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