Just had a paper returned by a journal after 3 days for not including the country in the affiliations, not including on the title page "number of tables: 0; number of figures: 0". What a waste of time...

Happy DOTS Day, to those who celebrate. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Awesome study. First RCT I know of specifically focused on hospitalized people with OUD and infectious diseases. XR-bupe no better than standard MOUD for OUD and ID outcomes. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

@steventong.bsky.social presents the results of the PSSA domain of the SNAP 🫰 trial - the worlds largest trial of staph aureus bacteremia - at #ESCMID2025 fluclox resulted in higher mortality and more AKI compared to penicillin for PSSA

HIV treatment @ harm reduction organizations is the future! Avoids interacting with the traditional healthcare system as much as possible and bring treatment to the people. 79% viral suppression at 12 months in this pilot study. Multi-center RCT is ongoing @hivma.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/0785...

Is there any reason to check HLA-B5701 or any reason to start someone on abacavir in 2025? We will need a new random ART factoid to quiz people on if this practice goes away.

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... A spoonful of psilocybin helps the pandemic go down

MRI for diagnosis of diabetic foot osteomyelitis: Pretty good positive LR (5.1), very good negative LR (0.12) jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... #IDsky

Injectable HIV treatment is feasible via syringe services programs academic.oup.com/ofid/article... #IDsky @jessmeisner.bsky.social

Rampant housing discrimination for people with OUD in S. Florida: 16% allowed residents to be on buprenorphine unconditionally, 31% allowed bupe with dose limitations, and 53% completely prohibit being on bupe. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Make statins OTC.

New nanoformulation technique was able to turn TDF-3TC-DTG into a monthly injectable reaching therapeutic levels within 24 hrs after injection. Very exciting #idsky journals.lww.com/aidsonline/a...

For my first bsky post, an EXCLUSIVE free idea for an ID clinical trial design: Take people reporting penicillin allergy and randomize to just ignoring it and giving whatever antibiotic you think is best vs. going through whatever the standard rigamarole is at your hospital (treatment-as-usual) 💊