Melissa Pender

Infectious Disease @UofUHealth. #MedEd 👩🏻‍⚕️, #IDtwitter 🦠, & #globalhealth 🌍.

[Melissa Pender @MelissaPenderMD]

Shout-out to the @UofUMedicine MS2s that crushed the microbe matching game. Come rotate with us in ID!

[Emily Sydnor Spivak @EmilySpivak]

Honored to share the table last night with @MelissaPenderMD as we talked to @UofUMedicine students about why to choose a career in ID. @UofUInternalMed @UofUHealth @IDSAInfo @MelissaPenderMD is the best cheerleader for #WhyID

[Melissa Pender @MelissaPenderMD]

Presenting my ID fellowship research at #TropMed22. Goal: developing a clinical prediction rule identifying protozoal diarrheal illness. Top predictors? HIV, sBP, outpatient presentation, BMI. @ASTMH @GlobalGutHealth @UofU3i @UofUInternalMed

[Daniel T Leung @GlobalGutHealth]

At #TropMed22? Our group's @MelissaPenderMD will be presenting her work on clinical prediction for protozoal GI infections today at Poster 456. @UofU3i @UofUInternalMed @ASTMH @ACCTMTH

[Melissa Pender @MelissaPenderMD]

Thanks to my mentors & collaborators Tim Smith, @brintzbe, Prativa Pandey, Sanjaya Shrestha, Sinn Anuras, Samandra Demons, Siriporn Sornsakrin, Ladaporn Bodhidatta, James Platts-Mills, & @GlobalGutHealth. /fin

[Melissa Pender @MelissaPenderMD]

Now out in @jtravmed: Ever wondered how to predict the etiology of travelers' diarrhea w/o labs or how to counsel travelers on when to take antibiotics? Check out these predictors of bacterial diarrhea! 🧵 1/ https://t.co/xmFXxbVl0w

[Melissa Pender @MelissaPenderMD]

Next steps: Create region-specific diarrheal etiology prediction models which include weather variables → decision support tools to aid travelers & clinicians with antibiotic treatment decisions. 5/

[Melissa Pender @MelissaPenderMD]

Does DM2 increase the risk for systemic nocardiosis? 🤔 Maybe? Diabetes impairs phagocytosis, chemotaxis, & mitogen-induced lymphoproliferation. As always, more studies are needed. 5/end

[Melissa Pender @MelissaPenderMD]

A 57 y/o with DM2 presents with LUQ abdominal pain attributed to a newly identified left adrenal mass. Intra-operative cultures during adrenalectomy reveal... 1/🧵 #IDtwitter #MedTwitter https://t.co/wY2GEMFMdI

[Melissa Pender @MelissaPenderMD]

There are 8 previously published reports of N. beijingensis affecting immunocompetent patients: pulm x3, CNS x2, pulm + CNS x1, scleritis x1, paravertebral abscess x1. No prior reports of this species from an adrenal site. 4/

[Melissa Pender @MelissaPenderMD]

@GlobalGutHealth @BertLopansri

[Melissa Pender @MelissaPenderMD]

Any guesses as to the topic of next week’s @UofUInternalMed ID fellow research proposal? Enjoy this related case and stay tuned!

[Indiana University Infectious Diseases Fellowship @IUIDfellowship]

#idboardreview Adolescent girl eating lot of salad mixes from the store present with explosive watery diarrhea, bloating, flu like sx. Stool specimen shown with 8 micrometer oocyst. Patient improved without any treatment. dx? #meded #idmedEd #idtwitter

[Melissa Pender @MelissaPenderMD]

@brintzbe @GlobalGutHealth @_ISTM_ @UofUInternalMed @UtahIMCMRs @UofU3i @UofUHealth Thanks for all your help!

[Melissa Pender @MelissaPenderMD]

@SonjaRaaum @UtahIMCMRs @UofUInternalMed @carolinemilneMD Thank you! Grateful for all the mentorship from @GlobalGutHealth @UtahIMCMRs @UofUInternalMed @UofU3i

[Melissa Pender @MelissaPenderMD]

Thanks! And thank you to @_ISTM_ for the opportunity!

[Daniel T Leung @GlobalGutHealth]

Congrats to @MelissaPenderMD, 1st year ID fellow, who received the Best Oral Presentation Award at the international #CISTM17 @_ISTM_ conference last week, for research on traveler's diarrhea that she did as a resident @UofUInternalMed. @UtahIMCMRs @UofU3i @UofUHealth

[Melissa Pender @MelissaPenderMD]

@UofUInternalMed @HannahImlay @EmilySpivak Great review of literature and perspective from @EmilySpivak and @HannahImlay. Worth a watch if you missed it! Thanks!