New Plagdle's up. Another twister. #IDSky #MedSky #EpiSky www.plagdle.com

Next draft Infection Card for Epipocalypse: Bug Detectives: Pneumococcus! If you want to see / read how bad Strep pneumo can get, google Austrian triad. #IDSky #MedSky #EpiSky any feedback or suggestions?

Drawing of a tuberculosis infection or a watermelon? You decide. (from Robert Koch's illustrations in 1882)

New Plagdle's up. Sort of. It's a repeat. But which?! #IDSky #MedSky #EpiSky www.plagdle.com

Next draft Infection Card for Epipocalypse: Bug Detectives: Botulism! Most people, appropriately, think inappropriately canned food, but it's also raw honey (if a baby), wounds (particularly w/ tar heroin), & don't forget pruno! #IDSky #MedSky #EpiSky any feedback or suggestions?

The invasive kind or the non-invasive avian kind that causes swimmer's itch like in North America?

New Plagdle's up. Now for something completely different. #IDSky #MedSky #EpiSky www.plagdle.com

Next draft Infection Card for Epipocalypse: Bug Detectives: Schistosoma again! Acute schistosomiasis, sometimes called Katayama Fever in endemic parts of Japan, can cause a non-specific febrile illness. Urticaria +/- eosinophilia can be clues. #IDSky #MedSky #EpiSky any feedback or suggestions?

𝘒𝘭𝘦𝘣𝘴𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢 𝘱𝘯𝘦𝘶𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘦 is a Gram-negative, non-motile, straight rod-shaped bacterium that can divide rapidly, with some strains having a median doubling time of < 30 min, forming biofilms that interfere with both antibiotic and immune clearance

Next draft Infection Card for Epipocalypse: Bug Detectives: Schistosoma! An infrequent but not uncommon, given the total infection prevalence, complication of Schistosoma with some species. Eosinophils are a clue. #IDSky #MedSky #EpiSky any feedback or suggestions?

It's a shame no one has made an epic rap battle video between Pasteur and Koch yet

New Plagdle's up. Another funky vaccine one. One which I actually didn't know about. Interesting. 🧐 #IDSky #MedSky #EpiSky www.plagdle.com

Next draft Infection Card for Epipocalypse: Bug Detectives: Naegleria! I think our first amoeba? Unfortunately, a terrible, terrible disease. #IDSky #MedSky #EpiSky any feedback or suggestions?

New Plagdle's up. Oh this is a good one. Got it in 3. Probably just 'cause I've been guessing it so much... #IDSky #MedSky #EpiSky www.plagdle.com

Next draft Infection Card for Epipocalypse: Bug Detectives: Listeria! A multiple-choice buzzword is rhomboencephalitis. Infection involving the brainstem. I'll defer to my neuro friends on what sxs would be expected with that. 😉 #IDSky #MedSky #EpiSky any feedback or suggestions?

Great piece by Alex Telford. Antibody treatment is over a century old, when von Behring and Kitasato made an early 'vaccine' against diphtheria. But back then, they came from injecting animals with toxins. Today they're produced by cells in steel tanks and treat millions. How did we get here?

New Plagdle! Some interesting incubation figures here, but otherwise cannot go wrong with this one. #IDSky #MedSky #EpiSky www.plagdle.com

Next draft Infection Card for Epipocalypse: Bug Detectives: Neurocysticercosis! Time for some CNS disease! Beware the pork tapeworm! #IDSky #MedSky #EpiSky any feedback or suggestions?

Which do you pick #medsky

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Game Design Lessons from the Emmy Awards! gametek.substack.com/p/game-desig... 🎲✂️

New podcast episode of HARD DRUGS! A hundred years ago, insulin was scraped from pig pancreases. Today, it’s made by bacteria in giant tanks. In this episode, we cover 100 years of insulin … in 15 minutes!

Pets Tell Tales: Ancient Rome might have a little something to say about tyrants, fascists and empire. Art/Lettering by @jordancollver.bsky.social Words by Calcagus, enemy of Rome

New Plagdle! Lobbin' only softballs now. Got it in 3! 😁 Fair bit of random chance there... #IDSky #MedSky #EpiSky www.plagdle.com

Next draft Infection Card for Epipocalypse: Bug Detectives: Leptospirosis! Lots of ways you can get it, but it mostly all comes down to rodent pee. 🟡 #IDSky #MedSky #EpiSky any feedback or suggestions?

