Jumping back into things with a review on Lues maligna at Rush/CCH Infectious Diseases conference, featuring some historical context on the importance of the micro lab. #ASMClinMicro

16 people have died & >150 hospitalized in S.E. Poland in outbreak of #Legionnaires ’ disease.

The outbreak has been concentrated in Rzeszow, near border with Ukraine. Polish health ministry said most likely source of infection is Rzeszow’s municipal water
nytimes.com/2023/08/30/wor…

Move over ChatGPT. Nice paper in JClinMicro EIC on image analysis artificial intelligence. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/jc…

Case of falciparum malaria was reported in Maryland. This is the 9th case of locally acquired malaria in the United States including 7 in FL and 1 in TX. These other cases were caused by P. vivax. cdc.gov/malaria/new_in…

Happy Friday! A new episode is now available. Episode 2 of the AMR sub-series where we go over beta-lactams.
Andrea Prinzi PhD, MPH,SM(ASCP)🧫🔬 Brian Raux
Link in comments.

#microbiology #medlabsci #podcast #MedTwitter #IDtwitter #fridaymorning

After nearly a decade serving as dean of the RUSH Health Sciences, Charlotte B. Royeen, PhD, will retire at the end of this year. ms.spr.ly/60189MFjm

Is it MRSA or MSSA? This recently published article in #AAC_Journal highlights the challenges associated with accurate methicillin resistance detection between clinical labs. #ASMClinMicro
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/aa…

Dr. Arwady is an accomplished public health physician and led CDPH | Chicago Department of Public Health during the #COVID pandemic. Her firing only hurts the city. nbcchicago.com/top-videos-hom…

Cases of COVID-19 are rising again in Chicago, in part because of the new EG.5 subvariant. “The virus is constantly changing,' RUSH virologist Hannah Barbian, PhD, says, 'but the tools we have to protect ourselves are still working quite well.' rsh.md/456dHD2

How often do you refer to your 🏥antibiogram? This paper published in Clinical Infectious Diseases suggests that using antibiograms to guide empiric therapy is not all that helpful. #ASMClinMicro
academic.oup.com/cid/article/do…

New review on the challenges associated w/ periprosthetic joint infection just published in @CID academic.oup.com/cid/article-ab…

Time to antibiotics in sepsis is easy to measure, but maybe isn’t the complete story.

New Clinical Infectious Diseases article shows hourly mortality benefit of abx may only exist for septic shock (and not for sepsis w/o shock or infection alone)

academic.oup.com/cid/advance-ar…

(1/2): Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo from UAB Medicine has been selected as director of @NIAIDnews to lead #NIH ’s infectious disease and allergy research efforts. I look forward to welcoming her when she officially begins at NIH in the fall. go.nih.gov/Sg5M0vt

Race-based medicine is not the solution to health disparities @theopedproject #publicvoices RUSH RUSH University #racism #medicine #healthdisparities JAWS chicago.suntimes.com/2023/8/1/23814…

There is still time to submit a proposal for #ASMicrobe 2024. Submissions close August 2. #shareyourscience

#UequalsU is a powerful focus of the #HIV movement as it empowers those patients to regain their lives and confidence
#IDTwitter #MedTwitter what a time to be in HIV/ID!

Join the free ASM & Wiley Microbiology webinar, “The Antimicrobial Resistance Crisis,' on July 18 at 12 p.m. ET. Brenda A. Wilson & Brian Thomas Ho, authors of “Revenge of the Microbes 2e,” will explore the transition from blame game to synergistic solutions. asm.social/1jC

Congratulations on completing your residency training at RUSH Pathology. Looking forward to seeing what each of you accomplish! 👏👏👏🎉🎉🎉🥳🥳🥳

🤣🤣🤣 He most definitely is!

Practical tip from a microbiologist: Don't drink unpasteurized milk! End tweet. usatoday.com/story/news/nat… via @usatoday