Anne Liu

The Bugs, the Drugs, and the Cells.
Immunocompromised host infectious diseases physician. Allergist/immunologist. Stanford, CA.

[Anne Liu @AnneLiuMD]

Will omalizumab do to food oral immunotherapy what dupilumab did to aspirin desensitization? #AAAAI24

[Anne Liu @AnneLiuMD]

@KimberlyBlumen1 Congratulations, Kim!! Richly deserved!!

What a long and winding road, hopefully not riddled with too many existential crises. Perhaps the impact of the work when eventually judged by history will turn out to be directly proportional to the number of RO1 submissions!

[Anne Liu @AnneLiuMD]

@KimberlyBlumen1 @vumc_cdsi_rsch @allisoncramsey @AleenaBanerjiMD @kjblumenthalmd You’ll make it happen!!

[Anne Liu @AnneLiuMD]

@ShohamTxID If anyone asks for the RCT CCP data in I/C pts, then ask them for the RCT dexamethasone data in I/C pts.

Severe COVID in immunocompetent pts ≠ prolonged COVID in I/C pts.

[Anne Liu @AnneLiuMD]

@ShohamTxID At least CCP but possibly CCP plus remdesivir (or paxlovid if DDI’s manageable)

[Kimberly Blumenthal, MD, MSc @KimberlyBlumen1]

Aligned with upcoming #AAAAI23, @JACIInPractice #drug allergy theme issue is out! 👀Practice changers @AleenaBanerjiMD @vumc_cdsi_rsch , nocebo/PROMS, periop @lenehgarvey @LondonAllergy , MRGPRX2 , pcn @EricMacyMD , health equity @AnneLiuMD @IDDoc1978 https://t.co/MakUoKmNwu

[Anne Liu @AnneLiuMD]

@DGlaucomflecken PHI-safe ChatGPT for epic notes

[Anne Liu @AnneLiuMD]

The only antibody therapy known to neutralize SARS-CoV-2 variants XBB.1 BQ.1.1 in vitro + available under FDA EUA for immunocompromised COVID is convalescent plasma from vaccinated/boosted donors.

Grateful to @giveblood for making CCP available!

[Anne Liu @AnneLiuMD]

@Stanford_ID Looking forward to working with this stellar group!

[Stanford Infectious Diseases Program @Stanford_ID]

We are so excited to gain such an incredible new class of incoming fellows today! Congratulations to each of you on all you have already accomplished. We cannot wait for you to join our Stanford ID family in a few short months!

[Anne Liu @AnneLiuMD]

@JessicaLittleMD Inpatient: RDV + hybrid CCP
Outpatient: pax, RDV maybe. Can’t use beb in prolonged cases b/c EUA limits. Haven’t set up CCP for outpatients but would be fine under EUA.

*Need more hybrid CCP data in I/C*

Impaired T cells worse than isolated impaired B cells in covid.

[Anne Liu @AnneLiuMD]

@RicardoLaHozMD @JessicaLittleMD Did you grow them from the patient’s T cells, use a matched related donor, or have a bank of HLA matched cells? Curious also whether it was under clinical trial protocol as other VSTs are and if you are accepting referrals.

[Anne Liu @AnneLiuMD]

Great safety profile. So everyone go get boosted!

https://t.co/miW59wvDQf

[Anne Liu @AnneLiuMD]

Great news! Novavax COVID-19 vaccine just got authorized for 1st booster! Doesn’t matter what u got for 1st/2nd (primary series). Lots of ppl who had oddball symptoms after mRNA or J&J of unclear attribution have waited for this. Uses protein subunit tech, not mRNA.

[Anne Liu @AnneLiuMD]

Allergies are weird!! Thanks, @KatherineJWu, for “shedding” some light on cat allergies. The human body is a strange place. The more we learn, the stranger it gets. Glad your B cells and mast cells have made their peace with Calvin and Hobbes.

[Kimberly Blumenthal, MD, MSc @KimberlyBlumen1]

“Allergy…is a hot, complicated mess—a common fixture of modern living that many of us take for granted, but that remains, in so many cases, a mystery.” @KatherineJWu #AIMedEd @rubin_allergy @AnneLiuMD @nowak_wegrzyn https://t.co/BOiazqLBHf

[Kimberly Blumenthal, MD, MSc @KimberlyBlumen1]

“Allergy…is a hot, complicated mess—a common fixture of modern living that many of us take for granted, but that remains, in so many cases, a mystery.” @KatherineJWu #AIMedEd @rubin_allergy @AnneLiuMD @nowak_wegrzyn https://t.co/BOiazqLBHf

[Anne Liu @AnneLiuMD]

Intradermal delivery of vaccines? Calling all allergy nurses!!

[Kavita Patel M.D. @kavitapmd]

The DOWNSIDE of going from single to multi dose vials is wastage/also many of us in primary care still do PPD skin test (to test for TB) which is intradermal,but not all health workers are trained to do this.Nevertheless its an incredible boost for a dwindling supply of vax -fin

[Anne Liu @AnneLiuMD]

Novel COVID variants are likely arising from immunocompromised people.

~2-3% of the population is immunocompromised.

~100% of the population is impacted by novel variants.

We need to invest in preventing infection in immunocompromised people — globally.

[Anne Liu @AnneLiuMD]

@Nancy_had_enuf Sure, you can get a COVID-19 vaccine any time after getting Evusheld. (https://t.co/WTp10DPHQS)

[Anne Liu @AnneLiuMD]

It enrages me to hear immunocompromised patients say that their doctors told them they shouldn’t get vaccinated against covid because being immunocompromised means they won’t benefit from vaccination