Matt Goetz

Road biker, backpacker, proud to be a VA ID Doc, always aspiring free-thinker

[Matt Goetz @mbgoetzca]

@Ddrekonja @GOP The very definition of hypocrisy

[Matt Goetz @mbgoetzca]

@glavaidguy @rebsmoe As I like to say, the hard questions occur at the boundaries where lines are drawn that often cleave shades of gray rather than black from white

[Matt Goetz @mbgoetzca]

@rbganatra Performance characteristics ( sensitivity and specificity) of cr in the setting of negative CCR are too I’ll defined to be of much benefit

[Matt Goetz @mbgoetzca]

@bwtrautner Hmmm, and I had thought there was bbq in Houston

[Matt Goetz @mbgoetzca]

Proud to be vaccinated at the VA. I’m looking forward to seeing a surge of vaccination to fight this scourge!

[Matt Goetz @mbgoetzca]

@omaigarner @drklausner And deluded

[omai @omaigarner]

@drklausner Sad.

[Matt Goetz @mbgoetzca]

46 years ago I marched against racism in Boston. It wasn’t enough, it will never be enough until everyone not only hears but acts on the fact every day, every single day that black lives matter

[Matt Goetz @mbgoetzca]

@tanner_caverly So true

[Tanner Caverly @tanner_caverly]

Great graphic

[Jason Van Schoor @jasonvanschoor]

From a well respected friend and intensivist/A&E consultant who is currently in northern Italy:
1/ ‘I feel the pressure to give you a quick personal update about what is happening in Italy, and also give some quick direct advice about what you should do.

[Matt Goetz @mbgoetzca]

@bryant_yang @glavaidguy @glen_huang I’d continue oxacillin, make sure dosing was appropriate, consider continuous infusion, ensure that this isn’t an instaiwith occult mecA and most importantly be sure that there are no focu amenable to better source control, e.g. , visceral abscesses

[Matt Goetz @mbgoetzca]

@BradSpellberg @ABsteward @CGentPharm @koutterson But then again, facilities that prefer to use colistin rather than a carbapenem- betalactamase inhibitor combination to treat KPC infections are not acting in their patients’ best interests. Sometimes newer (and more expensive) is really better.

[Judith Strymish @JudithStrymish]

Crisis Looms in Antibiotics as Drug Makers Go Bankrupt https://t.co/LxuCdmmVL2

[Matt Goetz @mbgoetzca]

Happy holidays right back atcha, @UCLA_ID!

[Pryce Gaynor @PryceGMD]

Happy Holidays from the @ucla ID on call team!

[Judith Strymish @JudithStrymish]

Really powerful Globe article by @ashishkjha. Ending surprise billing: A moral test for physicians https://t.co/FI8NBXFtdm via @BostonGlobe

[Matt Goetz @mbgoetzca]

@ABsteward Kind of depends on whether all CP-CRE are created equal. That not being the case, to paraphrase John Rex, multiple differing fire extinguishers are needed. Granted there is a point of diminishing returns and new classes of agents with activity vs CP-CRE are needed.

[Matt Goetz @mbgoetzca]

@kelechevarria And it particularly sucks when adults get measles. Adults with measles are much more likely to develop severe hepatitis and respiratory failure.

[Matt Goetz @mbgoetzca]

Hey, @pcj46! I'm here.