Chronic Pulmonary Aspergillosis and Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Pulmonary Disease: Two Peas in a Pod ✅ Just Accepted ✍️ @nguyenmv.bsky.social #IDSky

This State-of-the-Art review could not be better timed. academic.oup.com/cid/article/.... We were thrilled to have Nick Van Sickels & colleagues (from Kentucky, Hawaii & Louisiana) write this excellent piece, highlighting the importance of inclusive care & informed consent. @cidjournal.bsky.social

For the sake of humanity, it's time to get out there and Stand Up For Science!! Spread the word!

@idsky.bsky.social How do we boost the profile of ID amongst the public to understand what we really do? Most people I speak to think we just deal with epidemics. What are places doing to put a united face of ID expertise out to the public?

several CDC employees working at the NYC DOH were abruptly terminated over the weekend public health depts in cities all over the country (especially large cities like NYC) rely on CDC resources (including funding & staff) to complete essential public health functions this is so unfair & dangerous

Rising Concerns Over Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Infections and COVID-19 www.thailandmedical.news/news/rising-...

#MedSky #IDSky

Don't miss CID's State-of-the-Art Reviews collection page! These articles address nuances in clinical decision-making, including clinical presentations, diagnostic approaches, and management. See the full collection here ⬇️ https://buff.ly/4fKun7m

With 2024 officially in the books, the editors-in-chief of CID, JID, and OFID wish to share a curated selection of 16 outstanding papers from across all three IDSA journals. ⬇️ Browse the collection via the link below ⬇️

ID folks don't forget to register for the Member's Advocacy Program through IDSA and "Take Action" with letters to representatives and of course... call! (even for us phone shy girlies I promise it's not that bad) idsociety.quorum.us/home_page/

We've hit 150 members in the TB Starter Pack! Time to open a second one, let me know if you want in! #TBResearch #ScienceCommunity #Tuberculosis #TBSky go.bsky.app/65LxsKy

Senior post at LSHTM closes in 2 days (31st Jan). Do apply if you want to lead/join a department focussed on infectious disease epi and dynamics. Unrelated: the UK doesn’t have executive orders.

The last part of our interview with Dr. George Thompson from UC Davis Medical Center he discussed ongoing research into immune response and new treatments. #IDsky #MEDsky Full interview on current research and future steps for #ValleyFever: www.contagionlive.com/view/immune-...

New RCT from @cmijournal.bsky.social Multicenter non-inferiority 2015-2023 in South Korea In cholangitis with biliary drainage, Treat based on BCx only (experimental) vs treat based on BCx & biliary Cx (control) Bile Cx +: 83% BCx +: 40% www.clinicalmicrobiologyandinfection.com/article/S119...

Pubmed is down 👀 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

One PK table to rule them all One table to find them One table to bring them all And in the darkness blind them… …with awesome antibiotic PK facts! Podcast episode here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i... And link to Notion page here: idiots.notion.site/78-ONE-PK-TA... (Repost from TwitterX)

23 days into 2025 & here’s what has occurred: 1. California has faced devastating, wildfires🔥 2. Trump withdrew from WHO 🌎 3. Trudeau resigned as Canada’s Prime Minister🇨🇦 4. A 7.1 devastating earthquake hit Tibet ⚠️ 5. Tanzania declared a new Marburg virus outbreak 🦠 It’s going to be a long year

Was gifted this book over the holidays. Highly recommend. My favorite part is the teachings of the Buddha “Conquer anger through gentleness, unkindness through kindness, greed through generosity, and falsehood by truth” But not to conquer others but ourselves: Our own anger, ill temper, and lies.

Also, here's a link to the Kickstarter's pre-launch page. www.kickstarter.com/projects/pha... Early backers will get a *free* bonus pack of emerging infections cards. 😁

Got a sneak peak at this great med ed game, highly recommend. Lots of educational value for GME and CME.

#IDSky #PharmSky Patient with M. abscessus bacteremia on iHD. 1. How are you dosing amikacin in these patients? 2. Do you have specific peak goals? 3. Do you omit amikacin entirely? If possible, you're willing to share protocols, that'd be extremely helpful!

OUT NOW - Streptomyces secretes a siderophore that sensitizes competitor bacteria to phage infection www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Register for this webinar on "Advances in Non Tuberculous #Mycobacteria and Emerging #PublicHealth Risks" 📆21 Jan 🕰10.00 CET This is a must attend event if interested in the latest developments &challenges in this evolving field tinyurl.com/37wy484s @souhakanj.bsky.social @escmid.bsky.social

1/ 📢 In our new PREPRINT - tinyurl.com/2pmudzrk - we evaluate how symptom-agnostic, population-wide screening interventions could significantly reduce the TB burden in Viet Nam. These require a substantial front-loaded investment but yield lasting cost savings. 🧵 #Tuberculosis #TBSky

M. abscessus 👀 durlobactam journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/... #IDsky

You can use this form letter to send a letter to your senators asking them to not confirm RFK Jr. actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

TB gurus: is there a role for using interferon gamma release assays to diagnose active TB? guidelines & textbooks *don’t* generally recommend this (eg https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/24745332.2022.2035638#appendixes#appendixes but in practice I see this done a *lot* 🧐 #IDsky #pulmsky

I wish my first blog of 2025 was not about the tidal wave of disinformation and anti-science that we will witness this year Books by Fauci, Hotez, @adamratnermd.bsky.social, @joho.bsky.social & @pauloffit.bsky.social can help us understand & cope communities.springernature.com/posts/want-t...

