Adrian Brink

Co-Chair South African Antibiotic Stewardship Program. Division Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town.

[Antibiotic Steward Bassam Ghanem 🅱️C🆔🅿️🌟 @ABsteward]

🆕💫 @CMIJournal
Establishing Core Competencies for Antimicrobial Stewardship Teams: A Consensus Development Using the Modified Delphi Technique; an ESGAP position paper #IDXposts
https://t.co/UKVAYxOxjA

[Michael Rodgers @MRodgersRodgM]

https://t.co/migUSUjSdm A Longer Duration of Intravenous Antibiotic Treatment for Patients with Early Periprosthetic Joint Infections Is Not Associated with a Lower Failure Rate

@ABsteward

[UCT IDM @UCTIDM]

Congratulations to IDM Associate Member, Anna Happel on her well-deserved selection for @womenlifthealth's Inaugural Southern Africa Leadership Journey!

[Nicky Mulder @Nicky_Mulder]

The African Bioinformatics Institute Stakeholder meeting was held over the last 2 days in Cape Town. There was excellent engagement and and lots of ideas for the establishment of this important organization.

[ASIDANZ @ASIDANZ]

We love these words from @GottliebTom - your @ASIDANZ friends and colleagues are bursting with pride!

[Esmita Charani @e_charani]

Read about the great work of @inspired2leadQH @AngelaD_ZA and @ABpreservation here 👏🏻👏🏻🇿🇦🇿🇦

https://t.co/YNe4cQiNKz

https://t.co/m8x18t0ke0

[Esmita Charani @e_charani]

🔥 📝 Multisite study public/private 🏥 in #Neonatal 💊 #stewardship 🇿🇦 on how to contextualise multidisciplinary interventions at scale @jac_amr @BSACandJAC
With @inspired2leadQH @AngelaD_ZA @idpharmd @ABpreservation et al.
@wellcometrust @CAMO_Net1

https://t.co/1kJN5aWt7S

[Antibiotic Steward Bassam Ghanem 🅱️C🆔🅿️🌟 @ABsteward]

🆕🔥ROAD Study🔥🆕
Resistance Optimised Antibiotic Dosing
A pilot study by @jasonroberts_pk @CMIComms
Is dosing of meropenem and piperacillin-tazobactam optimised to prevent the emergence of antibiotic resistance safe and feasible in the ICU?
#idxposts
https://t.co/0GbQUgDZJ1

[Marc Mendelson @SouthAfricanASP]

#WAAW2024 - importance of hand hygiene in #IPC to ⬇️ spread of bacteria in hospitals where antibioitc resistance #AMR is at its greatest

If Alcohol-based handrub had been used properly, it would have looked like its soap & water counterpart.

🙏 to our amazing microbiologists!

[Marc Mendelson @SouthAfricanASP]

👏👏👏 @ABpreservation and all in C18 at GSH

[Debbie Goff @idpharmd]

High rate of carbapenem resistance in bacteria that cause newborn #sepsis in Africa. More Neonatal stewardship needed! @AngelaD_ZA @ABpreservation @inspired2leadQH @gardp_amr @wellcometrust @gatesfoundation @JasonGNewland https://t.co/Ws3Dse02TK

[Debbie Goff @idpharmd]

Neonatal #antibiotic use slashed in multi-disciplinary SA project https://t.co/eIuj1svwW6 via @MedicalBriefZA 😃 @inspired2leadQH @ABpreservation @AngelaD_ZA Great press release!

[Antibiotic Steward Bassam Ghanem 🅱️C🆔🅿️🌟 @ABsteward]

Wow. It's published!
Our new article that will spark some good active discussion among ID people!
🆕️🔥 @CMIJournal by ID master @BradSpellberg & 🌟s @DrToddLee @DrEmilyMcD
Revisiting Diagnostics: ESR and CRP:It's Time to Stop the Zombie Tests
https://t.co/W8Flt78I9L

[Antibiotic Steward Bassam Ghanem 🅱️C🆔🅿️🌟 @ABsteward]

🆕️⚡️⚡️Multicenter cohort study in ICUs of 15 hospitals in Australia and NZ
Antibiotic De-Escalation Practices in the Intensive Care Unit
Timely ADE may not occur in 40% of patients in the ICU and is less likely to occur in patients with negative cultures
https://t.co/S7Q53kFphU

[Debbie Goff @idpharmd]

Visual abstract of 1st NICU #antibiotic stewardship study in all of Africa w 437 pharmacist interventions @ISID_org

[Esmita Charani @e_charani]

Read about the #PROTEA study funded by @wellcometrust at @UCT_Research @UCTIDM and working with @OneHealthTrust @ehwoza @HispIndia #AIMS & #PGIMER
Focused on intersectional research in #AMR across 🇿🇦 and 🇮🇳

https://t.co/QeOiJoGbRn

[Antibiotic Steward Bassam Ghanem 🅱️C🆔🅿️🌟 @ABsteward]

Each year, five million deaths are associated with antimicrobial resistance, more than from HIV, TB, and malaria combined. #IDXposts @bmj_latest
https://t.co/bQmOVowdz4

[Gabriel BIRGAND @GBirgand]

🏥Healthcare as a driver, reservoir and amplifier of antimicrobial resistance published in @NatureRevMicro https://t.co/GtIsjjPhGb
@DerekCocker_ @jesusrodman @RahAhmad @SupraChemina @CAMO_Net1
⬇️Opportunities for interventions ⬇️

[Antibiotic Steward Bassam Ghanem 🅱️C🆔🅿️🌟 @ABsteward]

Most medical decisions are informed by diagnostic testing
Excellent 🆕️⚡️commentary by @JonBaghdadi @dr_dmorgan
@CMIComms
Diagnostic Tests Should be Assessed for Clinical Impact
I like how they talk about procalcitonin! @BradSpellberg
#idxposts
https://t.co/TiyjN0BwIb

[JAC-AMR @jac_amr]

Mudenda et al. provide evidence on the sale of antibiotics used in broiler chickens without a prescription in Zambia and call for improved stewardship and better regulatory enforcement:
https://t.co/I6xFlBdAnr
@OUPMedicine @OxfordJournals #JACAMRNews