New Plagdle! Throwing a softball today... 🙂 #IDSky #MedSky #EpiSky www.plagdle.com

Next draft Infection Card for Epipocalypse: Bug Detectives: Trichinella! Don't eat undercooked meat. Also maybe not a bad rule of thumb: fever + myalgias + facial edema = Trichinella? #IDSky #MedSky #EpiSky any feedback or suggestions?

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Free online version of Epipocalypse: Bug Detectives! 🆓 Interested in trying out the new infectious disease card game that teaches you how to better diagnosis & manage infections? Try out the prototype for free below. Doesn't even require an account or email. screentop.gg/@LabBeagleGa...

New Plagdle! Ooh this one benefits from some esoteric vaccine knowledge... 🤓 #IDSky #MedSky #EpiSky www.plagdle.com

Next draft Infection Card for Epipocalypse: Bug Detectives: Influenza! Went back and forth on whether to make this a non-specific febrile illness vs a respiratory infection given cough is often not the star of the show. Anyways, also a zoonosis. #IDSky #MedSky #EpiSky any feedback or suggestions?

public sentiment in favor of an effective vaccine to prevent group a streptoccocal infections (and consequent rheumatic heart disease) seems to be on the rise

New Plagdle! Another stinker! Gotta think outside the box for this one. #IDSky #MedSky #EpiSky www.plagdle.com

Next draft Infection Card for Epipocalypse: Bug Detectives: Japanese Encephalitis! Like its name states, in Japan, but also throughout Asia. Vaccine preventable! #IDSky #MedSky #EpiSky any feedback or suggestions?

🌟 ABX Pearl of the Day: ❓ Q: My immunocompromised patient is admitted to the ICU and starting ABX for presumed CAP. Do they need empiric MRSA and Pseudomonas coverage? #IDsky #medsky #meded #pharmsky #skyRX #AMSsky

My illustrations distinguishing between MISinformation and DISinformation. #scicomm #sciart From this Lifeology course on countering misinfo: app.us.lifeology.io/viewer/lifeo...

New Plagdle! Curve ball today. Took me 6 tries and a hint! 😬 #IDSky #MedSky #EpiSky www.plagdle.com

Next draft Infection Card for Epipocalypse: Bug Detectives: Yellow Fever! It makes you yellow! Amongst other things. Most cases do not progress to hepatic failure, coagulopathy, and multisystem disease though. #IDSky #MedSky #EpiSky any feedback or suggestions?

I guess this has probably already gone viral somewhere but I am simply dying at this picture of a bear that looks like it hired a photographer to do a glamour shoot

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improved ⓚⓞⓐⓛⓐⓣⓨ of life The path to the vaccine included the largest and longest study of wild koalas. Over 10 years, 680 koalas were tracked, and five vaccine trials saw 165 animals given the shot. This ultimately confirmed the vaccine’s safety and efficacy (65% reduction in mortality)

New Plagdle! I'm starting to see a pattern here... 🤔 #IDSky #MedSky #EpiSky www.plagdle.com

Next draft Infection Card for Epipocalypse: Bug Detectives: Dengue! Where there's malaria there's often dengue. Sometimes. It depends on the geography. Buzzword to remember: antibody dependent enhancement (ADE). The cause of severe dengue. #IDSky #MedSky #EpiSky any feedback or suggestions?

my professors warned me this day would come and I frankly did not believe them

New Plagdle's up. @empiricgame.bsky.social will love this one. #IDSky #MedSky #EpiSky www.plagdle.com

Next draft Infection Card for Epipocalypse: Bug Detectives: Malaria! Always an ID favorite! I should probably list out all the species. Anyone care to do so? 😬 #IDSky #MedSky #EpiSky any feedback or suggestions?

Always fascinating to read about replication before the 20th century. Here it's Pasteur doing a live demonstration of the efficacy of his animal anthrax vaccine (the third vaccine ever developed).

When will we learn?!

New Plagdle's up. Now for something completely different. #IDSky #MedSky #EpiSky www.plagdle.com

Next draft Infection Card for Epipocalypse: Bug Detectives: Chagas Disease! Although chronic disease can lead to end organ damage in the heart and GI tracts, acute disease often manifests as a non-specific illness +/- a chagoma. #IDSky #MedSky #EpiSky any feedback or suggestions?