Former Temple University Hospital IM-turned-ID reunion! @templeid.bsky.social

#idweek2025 Dr Pritchard moderating A Bloody Mess! Blood Culture Shortages and Stewardship

Got my copy of the new edition of Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases and it's pretty damn cool to see my name in the bible of ID. Such cool company to keep with all the great contributors! Thanks @dmaronoff.bsky.social for the opportunity!

I'm attending No Kings's event, “One Million Rising: Strategic Non-Cooperation to Fight Authoritarianism” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

I am very proud of @idsainfo.bsky.social today for being part of this!

Discover our special collection on vaccine sciences, led by Dr. Helen Chu. New articles in each JID issue through 2025 highlight key advances, challenges, and future directions. Read More ⬇️ #IDSky

Proud to be included in this year's FIDSA inductees! @idsainfo.bsky.social

"Optimizing Antibiotic Therapy in MSK Infections" in ID Clinics Check out our latest paper in this great issue on MSK infections with an amazing group of coauthors: @cortes-penfield.bsky.social @juliejusto.bsky.social @erinmccreary.bsky.social #IDSky www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

2020 - Sighs, creates email folder for COVID 2022 - Sighs, creates email folder for Mpox 2024 - Sighs, creates email folder for avian influenza 2025 - Sighs, creates email folder for measles

Our patients persecuted; colleagues and public health institutions under attack. Our field needs to rise up & fight back Silence=Death Redux: Infectious Diseases, Public Health, and the Imperative to Resist Viewpoint by @ericmeyerowitz.bsky.social & me OpenAccess: academic.oup.com/cid/advance-...

Editorial from the @thelancet.bsky.social "The health, medical, and scientific communities have a vital role in advocating for their patients, defending programmes, and lobbying for policies and institutions that are good for health and wellbeing." #GoodTrouble

An existing link to the CDC 2021 STI Guidelines for those who need it 👇🏻 #IDSky #PharmSky #AMSSky @sidpharm.bsky.social @idsainfo.bsky.social courses.nnptc.org/resource.php...

@idsainfo.bsky.social Why aren't we doing this? We have an obligation to our profession and our patients to continue to provide evidence based care despite political interference.

Wow. Any ID/epi/micro professional society that obeys this cruel regime in advance is not getting my dues or time. We can and must do better. #IDSky #EpiSky #MicroSky

BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed. Goes beyond MMWR +other CDC pubs. Applies to research already submitted to top medical journals. Take a look. open.substack.com/pub/insideme...

Medical societies that do not publicly oppose the nomination of RFK Jr for HHS secretary will be looked upon as complicit cowards by the annals of history Silence is complicity

Hey #HoosierSky The NIH provides a TON of funding to Indiana Universities and companies Every $1 spent on NIH funding provides $2.46 of downstream benefit in the form of new discoveries, etc Pausing it even for a short time will have major detriments to science and scientists

🚨 🚨 🚨 HOMEWORK 🚨 🚨 🚨 The email address for federal workers to inform on their colleagues is [email protected]. Would be a real shame if folks flooded that inbox, rendering it useless.

INSIDE-OUT: Introduction of Speakers at IDWeek Events - Observing for Unconscious bias over Time White moderators more frequently used non-professional introductions (no title at first intro). Younger and women speakers more likely to be introduced without title academic.oup.com/ofid/advance...

Merry Winter Festival of Your Choosing to all. Time to lie on the couch and eat cheese until dinner. Let the sloth times begin.

I am so excited this is out, & am so proud of the work we do. A chance for me to walk my talk as a nonprofit expert. Cc @gbosslet.bsky.social @carlmega84.bsky.social @janeahartsock.bsky.social @strongylady.bsky.social @asinhamd.bsky.social @minnowwalsh.bsky.social @cerouse.bsky.social #nonprofitsky

📸Random image The Frequency of Dual Allergy to Penicillins and Cefazolin #idsky #medsky #AMSsky

Something divided by 5 or 7. But not 5 weeks. *Never* 5 weeks. blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-obser...

A real, actual thing BCBS is doing youtube.com/shorts/vWA2a...

Matched! Congratulations to all who matched! #idsky #idfellows #idfellowship

Congratulations to all the new fellows matching today! And congratulations to @iuidfellowship.bsky.social for filling our fellowship spots this year!!! So excited for the new fellows joining us this summer!

If you can pardon your own son surely you can change us to metric LFG (h/t @strongylady.bsky.social)

On behalf of our board, @carlmega84.bsky.social @janeahartsock.bsky.social @strongylady.bsky.social & @minnowwalsh.bsky.social with a powerful op ed "Anti-vaccine RFK Jr. is a threat to Hoosiers". Thanks @jamesebriggs.bsky.social/IndyStar for providing the outlet. www.indystar.com/story/opinio...

NBD, just your GTC board of directors gathering (mostly in person + a few via Google Meet) to start planning for the 2025 legislative session. Also 👀 for an op ed on the importance of public health experts coming soon to the Indy Star

This is the most important chart published in America this week. (By @dylanlscott.bsky.social)

🚨 Antibiotic Treatment for 7 versus 14 Days in Patients with Bloodstream Infections BALANCE trial publication is here ! #IDsky #Medsky @idjclub.bsky.social www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

U.S. Antibiotic Awareness Week starts soon! ‘Go Purple’ anytime during November 18-24 to show how we all play a role in fighting #AntimicrobialResistance. Learn how you can ‘Go Purple’ and encourage others to do the same for #USAAW24 bit.ly/4bo2Bf1 (From the CDC’s AAW site)

Back to ASP work on Monday, and it feels like everyone has aspirated over the weekend and is on ABX. 🫠 Perfect timing for this ABX pearl on distinguishing aspiration pneumonitis from pneumonia. 🔑 Hyperacute resolution? Skip the ABX. Check it out! 👇 #USAAW24 #AMSsky #IDsky #pharmsky #MedEd

More data on PO transition for bone and joint infections #IDSky, if you use amox/clav for bone and joint infections, how do you dose it? 875/125 BID? Anyone doing TID?

Vaccines are life-saving.

LANCET STUDY: "Since 1974, vaccination has averted 154 million deaths, including 146 million among children younger than 5 years of whom 101 million were infants younger than 1 year... ..vaccination accounted for 40% of observed decline in global infant mortality." www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Incredible graphic - the myriad of ways that bacteria defend themselves against antibiotics. 14 resistance mechanisms, summarised by Idan Yelin & Roy Kishony in Cell www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Fungal meningitis journals.lww.com/co-infectiou...

#IDsky #HIVsky #idmeded #meded #IDChalkTalks #IDSAMededCOP #TLR group: we have so many quick chalk talks that you can use with your learners on the round idsame.notion.site/ID-Chalk-Tal...

Maybe I am screwing it up but I Rx this TID. QID seems unmanageable. Here is some dosing for outpatient reference: UTI pathways.chop.edu/clinical-pat... Cellulitis pathways.chop.edu/clinical-pat... Osteo say TID or QID scholar.google.com/scholar_url?...

IDSky continues to grow rapidly We are now >300 users, which means we are on a third Starter Pack IDSky Starter Pack 1 go.bsky.app/LnAQjdq IDSky Starter Pack 2 go.bsky.app/JNfSvQT ID Starter Pack 3 go.bsky.app/FeogT7o Check back on the most recent one often as it is updated frequently

All right, time to cut the cord from the horrible Musk app. This is my home now. I'm looking for you, ID people!

If you want proof that health care is broken then look no further than the fact that patients are being told to fax old records to new specialists

Well, I'm here!