Penicillin allergy de-labelling needs to be a core part of healthcare workers’ roles for it to be prioritized: doi.org/10.1093/jaca... #JACAMRNews #IDSky

Hot off the press at @thelancetinfdis.bsky.social: our paper diving into non-adherence in the BALANCE trial. We identify factors associated with protocol non-adherence, and evaluate the impact of potential bias on trial results. authors.elsevier.com/a/1m5He5E-Uo... @steventong.bsky.social #IDSky

Should I Worry About the Pasta? The ID Doctor as News Translator (Hello #IDSky and #Medsky! Trying out some different venues for writing, so hoping you'll subscribe -- it's free!) open.substack.com/pub/paulsaxm...

If anyone knows London, this is a fascinating throught experiment of what would have been.... @jim.londoncentric.media www.londoncentric.media/p/london-rin...

Flu is coming soon. That epi curve looks a bit ominous. #IDSky Good explainer article & public health message 👇 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Sign of (my advancing) age - i may have to start banning my students writing any text using "xxx Light" fonts! 👓🔍

IL-23 is a highly targeted cytokine vs autoimmune disease. But here with an oral agent! @nejm.org #ImmunoSky #MedSky www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Community engagement in #Kilifi #Kenya to understand experiences & barriers to care for people living with #hepatitis #HBV in #Africa. @lou-downs.bsky.social @wellcometrust.bsky.social @ndm.ox.ac.uk @kemriwellcome.bsky.social #MedSky #IDSky #stigma #NoHep 🧪 journals.plos.org/globalpublic...

Fascinating as always @reisesousalab.bsky.social &co! 1 aminoacid makes the difference between a CLR that drives cross-presentation or immune activation!! Kudos to all authors of this cool paper! 👇👇👇

This is particularly annoying - if restaurant costs (including staff) need covering by an admin fee, then just add it to food / drink item costs and leave it at that. @londoncentric.media @pollysmythe.bsky.social @jim.londoncentric.media www.londoncentric.media/p/admin-char...

Well, that was good fun. Real time, retro gaming competition vs rest of audience. Cheers @wifiwars.bsky.social ! 👏

Register Now! Targeting Tuberculosis: A Clinical Trials Update Webinar 📅December 4 💻 www.currytbcenter.ucsf.edu/trainings/ta... Presenter: C. Robert Horsburgh, Jr., MD Professor, Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Global Health & Medicine Boston University School of Public Health #TBSky #Tuberculosis

Want to come work on SNAP, BALANCE+, and STRAP? And change how we treat and manage bloodstream infections? See below. #IDSky

Invasive candidiasis in intensive care medicine: shaping the future of diagnosis and therapy Martin-Loeches et al, Intensive Care Medicine link.springer.com/article/10.1... #IDSky #TxID #MedMycoSky

Well, this is a brilliant #IDSky article that cuts close to the bone! 😬 Reframes #academia as an infection for which the causative organism may be less easy to define, but that can be just as insidious on affected individuals (clinical academics)! #AcademicSky #MedSky 🧪 @cidjournal.bsky.social

We are looking for candidates for a new fully-funded joint PhD position at the Universities of Toronto and Melbourne, working on RCTs in bloodstream infection (BALANCE+, SNAP, STRAP). More info here: forms.gle/H9TXEMkwM1cb... Please spread far and wide! @steventong.bsky.social #IDSky

Interesting - Bluesky definitely a signifixant player in #IDSky community Comparable share of #IDWeek2025 activity between Bluesky & X reflects recent debate in @cmicomms.bsky.social by @germhuntermd.bsky.social & @drneilstone.bsky.social on merits of 2 platforms www.cmi-comms.org/article/S295...

Spare plums, so this seemed a good way to get through them! 😋

This could be an excellent easy intervention to improve TB diagnostics #IDSky

An intersect between war and risk of #AMR spread #IDSky academic.oup.com/jid/advance-...

Oh no, not Erling Haaland as well showcasing the "benefits" of raw milk! 🤦‍♂️ 🤦‍♂️ 🤦‍♂️ www.nytimes.com/athletic/674...

I got my flu vaccine this week. I’d encourage all eligible Londoners to get theirs as soon as possible to stay well and strong this winter and be able to enjoy all that London has to offer. Book through your GP, the NHS app or online ⬇️ nhs.uk/vaccinations...

Can't say I've even ever heard of cefdinir, probably cos we can't get it. But maybe we don't want it anyway! 😉 👇 #IDSky #ClinMicro #UTISky

Ok, I've learned something new - acid fast stains bind nucleic acids and not mycolic acid on mycobacterial cell wall. The lipid-rich cell wall simply prevents acid-alcohol decolourisation, hence acid -fast. #TBSky #IDSky @lancetmicrobe.bsky.social www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

This past week we hosted Louise de Winter and Rosie Cockcroft of The Urology Foundation for a lab visit - having been fortunate to secure 2 generous #UTI research grants from them in the past 6 months. Here’s me with @nickyuen.bsky.social and Milica, the team members working on this research!#UTISky

Magnesium supplement alone to help you sleep? Almost certainly no! Can they generate large revenue for the manufacturers? Almost certainly yes!

