Wow, intriguing, ID world is super weird!
Gardnerella vaginalis bacteremia in male patients: a case series and review of the literature #IDTwitter #medtwitter #TwitteRx #MedEd #ofid academic.oup.com/ofid/advance-a…

IDCRC mentee: Christine Akamine, MD Christine Akamine, assistant professor BCMHouston

Her research focus is #vaccinology and #COVID19 – specifically the clinical and virologic characteristics of patients with prolonged SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid detection.

idcrc.org/training/index…

Here’s a review of mRNA vaccines for COVID-19 in case you wanted some light reading (haha) pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34954088/

Introducing one of our hard-working Chief Fellows, Christine Akamine Christine Akamine . She has a special interest in vaccinology, zoonotic diseases, and HIV. #FellowFriday #IDTwitter

Ever seen Gardnerella vaginalis bacteremia in a male patient? Christine Akamine 's case presentation discussed this rare infection in males, most of which have a GU source, but endocarditis and empyema have been described in the literature. #IDtwitter

nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

Congratulations to my mentor Dr Hana El Sahly and the Baylor College of Medicine VTEU for the months of hard work. It’s been a privilege to be a part of this historic study as an ID fellow.

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Dr. Robert Atmar, a CDC vaccine adviser for Covid-19, says “essential workers” like “teachers, people in law enforcement, firefighters” may follow health care workers and long-term care facility residents for the vaccine. cnn.it/3mvdz9Q

🔬Histoplasma capsulatum🔬

🟢Thermal dimorphism ➡️ yeast in living tissue, mold in soil/environment
🟢Endemic ➡️ Southwest US, Ohio/Mississippi river valleys, but also found worldwide!

#IDTwitter #IDMedEd #MicroRounds Denise Francisco Christine Akamine

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

💡Autofluorescence💡is described in some species of bacteria & yeast

Fun fact ✅ Mycobacteria emit autofluorescence in the cyan range of the visible spectrum (pictured)

#IDTwitter #IDMedEd #MicroRounds Christine Akamine

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

Staph aureus continues to be a formidable pathogen! Christine Akamine Prathit Kulkarni, MD Jill Weatherhead, MD, PhD

#IDMedEd #IDTwitter #RespectTheStaph

☕️ But first, C O F F E E ☕️ Maybe it's good for your microbiome?

A very interesting read, thanks Jose Serpa
nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

Characteristic eosinophilic nuclear and cytoplasmic inclusions of invasive CMV GI disease Christine Akamine #IDFellows #IDTwitter

💥New case of plague in CA, hasn’t been reported there since 2015!
⭕️ Yersinia pestis
⭕️ Murine zoonosis
⭕️ Timely treatment is key, preferred agents = aminoglycosides (Streptomycin/gentamicin)
@cbsnews #IDTwitter #ZoonoticDiseases
google.com/amp/s/www.cbsn…

Interesting case of pulmonary nocardiosis in a transplant patient, remember:
🐛 Filamentous branching GPR, varying degrees of acid-fastness
✅ Many different species, N. farcinica more often assoc w/abx resistance
(below=great article Laila Woc-Colburn, MD showed me)
mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S0025-…