1 in 5 global deaths are from sepsis. We need to push those numbers DOWN. The role of rapid and advanced microbiological methods in critical care: 2025 Emanuele Russo Delphi consensus - Clinical Microbiology and Infection www.clinicalmicrobiologyandinfection.org/article/S119...

A little summary of some events. Version 1.

In the highly/rightly quantitative ED, don't forget the qualitative: whether the patient felt seen... Thanks @andrewjtagg.bsky.social insightplus.mja.com.au/2026/18/zen-...

A recent real‑life Emergency Department (ED) study shows rapid multiplex PCR improves patient experience through earlier pathogen clarity, fewer unnecessary antibiotics, and more confident clinical decisions. http://share.biomerieux.com/KHAbtXiRRopp

#ESCMIDGlobal 2026 🌍in Munich; April 17–21 Come to Booth A70 — see how we help Antimicrobial Stewardship 💊 with innovations across microbiology, syndromic molecular, data & One Health Preview, & details on our two Integrated Symposia: info.biomerieux.com/escmid-2026....

Great work by WA Govt to be preparing for winter. www.wa.gov.au/government/m...

Mo Yin with David Paterson briefing the #AMR2026 audience on their tremendous work across all of Asia to improve outcomes for patients with MDR infections (28d mortality 27-42%). Implementation science for the adoption of BioFire to drive treatment decisions in 2-3 hours instead of 2-5 days.

Day 2 at #AMR2026: most/all prescribing should be directed by diagnostic test results, and my colleague Bruce Altevogt pointed out that many AMS guidelines don’t mention diagnostics at all. He also notes that “AMS is Health Security” - at a population and societal level.

Kicking off the #AMR2026 Jane Halton just gave the war cry to fight cookers in the social media trenches. Don’t let the inaccurate voices amplify. TO WAR!!

This week in Australia: we won two Winter Olympics Gold medals ⛷️🥇 🏂 🥇; we lost a game of cricket 🏏 against Zimbabwe, and the central player in 💧Watergate💧 (an $80M fraud 💰 against the federal govt) was elected as the leader of the Liberal party. Say it again, Maggie…

"Gives me the shits" is actually TRUE!!! How Chronic Stress Disrupts the Gut Microbiome www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...

A fool and their money are soon parted... What ‘Secret Shoppers’ Discovered About IV Hydration Spas www.medscape.com/viewarticle/... www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...

"Diagnostic disparities in ambulatory care" - solving these with POC multiplex Resp PCR - no need for a lab!! The silent surge: the under-recognised burden of respiratory syncytial... www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Great piece of work by the RCH Melbourne Team. These kids need all the help they can get! pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40751318/

I know who needs to see this... It's the vast majority of presenters that I have seen recently start their PPT show with Presenter View the wrong way around. This is all you need to do to swap screens - & not lose me in the first 10 seconds of your talk... (Source: superuser.com/questions/11...)

Winding back the years at #ASM2025

This week’s highlights: 1. Paed ED said “my phone is full of photos of poo”. 2. Sent an ID Prof a Caddyshack DVD.

#POC25 Cheryl Johnson (Ngati Porou Oranga, NZ) on Indigenous Community-led Point of Care Testing: Cervical screening (pap smears) was not well adopted by Māori women who didn't like speculums. So self-collected swabs for HPV POCT is called "The Selfie" - brilliant! Increased screening is good.

#POC25: "Learn, unlearn and relearn" is Nikki Pant Pai's catch cry. We need to unlearn that molecular testing can only be done in laboratories.

Very well done!

(TGA-registered POC molecular test now available!👋) Pediatric Invasive Group A Streptococcal Infections Show Post-Pandemic Surge in Children www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...

Dengue Outbreaks: The Growing Threat and Global Response (single-shot vax in PhIII) www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...

Surveillance of wastewater (sewerage) for infections - support earlier public health interventions! www.biomerieux.com/corp/en/jour...

#ASID2025 session on Aus CDC moving from Interim to Full 😁; while we hear about USA CDC decimation at the hands of Trump and DOGE 😱🤡

Ushma Wadia (PCH): RSV vaccine rollout in WA slashes admissions, saves a ton of money (and parent stress) and safety looks good through monitoring systems.

Pat Harris letting us down gently with the early tarnish on some of the lauded new anti-Gram neg agents at #ASID2025 (is that a tag?). There’s a goodish one, for $7k per day (hospital administrators, time to clutch your pearls)

Can I eat them after you've extracted the magic juice? www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...

Giske: beware using Cefiderocol discs in MBL strains - many isolates are S by MIC but in ATU (uncertain) on disc, resulting in over-calling of resistance. #antimicrobials2025

(Thx Nadine again) Thinking about AMR - even in the safety of Australia - can be depressing. Talking about AMR - and healthcare attacks in war zones - is factorially worse. Thanks for sharing @catanita.bsky.social

Starting off ASA and my theory that everyone must open/ice-break/mention AI in their talk is holding true. Will someone omit it? (Great explainer on how to better optimise therapy beyond TDM, and who to focus your efforts on)

Flu is now 23% of all respiratory detections in USA - from the BioFire Syndromic Trends program (Feb 17th) www.syndromictrends.com

Change treatment in nearly half of PICU patients within a few hours. Escalation and de-escalation. An AMS dream come true?? journals.lww.com/pidj/abstrac...

Take it up with the FDA…

Antimicrobial resistance #AMR is a global health crisis, causing millions of deaths, especially in low-income countries. We see the impact daily in areas with limited diagnostics and treatments. #WorldAntimicrobialAwarenessWeek #MedSky Learn More: msf-access.medium.com/bridging-the...

Picking this up where I left X off... (will read it on the weekend - feel free to pick holes in it if you like) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...