Brian Potoski

Associate Prof. Univ. of Pittsburgh || Infectious Diseases curriculum account || Pharmacist Abx Steward || Lover of coffee || U.S. Navy SELRES Officer

[Brian Potoski @IDProfBP]

Congratulations to the University of Pittsburgh Doctor of Pharmacy class of 2023! A truly remarkable class. Future leaders, trailblazers, innovators, and educators. Looking forward to your accomplishments and impact! #HailtoPITT #h2p #pittpharmacy

[Brian Potoski @IDProfBP]

PITT students - Check out the April edition of @EIDjournal. It’s a treasure trove of current and near/far horizon issues and investigations! Also syncs up nicely with our recent discussions of select #Rickettsial diseases. #PITT_ID23

[EID journal @EIDjournal]

#VectorborneInfections is the April theme for the EID journal. You can read the articles and see this month’s cover image, The typhus louse shaking hands with Death by O. Grin (active 1919), online now. https://t.co/71wlXF6jt3

[Brian Potoski @IDProfBP]

PITT students - the Lyme vaccine study we discussed in class has been adjusted and time to endpoints will be delayed. Thanks to @AmeshAA for this update. #PITT_ID23

[Amesh Adalja @AmeshAA]

Lyme vaccine test completion is pushed back by a year as Pfizer, Valneva say they’ll adjust trial https://t.co/8VxiaY5nM0

[Brian Potoski @IDProfBP]

PITT students - A recent and timely study as an addition to your CAP lecture yesterday. #PITT_ID23

[SIDP @SIDPharm]

Will this change your practice for severe CAP?! 🫁

New in @NEJM: CAPE COD RCT demonstrates hydrocortisone reduces 28d mortality in patients with severe CAP!
🔹 Reduced rate of intubation
🔹 Reduced rate of vasopressor requirement

Read more details here: https://t.co/Q1yT7YdwJL

[Brian Potoski @IDProfBP]

PITT students - A prelude to one of several important emerging nosocomial infections we will discuss next semester. #PITT_ID23

[CDC @CDCgov]

Candida auris (C. auris), an emerging fungus considered an urgent antimicrobial resistance (AR) threat, spread at an alarming rate in U.S. healthcare facilities in 2020-2021, according to data from CDC published in @AnnalsofIM. https://t.co/2GWYzWd0lj

[Brian Potoski @IDProfBP]

PITT students - One additional note - as an amateur photographer, I love this black and white photo of Dr. Stewart. Let’s get a B/W photo of your class prior to completing the current semester! #H2P #PITT_ID23

[Brian Potoski @IDProfBP]

https://t.co/tkVeZUr8KT PITT students - I love this. A reminder we are stronger when we include all voices. A lesson exemplified during WWII. Hail to Pitt. #H2P #PITT_ID23

[Brian Potoski @IDProfBP]

https://t.co/tkVeZUr8KT PITT students - I love this. A reminder we are stronger when we include all voices. A lesson exemplified during WWII. Hail to Pitt. #H2P #PITT_ID23

[Brian Potoski @IDProfBP]

PITT students - A recent Health Advisory from the #CDC re: increase in #XDR Shigellosis in the US. A timely and relevant complement to the forthcoming Infectious Diarrhea practicum next week. #PITT_ID23
https://t.co/aJFtZNoxN3

[Brian Potoski @IDProfBP]

PITT students - this study complements the recent UTI class nicely #PITT_ID23

[Clinical Infectious Diseases @CIDJournal]

Current pyuria cut-offs promote inappropriate UTI diagnosis in older women

✅ Just Accepted
🔓 Open Access
🔗 https://t.co/PLsiQ6wmch

[Brian Potoski @IDProfBP]

PITT students, the prerecorded briefing link is about 24 minutes long, but worth your time. #PITT_ID23

[IDSA @IDSAInfo]

A new study reveals that vaccination reduces the likelihood of getting #longCOVID, an added benefit beyond the prevention of severe disease that should encourage those who may have been hesitant about getting vaccinated, says @PaulSaxMD.

Full briefing: https://t.co/tFx38189Gr

[Brian Potoski @IDProfBP]

PITT students, this will come up again next semester. #PITT_ID23

[Timothy Li @drtimothyli]

Ertapenem, unlike other carbapenems, is not an anti-pseudomonal antibiotic

Why?

It has a significantly more bulky moiety at the R3 position of its carbapenem backbone, resulting in a weak affinity to the PBP3 of P. aeruginosa

https://t.co/4SjTWPjBm1

[Brian Potoski @IDProfBP]

@IDStudentYousuf A good opportunity to note these recs are from NICE, an English healthcare body, with notable treatment differences vs. C. difficile guidelines from the @IDSA. Standby for our February C. difficile lecture to see how and why! #PITT_ID23

[Yousuf Al-Abduladheem @IDStudentYousuf]

#PITT_ID23

[Brian Potoski @IDProfBP]

@IDStudentEH Yes! I recall discussing the concept of “antigenic sin” several years ago with the very astute @AmeshAA. This is good stuff. #PITT_ID23

[Elaine Han @IDStudentEH]

Very interesting reading on “imprinting” #PITT_ID23

[Brian Potoski @IDProfBP]

@akshayaID Yes! We only briefly touched on antibiogram data last week in class. Stay tuned for more data and discussion! #PITT_ID23

[Akshaya Sudhakar @akshayaID]

A picture is a thousand words! #PITT_ID23

[Brian Potoski @IDProfBP]

I wonder if @jnj plans on following the vaccinated arm in the future to see if the vaccine provides any unforeseen downstream benefit (albeit acknowledging the failure of primary outcome) #PITT_ID23

[Amesh Adalja @AmeshAA]

"the shot did not perform any better than placebo" https://t.co/wiIW4Pyqez

[Brian Potoski @IDProfBP]

@alexmannino_id Maybe ChatGPT can wax poetic on the P2 Spring semester infectious diseases experience? Sounds like you can give cues as well . . . #PITT_ID23

[alexmannino @alexmannino_id]

Excellent poetry…all related back to ID! #PITT_ID23

[Brian Potoski @IDProfBP]

Thanks Ja’nea - an excellent segue to the Antimicrobial Stewardship lecture on January, 31! #PITT_ID23

[Brian Potoski @IDProfBP]

PITT Students! My first tweet to you of the Fall semester pertains to a study on the impact of oral zinc in patients with #COVID19. The accompanying editorial is also worth your time. #PITT_ID23

[Clinical Infectious Diseases @CIDJournal]

Twice-Daily Oral Zinc in the Treatment of Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019: A Randomized Double-Blind Controlled Trial

🆓 Freely Available
🔗 https://t.co/cF3kMVuxIO

[Brian Potoski @IDProfBP]

Honored to receive the Innovation in Teaching Award from the Alpha Omicron chapter of #RhoChi this week. This means a great deal to me and I’m deeply grateful. Thank you! @PittPharmacy #PITT_ID22

[Annie Weyand @ID_AnnieW]

Congratulations to Dr. Potoski (@IDProfBP) for winning the Rho Chi Innovation in Teaching Award! It is because of him that our class is able to share with one another interesting topics about infectious disease on twitter! #PITT_ID22

[Brian Potoski @IDProfBP]

https://t.co/famvNFNGVC Excellent piece by @BenMazer for @TheAtlantic “ . . . testing is, for now, a zero-sum game. Each unnecessary swab that you consume means one fewer is available for more important purposes - such as diagnosing a symptomatic infection”. #IDTwitter