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Sonia Koning @sonkoning.bsky.social · May 22

Stav is our amazing HIV clinic pharmacist and does so much for our patients 🥰🥰🥰 #IDPharmacistsDay #PharmacistsLeadingChange

Advanced Pharmacy Australia (AdPha) @adphaau.bsky.social · May 22

🙌 Today we're celebrating #InfectiousDiseases Pharmacists Day – recognising the vital role ID pharmacists play in safeguarding public health through antimicrobial stewardship, infection prevention and expert patient care.

📽️ Featured is Stav Mantas FANZCAP (InfDis). speaking about her journey.

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Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists - SIDP @sidpharm.bsky.social · May 20

To kick off a new series ID/AMS Reading Lists series, SIDP is here to help you "Hit 'Em with Your Best Nudge"! Check out this noticeable (and unnoticed) nudge comments in AMS! #IDSky #rxsky #pharmsky #AMSsky #medsky #SIDP #EvidenceBasedMedicine #IDPharmacy #Microbiology #Nudge #NudgeComments

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Miranda So PharmD MPH (Epidemiology) @mirandapharmdmph.bsky.social · Apr 15

Greatly appreciate the ECIL 10’s emphasis of #antimicrobialstewardship in FN of hemato-oncology patients by Prof Mikulska and others

Collab w/ hematologists and pharmacy
Know when to use new abx and time ⏳is of the essence.
#ESCMIDGlobal 🙏

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Sonia Koning @sonkoning.bsky.social · Feb 26

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Sonia Koning @sonkoning.bsky.social · Feb 22

@elisemitri.bsky.social highlights the evidence and what’s next in antimicrobial allergies - lots happening in this space #antimicrobials2025 #AMSsky

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Sonia Koning @sonkoning.bsky.social · Feb 22

Great speakers @michyong.bsky.social @cindyclau.bsky.social in the @ausantibiotics.bsky.social #antimicrobials2025 pharmacy symposium where Q&A sessions are turning into patient consults sessions 😉

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Sonia Koning @sonkoning.bsky.social · Feb 22

Consider linezolid dose reduction in the following - elderly, renal impairment, hepatic dysfunction, concomitant clarithromycin @cindyclau.bsky.social #antimicrobials2025

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Sonia Koning @sonkoning.bsky.social · Feb 21

“In wine there is truth, in beer there is strength, in water there is bacteria” 💯

Australian Society for Antimicrobials @ausantibiotics.bsky.social · Feb 21

Plenary 3 -Prof Rachel Thomson
#NTM infection risk influenced by various #environmental factors, house dust, rainfall, temperature, aerosolisation from water to the air etc … so pretty much everywhere 😅
#antimicrobials2025 #IDsky #AMSSky

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Sonia Koning @sonkoning.bsky.social · Feb 21

NTM found in house dust 😱 Rachel Thompson on NTM epidemiology #antimicrobials2025 #ASA

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Sonia Koning @sonkoning.bsky.social · Feb 21

What’s on the horizon for COVID for immunocompromised patients? Monoclonals, interferon nasal spray, T-cell therapy @michyong.bsky.social #antimicrobials2025 #ASA

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Sonia Koning @sonkoning.bsky.social · Feb 21

Controversy - free range vs antibiotic free chickens? Which would you prefer?! 🫣🫣🫣#antimicrobials2025

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Sonia Koning @sonkoning.bsky.social · Feb 21

Even more evidence that we should put our efforts on unrestricted antibiotics - high volume of use with low rates of appropriateness! @cazchen.bsky.social compares 2023 #NAPS and #NAUSP data
#antimicrobials2025 #ASA

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Sonia Koning @sonkoning.bsky.social · Feb 21

Another amazing whirlwind talk from @erinmccreary.bsky.social on the new antifungals featuring Nora 🐶
#antimicrobials2025 #ASA

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Sonia Koning @sonkoning.bsky.social · Feb 21

This is another reason why topical antimicrobials should be #AMS targets 😳😳😳
@thefunguskidd.bsky.social presents on T.indotineae resistance

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Sonia Koning @sonkoning.bsky.social · Feb 20

Another name change for Candida auris - “Candidozyma” belonging to the family “Metschnikowia” 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫 #antimicrobials2025 #ASA

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Sonia Koning @sonkoning.bsky.social · Feb 20

Low MIC for zidebactam so cefepime-zidebactam is like giving two active agents rather than just adding an enzyme inhibitor #antimicrobials2025 #ASA

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Sonia Koning @sonkoning.bsky.social · Feb 20

Privilege to be presenting in the same session with these superstar pharmacists 🤩🤩🤩
#antimicrobials2025

Australian Society for Antimicrobials @ausantibiotics.bsky.social · Feb 20

Proferred Papers #3
Showcasing #AMS pharmacist research- antimicrobial consumption& quality data #NAPS #NAUSP, #IVOS to save nursing time, novel work behind the scenes of #AMU #AMS reports
@sonkoning.bsky.social @nikhil-singh.bsky.social @ncas.bsky.social @ncicancer.bsky.social
#antimicrobials2025

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Sonia Koning @sonkoning.bsky.social · Feb 20

IVOS not only has great benefits for our patients but saves nursing time 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
Great presentation from @nikhil-singh.bsky.social #antimicrobials2025 @ausantibiotics.bsky.social

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Sonia Koning @sonkoning.bsky.social · Dec 1

Sadly I feel like this is many of our AMS rounds 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️ #AMSsky

Claudia P. Cortes @cla-cor.bsky.social · Dec 1

A classic from the other (dark) side of the moon

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Sonia Koning @sonkoning.bsky.social · Nov 22

Long term suppression antibiotics often done - but is there sufficient evidence to support this?? @jillianlau.bsky.social nice to see SOLLA being highlighted for #WAAW2024 #AMSsky

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Sonia Koning @sonkoning.bsky.social · Nov 22

Tools need to be simple and practical for clinicians for good uptake #WAAW #AMSsky

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Sonia Koning @sonkoning.bsky.social · Nov 22

Entertaining and informative session from @trubianojason.bsky.social on disseminating research #WAAW #AMSsky

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Sonia Koning @sonkoning.bsky.social · Nov 21

Can’t wait to see you 🥰🥰🥰

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Antibiotic Steward 🅱️C🆔🅿️🌟 @absteward.bsky.social · Nov 20

🔥BALANCE RCT🔥
74 hospitals in 7 countries
3,608 patients
A 7-day course of antibiotics for hospitalized patients with bloodstream infections was non inferior to 14d within a 4% prespecified margin for mortality at 90 days #idsky
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Antibiotic Treatment for 7 versus 14 Days in Patients with Bloodstream Infections | NEJM

Bloodstream infections are associated with substantial morbidity and mortality. Early, appropriate antibiotic therapy is important, but the duration of treatment is uncertain. In a multicenter, non...

www.nejm.org

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Sonia Koning @sonkoning.bsky.social · Nov 19

I’m cefazolin apparently 😁