Just received my SNAP-branded iPad. We are sending those to Australian sites to use for participant consent/information and data entry! ⁦SNAP Trial⁩ ⁦Steven Tong⁩

WORLD CLASS RESEARCHERS | Congratulations to the 12 Menzies researchers who were recently recognised for their high calibre research after being ranked on their citations in the World’s Top 2% of Scientists List by Stanford University.
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Hi #IDTwitter would be interested in your views on the next questions for us to address in patients admitted to hospital (but not ICU) with COVID, in the ASCOT Trial.

Transplant ID Folks- check out this free webinar in November. A wonderful group of talks and speakers. Registration opens later this week camwolfe Maricar Malinis The Tell Show Camille Nelson Kotton Emily Blumberg William Werbel MD PhD Steven “😷 & Vaccinated” Pergam, MD, MPH

🆕⚡⚡Post Hoc Analysis of the CAMERA2 Trial Amy Legg Steven Tong
Risk Factors for Nephrotoxicity in MRSA Bacteraemia
Concurrent use of (flu)cloxacillin ⬆️ the risk of AKI over 4 times compared with the use of cefazolin or no beta-lactam
⬆️AUC VAN ⬆️AKI link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Thanks Antibiotic Steward Bassam Ghanem🆔🌟 as always for finding things before I even know they’re out! For me this analysis created more questions than answers! Sarah Browning

Great to see an RCT to support the strong observational data. So should FMT now be the first line option in guidelines for CDAD??

Now that we have a king, these sorts of events will all take much longer, since he can only move along the floor one square at a time. #queensfuneral

Fun clinic today (we should appreciate our work when we can!) #IDTwitter : HBVx2, HIV, prosthetic joint infection, Recurrent Staph abscesses, cryptococcal meningitis, prolonged cryptosporidium. No COVID!

There have been 124 cases of monkeypox identified in Australia since May 2022. HMRI researcher and infectious disease expert Professor Joshua Davis believes monkeypox is not in the same ballpark as COVID-19 but it’s good to be cautious.

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Peer review should be blinded to author names/institutions

Thanks Paul Chapman! I didn’t actually drop the head-mounted mic…but European B&J Society was a fantastic meeting. Would recommend it to anyone with clinical or research interest in #boneandjointinfection

Will this stop people giving a long course of antibiotics post 2-stage revision for #PJI ? I doubt it. I think we still need a proper RCT. #IDtwitter

Delighted UK officially joining SNAP Trial under leadership Anna Goodman MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL & Guy's and St Thomas' with funding from NIHR Research

Thanks Greg! Was great to have the teams from the Kirby and VIDRL to join us at Menzies Research as well as our partners from various remote communities

I must have missed the update to COVID PPE guidelines!

What's the BEST trial all about?
Children with acute, uncomplicated bone and joint infections will be randomised to:
💉 Standard of care - with initial intravenous antibiotics
💊 High-dose oral cefalexin - an 'entirely oral' course of treatment

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