Félix-Antoine Garneau-Picard

Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases MD @universitelaval. Cafe aficionado, pianiste amateur et passionné de culture nippone.

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

🆕🔥State of art review article by 🌟 s
@DrToddLee @syctong
Navigating the Challenges in Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Infection: A Practical Guide to Management
"Further subgroup analyses from SNAP will clarify whether the CzIE differentially impacts outcomes with cefazolin versus ASPs. In the meantime, cefazolin should be broadly considered the preferred treatment for most MSSA bacteremia"
Thanks @Inox94 #IDXposts
https://t.co/kuOb4aE9tD

[Neil Stone @DrNeilStone]

Delighted to have been involved in this comprehensive, up to date review of the management of Cryptococcal meningitis
just published in @PracticalNeurol

https://t.co/5QcGDVY3tx

[Takahiro Matsuo (Taka), MD @TakaMatsuo_ID]

【Mayo Clinic CME Orthopedic Infectious Diseases 2025】

👉Comprehensive #OrthoID learning course is coming soon!

👉Great learning opportunity for #IDFellow #IMResident #OrthoResident!

https://t.co/O7edSMvn2y

#IDMedEd #IDFellow #OrthoID @MayoClinicINFD @MSISorg @EBJIS_

@MDTande @omarabusaleh15 @AbinashVirkMD @RazonableMD @ElenaBeamMD @HussamTabaja @MayoOrthoRes

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

🆕🔥Just published 🔥🆕
Updates on the Treatment of Drug-Susceptible and Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis(TB) An Official
@atscommunity @CDCgov
@IDSAInfo @EuroRespSoc Clinical Practice Guideline
Thanks @Inox94 #idxposts
https://t.co/8EHiWEhEk8

[Timothy Li @drtimothyli]

Procalcitonin is far from being a perfect biomarker. But when used appropriately, it can be an effective anti-anxiolytic (i.e. ⬇️ unnecessary antibiotic use)

This meta-analysis shows its role in cancer patients with suspected resp infections and sepsis

https://t.co/URBJjueR8O

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

IDSA favored combo Rx empirically
IDSA guidance recommend Levo/ TMP/SMX
In this study:
TMP/SMX combined with levofloxacin (P =0.684) was not associated with favorable prognosis
What's your practice?
Combo Vs mono? Empirically
Are you using minocycline? @BradSpellberg @DrToddLee

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

Excellent review 🔥 @baym et Al
From Petri Dishes to Patients to Populations: Scales and Evolutionary Mechanisms Driving Antibiotic Resistance #idxposts #mustread
https://t.co/ZSCDv2lOCx

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

We hope her story will give you pause!
Our patients deserve better!
Strong words from ID specialists
🆕️⚡️⚡️Perspective @JAMAInternalMed @BradSpellberg @rachelpbaden
When oral can replace IV antibiotics, changing practice as new data emmerge #IDTwitter
https://t.co/sWBul5MCO6

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

🔥BALANCE RCT🔥
74 hospitals in 7 countries
3,608 patients
A 7-day course of antibiotics for hospitalized patients with bloodstream infections was non inferior to 14d within a 4% prespecified margin for mortality at 90 days @BradSpellberg @DrToddLee
https://t.co/WhH6ThSW3Z

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

🆕️🔥Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials #infection
9 RCTs, N:1439
Prophylactic vs preemptive strategy for the prevention of CMV disease in solid organ transplant recipients #idxposts
https://t.co/5pTLjRjbWN

[Anil Makam @AnilMakam]

We prescribe way too much empiric extended spectrum antibiotics for pneumonia

This CPOE is pretty simple - don't Rx unless patient has a history of MRSA or pseudomonas

Or if your hospitals rate of MRSA >2.5% or pseudomonas >2% of all pneumonias

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

🆕️🔥Systematic review and meta-analysis
15 comparably higher-quality studies involving more than a million participants.
Effect of preconception antibiotics exposure on female reproductive health and pregnancy outcomes #idxposts
https://t.co/PjDbwEtLte

[Open Forum Infectious Diseases @OFIDJournal]

Implementing oral antibiotics for bone and joint infections: Lessons learned and opportunities for improvement

✅ Just Accepted
🔗 https://t.co/NFgrtjxNgU

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

🆕️🔥 @CMIJournal @DrToddLee
@DrEmilyMcD @AlexLawandi
Establishing pip tazo susceptibility in ceftriaxone non-susceptible Enterobacterales: comparing disk diffusion,Etest, & VITEK 2 automated MIC measurements vs. broth microdilution #idxposts
@padstamundo
https://t.co/rCO8r0BCv7

[Bug Pharmacist 💊🧫 Tim Gauthier @IDstewardship]

📣🛡️💊

Quick 5 things to celebrate the week!

👉 https://t.co/w8tJJ0bpi5

#USAAW #USAAW2024 #WAAW #WAAW2024

[Mayo Clinic Infectious Diseases @MayoClinicINFD]

Publication Alert

Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus endocarditis is common particularly among elderly patients with comorbidities and multiple risk factors. Clinicians should not overlook CoNS bloodstream infections, as they could be markers for IE.

https://t.co/FHEUwx0wH8

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

🆕️🔥Article @TheTxIDjournal
@GorslineChelsea
Not Just an Oxymoron: The Utilitarian's Guide to Antimicrobial Stewardship in Transplant Infectious Diseases
Table ✨️2: TID ASP opportunities & initiatives #idxposts #shorterisbetter @BradSpellberg
https://t.co/e8QYYCqB6o

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

🆕️🔥Systematic review
4 retrospective studies N:752
The use of pip/tazo for open fractures does not differ from 1st G cephalosporins +/-aminoglycoside in regard to SSI, AKI,return to OR, 1-year mortality, non-union,and development of resistant pathogens
https://t.co/CVZYtzihaY

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

2024 saw the outbreak of a strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza with intermittent transmission to human.
Excellent 🆕️✨️Review
Avian Influenza: An Overview and Clinical Status #idxposts #H5N1 #HPAI
https://t.co/g5Kq929pIj

[Open Forum Infectious Diseases @OFIDJournal]

Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infective Endocarditis: A Systematic Review of Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes

✅ Just Accepted
🔗 https://t.co/4sI43QUU0n