Steven Aung Lin

Infectious Disease Physician @SutterHealth | Fulbright Fellow

[Steven Aung Lin @ASLinID]

@IDwithNWD @FrancoLawGroup1 @IdVilchez How about the crowd pleaser: good ol’ Doxycycline, the Cure All Elixer!

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

Oral antimicrobials may be under-utilized for osteoarticular infections!
A Retrospective Study across 8 Medical Centers
109/145(75%) were eligible for oral antimicrobial therapy,but only 18 received it:5/39(13%) in 2018 Vs 13/70(19%) in 2019-20 #IDTwitter https://t.co/Pi7A4sXlAr

[Steven Aung Lin @ASLinID]

@AlejandroCobosF Thank you for the suggestion. We spoke with Microbiology and they doubled checked everything and confirmed it was E. faecium.

[Steven Aung Lin @ASLinID]

Prosthetic valve endocarditis with E. faecalis which grew in blood and on valve cultures after surgery. Also blood one time positive with VRE (faecium). Would you treat with Amp/Ctx + Dapto vs. Amp/Ctx + Linezolid or Dapto alone? #IDtwitter

[Steven Aung Lin @ASLinID]

@jdszumowski @BradSpellberg Yes definitely. The team asking the question usually discusses the case with the fellow first. If more clarification/formal consultation is warranted, then discussion on Teams ensues.

[Steven Aung Lin @ASLinID]

@BradSpellberg Absolutely agree. Efficient rounds = more time for teaching, reading, learning.

[Steven Aung Lin @ASLinID]

@BradSpellberg Apu, Sarah, and I are going. It’ll be great to see you there!

[Brad Spellberg @BradSpellberg]

History will remember Ukraine, like the 300 at Thermopylae, the 1776 Revolutionaries in America, or the Brits in 39-41. Churchill said “Nations that go down fighting rise again, but those who surrender tamely are finished.” Ukraine is showing the world what true heroism is.

[Steven Aung Lin @ASLinID]

@IDwithNWD @LACUSC_ID @DrToddLee I spy trophozoites!

[Steven Aung Lin @ASLinID]

@sonjashining @ABIMcert Same here

[Steven Aung Lin @ASLinID]

@allietaur @KPSanBernardino @PermanenteDocs @aboutKP Thank you for all you do!

[Steven Aung Lin @ASLinID]

@DrJ_NoRelation I’m so saddened to hear about your loss. Her legacy will live on through you and your children.

[AMA @AmerMedicalAssn]

Rather than attacking and lobbing baseless charges at physicians, our leaders should be following the science and urging adherence to the public health steps we know work towards reducing the spread of #COVID19—wash hands, #MaskUp and physical distance. https://t.co/w2FktcLh2Q

[Steven Aung Lin @ASLinID]

DO physicians, in addition to extra training in the musculoskeletal system, undergo the same vigorous training over 11 years as their MD counterparts through undergrad, medical school, internship, residency and take the same board exams to become practicing physicians in the US.

[Steven Aung Lin @ASLinID]

@KaiserIMRounds It looks like a thrombotic microangiopathy. Likely HUS especially if there is a history of diarrhea but cannot rule out TTP completely. Patient should undergo urgent plasmapheresis and a course of steroids.