The root of people pleasing is not concern for others. It's concern for approval. A fear of being disliked leads many people to put their image above their values. A good reputation is not about being adored by all. It’s about earning the respect of those who matter most.

"Do it your self...FAST"..... Penicillin & Sulfa allergy self-assessment. Could be a gamechanger in risk stratifying patients into low-risk delabelling clinics. Well done 👏 Dr Morgan Rose Centre for Antibiotic Allergy & Research Austin Health NCIC Doherty Institute pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39098391/

I worry about the future of our nation’s infectious disease workforce, a combination of low salaries, attacks by elected leaders & antiscience groups, disappearing physician-scientist role models, someone like me an MD PhD physician who runs a vaccine laboratory a vanishing breed

Okay by popular demand, as requested, another ID/abx rant. Let's talk abx "spectrum of activity" vs. selecting for resistance. Does it make sense to use PCN rather than amp or amox to "reduce selection for resistance"? Nope. I know. Confusing.

Another study has not found use of gentamicin or rifampin associated with survival in staphylococcal PVE, this one much larger than the original work from the 1980s. We should let these patients keep their nephrons and hepatocytes. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39110339/

Not all disappointing outcomes are failures. Some lead to improvements in your process. Success is about more than the results you achieve. It's also about the growth you attain. Progress is more than how close you come to your goal. It's how far you've come from your start.

Eliciting clinician perspectives on asymptomatic bacteriuria to identify targets for antimicrobial stewardship education and decision support ✅ Just Accepted 🔗 bit.ly/3yr6rqc

Oral Antibiotics and Risk of Serious Cutaneous Adverse Drug Reactions. Great work by David Juurlink et al. JAMA Network #SCAR #antibioticsafety #allergy #prescribeantibioticsjudiciously #IDTwitter jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/….

Before the Olympics end, we have an Antimicrobial Resistance (#AMR) #Olympics meme for you. :) AMR should be trending too as one of the world's greatest global health crises. Learn more in the 2024 Lancet Series on AMR here: onehealthtrust.org/publications/p… #Paris2024 #AMR #UNGA

Childhood vaccines prevented 1.13 million deaths, saved $2.7 trillion in societal costs over 3 decades, according to a new MMWR. bit.ly/4clgTNU.

#Dengue cases are at record levels worldwide this year. About 1 in 20 people who get dengue get very sick a day or two after their fever goes away. If you notice these warning signs, get medical help right away! Learn more: bit.ly/3yxw3la

Antibiotics are a cornerstone of medicine, but damage the microbiome. This perspective in mSphere makes a case for the use of targeted, microbiome-sparing antibiotics, offering key considerations to be addressed as part of the drug development path. asm.social/20Y

Need ways to remove the sulfonamide allergy label! Sharpen the focus on these in #TID #ICH Ami Belmont Ana Copaescu Jamie Waldron MD Michael Ison, MD MS

Rapid Implementation of Blood Culture Stewardship: Institutional Response to an Acute National Blood Culture Bottle Shortage ✅ Just Accepted 🔗 bit.ly/3M7TJ2P

🔥Just published 🔥 Clinical Microbiology and Infection ESCMID/ European Committee on Infection Control @ESCMID clinical guidelines on preoperative decolonization and targeted prophylaxis in patients colonized by multidrug-resistant Gram-positive bacteria before surgery #idxposts clinicalmicrobiologyandinfection.com/article/S1198-…

The BCx shortage has affected many of us. In collaboration with Valeria Fabre, Dan Diekema, and my mentor Dr. Van, we published in Open Forum Infectious Diseases our approach to the shortage, emphasizing the importance of implementing BCx stewardship academic.oup.com/ofid/advance-a…

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Great Monte Carlo simulation study by Jennifer Le, PharmD, MAS, FIDSA, FCCP et al showing high-dose AMOX performed better than standard-dose AMOX & may still be required for Tx of #pneumococcal #CAP in #children using CLSI breakpoints. Clinical data are needed. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36571459/ SIDP PIDS

I'm so proud of the IDSA IDA&E committee for developing these featured Bug Hub Global stage sessions! Consider adding them to your IDweek schedule! We would love to see you all in the audience! Carina Marquez #IDweek2024

🆕 in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology - we devised a simple scoring tool to help reduce unnecessary urine culturing and antibiotic prescribing for asymptomatic bacteriuria. The BLADDER score can be used as part of broader UTI stewardship efforts. cambridge.org/core/journals/…