Maria Alkozah

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

No single RCT!

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

US based study: it's amazing that Aztreonam-avibactam or ceftazidime avibactam+ Aztreonam demonstrated near-complete activity against Enterobacterales and uniquely retained activity against MBL-producing CRE. Keep in mind your institution epidemiology and antibiogram maybe different
PS: NDM-5-producing E. coli with PBP3 alterations demonstrating reduced susceptibility to aztreonam-avibactam
these isolates are relatively common in India #idxposts

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

The guidance on interpreting single-positive S. lugdunensis blood cultures remains inconsistent!
🆕💥🟢Clinical implications of a single Staphylococcus lugdunensis-positive blood culture: true bacteremia vs. contamination
This retrospective review spanning 9 years at a large health system
Using the Souvenir criteria, a single-positive blood culture set with S. lugdunensis is likely to represent contamination compared to the multiple-positive set group (81.3% vs. 32.6%, P < 0.01)
Of patients categorized as having significant bacteremia by the Souvenir criteria, 96.8% had an intravascular device, while only 7.9% of those categorized as contamination had a device
https://t.co/ytfAlSwd68

[Joseph Sassine @JosephSassineMD]

Out now in @CIDJournal my first ever investigator-initiated funded study - A pilot trial evaluating IV Ensure, a remote therapeutic monitoring device in OPAT!
With @Emily_Siegrist @RitaWilsonDib1 @IbragimovaNayle @MAlkozah @bryan_p_white and more!

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https://t.co/ebtTTo06Jj

[Emily Siegrist @Emily_Siegrist]

🚨New article alert! We used the GenMark panel for rapid yeast ID in blood cultures. We got faster ID, but didn’t de-escalate therapy based on it. Full story + data here 👉 https://t.co/orxXrMaLfY
@RitaWilsonDib1 @JosephSassineMD @SIDPharm

[Michael Calderwood, MD, MPH @CalderwoodMD]

“Gossip is born out of uncertainty. … Uncertainty creates a knowledge void that must be filled with actual, or in many cases artificial, information. The antidote, of course, is open and honest communication.” https://t.co/Na2EYTBZp0

[NEJM @NEJM]

A 70-year-old man undergoing cholangioscopy to evaluate dilatation of the common bile duct was found to have flatworms in his biliary tract (shown in a video). Read the full clinical case: https://t.co/OK4X48EOne

[Maria Alkozah @MAlkozah]

Apple and i cloud are expensive and unreliable.

[Maria Alkozah @MAlkozah]

@FuadZiyadeh You deserve the best! Thank you for all what you did for the DOM and us!

[Maria Alkozah @MAlkozah]

اديه الساعة؟

[Maria Alkozah @MAlkozah]

@Pierre_bk This is just how low we have allowed our country to get

[Joseph El-Khoury @JEK_Psych]

Une manière commode de faire la connaissance d'une ville est de chercher comment on y travaille, comment on y aime et comment on y meurt. (Albert Camus, La Peste)

[Firas Kreidieh @FirasKreidieh]

Those who have breathed its air realize that AUB is not only our link to the past. It is rather an ever-lasting bridge to the future where free minds flourish...more abundantly ⁦@AUBAlumni⁩ ⁦@AUB_Lebanon⁩ ⁦#ExcellenceThroughAdversity Gala Dinner

[Maria Alkozah @MAlkozah]

@JEK_Psych mrvincentcatering
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[Maria Alkozah @MAlkozah]

@Pierre_bk مبارح

[Maria Alkozah @MAlkozah]

Lebanon now endemic for Cholera. No comments needed

[Anais Ovalle MD MPH (she/her/ella) @Anais_Ovalle]

I’m so appreciative of being in a space where I’m able to teach medical trainees tools I wish I had when I was in their position.

Having the opportunity to impact individuals in a positive way for the rest of their careers is the most rewarding part of my job. #fridayreflection

[Toufic Chaaban @tchaaban1]

Make a difference, fill a gap, and feel the satisfaction of achieving something for your country.

[Maria Alkozah @MAlkozah]

The best thing about a vacation?
Not writing medical notes.
Yeah, this is how much I love it🤣

[Maria Alkozah @MAlkozah]

Is there a possibility, just the slightest one, to wake up to a less hostile world tomorrow?
#WorldPeace