Saira Butt, MD
@sairabt.bsky.social
#IDsky #idboardreview #idmeded #meded #infectiousDiseases faculty at Indiana University #idfellowship program director
Reposted by Saira Butt, MD
Toscana Virus (TOSV) Meningitis in Two Travelers in Southeastern Spain. Click the link below to read this #open_access article. #one_health #zoonoses #IDSky #Medsky www.scienceopen.com/hosted-docum...
Toscana Virus (TOSV) Meningitis in Two Travelers in Southeastern Spain
<p xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" class="first" dir="auto" id="d5571999e135">Two Irish tourists, a 72-year-old male and his 60-year-old wife, developed symptoms
of m...
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November 18, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Toscana Virus (TOSV) Meningitis in Two Travelers in Southeastern Spain. Click the link below to read this #open_access article. #one_health #zoonoses #IDSky #Medsky www.scienceopen.com/hosted-docum...
Reposted by Saira Butt, MD
Tested two different AI products with some medical advice. Prompt: "When people get shingles again, is it usually in the same location?"
OpenEvidence: Home run.
ChatGPT: Big whiff.
Plus, a chance to support the shingles vaccine -- so important! #IDSky blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-obser...
OpenEvidence: Home run.
ChatGPT: Big whiff.
Plus, a chance to support the shingles vaccine -- so important! #IDSky blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-obser...
When AI Gets the Medical Advice Wrong — and Right
A journalist recently reached out to ask about the shingles vaccine. We mostly talked through the usual topics — how common shingles is, why the vaccine works so well, and side effects. Plus, the whol...
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November 18, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Tested two different AI products with some medical advice. Prompt: "When people get shingles again, is it usually in the same location?"
OpenEvidence: Home run.
ChatGPT: Big whiff.
Plus, a chance to support the shingles vaccine -- so important! #IDSky blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-obser...
OpenEvidence: Home run.
ChatGPT: Big whiff.
Plus, a chance to support the shingles vaccine -- so important! #IDSky blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-obser...
Reposted by Saira Butt, MD
The next #MedEd game for #WAAW2025 is here! Can you find the four groups of four items that belong together? 🧩🤔
Play Infectious Connections today: connections.firstline.org
Discover the engaging educational content crafted by Shaqil Peermohamed, MD! #IDSky #PharmSky #AMSSKy
Play Infectious Connections today: connections.firstline.org
Discover the engaging educational content crafted by Shaqil Peermohamed, MD! #IDSky #PharmSky #AMSSKy
November 17, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Reposted by Saira Butt, MD
Pott puffy tumor #IDSky #MedSky @jamadermatology.com
✅subperiosteal abscess of forehead a/w underlying frontal bone osteomyelitis
✅most common cause: frontal/ethmoid sinus infxn
✅image ASAP
✅Mx: Abx, abscess drainage, restoration of paranasal sinus outflow, resection of damaged bone as indicated
✅subperiosteal abscess of forehead a/w underlying frontal bone osteomyelitis
✅most common cause: frontal/ethmoid sinus infxn
✅image ASAP
✅Mx: Abx, abscess drainage, restoration of paranasal sinus outflow, resection of damaged bone as indicated
November 12, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Pott puffy tumor #IDSky #MedSky @jamadermatology.com
✅subperiosteal abscess of forehead a/w underlying frontal bone osteomyelitis
✅most common cause: frontal/ethmoid sinus infxn
✅image ASAP
✅Mx: Abx, abscess drainage, restoration of paranasal sinus outflow, resection of damaged bone as indicated
✅subperiosteal abscess of forehead a/w underlying frontal bone osteomyelitis
✅most common cause: frontal/ethmoid sinus infxn
✅image ASAP
✅Mx: Abx, abscess drainage, restoration of paranasal sinus outflow, resection of damaged bone as indicated
Reposted by Saira Butt, MD
Well, this is a brilliant #IDSky article that cuts close to the bone! 😬
Reframes #academia as an infection for which the causative organism may be less easy to define, but that can be just as insidious on affected individuals (clinical academics)!
