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In high concentrations as a treatment for an Aspergillus fumigatus infection, caspofungin sometimes creates a 'caspofungin paradoxical effect' [CPE]. This study sheds light on the genes involved in this clinically important phenotype.

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2 doses of Pfizer vaccine offered little protection against all BA.4/5 outcomes measured,A booster (3d or 4th dose) did provide protection against BA.4/5,but this protection probably wanes after 3 months against milder outcomes & 6m against hospitalisation
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🔥Breaking🔥
WHO releases first-ever list of health-threatening fungi
WHO fungal priority pathogens list to guide research, development and public health action #IDTwitter #MedEd #TwitteRx
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Academia

The WHO Fungal Priority Pathogen List is now published: who.int/publications/i…

One of the MOST CHALLENGING parts of any research project: Literature Review

Here's how to fast-track your literature review process using two FREE tools - Zotero and Research Rabbit 👇

A step-by-step guide with visuals 🧵

We are required on the IRB to have non clinicians. We need patient advocates ⁦Amy Silverstein, author⁩ on ASP and transplant committees. So important to have a patient view as well as a liaison with the community to explain what’s happening. Change! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ti…

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Mark your fungal calendar: October 20-23, 2023.
And here is the new hashtag for all fun-gi's #TIMM11
See you in Athens! ECMM ISHAM MSGERC

Time to update the global input of #pharmacy in #antimicrobialstewardship using this new validated tool. Survey tool available for completion UK Pharm Infec Netwk ESGAP_ABStewardship NCAS_Australia FIP FIP Academic Section Debbie Goff Sabiha Essack Cátia Caneiras خالد الجعلي/المضادات الحيوية SIDP Commonwealth Pharmacists Association

Looks like our Transplant Stewardship Edition will be out soon. There are over 40 fantasy articles with great ideas to change stewardship

Infectious disease goes on a hike

via @NYTimes nytimes.com/2022/10/08/ups…

Guess who’s coming✌🏻💪🏻
So Excited in joining #transplant and #oncology #infectiousdiseases clinical #fellow at Toronto General Hospital #TxID #IDtwitter #IDMedEd
Thanks to🌸
مدينة الملك سعود الطبية shahid.husain@tid Sasan Hosseini Deepali Kumar and all colleagues
University Health Network University Health NetworkTransplant University of Toronto

In this recently delivered 20 minute talk I make the case that our EBM teaching should put little emphasis on critical appraisal/validity/risk of bias and major focus on understanding and applying results. podcasts.ox.ac.uk/how-should-we-…

⏰Just two weeks remain to submit your abstracts to #ISHLT2023 !
We welcome your best science across the disciplines in the study and treatment of advanced heart and lung failure.
▶️Submit now: bit.ly/ISHLT23cfa

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