THM from #ECCMID2024 and #IPC :

Organisational change requires cultural change. Strategy alone isn't enough.

Excellent metagenomics talk from Judith Breuer at #ECCMID2024 with nice summary of Illumina vs. Nanopore.

Great work from the team at GOSHCharity and scientists such as Laura Atkinson.

'In the last 50 years, immunisation has reduced infant mortality by 40%.  

That means more children now reach their 5th birthday than ever before in human history.' – Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance

#WorldImmunizationWeek

A lot of politicians would have you believe that handing over parts of the NHS to private providers is our only option

But…

* Only the NHS takes care of patients at A&E
* Only the NHS trains our doctors and nurses
* Only the NHS looks after all patients

A very short 🧵 on the basic aspects of antimicrobial dosing:

· Pharmacology (PK/PD)
· MIC
· Therapeutic drug monitoring
· Sex and weight
· Organ function

#IDTwitter Infectious Disease Fellows Network #SIDPharm ASM TxID Early Career Network Gabe 🦊

1/ #IDrounds : Cerebral Spinal Fluid (CSF) analysis is the most valuable indicator of infectious diseases of the Central Nervous System (CNS).

Understanding the three (3) basic CSF types can be useful.

We couldn’t agree more.

What about you?

56 y/o F presents with Pseudomonas aeruginosa🧫ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) 🫁

Antibiogram:

Aztreonam - R
Cefiderocol - R
Ceftaz - R
Ceftaz-Avi - R
Ceftol-taz - R
Colistin - S
Imipemen - R
Imi-rel - R
Mero - R

What's the most likely mechanism?

Scientific posters are challenging to create. More often than not they have too much text to catch attention and engage people. The core message is rarely conveyed effectively and concisely.

I ❤️ this one!

This is how you do posters 👇

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How does fever help us fight infections?

For millennia, fever has been recognized as a beneficial response to invading pathogens.

If this is so, why don't we have a resting temperature of 102°F (38.9°C)? Wouldn't that protect us even better?

Let's have a look.

Morriston Hospital’s Emergency Department (A&E) is extremely busy. Please do not attend unless absolutely unavoidable. Those with non-life threatening conditions are likely to face a long wait. Please use alternatives sbuhb.nhs.wales/urgentout-of-h…

#Cholera is easily preventable!

Here's what you need to know about the oral cholera vaccine👇🏿.

#ViralFactsAfrica