#AcademicSky #MedSky 🧪 @cidjournal.bsky.social
Reframes #academia as an infection for which the causative organism may be less easy to define, but that can be just as insidious on affected individuals (clinical academics)!
#AcademicSky #MedSky 🧪 @cidjournal.bsky.social
Infected With the Academic Bug
It starts innocently. A paper you’re proud of, the thrill of seeing your name on PubMed. Everyone is genuinely happy for you; you’re a threat to no one. Bu
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October 27, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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Sustained HIV suppression with co-formulated tenofovir disoproxil fumarate/lamivudine/dolutegravir in a person with transmitted dolutegravir resistance and pre-treatment resistance to lamivudine: a case report from HPTN 083
✅ Just Accepted
#IDSky
🔗 https://bit.ly/4oxIGRA
✅ Just Accepted
#IDSky
🔗 https://bit.ly/4oxIGRA
October 27, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Sustained HIV suppression with co-formulated tenofovir disoproxil fumarate/lamivudine/dolutegravir in a person with transmitted dolutegravir resistance and pre-treatment resistance to lamivudine: a case report from HPTN 083
✅ Just Accepted
#IDSky
🔗 https://bit.ly/4oxIGRA
✅ Just Accepted
#IDSky
🔗 https://bit.ly/4oxIGRA
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In an outpatient setting with ⬆️ rates of clindamycin resistance, who is prescribing clindamycin?
⬆️ 2% of prescribers = 20% of scripts (check out Pareto graph in figure 1)
❌ scripts from ER +Primary Care
❌Indications w/ beta-lactam allergy- 🦷 infection
❌ w/o: SSTI
doi.org/10.1017/ash....
#IDSky
⬆️ 2% of prescribers = 20% of scripts (check out Pareto graph in figure 1)
❌ scripts from ER +Primary Care
❌Indications w/ beta-lactam allergy- 🦷 infection
❌ w/o: SSTI
doi.org/10.1017/ash....
#IDSky
Evaluation of outpatient clindamycin prescriptions across a large military healthcare network | Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology | Cambridge Core
Evaluation of outpatient clindamycin prescriptions across a large military healthcare network - Volume 5 Issue 1
doi.org
October 27, 2025 at 9:52 PM
In an outpatient setting with ⬆️ rates of clindamycin resistance, who is prescribing clindamycin?
⬆️ 2% of prescribers = 20% of scripts (check out Pareto graph in figure 1)
❌ scripts from ER +Primary Care
❌Indications w/ beta-lactam allergy- 🦷 infection
❌ w/o: SSTI
doi.org/10.1017/ash....
#IDSky
⬆️ 2% of prescribers = 20% of scripts (check out Pareto graph in figure 1)
❌ scripts from ER +Primary Care
❌Indications w/ beta-lactam allergy- 🦷 infection
❌ w/o: SSTI
doi.org/10.1017/ash....
#IDSky
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@kenkoonwong.bsky.social with another deep look at the SoMe ## of #IDWeek2025:
1) ID is divided between #IDSky and #IDTwitter
2) More posts+ engagement on 🦋than X
3) Certain accounts such as @boghuma.bsky.social @sairabt.bsky.social @jonathanrydermd.bsky.social are essential follows for IDWeek
1) ID is divided between #IDSky and #IDTwitter
2) More posts+ engagement on 🦋than X
3) Certain accounts such as @boghuma.bsky.social @sairabt.bsky.social @jonathanrydermd.bsky.social are essential follows for IDWeek
#IDWeek2025 had the lowest post count since 2022 (1,272 posts). While top posters shifted to Bluesky, X remained on par—the key difference was engagement rates favoring Bluesky. Grateful to learn so much from our SoMe community! 📊💙🙏
#idsky
#idsky
#IDWeek2025 Posts/Tweets Analysis | Everyday Is A School Day
IDWeek2025 had the lowest post count since 2022 (1,272 posts). While top posters shifted to Bluesky, X remained on par—the key difference was engagement rates favoring Bluesky. Grateful to learn so mu...