Anti-vax cardiologist Peter McCullough, who currently serves as the chief scientific officer of The Wellness Company, has had his ABIM certifications revoked. www.abim.org/verify-physi... www.documentcloud.org/documents/23...

Original Article: Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus Infections in Humans nej.md/3VU4R8I Editorial: The Emerging Threat of H5N1 to Human Health nej.md/4fKc42s Correspondence: Critical Illness in an Adolescent with Influenza A(H5N1) Virus Infection nej.md/4gR18Rt #IDsky #MedSky

In celebration of @altmetric.com 's counting of bsky posts, here are 3 key #NTM -PD papers to pocket: 1. 2024 CID StaR Review: doi.org/10.1093/cid/... 2. 2020 Official Guideline: doi.org/10.1093/cid/... 3. 2022 Consensus on Less Common NTM: doi.org/10.1016/S147... #Medsky #IDsky #Pulmsky #TBsky

"A Triple Threat to Humanity: Climate Change, Pandemics, and Anti-Science" | My new article with Peter Hotez in #SkepticalInquirer: skepticalinquirer.org/2024/12/a-tr...

Infectious disease MD & professionally trained journalist here! 🚨 The contents of this article & the fact that it was given space in The Atlantic is a dangerous display of both-sides-ism. 🚨 The “fear” of RFK flippantly mentioned? Actually a well-founded concern re: a resurgence of deadly diseases

What prevents & what drives gendered ideological polarisation? **UPDATED** www.ggd.world/p/what-preve... featuring 101 graphs by @jburnmurdoch.bsky.social

It is not the dissertation, tenure or retirement, but finding a good collaborator which is truly the important event in your career.

The n's justify the means

New C diff Infection (CDI) vaccine RCT! ⛔Vaccine insufficiently effective for any CDI* ✅Vaccine 100% effective against CDI requiring antibiotics *most cases were self-limited, clinically irrelevant 😯 #IDSky #MedSky

I never saw whooping cough during my medical training in India in the 1990s because of childhood vaccination To see this unfolding today in the US is truly heartbreaking and stunning Whooping cough cases in the US are the highest they’ve been in a decade edition.cnn.com/2024/12/25/h...

You’ve downloaded hundreds of PDFs for research and now it’s finally time to ignore them forever

Any book recommendations (not merely scientific) related to #TB and/or #InfectiousDiseases? Please, leave them here 👇👇👇👇

Latin America’s rise in tuberculosis linked to imprisonment rates

Regular, moderate exercise like walking and biking are the closest thing we have to a health panacea. US city and road design has made walking and biking impractical, unpleasant and dangerous in much of the country. Changing this would save *$billions* in healthcare *and transportation* costs.

Levofloxacin for the treatment of LTBI in close contacts of MDR-TB, from studies in 🇻🇳 and 🇿🇦 evidence.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

The first severe human case of H5N1 bird flu in the US The patient: 🔹is over 65 & has chronic medical conditions 🔹is in critical condition 🔹was exposed to sick & dead backyard flock & wild birds with @nateburleson @GayleKing @tonydokoupil on @cbsmornings.bsky.social usda.gov/article/usda...

We urgently need a better, easier-to-use test for #TB infection. We evaluated the QIAreach test among 1049 children and adults in 🇲🇼 Unfortunately, performance was poor & can’t be recommended for use #TBsky #IDSky @hannahrickman.bsky.social doi.org/10.1128/jcm....

Nice study from the Sinha lab about modulation of mycobacterial RecA by cyclic nucleotides urldefense.com/v3/__https:/... 🦠#microsky

This is the levofloxacin TPT Xmas double issue #TBsky

Levofloxacin Preventive Treatment in Children Exposed to MDR Tuberculosis Hesseling AC, et al. N Engl J Med 2024;391:2315-2326 DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2314318 --> LEVO reduced the risk of MDR TB disease in children by 56%. The trial also showed that LEVO given over 6 months was safe and well tolerated.

“… rats have detected #Tuberculosis but follow up clinical tests have been negative; in some of these cases, patients later developed TB... Apopo is monitoring these patients to better understand rats’ sensitivity to low levels of bacteria”. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...