Yousuf Al-Abduladheem

#Pitt_ID23

[Yousuf Al-Abduladheem @IDStudentYousuf]

Interesting news. #PITT_ID23

[MicrobesInfect @MicrobesInfect]

Ghana is officially the first country to approve @UniofOxford's #malaria vaccine.

The shot, known as the R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine, achieved 77% efficacy over 12 months of follow-up in a phase 2b trial.

https://t.co/Ebmi8pyedi

[Yousuf Al-Abduladheem @IDStudentYousuf]

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[IDSA @IDSAInfo]

The COVID-19 public health emergency will end on May 11, 2023. Prepare yourself for billing, telehealth, and Medicaid changes with IDSA's new "Unwinding of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency" resource: https://t.co/JWHwRSI71I

[Yousuf Al-Abduladheem @IDStudentYousuf]

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[CDC @CDCgov]

🌷 Sometimes it can be hard to tell whether your symptoms are from allergies, a common cold, or a bacterial infection. 🤧

Learn more about what #antibiotics do and do not treat. https://t.co/cWocF6o7Qc
#BeAntibioticsAware

[Yousuf Al-Abduladheem @IDStudentYousuf]

Interesting to follow the epidemiology of this new virus. #PITT_ID23

[Rodney E. Rohde, PhD "Doc R" @RodneyRohde]

Fifty-six years following its discovery, #marburg virus (MARV)—a cousin to #Ebolavirus in the Filoviridae family—remains a feared pathogen with high fatality and no licensed treatments or vaccines. Recent outbreaks of the disease…https://t.co/IZRel1i7g8 https://t.co/wxNFQL3o3P

[Yousuf Al-Abduladheem @IDStudentYousuf]

#PITT_ID23

[Timothy Li @drtimothyli]

How obesity ⬆️ susceptibility / severity of infections

https://t.co/SPN4TvO8A7

[Yousuf Al-Abduladheem @IDStudentYousuf]

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[WebMD @WebMD]

If you’ve ever been camping, and you came down with diarrhea, gas, cramps, bloating, and nausea, you’ve likely caught giardia. You get it through food or drinking water, or from contact with the feces of an infected person or animal. https://t.co/u6Iy0dUpdV

[Yousuf Al-Abduladheem @IDStudentYousuf]

Spring break reminders! #PITT_ID23

[CDC Emerging Infections @CDC_NCEZID]

These actions can help you avoid infectious diseases and improve your health in 2023. Choose an action to boost your health this year! Learn more: https://t.co/rXNQ8BvoVq

[Yousuf Al-Abduladheem @IDStudentYousuf]

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[Global Antibiotic R&D Partnership (GARDP) @gardp_amr]

#Massachusetts #USA is now facing #drugresistant strains of #gonorrhoea 😨

#AntibioticResistance knows no boundaries and is an urgent threat to #globalhealth.

We must tackle the issue now 👊

https://t.co/GEalKKRbAZ

[Yousuf Al-Abduladheem @IDStudentYousuf]

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[CIDRAP @CIDRAP]

Study links acid suppressants to colonization with multidrug-resistant bacteria

Data show that use of proton-pump inhibitors increased hospital patients' risk of acquiring MDR organisms by nearly 50%

https://t.co/9Us7MjUhmQ

#AMR #AntibioticStewardship

[Yousuf Al-Abduladheem @IDStudentYousuf]

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[CDC Antimicrobial Resistance @CDC_AR]

#DYK? Through our #AntimicrobialResistance Investment Map, users can view CDC’s domestic and global AR & infection prevention and control activities. Find out what’s happening in your state or country: https://t.co/6N3Fc6jCSJ

[Yousuf Al-Abduladheem @IDStudentYousuf]

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[Yousuf Al-Abduladheem @IDStudentYousuf]

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[Laurie Garrett @Laurie_Garrett]

Worst in USA:
In 2021, 102 newborns in Mississippi were treated for the sexually transmitted disease, up from 10 in 2016 --
a more than 900% jump over 5 yrs.
Increases death risks for babies in the state with the nation’s worst infant mortality rate.
https://t.co/Yq37SVq1iT

[Yousuf Al-Abduladheem @IDStudentYousuf]

#PITT_ID23

[Global Antibiotic R&D Partnership (GARDP) @gardp_amr]

Did you know that antidepressants are one of the most prescribed drugs? 👀

And that they can induce #AntibioticResistance? 😨

Read the @PNASNews article on the matter.

https://t.co/R7GflRMiez

#AMR #drugresistance #globalhealth

[Yousuf Al-Abduladheem @IDStudentYousuf]

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

S. aureus bloodstream infections remain an important cause of morbidity in hemodialysis patients, with rates 100 times higher in hemodialysis patients than among adults not on hemodialysis during 2017–2020 #IDTwitter
51% MSSA
38% MRSA
CVCs ⛔️
#IDTwitter https://t.co/WBMFKLQZUw

[Yousuf Al-Abduladheem @IDStudentYousuf]

Resistance simplified. #PITT_ID23

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

How Antimicrobial Resistance Happens?!
This is a fantastic fact sheet from CDC explaining the antimicrobial resistance mechanisms in a very simple way ,great for the public #IDTwitter

[Yousuf Al-Abduladheem @IDStudentYousuf]

Interesting and of relevance to today's lecture on community antimicrobial stewardship! #PITT_ID23

[Brad Langford @BRxAD]

"For every percentage increase in prevalence of poverty in each state, the antibiotic prescribing rate increased by 17.4 courses per 1,000 population": #AntimicrobialStewardship efforts should consider #SDOH

[Yousuf Al-Abduladheem @IDStudentYousuf]

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[Global Antibiotic R&D Partnership (GARDP) @gardp_amr]

In addition to being a health threat, #AMR is an economic burden which could result in an annual GDP loss of up to 3.8% by 2050 😨

Read the new assessment of national action plans to curb #AMR in @TheLancetInfDis

https://t.co/p1zZdrfy8Q

#globalhealth

[Yousuf Al-Abduladheem @IDStudentYousuf]

Interested to see how this will be perceived! #PITT_ID23

[Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @PeterHotez]

FDA proposes switching to annual coronavirus vaccine, mimicking flu model - my comments with ⁦@washingtonpost⁩ ⁦@lauriemcginley2⁩ https://t.co/8heF3FPRzL

[Yousuf Al-Abduladheem @IDStudentYousuf]

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[Yousuf Al-Abduladheem @IDStudentYousuf]

Interesting to see how this will change treatment guidelines over the next few years!

[Alberto Enrico Maraolo MD, MSc, FESCMID @AlbertoEMaraolo]

As wells synthesized in this informative article, '#shorterisbetter mantra begins to change antibiotic prescribing'.
Inappropriate #antimicrobial use is a social plague. Time to have a new approach.
#IDTwitter @BradSpellberg

https://t.co/uemGvIHoul

[Yousuf Al-Abduladheem @IDStudentYousuf]

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[ApoThera - Clinical Decision Support - Mobile App @ApoThera]

Clostridioides Difficile Infection (NICE)
https://t.co/gv91117FRS
#MedEd #MedTwitter #IDTwitter #USMLE #infection #ICU #internalmedicine #primarycare #CriticalCare #hospitalist #MedStudentTwitter #MedStudents #TwitteRx #PharmaTwitter #Bioinformatics #healthcare #ClinicalPearl