues there!
#TxID
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These tracks were only possible thanks to the diverse expertise of our faculty (physicians & pharmacists), support from our section chief, close collaboration with BMT, SOT, PCCM!
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4. ID/critical care track
- 2 years of ID fellowship with a pathway for 3rd year in critical care medicine
- Close collaboration with PCCM division
- Travel to ID or CCM conferences
- We cover certificate in healthcare admin, population health or clinical/translational science
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3. Trop Med/Global Health Track
- 8 months of research
- 1 month international rotation
- Travel to trop med conferences
- Year 2 clinic - Travel medicine, refugee health
- We cover one of the above certificates or trop med diploma from ASTM&H or ISTM
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2. Hospital epi/Healthcare admin Track
- 2 months of ASP, IP and OPAT rotations
- Year 2 clinic - General ID, OPAT clinics
- 7 months of research/QI
- Travel to ASP/IP conferences
- We cover certificate in healthcare admin, population health or clinical/translational science
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1. TxID Track
- 10 months of TxID inpatient consults
- 1 month of inpatient BMT & SOT
- Year 2 clinic - Heme/TCT ID and SOT ID
- 9 months of TxID research
- Travel to TxID conferences
- We cover certificate in healthcare admin, population health or clinical/translational science
josephsassinemd.bsky.social
Excited to launch new tracks in our 2-year ID fellowship program @ou.edu starting July 2025: TxID, Hospital epi/healthcare admin, Trop Med/Global Health, ID/Crit Care.
Tracks come with option for 12-credit certificates, covered by the program:

medicine.ouhsc.edu/academic-dep...

🧵

#IDSky #TxID
Curriculum
medicine.ouhsc.edu
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We have used it a couple times for VRE where no other options were available or feasible @bryanpwhite.bsky.social
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T-SPOT.TB performs much better in many immunocompromised populations IMO, but historically was logistically more difficult from CA due to time-sensitive FedEx of samples to Memphis which failed a lot with winter storms. Less an issue now that Quest bought T-SPOT.
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Out now in @thetxidjournal.bsky.social!

T-SPOT.TB is more likely to produce actionable results than QFT-TB in patients with cancer being screened for latent TB.

#TxID #IDSky

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T-SPOT resulted in
- fewer indeterminate results (than QFT)
- more “actionable” results (than QFT)

in certain immunocompromised populations #TBSky
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Out now in @thetxidjournal.bsky.social!

T-SPOT.TB is more likely to produce actionable results than QFT-TB in patients with cancer being screened for latent TB.

#TxID #IDSky

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Out now in @thetxidjournal.bsky.social!

T-SPOT.TB is more likely to produce actionable results than QFT-TB in patients with cancer being screened for latent TB.

#TxID #IDSky

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...