The Widal test drives typhoid over diagnosis and, by extension, unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions. Good piece in @[email protected] #IDSky #ClinMicro #AMR

The diagnostic void: how typho...

Well, that was effective use of social media time! Had totally forgotten about this webinar next Monday! Look forward to hearing from @[email protected] & @[email protected] #IDSky #ClinMicro #UTISky @[email protected]

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Important letter in @[email protected] on use of cefalexin in treating pyelonephritis. Is it effective? What's the right dose? 🤷‍♂️ Key quote... 👉 "Critically, there are no EUCAST breakpoints for cefalexin for systemic infection including acute pyelonephritis." #IDSky #ClinMicro #AMR #UTISky

Cefalexin use in UK acute pyel...

Plasma cell free metagenomic sequencing to predict / diagnose blood stream infections. Neat & promising observational data. Even if unsurprising, remarkable to see increased detection of microbial genomic material as diagnosis nears. @[email protected] #IDSky #ClinMicro #UTISky #MedSky

Predicting bloodstream infecti...

I was enjoying this bit of trivia about the origins of name sakazakii, but then the backstory on Cronos was .... 😲 #IDSky #ClinMicro

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Unexpected Friday bonus - new paper out (NOT peer reviewed)! Standardised antibiotic spectrum scores to: - quantify impact of antimicrobial stewardship rounds - prioritise patients for stewardship review Co-lead @[email protected] #IDSky #AMS #ClinMicro wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/11-...

Cheery and scary title popped into my inbox. Not even disinfectants working?! 😨 "Molecular mechanisms of disinfectant resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae" #ClinMicro #IDSky @[email protected] #MedSky #IPC academic.oup.com/jacamr/artic...

Molecular mechanisms of disinf...

Microbiology in space aboard the International Space Station!!! Surely astronauts contributed enough to get authorship?! #science #MicroSky #ClinMicro #phages #UTISky

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Gepotidacin provides #UTI symptomatic relief comparably to nitrofurantoin (in people with uncomplicated UTI in trials) #UTISky #IDSky #ClinMicro #MedSky @[email protected] academic.oup.com/cid/advance-...

Early symptom response in pati...

The kind of question to keep Infection doctors up at night! #IDSky #AMR #ClinMicro #MedSky

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