The downside of pragmatism: low adherence to study protocol (i.e. fear of aminoglycosides among non-study group members) combined with low enrollment. Lessons learned will be published separately, soon.

Waldorf and Statler enjoying the “trial run to non-inferiority” session at ESCMID Global 2026, remembering the times of superiority. @cmicomms.bsky.social @angelahuttner.bsky.social @absteward.bsky.social

🇩🇰📰 If there are any kind Danes who have access to this newspaper, Weekendavisen, & might be willing to send me the piece (which I will Google translate!), I’d be eternally grateful www.weekendavisen.dk/opinion/fagl...

Read my post 👇 substack.com/profile/1201...

Published 🎉 Excess mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic partly exceeded COVID-19-related deaths, indicating that other causes (vaccine?) may have contributed. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

📣 New #Communicable drops Mon 15 Dec! @angelahuttner.bsky.social & @marcbonten.bsky.social invite Ilan Schwartz @germhuntermd.bsky.social , Neil Stone @drneilstone.bsky.social & Tara Smith @aetiology.bsky.social to debate staying on or leaving Twitter for alternatives 🎤 #IDTwitter #IDSky #clinmicro

Wait, Marc, I've got a screenshot that includes Tara @aetiology.bsky.social (although we're down to half of @germhuntermd.bsky.social, sorry!). Was a great discussion but I hope we didn't pile on @drneilstone.bsky.social too much... Luckily he was tough and gracious at the same time. #IDSky #MedSky

We recorded a next episode of communicable - podcast from @cmicomms.bsky.social - on "whether to stay or leave twitter/X" with @germhuntermd.bsky.social (40K followers, he left), Neil Stone (115.694, still there) and @aetiology.bsky.social (111.492, still there). (1/) @angelahuttner.bsky.social

We are very pleased to announce Lennie Derde as Ecraid's new Chief Executive Officer effective 1 January 2026. She will succeed Ecraid’s co-founder @marcbonten.bsky.social Read more 👉 ecraid.eu/articles/len... @umcutrecht.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu @horizoneu.bsky.social

💉 Read my latest science blog on non-specific effects of BCG, a vaccine intended to prevent tuberculosis. 👇 letstalkscience.eu/2025/11/04/l...

We actually discovered over-the-counter selling of antibiotics @cmicomms.bsky.social

Now online: our commentary on the topic of initial antibiotic therapy in patients hospitalized with pneumonia. 👇 💣 Spoiler alert: we need to change rules if we want the best therapy for our patients. www.clinicalmicrobiologyandinfection.org/action/showP...

Can acute COVID-19 awaken dormant cancer cells? An important study, recently published. My blog on the translation of experimental findings in mice to observational population-based data in men. 👇 letstalkscience.eu/2025/08/18/c...

I"Het is waar dat geen enkel gesprek perfect is en dat er altijd een risico is dat een discussie uit de hand loopt. Daarom is het nodig dat de universiteit zorgt voor ondersteuning om veilige klaslokalen te creëren waarin gepassioneerde docenten en open-minded studenten met elkaar in gesprek gaan."

Northwestern has not received any NIH funds since March. No written communication about why or what can be done. Thank you Ben Singer for raising awareness at #ATS2025

Now out: complete analysis of the immune modulation for acute COVID-19 in REMAP-CAP study. Interleukin-6 receptor antagonists (tozilizumab & sarlilumab) did better than standard of care, interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (anakinra) did not. @lenniederde.bsky.social thorax.bmj.com/content/thor...

🎙️ Just published a new #Communicable episode: Communicable E27: Late-breaker trials... Hosted by Marc Bonten @marcbonten.bsky.social Josh Davis @gurujosh.bsky.social Erin McCreary @erinmccreary.bsky.social Emily McDonald @dremilymcd.bsky.social Listen here: #IDSky #Clinmicro #MedSky

BumblebeeJoe: the gift that keeps on giving.

Ik vind deze campagne op zijn minst een broodnodig signaal. Doe mee! actie.degoedezaak.org/petitions/mo...

🏥 1 in 3 doctors in Europe are older than 55. Which countries are most at risk from ageing workforces? 'Poor work-life balance, high administrative burdens, and inadequate pay in some countries drive younger doctors to emigrate or leave the profession altogether.' www.euronews.com/health/2025/...

Debated for 40 years: Selective Decontamination of the Digestive tract in ICU patients (antibiotics to prevent ICU-acquired infections). My editorial to Josh Davis @gurujosh.bsky.social and Allen Cheng @peripatetical.bsky.social pro-con in @cmicomms.bsky.social. www.cmi-comms.com/article/S295...

Critical new piece from @helenbranswell.bsky.social. This is a crisis point in vaccine regulation.

