Microbiology Matters

Clinical microbiologist from 🇬🇧living in 🇳🇿, diagnostic stewardship fanatic, ultramarathoner, Francophile, chess player, homebrewer, dreamer.

[Microbiology Matters @michaeladdidle]

This is important work that all ID/CMs should be aware of.

[Francesco Cogliati Dezza @Fra_CogliatiD92]

@ESCMID day 2!
💥Temocillin not inferior to meropenem
📢New alternative for ESBL+ is coming?
🦠Presented data on RCT ASTARTÉ at #ESCMIDGlobal working on final analysis
@jesusrbano @syctong @HUVMacarena @SaludISCIII

[Microbiology Matters @michaeladdidle]

@bryan_p_white Complicated UTI is everything that is not an uncomplicated UTI 🙄

[Microbiology Matters @michaeladdidle]

This is not something we think about much in our day to day work in the microbiology lab. Maybe we should?

https://t.co/XEK2IxKgJz

[Microbiology Matters @michaeladdidle]

@katiewiskar One further thing that does not really increase efficiency during a ward round but helps with workload down the line is to ask “Does this patient really need to be in hospital?”, and keep asking yourself the same question every day of their admission.

[Katie Wiskar @katiewiskar]

We've all been there: a Saturday on call in the hospital, with a list of 30 patients to round on 😵‍💫

Ward rounding can seem like an endless task - but it doesn't have to be! ⏰

Here are my top 10 tips for ward rounding efficiency 🧵-

[Irish Society of Clinical Microbiologists @iscm_micro]

A very interesting paper with some familiar names on the authorship! Congratulations to all involved.

This certainly provides food for thought regarding susceptibility testing and prescribing of some less utilised antibiotics in lieu of carbapenems.

[Microbiology Matters @michaeladdidle]

Have you thought about how Artificial Intelligence might impact your lab over the next decade?

https://t.co/9QJZF42Y7E

[Microbiology Matters @michaeladdidle]

@DrNeilStone Yes, have never been one to follow the crowd.

[Microbiology Matters @michaeladdidle]

The lab should have reasonable evidence a UTI is present before reporting susceptibilities…

https://t.co/SwlTLG992F

[IBMS #AtTheHeartOfHealthcare @IBMScience]

Microbiology Case Study: Not all Gram-Positive Bacilli from Positive Blood Cultures are Contaminants. A 78 year old woman was transferred from a nursing home to the Emergency Room because of delirium and worsening bilateral chronic foul-smelling hip wounds... https://t.co/mGdtTD85Tk

[Microbiology Matters @michaeladdidle]

“Would you swim in the River Seine, or just during the Olympics?”

https://t.co/oARImiE5NY

[Microbiology Matters @michaeladdidle]

@KirstieMAllsopp Independent travel as a teenager should be encouraged, not frowned upon. It is part of growing up.

[Microbiology Matters @michaeladdidle]

@ABsteward As long as you use amoxycillin first 😉

[Microbiology Matters @michaeladdidle]

@kmess44 @andreaprinzi @BioFireDX @samdominguez309 @PIDSociety @IDSAInfo @ChildrensCO_Pro @Princeton @biomerieux Mycoplasma pneumoniae returned to NZ late 2023. We are now also better at diagnosing it with PCR as opposed to the rather unreliable IgM serology. We are seeing significant numbers, enough for the pediatricians to have a low threshold for adding a macrolide empirically.

[Microbiology Matters @michaeladdidle]

@historyinmemes Blackness castle?

[Microbiology Matters @michaeladdidle]

@schowardjd Naso-labial coccidiomycosis

[Microbiology Matters @michaeladdidle]

Is diagnostic stewardship a focus of your microbiology laboratory?

https://t.co/3HC65RrAE2

[Microbiology Matters @michaeladdidle]

@DrNeilStone Looks more like Glasgow

[Microbiology Matters @michaeladdidle]

@DrNeilStone It’s made of sand, will always need a lot of ongoing maintenance.

[Microbiology Matters @michaeladdidle]

Interesting talk on the use of AI in research articles by Ursula Hofer.

How long will it be before computers are far superior to humans at writing journal articles; 5, 10, 20 years?

This technology has limitations at the moment but it is clearly the future…

#ECCMID2024