Hamish Houston

Infectious Diseases and General Medicine specialty trainee, Dad, fungal disease, diagnostics, epidemiology.

[Hamish Houston @HamishHouston2]

Our review on: Diagnosing invasive mycoses in the immunocompromised. Weighing up host factors, clinical features, and mycological evidence.

Thanks to my wonderful supervisors @DrNeilStone and @WilsonAndrewDr.

[Neil Stone @DrNeilStone]

Delighted to share our review on diagnosing invasive fungal infections in the immune compromised in @CO_Pulmonary_Md

With @WilsonAndrewDr and largely the work of our superb Clinical Fellow @HamishHouston2 ! @uclh

https://t.co/24vALGRssh

[NIHR Biomedical Research Centre: UCLH @UCLHresearch]

.@DrNeilStone is bringing new trials of novel antifungal drugs to patients at @uclh, which has one of the largest cohorts in Europe for serious fungal infection.

We caught up with him to find out more about his work:

https://t.co/WvbCrl7132

#research

[Hamish Houston @HamishHouston2]

About time we built some onshore wind in England. Good move from the new government.

[Dr Ellie Chowns MP @EllieChowns]

Greens welcome the Government dropping the blanket ban on onshore wind turbines.

This absurd Conservative policy has delayed our shift to renewable energy by years.

It's time to build the green energy infrastructure we need for the future.

[Open Forum Infectious Diseases @OFIDJournal]

Are you curious about emerging fungal pathogens? Do you want to know more about the future of diagnosing and treating fungal diseases?

Then you're going to want to check out our newest special collection, just published in the latest issue of OFID! ����

https://t.co/eAHqWgfNvq

[Hamish Houston @HamishHouston2]

@DrNeilStone @gpollara @The_MRC @uclh @ucl @UCLInfectImm @SGUL_III @MRCcmm @Radboud_Uni @APTlivuni @UKRI_News Congratulations! 🍄

[Rammina 🌍 @RamminaY]

Today, @gmcuk chair @carriemacewen said Sarah Benn was not suspended “for protesting about climate change… that was irrelevant… but because she broke the law.”

Adding that GMC “don’t ask what the motivation is”, just whether the doctor has broken the law.

So wrong!
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[Neil Stone @DrNeilStone]

Pleased to have this letter published in @CIDJournal on testing for histoplasmosis in our non endemic setting

Well done @iz_watts @HamishHouston2!

[Hamish Houston @HamishHouston2]

Inspiring lessons from @CMO_England in @FutureHealthJ:

“The resilience of public science and effectiveness of policy handling of technical advice.”

Barriers to effective deployment of science and how to address them.
https://t.co/7ADl0pUA0L

[Health for XR @DoctorsXr]

Have you signed this yet?

👉 https://t.co/jvMM436Eky

[Hamish Houston @HamishHouston2]

Nice review here on epidemiology of invasive fungal infections following solid and liquid transplants:

https://t.co/2y9pcG4f76

[Open Forum Infectious Diseases @OFIDJournal]

Patterns and drivers of antifungal prescribing in acute leukaemia: a retrospective cohort study

✅ Just Accepted
🔓 Open Access
https://t.co/sdKJDOX60r

@HamishHouston2 @DrNeilStone @wai2k @peterdutey @WilsonAndrewDr

[Hamish Houston @HamishHouston2]

https://t.co/gINf1G1G29

[Hamish Houston @HamishHouston2]

Pleased to share our study of antifungal prescribing in patients with acute leukaemia. We calculate “proportion of targeted antifungal therapy (pTAFT)” from electronic health records - a reproducible metric for antifungal stewardship programs.
@DrNeilStone @WilsonAndrewDr @wai2k

[Hamish Houston @HamishHouston2]

We know zinc can reduce duration of diarrhoea in acute gastroenteritis (mostly viral). But what is it’s role in respiratory viral infection? Great work by Seran Hakki et al.: Higher plasma zinc associates with better virological outcome in mild COVID-19

[NIHR HPRU in Respiratory Infections @hpru_ri]

Come visit us at poster #17 at the #NHLIResearchAwayDay @ImperialNHLI (after you've had seconds and thirds of the desserts)

[Hamish Houston @HamishHouston2]

MPs letter to UCL Provost: “appalling to see fire-and-rehire practices being carried out by … UCL … a body that receives public funds.”@mugishapat @izzybraithwaite

[Alice Han @dralicehan]

Excellent summary on current fungal meningitis outbreak. @DrLuisO @MSG_ERC
Striking points from summary

1. Very ⬆️ CSF beta d glucan
2. Wide range of periods of clinical sx presentation from actual procedure date (3-29 days)
3. Worrisome angiogram findings (aneurysms, stenosis),? Angioinvasive organism
@GermHunterMD @FungalDoc @DrNeilStone @IdVilchez @AntibioticDoc @ABStewardess @JonathanRyderMD

https://t.co/q0v9bXgGFr

[Hamish Houston @HamishHouston2]

@gpollara @michaelgusenb Totally agree. That and their "hallucinations" are reasons why they shouldn't be used for literature searches in isolation.

[Hamish Houston @HamishHouston2]

Adaptation to climate change "Allows fungal pathogens to get footholds within humans, where they couldn’t before."

[Claudia Denkinger @cdenki]

A hidden epidemic on the rise - increasing cases, increasing résistance, increasing distribution
- Fungal diseases
https://t.co/hmIjnJL4p2

[Hamish Houston @HamishHouston2]

@izzybraithwaite Superb talk Izzy - congratulations: Case well made!