Chandrayaan-3 Mission:
'India🇮🇳,
I reached my destination
and you too!'
: Chandrayaan-3

Chandrayaan-3 has successfully
soft-landed on the moon 🌖!.

Congratulations, India🇮🇳!

#Chandrayaan_3
#Ch3

A new antifungal now available for treatment of invasive fungal disease! 🙌🎉🎊 Rezzayo, a long acting echinocandin will simplify treatment of invasive Candida infections.
melinta.com/melinta-therap…

Having a baby? Learn how you can complete your Q3 LKA questions in between contractions!

🔥R. homothallicus is fairly easy to differentiate from the more common R. arrhizus due to its zygospores. 🔥However it is being increasingly reported nowadays. 🔥thankfully it is associated with better survival and a good anti-fungal susceptibility profile.

We describe clinical features, mycologic characteristics, antifungal susceptibility, treatment, & mortality rates among pts with R.homothallilus. We assess whether the mortality rate from ROM caused by R.homothallicus is different from that of R. arrhizus disease. #IDTwitter

Block your dates for a fascinating academic feast on Rickettsial infections at the Asia Pacific Rickettsial Conference 3 to be held at Mahabalipuram on September 23 and 24. Details at aprc3.com George M Varghese CIDS India ICMR

Ascaris lumbricoides can migrate outside the intestine and may cause serious extra-intestinal complications. Our latest systematic review on the topic: academic.oup.com/trstmh/advance…

#parasites #NTDProgress #beatNTDs #idpath

Rimjhim Kanaujia
Intnl Network for Diagnostic Medical Parasitology

GNR expert and my childhood homegirl ⁦Pranita Tamma⁩ presenting on new BL/BLI combos at #IDSNY . More options for CRE, CR-PsA, Steno. Watch out for high-risk resistant clones with PBP3 insertions

2023 Duke-ISCVID Criteria for Infective #Endocarditis

Update to the Modified Duke Criteria

Vance Fowler et al in Clinical Infectious Diseases

Summary table 👇

academic.oup.com/cid/advance-ar…

Reliability of a terbinafine agar containing method for the screening of dermatophyte resistance #MedicalMycology by Sarah Dellière & colleagues ISHAM doi.org/10.1093/mmy/my…

ID is a tough field with lots of room for growth, but there's so much to love:
- kind & collaborative colleagues
- intellectually stimulating/challenging cases
- attracts folks who value patient care > $$
- intrinsically oriented toward marginalized communities

what else?

Pleased to share my article on using Twitter to help managing severe fungal infection!

Social Mycology: Using Social Media Networks in the Management of Aspergillosis and Other Mycoses

link.springer.com/article/10.100…

#Mentoringadvice
One of the most unproductive activities is spending your time CRITIZISING or GOSSIPING about other colleagues.

#livertwitter #MedTwitter

#WorldHealthDay

Grateful to all health workers everywhere 🙏🏽

🧫Urology Gold Journal

Conclusions from analyzing 12,000+ paired urinalysis & urine cultures:

① 10K CFU/mL threshold is better than 100K CFU/mL for detecting a UTI.

② Negative UA exhibits high accuracy for predicting the absence of a UTI.

🧫Glenn Werneburg, MD PhD

authors.elsevier.com/c/1gqviKZx3c89w

🔥 BREAKING 🔥
U.S. FDA approved REZZAYO™ (rezafungin inj) novel once-weekly echinocandin for the treatment of candidemia & invasive candidiasis in adults with limited or no alternative treatment options #IDTwitter Andrej Spec, MD, MSCI
Bug Pharmacist 💊🧫 Tim Gauthier Infectious Diseases
globenewswire.com/news-release/2…

New Antifungal on the block! #fda approved #REZZAYO ( #rezafungin for injection). Important news in unfolding recalcitrant #Candida auris and Candida parapsilosis pandemics.

Prof Chakrabarti the godfather of the Indian Society of Medical Mycologist receiving a lifetime achievement award.

1. World Health Organization (WHO) has issued an update on the #H5N1 situation in Cambodia. It confirms what has come out over the past few days. 2 confirmed cases, an 11 yo girl who died & her father who remains asymptomatic. 11 other contacts tested negative. A couple of noteworthy points....