RFK Jr.: The teen cum is insufficient. I need more teen cum.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... we need to ensure these views do not gain traction in the UK

Well that was fast, Bluesky 🤦‍♀️

Trump administration now after editors of medical journals….

“What is happening now is not normal politics. We’re seeing an assault on the fundamental institutions of our civic life, things we should all swear loyalty to — Democrat, independent or Republican. It’s time for a comprehensive national civic uprising” #HandsOff www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/o...

Excellent 🧵debunking the 5 “facts” of the lab-leak theory, now the official thruth according to the White House.

HHS Eliminated Programs - Updated Here is an updated list of all programs eliminated in the 2026 HHS Budget. Reach out if you have information or clarity on the cuts. These cuts will impact Every Single American. Email [email protected] for PDF and xlsx.

Now on stage #ESCMIDGlobal2025 dr Cristina Prat presenting data from the ongoing PNEUMO study that aims to quantify the seroprevalence of pneumococcal pneumonia and invasive disease. @ecraid.bsky.social @umcutrecht.bsky.social

Nice to see the results from the @ecraid.bsky.social POS-cUTI presented by Chantal Kats, treatment duration of complicated UTI is very heterogeneous and some baseline characteristics are prognostic for durations of >14 days. Results from 1st 1000 patients, currently >3000 in the study.

This day is great, even though it just started. I'm still on X (no longer posting) and I had 1 new follower (since weeks): Stevie Nicks! Enjoy the day. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYgL...

@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

Excellent presentation by Vitoria Colizza on the role of school closures during the pandemic at @escmid.bsky.social Global2025. For the Netherlands: 5 yrs after the fact I am less convinced that closing schools during the first wave was a stupid thing to do.

👉🏽We’re all set and can’t wait to connect with you at ESCMID tomorrow! Find us at Booth E70 in Hall B! Don’t miss out on some great sessions, such as: 🔎 14.45-15.45: Macrolides in community-acquired pneumonia: therapeutic necessity or path to overuse? Co-chaired by our CEO, @marcbonten.bsky.social

We must do better in trauma surgery instead of seat belts.

I’m in Austria

👉🏽‘'Why We Need Warm-Based Networks’' is the topic presented today by Marc Bonten, Ecraid’s CEO at the ICPM Conference. 🔍Are you interested in knowing more about the benefits of a warm-base network over conventional site selection methods? 📄 Download Ecraid’s whitepaper bit.ly/warmbasenetw...

#LongCOVID #ClinicalResearch #MedicalResearch #Healthcare #PublicHealth #RemoteTrials #ResearchSky #ScienceSky #AcademicSky @umcutrecht.bsky.social @postcovidnl.bsky.social @longcovidnederland.bsky.social

🤮More Vitamin A!

Respiratory infections like #COVID place a huge strain on healthcare systems worldwide. The EU-funded #ECRAIDPrime study is exploring potential treatments for viral respiratory infections through a first-of-its-kind #adaptiveplatformtrial in primary care. Read more on www.ecraid.eu/news/ecraid-...

★ NEW #Communicable out now! We return w/ the 2nd half of this special on gender dynamics in medicine 🎙️ share.transistor.fm/s/571898cd @gurujosh.bsky.social @marcbonten.bsky.social @angelahuttner.bsky.social @anniejoseph.bsky.social @erinmccreary.bsky.social #IDSky #clinmicro #MedSky #IWD2025

NEW: Elon Musk’s X has suspended accounts of Turkish opposition groups, suppressing footage of anti-government protests. So, best we share all the footage we can here! This was last night’s massive demo against Erdogan’s government, which follows the arrest of his rival Ekrem İmamoğlu. 🇹🇷 #Turkey

".... many scientists and administrators now seem to think that the best response to the war on DEI is to keep their heads low and wait out four hard years." On a scale of from 0 to 10, how likely do you think that there will be fair elections in 28? www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Quiet a demonstration of the powers of misinformation this interview with parents of an unvaccinated child that died from measles.

We’re with you at the other side, hoping that the same ideas won’t fly here. Will teach from your book next week, though calling bullshit has become a way of ruling the world…

This letter by Dave Weldon is quite something. An amalgamation of anti-vax talking points and conspiracy theories that reads as if it was written by a child and clearly without the help of a spell checker. This person almost got to run the CDC… 🧪 #IDsky static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics...

be fast with vitamin A and clarithromycin!

Today & tomorrow we're meeting in Cascais for the @ecraid.bsky.social Foundation Science Meeting and the General Assembly meetings of the @ec.europa.eu funded projects ECRAID-BASE and ECRAID-PRIME. If the wind is fierce and cold, scientific collaboration must be strengthened. @escmid.bsky.social