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Infections, Medical Education, Tropical Diseases

[Alberta Medical Association (AMA) @Albertadoctors]

Alberta Medical Association statement regarding the report of the Alberta COVID-19 Pandemic Data Review Task Force

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

Hidradenitis suppurativa is a chronic inflammatory disease characterised by painful, deep seated nodules, abscesses occurring in intertriginous areas
🆕💫 Review @TheLancet
Hidradenitis suppurativa
There is limited evidence supporting systemic antibiotic
https://t.co/6VGmzIoqLi

[Isaac Bogoch @BogochIsaac]

Brilliant article reviewing zoonotic infections in the Canadian Arctic. 🇨🇦

Echinococcus canadensis, Mycoplasma phocacerebrale ("seal finger"), Trichinellosis & more.

Link: https://t.co/91rkUDRGfW, by James Burns et al.

Published in @CMAJ today.

[Adam R Houston @HealthLawAdamH]

"Why the last cases of #SleepingSickness will be the hardest to eliminate - Pharmaceuticals and vector-control programmes have greatly diminished the once-widespread disease, but sustained effort will be needed to stamp out infection for good" #NTDs
https://t.co/OIxizoppJj

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

Super interesting!!
🆕💫New diagnoses of histoplasmosis, coccidioidomycosis, and blastomycosis were routinely made outside their historically defined regions of endemicity
#idxposts https://t.co/pscgR3m7MO

[JAMA @JAMA_current]

Chagas disease is a parasitic infection that can cause heart and/or gastrointestinal problems. This JAMA Patient Page describes the parasitic infection Chagas disease and its risk factors, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.

https://t.co/QntgBvOtzG

[Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance @gavi]

93.7 million lives saved through #measles vaccination. A staggering achievement, and a testament to the power of immunisation.

As we look back on the year, let’s celebrate this progress and commit to the fight ahead: https://t.co/N0F6ilYwwu

[UCalgaryID @ucalgaryid]

@JordanKM19 @DukeAdultID @MadyHeldman @hanna_sandrine @EileenMaziarz @camwolfe @tamckpatrick @BeaCereus Nice paper Jordan! Hope you get some time off this holiday season.

[UCalgaryID @ucalgaryid]

Phage therapy treatment of resistant bacterial infection, one of the first in Canada.

https://t.co/OIWwTcqtrA

@AHS_media
@DrGregGerman @PhageAustralia @phagedirectory @UCalgaryMed @UCalgary @phageconsortium @CBCNews @CTVNews @globalnews

[Isaac Bogoch @BogochIsaac]

Wild report of a neurocysticercosis school outbreak in Belgium:

"When patient 8 was invited for additional history taking, his father recounted pulling a 1 m-long, ribbon-like worm from his son's anus".

https://t.co/Y5KBSwpCy3 By Vanden Driessche et al.

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

Cefiderocol may not be the soldier we were waiting for to help us win the battle against NDM
🆕✨Of 204 NDM-producing Enterobacterales isolates/China
18% R to cefiderocol*
29% R to cefepime/zidebactam
22% R to cefepime/taniborbactam
ATM/AVI S to 99.0%
https://t.co/RFYbsPpknn

[IDSA @IDSAInfo]

IDSA has developed a Road Map to Becoming an ID Physician– a comprehensive guide designed to support aspiring physicians at every stage of their journey.

This interactive PDF includes links to mentorship programs, exposure opportunities, grants and more. https://t.co/BsPT6ePuj8

[Adam R Houston @HealthLawAdamH]

Lots of posts today about the anniversary of #Smallpox Eradication (Dec 9 1979, tho WHA declaration came May 8 1980).
The Final Report of the Global Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication also recommended investigating #mpox (#monkeypox).
https://t.co/bYhZeO04ot

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

From an outstanding review of sepsis in this week's @NEJM https://t.co/6uW3iYAlBe
@nualameyer

[NEJM @NEJM]

Sepsis can occur in patients of any age, but the incidence varies markedly across the life span. The incidence worldwide is highest among children younger than 5 years of age. Learn more about sepsis and septic shock in a new Review Article: https://t.co/LONaEm11Nu

[Zain Chagla @zchagla]

Great news towards a single meningitis vaccine!

[OFD @MyFacdev]

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[Isaac Bogoch @BogochIsaac]

High rates of Mycoplasma pneumoniae ("walking pneumonia") in Ontario, 2024, especially in those age 5-17.

16.3% of a subset of 135 specimens had mutations that suggest resistance to macrolide antibiotics.

Link: https://t.co/2k1mPzu673

[Greg German MD PhD FRCPC DTM&H @DrGregGerman]

@AMMICanada #ammicanphage

[NEJM @NEJM]

Original Article: Antibiotic Treatment for 7 versus 14 Days in Patients with Bloodstream Infections (BALANCE) https://t.co/fAeAPSDZ4b

#CCCF2024 | @CCCForum