Together, these findings challenge the assumption that antibiotics lacking intrinsic antipseudomonal activity are evolutionarily neutral with respect to P. aeruginosa #idxposts
Static vs. cidal: it’s not complex; it’s simply incorrect
@BradSpellberg et Al
Honored to be part of this amazing group who challenges dogmas and debunk ID myths #idxposts
https://t.co/4bldEnYTK5
Leprosy, or Hansen's disease, remains a key global health issue.
In a Seminar, authors provide an update on key public health and clinical aspects of the disease: https://t.co/8Dl3yyL6t8
How can we minimise the risk of resistance evolving during antibiotic treatment? A new computational platform to navigate collateral sensitivity and predict when treatments will fail, out now in @npjAMR
https://t.co/sbqsndoUF0
Drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii: mortality, emerging treatments, and future pharmacological targets for a WHO priority pathogen
https://t.co/3JqnJZ0DAS
Timeline of chikungunya fever
Typical viral load, symptoms, involved immune cells, and antibody titres during different phases of disease are depicted
https://t.co/pF74oFG6pv
A 75-year-old man was admitted to Massachusetts General Hospital (@MassGeneralNews) because of progressive dyspnea, cough, and hypoxemia.
Gram’s staining of sputum (Panel A) shows gram-positive rods with a filamentous, branching, beaded appearance. Modified acid-fast staining of sputum (Panel B) shows reddish-pink microorganisms, a finding consistent with nocardia. Auramine–rhodamine fluorescence staining of sputum (Panel C) shows bright-green acid-fast bacilli (arrows), a finding suggestive of mycobacterial coinfection. Grocott’s methenamine silver staining of tissue from a transbronchial biopsy (Panel D) shows invasive filamentous bacteria that are consistent with nocardia. A sputum culture (Panel E) shows growth of 𝘕𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢 complex. Sputum treated to suppress the growth of nocardia (Panel F) shows growth of 𝘔𝘺𝘤𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘶𝘮 𝘢𝘣𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘴 complex.
Read the full case details: https://t.co/C7MtqdcX1C
ICYMI, IDSA released the first guidelines for the management and treatment of complicated urinary tract infections (cUTIs).
The new guidelines simplify the prior definitions of uncomplicated UTIs and cUTIs, & address treatment for cUTIs.
View guidelines: https://t.co/jauYIl0Zyv
🆕💫Defining Bloodstream and Central Venous Catheter-Related Infections in Patients Following Haematopoietic Cell Transplantation: Position Paper of the EBMT Infectious Diseases Working Party and Practice Harmonization and Guidelines Committee #IDXposts
https://t.co/syw40t1AkH
The Next Step: Role of Metagenomic Next Generation Sequencing for Microbial Detection in Culture-negative Cardiovascular infections
✅ Just Accepted
✍️ @SarwatKMD@BCMHouston@RizwanSohailMD
🔗 https://t.co/VnsaG9As5P
🆕💫Establishing Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute M45 antimicrobial susceptibility testing methods and breakpoints for Pseudomonas other than Pseudomonas aeruginosa(POPA) #IDXposts
https://t.co/WcvvAuYAJB
#MicrobiologyMonday: Pseudomonas aeruginosa releases a surfactant that displaces Klebsiella pneumoniae from solid surfaces. By pushing K. pneumoniae away, the detergent allows P. aeruginosa to better compete for limited iron. Learn more in #mBio: https://t.co/qeAiygdFRQ
Salmonella exploits erythrophagocytosis for iron:
Subpopulation of Salmonella evades SLC11A1-mediated iron restriction by targeting iron-rich vacuoles in macrophages that ingest & degrade red blood cells, enabling faster replication of this subset
https://t.co/01gYEUfxkD
🆕💫New Hope, New Threat:
Ceftazidime/avibactam brought promise—resistance followed fast.
England’s 4-year data shows why real-time surveillance and stewardship matter more than ever.
A must-read @Eurosurveillanc#IDXposts
https://t.co/EzhsoNE1A3
Rationale behind the use of high-dose sulbactam (SUL) against CRAB infections
Conventional dose:
SUL hydrolysed by β-lactamases➡️cannot reach their targets (PBP1a/1b/3)
High-dose, extended-infusion therapy can overcome the hydrolysis by β-lactamases
https://t.co/q3rDfsziLU
#ICYMI...NEW RESEARCH: Effects of Cigarette-Derived Compounds on the Spread of Antimicrobial Resistance in Artificial Human Lung Sputum Medium, Simulated Environmental Media and Wastewater ➡️ https://t.co/nxiK38vIRV @UliKluemper@PeijuF@tudresden_de