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October 27, 2025 at 1:45 AM
@kenkoonwong.bsky.social with another deep look at the SoMe ## of #IDWeek2025:
1) ID is divided between #IDSky and #IDTwitter
2) More posts+ engagement on 🦋than X
3) Certain accounts such as @boghuma.bsky.social @sairabt.bsky.social @jonathanrydermd.bsky.social are essential follows for IDWeek
1) ID is divided between #IDSky and #IDTwitter
2) More posts+ engagement on 🦋than X
3) Certain accounts such as @boghuma.bsky.social @sairabt.bsky.social @jonathanrydermd.bsky.social are essential follows for IDWeek
#idweek2025 #idsky #idweek2025 #idsky #IP #HE Wednesday With the Health Care Epidemiology Pager; sixth case 1/
October 22, 2025 at 8:18 PM
#idweek2025 #idsky #idweek2025 #idsky #IP #HE Wednesday With the Health Care Epidemiology Pager; sixth case 1/
#idweek2025 #idsky #idweek2025 #idsky #IP #HE Wednesday With the Health Care Epidemiology Pager; fifth case 1/
October 22, 2025 at 8:10 PM
#idweek2025 #idsky #idweek2025 #idsky #IP #HE Wednesday With the Health Care Epidemiology Pager; fifth case 1/
#idweek2025 #idsky #idweek2025 #idsky #IP #HE Wednesday With the Health Care Epidemiology Pager; fourth case 1/ #burkholderia
October 22, 2025 at 7:53 PM
#idweek2025 #idsky #idweek2025 #idsky #IP #HE Wednesday With the Health Care Epidemiology Pager; fourth case 1/ #burkholderia
#idweek2025 #idsky #idweek2025 #idsky #IP #HE Wednesday With the Health Care Epidemiology Pager; third case 1/
October 22, 2025 at 7:46 PM
#idweek2025 #idsky #idweek2025 #idsky #IP #HE Wednesday With the Health Care Epidemiology Pager; third case 1/
#idweek2025 #idsky #idweek2025 #idsky #IP #HE Wednesday With the Health Care Epidemiology Pager; second case #measles 1/
October 22, 2025 at 7:34 PM
#idweek2025 #idsky #idweek2025 #idsky #IP #HE Wednesday With the Health Care Epidemiology Pager; second case #measles 1/
#idweek2025 #idsky #IP #HE Wednesday With the Health Care Epidemiology Pager 1/ first case #varicella
October 22, 2025 at 7:21 PM
#idweek2025 #idsky #IP #HE Wednesday With the Health Care Epidemiology Pager 1/ first case #varicella
October 22, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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October 22, 2025 at 6:42 PM
#idweek2025 #idsky #HIV LA-ART excited about this as I know the speaker, Dr Jen Davis & panel discussant, Dr Ben Brock
October 22, 2025 at 6:26 PM
#idweek2025 #idsky #HIV LA-ART excited about this as I know the speaker, Dr Jen Davis & panel discussant, Dr Ben Brock
October 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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October 22, 2025 at 5:15 PM
#idweek2025 #idsky #OPAT Dr Childs-Kean
@corevalues5.bsky.social
patient perspective from urban area Germany 1/
BMC Health Serv Res
2024 Apr 29;24(1):544.
@corevalues5.bsky.social
patient perspective from urban area Germany 1/
BMC Health Serv Res
2024 Apr 29;24(1):544.
October 22, 2025 at 4:59 PM
#idweek2025 #idsky #OPAT Dr Childs-Kean
@corevalues5.bsky.social
patient perspective from urban area Germany 1/
BMC Health Serv Res
2024 Apr 29;24(1):544.
@corevalues5.bsky.social
patient perspective from urban area Germany 1/
BMC Health Serv Res
2024 Apr 29;24(1):544.
Getting ready for #IDBugBowl @idweek.bsky.social Hope to see y’alll this afternoon. Come and cheer ur team UAB CCF ThomasJefferson and our international team Calcutta Troo Med #IDWeek2025 #IDSky
October 22, 2025 at 4:55 PM