Can't wait!

Great map! What is the state with the biggest cultural contrasts *within* its borders? My votes, in order, with the caveat that I live in none of them (so based only on visiting): 1. Florida 2. California 3. Texas

One of the truly challenging clinical encounters in all of medicine -- especially in ID. Grateful for this thoughtful guide, as these are deeply distressed patients. State-of-the-Art Review: Evaluation and Management of Delusional Infestation doi.org/10.1093/cid/ci…

Today, 1pm Boston time! Review of #AIDS2024 for IAS–USA, and joined by Dr. Marina Klein, leader of the Pan-Canadian clinical trials network for HIV/AIDS. Register here: iasusa.org/events/webinar…

Yes, showers. Thanks to Trung Phan for the inspiration. "Hotel Showers are Insane" indeed captures it well.

Excellent editorial on the potential downsides of cancer screening strategies -- something we must consider when recommending them in guidelines. Just because we can screen for cancer doesn't mean we should. doi.org/10.7326/M24-08…

Retrospective review of a very challenging clinical entity, candida prosthetic joint infections, now in Clinical Infectious Diseases. Debridement, antibiotics, and implant retention assoc with lower rates of cure c/w 1- or 2-stage exchange. doi.org/10.1093/cid/ci…

Have lived here > 40 years and will never get used to this

Data definitely resonate with us in ID/GI, who all see people after GI illness (esp post travel) with persistent symptoms, convinced they have an ongoing infection. Sometimes they do, sometimes they don't. Challenging problem! Microbiome issue? doi.org/10.1136/gutjnl…

Thrilled that Dr. Daniel Solomon (Daniel Solomon) is this month's Featured Educator for the IDSA Medical Education Community of Practice. Such a deserving awardee. Read his wise words of advice for clinician teachers here! Brigham and Women’s Infectious Diseases MGB Infectious Diseases Fellowship idsame.notion.site/Daniel-Solomon…

I did some summertime attending on the general medical service. So much hyponatremia! Other reflections here, with a new mystifying acronym (of course), and shout-outs to Travis Jones Adam Cifu UpToDate and Brigham and Women's Medicine Residents. blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-observa…

My colleagues Drs. Meghan Baker & Nicole Pecora have submitted a proposal to support sequencing of every + culture from MICU and Oncology floors to uncover chains of transmission between patients. Vote here to support this application! (Anyone can vote.) discoverbrigham.org/funding/bri-aw…