Chris Ward

Consultant in infectious diseases and microbiology at St George's Hospital in London. Interests in molecular biology and host-pathogen interaction.

[Chris Ward @ccw27]

Good opportunity for an Infectious Diseases interested junior doctor to get experience on a busy ID ward, including managing inpatient HIV and TB. Please re-tweet and pass on to anyone who might be interested

https://t.co/4a4yZazFYq

[Chris Ward @ccw27]

@JonathanYoungs Thanks, I think this is as close as I'm going to get to what I'm looking for. Agree, looks like 28 days for the arboviruses. I had someone telling me we needed to test for WNV when the travel was back in 2020! Nice to see something in writing that makes more sense.

[Chris Ward @ccw27]

Can anyone point me to specific guidelines for screening bone marrow donors when they have travelled? For example how long after travel are you still supposed to screen these people for arboviruses? I'm going round in circles on the JPAC website.

[Chris Ward @ccw27]

@tomayates @PaulArkell1 @ESCMID Thanks Tom, a handy group of documents to know about. Paul's reference is actually on this list from 2018.

[Chris Ward @ccw27]

@PaulArkell1 This is comprehensive, I like it. Thanks Paul! It suggests 30 days for abovirus.

[Chris Ward @ccw27]

Probably late to the party, but have just seen this:

https://t.co/xZPVBzqOvg

IMO amazing multi-omics analysis of HIV reservoir.

[London Infection Network for/by ECRs (LINE) @LondonECR]

👋Dear PostDocs of London working on infection-related research, we are starting a multi-institute collaborative network in London to support scientific and social exchanges amongst our community 👩‍🔬👨🏻‍🔬

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[Chris Ward @ccw27]

@DrNeilStone Remember all the poor soles on a night shift working an extra hour.

[Chris Ward @ccw27]

@tomayates Does this fit the bill? https://t.co/WXfufTj90i

[NHS Horizons @HorizonsNHS]

Tweets of the Week is live: ft @DudleyGroupNHS @KarenLe08016942 @tnvora @sherrillknezel @SocialChangeAg @lizandmollie @hyperisland

There's a wealth of insights, reading and resources.

Find it useful? Please share!

https://t.co/tUktLH0eum

[BSAC @BSACandJAC]

Brilliant response to our first Infection Clinical Dilemmas event last week!! 👏👏👏

Our next webinar - Haemato-oncology Bacterial Infections - is taking place 7th July, 1630-1800hrs BST.

Don't miss out!! Book your FREE place here: https://t.co/1eJBYRqk6J

[Chris Ward @ccw27]

@caro_goujon @michael_malim It was a pleasure. Nice to see it published.

[Caroline Goujon, PhD @caro_goujon]

More than 11 years after getting a Marie Curie Intra European Fellowship for this project (and >6 years since generating the last data with Hélène Bauby!), the very last paper from my postdoc is now online @mbiojournal!
https://t.co/GJPlfZ9ZmK

[Chris Ward @ccw27]

@dr_michaelmarks @syctong @Dr_J_Underwood @Thushan_deSilva @drnickeasom @DrToniHo @DrToddLee Has anyone ever shown that ceftriaxone is non-inferior to fluclox for sig MSSA infection (bacteraemia/endocarditis/PJI/etc)?

[Chris Ward @ccw27]

Good opportunity for SHO-level junior doctor to get some ID experience. Please RT.

https://t.co/0CXPwIocQh

[Chris Ward @ccw27]

@drnickeasom @dr_michaelmarks @CovidGenomicsUK Agree, developing local capacity is surely a much better way forward.

[UK Health Security Agency @UKHSA]

We've updated our weekly #COVID19 #vaccine surveillance report.

The table below summarises the evidence we have to date on vaccine effectiveness against different outcomes.

See the report here: https://t.co/rTkiJegu0r

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

The thread is funny #IDTwitter #tweetfungi

[Chris Ward @ccw27]

Food for thought. As always, selection of patient population likely crucial.

[Michael Marks @dr_michaelmarks]

Less can be more for pneumonia. In 50% CAP patients was possible stop Abx at 3 days and outcomes were the same @TheLancet https://t.co/Hc1AxyndWS

[Chris Ward @ccw27]

Anyone else notice more traffic this morning? Related to school return? IMO a rise in cases will be more likely parents return to work than kids return to school.