ESCMID is looking to add officers to the Scientific Affairs Subcommittee with expertise in public health and Mycology respectively Applicants from US, UK, Spain, China, Germany, Italy, Norway are excluded for reasons of geographic diversity/representation #IDSky #MedMycoSky

This popped up in my @cmijournal.bsky.social email today. Had read but forgotten about the ImpresU study. Methenamine reduces recurrent UTI but its cessation results in a paradoxical rebound beyond control. Mechanism? 🤔 #IDSky #UTISky www.clinicalmicrobiologyandinfection.org/article/S119...

Influenza is taking off already. If you can get vaccinated, please do (I did 2 weeks ago). If you think you have ‘flu but aren’t so ill as to need medical care, please do the right thing and isolate. Influenza is still a very serious infection for many people. www.gov.uk/government/s...

Clever use of two Greek mythological metaphors to talk about cefiderocol mechanism of action and resistance. #IDSky #ClinMicro #AMR academic.oup.com/jac/advance-...

Spent a lot of time at #IDWeek2025 thinking about life as an ID specialist in the USA one year ago compared to now. Summary: Times are tough, but the community and people remain strong. Stay that way, everyone. (Plus can't-miss bonus video.) #IDsky blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-obser...

Great to speak with @thelancetinfdis.bsky.social together with @gurujosh.bsky.social about adaptive platform trials in infectious diseases!

Love this. 😍 BLING randomised trials showed benefit of continuous antibiotic infusion, and there you go, change in practice is delivered! 👏 @ics-updates.bsky.social @biainfection.bsky.social #IDSky #ClinMicro #sepsis

So what is 'chocolate' coating on Penguin bars now made of?! 🤷‍♂️

At first seems like comparing apples and oranges: moxifloxacin vs vancomycin?! Results a bit surprising ("narrow spectrum" vancomycin change microbiome more), but this is just helicopter view. More broadly, 👏 to these experimental medicine approaches for discovery science #IDSky #ClinMicro #AMR

Disheartening read - curiously doesn't mention whether the surge in applications this year reflects the reduced (loss of) available NIH funding? I would have imagined this to be the case... 🧪 #MedSky #AcademicSky

Somehow forgot to share this post this week. Was fun event, well attended (70+ people!), honour to be asked to present, and expertly chaired by @anniejoseph.bsky.social Onto the next one! 👏 #IDSky #UTISky @escmid.bsky.social

Citation needed #UTISky #IDSky #UTI

Interesting different levels of virulence comparing organisms across a broad range of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC). @pnas.org @mbehr-mcgill.bsky.social #TBSky www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Interesting idea / biology potentially but this feels unlikely to be highly discriminatory and thus converted to a useful diagnostic! #IDSky #TBSky #MedSky

this looks a v nifty and impressive bit of kit!!! 🧪🔬

It's that time again. For the next 24 hours, drop any infectious disease and/or vaccine-related questions below in response to this post, and I will do my best to answer them. Responses are for information only and are NOT medical advice. #AskAnIDDoc October 2025 edition.

Is there a way to schedule reposts on Bluesky? Thank you 🙏

Fantastic - this will be an impactful study on treatment duration of blood stream Pseudomonas infection. Our centre already mostly does 7 days (and my prediction is that this will be non-inferior) but it's RCT like these that will shift dial across the board with persuasive evidence. #IDSky #AMR

📣 New #Communicable drops Mon 20 Oct! @angelahuttner.bsky.social & @erinmccreary.bsky.social welcome Barbara Trautner @bwtrautner.bsky.social & Valéry Lavergne, the co-chairs of the first IDSA guidelines for complicated UTIs, to discuss this important milestone! #IDSky #UTIsky #MedSky #clinmicro

Antimicrobial resistance is a major global health threat 🌍 Without action, deaths will keep rising. See how we’re tackling it in our new blog ⬇️ https://sangerinstitute.blog/2025/10/01/ten-ways-the-sanger-institute-is-tackling-the-global-fight-against-amr/

We are inviting applications for postdoctoral fellows in immunology of TB at the South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative, University of Cape Town. For more information see the attached ad: idm.uct.ac.za/media/739223

#IDsky Bookmark these tables as your quick guide to FMTs!

Such a wild story! 3 human cases of NDM-CRE likely acquired from their respective pets who likely acquired it from a veterinary hospital outbreak! Big reason for animal and human cases to be compared Paper: academic.oup.com/cid/advance-... #IDSky Reporting via @cvdall.bsky.social

Excited to back Epipocalypse: Bug Detectives too!! #IDSky