These summer rains🌧️ remind me than autumn's on the way🍁on #BowTieFriday. What summer🌞memory fuels you? Dr Leo Alex S. Aguirre, MD Michael Angarone Juan M. Masini Bob Mackey, The Bow Tie Education Guy Ak Sedai 🌟 Stephen David Beck Kent DeLay Masood Pasha Syed MBBS MD Daniel Weiner (he/him/his) 🫁👶🧑‍⚕️ Dr. “Dad” MD, FAAP, FASN Jeffry Upperman Utibe R. Essien, MD MPH

65 years ago today, Miles Davis released “Kind of Blue” Kind of Blue is regarded by many as a true masterpiece, the greatest jazz album ever recorded, and one of the best albums of all time… But what made the album so extraordinary? A thread 🧵

I sympathize with the frustration of non-inferiority (NI) trials. As @drtoddlee says, they do have a role. They are specifically needed to sustain antibiotic R&D. A brief string on why. For details, see ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

Greatest Comic Book Covers of All-Time! 📚🧵

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…

The European Bone & Joint Infection Society (EBJIS) definition of periprosthetic joint infection

How successful is Maribavir for CMV in SOTRs? Duke Infectious Diseases camwolfe Madeleine Heldman, MD, MS (she/her) Open Forum Infectious Diseases 💊40% had sustained viral clearance 💊47% developed MBV resistance or early recurrence 💊Higher VL = More resistance/recurrence Read more in Maribavir 📁! transplantid.net/2E33ZW67

My friends and I think a lot about what language to use with seriously ill patients and how it impacts healing. Sometimes we write about it for Mayo Clinic Proceedings ❤️‍🩹Leonard Berry Gillian Grafton Never-Words: What Not to Say to Patients With Serious Illness sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Models of OPAT Care: One Size May Not Fit All ✅ Just Accepted 🔗 bit.ly/3WTsxdd

🆕️🔥Systematic review & meta-analysis MERINO+9 retros N=1,962 After performing appropriate adjustments for confounders mortality & clinical outcome in pts having ESBL-Enterobacterales BSIs did not sig differ among those receiving pip tazo Vs carbapenems sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

🆕️⚡️⚡️ Clinical Microbiology and Infection Mayo Clinic Infectious Diseases omar abu saleh Which trial do we need? Combination therapy with daptomycin plus ceftaroline versus standard of care monotherapy in the treatment of MRSA bacteremia Steven Tong Todd C. Lee Brad Spellberg #idxposts clinicalmicrobiologyandinfection.com/article/S1198-…

Mark your calendars 📅 National #BowTie day is tomorrow Aug 28th. Don't forget to make your nation proud! 🤓🎀 #BowTieFriday Dr. jordan berlin It’s Steph Zach Radcliff (he/they) 🏳️‍🌈 Dhruv Srinivasachar MD (he/el/ele) KModyMD James Wu | 吴简凡 MD Cliff Cruz Jason A. Webb, M.D., DFAPA, FAAHPM, FACP Kent DeLay Masood Pasha Syed MBBS MD Daniel Weiner (he/him/his) 🫁👶🧑‍⚕️ Dr. “Dad” MD, FAAP, FASN

🆕️⚡️⚡️Retrospective Rates of clinical failure were no different when comparing short antibiotic (5-10d) Vs long antibiotic courses (11-16d) for Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteremia Most patients had pneumonia as the source of bacteremia #shorterisbetter academic.oup.com/ofid/article/d…

Muscle aches and joint pain are common signs of #slothfever, but some people who contract the virus may experience symptoms more than once. Michael Angarone, DO, infectious diseases Northwestern Medicine, tells ABC News what makes this insect-borne virus unique. buff.ly/4785U9o

We're excited to announce our brand new State-of-the-Art Reviews collection page! These articles address nuances in clinical decision-making, including clinical presentations, diagnostic approaches, and management. See the full collection here ➡️ bit.ly/4cS9gyS

Pre-neutropenic fever in patients with hematological malignancies: a novel target for antimicrobial stewardship ✅ Just Accepted 🔗 bit.ly/3T6axeA

🆕️🔥Systematic Review & Meta-analysis Intermittent Vs daily Bactrim for pneumocystis pneumonia prophylaxis 🤔 4 RCTs N=2808 Intermittent TMP/SMX regimens for PCP prophylaxis may be more tolerable than daily regimens & may have similar efficacy #idxposts academic.oup.com/ofid/article/d…

I still find it insane that the soviets got literal images of the surface of Venus.