Consider this our post advertising the latest episode, ‘Biocide Bashing’, available now! Hold on to your Phallusocks ®️, this topic’s as scary as it gets! (That’ll make more sense after you listen) #IDsky #microsky #biocides #microbiotoxicity podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...

“Always start with oral for a satisfying resolution”? “Use the mouth before things go south”? Everything I think of sounds naughty. I’ll work on it. Great poster, @drrossanarosa.bsky.social !

OI YOU … Podcast on Azole Antifungals. Would be a shame if you reposted it to AAAAAAALLL your followers, and liked it and commented on what you thought of it below PLEASE DON’T DO THAT we hate popularity!! #IDsky #microsky #fungi podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...

Yeah yeah we all know what to do with Penicillin Allergy BUT: what about cephalosporin allergy? Bet you don’t know what to do about that! Well this week’s episode can help! Listen below, or on your podcast app… #IDsky #Microsky #infection #allergy podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...

And here it is, Listeners Dearest The ID:IOTS Antibiotics Tier List Want to argue? Curse our names to God? Go right ahead; but sub to Pod And tell your friends about us, although It's likely it'll annoy them also podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...

Yo ho ho, 4 our listeners dearest We present an ABx tier list Ranking drugs from S to D In a manner so Christmassy So sit back relax & have a drink As we discourse in cladist think And if u rank a different way We forgive u this Christmas Day #idsky #microsky podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...

Psst. Want to know everything you need to on Capnocytophagia? Got 15 minutes? Listen here. Free pun included! It’s a regular ‘Cap Friday’ deal! #idsky #microsky podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...

It’s World Antimicrobial Awareness Week! Did u know AMR might kill us all? @bsacandjac.bsky.social do: they partnered up with interested politicians to drive AMR up the UK's political agenda. How is what this episode is all about! Listen on! #IDsky #microsky #amr podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...

Survey on Enterococcus BSI RCT design: an opportunity to give your thoughts! BRITISH PEOPLE ONLY!!! (not sure why)

It’s the end of Halloween But for those who want more frights Allow me to present this show On the dermatophytes #idsky #microsky #fungal #mould podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...

Epipocalypse, from the folks over at @pharmageddon.bsky.social , now on Kickstarter!!

A rare ‘Jame on an episode about fungi’ appearance this week, as we discuss Aspergillus diagnosis & treatment with Dr Iain Page & Prof Darius Armstrong-James. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i... #idsky #microsky #fungisky #breakingthamould

The #BSMM annual meeting is next week in Norwich! Details here. Our Master of Moulds Alyssa will be there too! Tickets still available! #idsky #microsky #fungi

It's finally happening The first Girlymicrobiologist book is coming! It Shouldn't Happen to a PhD Student: How to thrive, not just survive, during your PhD This is the book I wish someone had given me when I started my PhD Live to order (amazon depending) on 17/10/25 Pls share with yr networks

#idsky I forgot to add hashtags. Oops.

A brilliant article on the real world impact of AMR. As time goes on I worry about this becoming a bigger part of ID clinical practice.

KASIC Putting or another brilliant post on De-escalation of ABx with some brilliant references about how de-escalation is associated with BETTER OUTCOMES for patients! Let’s talk about this table though, as it’s been on my mind. 🪡

Mero: AZTREONAM, what are you doing up here in Broad Spectrum? Aztreo: I treat Pseudomonas! Piptaz: yeah, *tobramycin* treats Pseudomonas Tobra: hey… Aztreo: I’m important for DTR Gram Negatives! Mero: yeah when your little friend Avibactam is with you Ceftazidime: that guy’s not so bad TBF

Ceftriaxone: I’m a big broad spectrum boy. I cover Staph aureus, Strep, & Enterobacterales! Cotrimoxazole: MRSA? Cef: No Cotrim: ESBL? Cef: No Cotrim: CPE? Cef: No Cotrim: PCP? Cef: No. That’s not even a bacteria, no drug could cover all that Cotrim: okay. What do I know. I’m only MEDIUM SPECTRUM

Ah yes, the famously medium-spectrum doxycycline. It only covers Staphylococci Pneumococci Beta haemolytic Streptococci Actinomyces Mycoplasma Chlamydophila Legionella H.influenzae Moraxella catarrhalis ESBL E.coli UTI Pseudomonas UTI(maybe!) Burkholderia pseudomallei Vibrio H.pylori 1/2

I’ll get my coat. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

3 things inevitable in life. Death… Taxes… And the Federation of Infection Societies annual meeting in December 2025, book your registration now!!!

#IDsky The Infectious Disease Brad Boy himself, @bradspellberg.bsky.social , has an updated Oral vs IV table, now including the Plague (Y really) and Lyme! Link here: www.bradspellberg.com/oral-antibio...

THE YEASTY BOYZ* ARE BACK! Callum and Alyssa wrap up the yeasts by discussing the rare ones: Malassezia! Rhodotorula! Trichosporon! Saccharomyces! CRAP PUNS GALORE! THIS POD HAS IT ALL!! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i... #IDsky #microsky #yeast #fungi *Girlz can be Boyz too

Callum and Alyssa did this episode without me, which I’ll never forgive them for, but I can’t deny this episode is a cracker. ID:IOTS podcast episode on PCP out now! Another episode on Cotrim dosing will be released ‘shortly’* #IDSky #Microsky #fungi #PCP #PJP #Pneumocystis *I’M GETTING TO IT

Interesting update for Rx CAP from the USA: -USS can be used for Dx rather than CXR if ppl are experienced enough -ABx: 5d or less for nonsevere, 5+ for severe -Steroids for Severe CAP. Shorter Is Better continues to spread!

