Very sad reminder of the importance of getting a travel history #IDSky www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Barnsley rabies death could ch...

“Chile’s achievement demonstrates that eliminating leprosy is achievable and requires building strong systems that can detect, respond to, and provide comprehensive care for people affected by the disease, including those living with chronic disabilities" #IDSky #leprosy #MedSky

Chile becomes the first countr...

More adjunctive immunomodulation for an infectious disease! Here it's dupilumab (IL-4/13 blockade) in coccidioidomycosis. Case series only, but not overtly harmful and maybe even helpful. #IDSky #immunosky academic.oup.com/cid/advance-...

Immunomodulation in the Treatm...

Played a small part in this cool study @[email protected]. Identifies myofibroblasts as sources of tissue damaging enzymes (MMP1) in TB granuloma, probably responding to cytokine cues from nearby macrophages. Question now is: can we target therapeutically to prevent post-TB lung damage? #TBSky #IDSky

Single-cell and spatial profil...

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...

Great news in treatment of human African trypanosomiasis #IDSky

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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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