Excellent talk from @avrilbiotic on her work reviewing #antibiotic prophylaxis in recurrent #UTI management in #PrimaryCare ! She highlights our leaflet for patients, with advice on preventing recurrent UTIs #BSACUTI2023
Leaflet & other FREE resources 👉 https://t.co/VWVKTCXCne
🔥🆕️MERCY RCT🆕️🔥
Continuous administration of meropenem, compared with intermittent administration, does NOT improve clinically relevant outcomes in critically ill patients with sepsis. #IDTwitter
https://t.co/sAHFbEVxvY
Unbelievable 😳
It's alarming!
Clinical characteristics of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKP)infection/colonisation in the ICU: a 9-year retrospective study 🇨🇳
The rate of CRKP in KP isolates raised from 11.11% in 2012 to 48.92% in 2020
https://t.co/SzPy94v3NO
In regions with high azole resistance rates the voriconazole and echinocandin combination may benefit patients with WT disease, azole-resistant invasive aspergillosis, and mixed azole-susceptible and azole-resistant infection. #JACNews#OpenAccess https://t.co/NfXW1lAqg7
Did you know this week is Fungal Disease Awareness Week? We have a 3 week long e-learning course all about #antifungalstewardship where you can learn more about fungal diseases! Sign up and take part using the link below.
#FungalAwarenessWeek#ThinkFungus
https://t.co/rbMlA4cBs7
For the majority of patients reporting a penicillin allergy, avoiding penicillin may actually be doing more harm than good. Great post from @neilthepcist https://t.co/ntj967mgNe #AntibioticResistance#StopSuperbugs
1/ @umichmedicine we're quickly developing more and more ICU experience with #COVID19 patients and have open sourced all our pathways, protocols and lessons learned here: https://t.co/AtMerAOBRI #MedEd#FOAMED
Could a washing machine make you sick? A conventional washer used to wash neonatal clothes was found to harbor a multidrug resistent bacteria. @SCCM https://t.co/Lhej2xpMwp
10. Enjoy the added benefits of integrative outpatient stewardship programs.
🔸What else can you impact concurrently?
🔸How can patient care be improved overall?
🔸Can you publish your work?
Thanks @E_Stenehjem for sharing these pearls! #IDWeek2019 /fin
In Preliminary trial vitamin c did not decrease SOFA scores or CRP in patients with sepsis and ARDS. The CITRIS-ALI Randomized Clinical Trial | Critical Care Medicine | JAMA | JAMA Network @SCCMPresident @gsmartinmd https://t.co/QbK95KVQPK
Long time coming but our data comparing cefepime to piptazo in patients with ARC and PSa infections finally published https://t.co/K6CtUR6kE2 great job team @theback140@TheIDApprentice@LNHsteward
Antibiotic Therapy: How Long Is Long Enough? Excellent summary in @JWatch by @Armstrws of 2 studies published in #OFID suggesting shorter duration of antibiotic therapy better for SSTI & men with UTIs. https://t.co/iFPm9zd7Ym
FAO Pediatricians/ anesthesiologists- invaluable tip for vasular access: a red bike light, cost 5 dollars, has saved me countless times for neonatal access. Don't waste money with expensive devices. See pic of my finger veins as example #pedsanes#pedscards#pediatrics