Ashka Patel, DO

🦠🧫🩺 |Residency: @Geisinger_IM |Fellowship: @UniversityMD_ID🎓 |📍Selma/@ValleyHealth | ❤️#IDtwitter #IDBoardPearls |💬 are mine

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

Measles is a highly contagious virus with a primary case reproduction number of 12 to 18.
It is currently spreading rapidly owing to reduced measles vaccination coverage
Excellent 🆕💫review @NEJM
Measles 2025 #IDXposts
https://t.co/wbrjBJAmc7

[William Wright @wwrighID]

#IDTwitter @JHMed_ID

Happy New Year Infectious Diseases colleagues!

The @IDSAInfo worked hard to advocate for the add-on billing code G0545 that can now be used when evaluating inpatient confirmed or suspected infections!

[Jasmine Sethi @JasmineNephro]

🫘🎯Approach to hemodialysis catheter related blood stream infection

@AJKDonline core curriculum

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[Dr. Medica🩺 @DrMedica_13]

Antibiotic Spectrum of Activity 💊
#Venn_Diagram

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#MedEd #MedX #Diagnosis

[Alan Koff @alan_koff]

Excited to share our comprehensive, up-to-date drug review on Maribavir, which should answer just about any question you have about this new(ish) CMV drug! https://t.co/E2iaGm0lm0
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#TxID @maricar_malinis

[Ashka Patel, DO @Ashka_TxID]

Hi friends! Joining #IDsky
Come find me there!

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[Julie Ann Justo @julie_justo]

🚨Wow. Big news. First oral carbapenem, sulopenem (plus probenecid), just approved by the FDA for uUTI. 💊

Bring out the popcorn 🍿 This is gonna be interesting…. #IDtwitter @SIDPharm @accpinfdprn @IDSAInfo

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[Takahiro Matsuo (Taka), MD @TakaMatsuo_ID]

【State-of-the-Art Review: Evaluation and Management of Pelvic Osteomyelitis】@CIDJournal Sep 26, 2024

👉Congratulations to our @MayoClinicINFD #OrthoID, @MayoOrthoRes @MayoVascSurgery @MayoClinicPRS multidisciplinary collaborative team @SaidElZein2 @GinaSuhMD, Dr. Melin, Dr. Tran, Dr. Rose, Dr. Berbari!

👉Really helpful for all medical providers!

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@MSISorg @EBJIS_ @IDSAInfo
#IDMedEd #IDFellow

[Jasmine Sethi @JasmineNephro]

🦠 Hepatitis C treatment

@PyrlsApp

[1-min ID consult @1min_IDconsult]

【Lactose non-fermenting GNR】
Let's remember these major important lactose non-fermenting GNR!
Oxidase test is the next step to narrow your differentials!
#ClinicalPearl by @PrathitKulkarni

Level: Intermediate to advanced
Importance: ★★★

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[Emily McDonald @DrEmilyMcD]

CRP….I’m coming for you.

Stop the daily CRP/Stop the madness

Evidence for lack of utility in infectious diseases summarized in our article below.

🧟‍♀️ test

[Ashka Patel, DO @Ashka_TxID]

@TxID_Fellows @MichaelGIsonMD @EmilyBlumbergMD @OrlaMorris61218 @monicaslavin @GaboMotoa @TBrnaughtTB @alan_koff @marinelli_tina @DocWoc71 @shwetanjan @AndreaJZimmer @HannahImlay @moore_wjustin @TxID_Edu @ShohamTxID Before X, I was a daily user to keep up with relevant papers and practices.

Key tool that I used to communicate with people in the same field whose expertise surpassed mine.

I loved how you could make friends on this platform, stay connected with people, and network. #TxIDchat

[TxID Early Career Network @TxID_Fellows]

Q1/
How do you use #SoME and how often do you use it? #TxIDChat

@MichaelGIsonMD @EmilyBlumbergMD @OrlaMorris61218 @monicaslavin @GaboMotoa @TBrnaughtTB @alan_koff @marinelli_tina @docwoc71 @shwetanjan @AndreaJZimmer @HannahImlay @moore_wjustin @TxID_Edu @ShohamTxID @Ashka_TxID

[University of Maryland ID Fellowship Program @UniversityMD_ID]

New @UniversityMD_ID publication with multiple fellows and faculty!
Evaluation of hospital-onset bacteraemia and fungaemia in the USA as a potential healthcare quality measure
https://t.co/LVBsISCFzG
@bmj_latest @BMJ_Qual_Saf @annaecarmack @LeekhaSurbhi @Ashka_TxID @acg_ID

[Ashka Patel, DO @Ashka_TxID]

Has anyone been able to use this at their centers? If so, any experience regarding the adverse effect of anaphylaxis? Any thoughts on how many doses we get under EUA? #TID #IDtwitter

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

🔥US FDA issued an emergency use authorization for PEMGARDA (pemivibart ) monoclonal antibody for pre-exposure prophylaxis of #COVID19  in certain adults and adolescents with mod/severe immune compromise🔥 #IDXposts
https://t.co/MvRUeiM9Sd

[Ashka Patel, DO @Ashka_TxID]

@Srivatsa34 Thank you!

[Ashka Patel, DO @Ashka_TxID]

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#AcademicChatter

Patient presents with trauma after witnessed seizure.
2nd lifetime seizure without a provoking factor

MRI brain w/wo contrast:

[Ashka Patel, DO @Ashka_TxID]

@Coyle_CM @JamesWilsonDO1

#TropMed

[Ashka Patel, DO @Ashka_TxID]

Cysticercosis IgG Ab, Western blot negative

Any thoughts?

@Coyle_CM