Good question! #idsky #microsky 🪡 Co-amoxiclav is generally dosed in the UK as follows: PO: 500mg Amox / 125mg Clavulanate IV: 1000mg Amox / 200mg Clavulanate Both 8-hourly. This gives you differing ratios of Amox to Clav (4:1 for PO, 5:1 for IV). What gives?

LIVE, from ASM Microbe 2025, an episode from Editors in Conversation on Static v Cidal ABx mythbusting starring @bradspellberg.bsky.social ! No doubt he listened to our episode 58. Mythbusting Cidal vs Static, & wanted to spread the word. One assumes. #idsky #microsky overcast.fm/+AAkR9-FA5Vw

Last day for abstract submission to FIS 2025! Be advised!

PODCAST DROP! This week Callum & Alyssa talk to Jeremy Day about Cryptococcus! Overview & diagnostics this week, treatment next week. Enjoy! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i... #idsky #idtwitter #microsky #infection #fungi

The UK’s most Palatable infectious disease podcast. I like it!

The ID:IOTS podcast doesn’t have a nerdy card game about antibiotics, but i like to think of it did, it’d be like @empiricgame.bsky.social .

Endocarditis Endocardupdate available now! (Actually last week I forgot to post). Part 1 is live on the feed, part 2 available next week! We go over ESC 2023 guidance, Wikiguidelines, diagnostics, our favourite Duke criteria, and MORE! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i... #idsky #microsky

NEW PODCAST ALERT … And it’s not even ours! @firstcallid.bsky.social have a new show, The Host Response. It’s 3 episodes in, 3-8mins in length and I’m really enjoying the episodes so far! Give it a listen: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

Callum and Alyssa are BACK! With. Candida-do attitude, they round off our Candida mini series by discussing C.auris, and Candida resistance mechanisms. Wear clean underwear. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i... #IDSky #microsky #yeasts #theYeastyBoys #breakingthemould

I have to say, is great to have the SUL-FAST score available to use, but the quoted Skin ADR rates of 8% are completely unknown to me; I hand out cotrimoxazole like it’s a sweetie, and I can’t think when I last had a patient get a rash. I suspect these reported rates are for PCP dosing Cotrim…

A brilliant title that flips the classic quote to reflect how the practice of medicine evolves. This article pushes back against IV dogma in bone & joint infections, spotlighting the solid evidence for oral therapy. A much-needed shift—one I fully stand behind #idsky

IT’S CANDIDA MONTH!!!* Today Callum & Alyssa discuss the Candida genus (or is it 17 Genuses/Genii/whatever), from epidemiology to treatment. Superficial this week, invasive next week! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i... *On our podcast, nowhere else #IDSky #microsky #fungi

The most anticipated RCT in ID 🔥SNAP RCT🔥The largest RCT 2 date in SA bactermia N:1341 Cefazolin Vs ASPs ((flu)cloxacillin) for MSSA bacteremia Cefazolin is non-inferior (90d mortality)& less AKI than ASPs A practice-changer RCT that must change the guidelines #ESCMIDGlobal #IDSky

EUCAST update session at #escmidglobal You'll be glad to hear that our Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing mini-series... Was correct! Some extra insights today: 1. Need 3 MIC distributions to set a (T)ECOFF and 5 to set an ECOFF. 2. ECOFF does not always correlate to breakpoints.

Oh I forgot to post. WE’RE AT #ESCMIDGlobal / #ECCMID / whatever they’re calling it these days! Come see Callum talk about the podcast today, 1445, Arena 1!!!

Your wish is our command! In this week’s episode, Alyssa & Callum discuss the essentials of fungal diagnostics with Professor Malcolm Richardson. Half of them anyway. It’s a 2-parter. See you next week! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i... #IDSky #microsky

We wants it, we NEEDS it.

IT’S A BREAKPOINTS BREAKOUT!!! This week @erinmccreary.bsky.social & @juliejusto.bsky.social from @sidpharm.bsky.social #Breakpoints podcast join Callum & Jame to show ‘em how it’s done and discuss the IDSA Difficult-to-Treat Gram Negative guidance!! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i... #IDSky

I’m more proud of this than I should be.

NEW EPISODE! This week Callum takes the boldest step yet in improving the podcast: getting rid of Jame! Join Callum & Alyssa this week as they Migrate the Marvellous Mountains of Minutiae on Moulds, (di)Morphs, Many yeasts and Mycology in general! #IDsky podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia - the cockroach of the ICU. After broad-spectrum abx nuke a patient’s microbiome, it’s often the last one standing—esp. in vented patients. (VAP in a patient on mero, think Steno) For years, TMP-SMX was the go-to, but alternatives are needed. 🧵(1/6)

This scoundrel didn’t mention us, but he makes a good point: any ID/Micro trainees not subscribed to @febrilepodcast.bsky.social or the new #puscast podcasts, do so right away: it’s free CPD/training! (And then follow us too, obvz)

The @biainfection.bsky.social LearnInfection platform is free to trainee members and is a brilliant resource for studying for the FRCPath Pt1/CICE exam. If you’re an early years trainee yet to sit this exam, give it a go!

250k downloads? 100 episodes? Podcast going for >3yrs 6months 3 weeks? Putting up with Callum’s crap for the same amount of time? Collabs with @febrilepodcast.bsky.social, @letstalkmicro.bsky.social, MicrobeMail & @sidpharm.bsky.social #breakpoints? COMPLETED IT MATE #idsky #humblebrag