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Medical Microbiology fellow and ID specialist based in Boston

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Patrick Crowley@pcrowleydo.bsky.social · 2mo ago

News to me - there is an oral vaccine against UTIs. Anyone have experience with this? #IDSky #UTISky pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

MV140 sublingual vaccine reduces recurrent urinary tract infection in women: Results from the first North American clinical experience study

This is the first North American clinical evidence for MV140, a novel bacterial sublingual vaccine, developed for prevention of recurrent urinary tract infection (UTI) in women. Female subjects with ≥...

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Springer Medicine@springermedicine.com · 2mo ago

#MedCase - A rare report of fatal European subtype tick-borne encephalitis in a child. TBE should be considered in the differential diagnosis of neurological symptoms in highly endemic areas, regardless of vaccination status or presence of fever. 👉️ buff.ly/OcJAFDF #IDSky #NeuroSky

Fatal European subtype tick-borne encephalitis in a fully vaccinated immunocompetent child: a case report with viral sequencing

A rare case of fulminant European subtype tick-borne encephalitis in a fully vaccinated, immunocompetent child. TBE should be considered in the differential diagnosis of neurological symptoms in…

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Antibiotic Steward 🅱️C🆔🅿️🌟@absteward.bsky.social · 3mo ago

For the sake of the environment, the financial viability of our healthcare system, and our HCPs, patients, and visitors, we should no longer mandate contact precautions for patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19. The science says it’s time #idsky

Antibiotic Steward 🅱️C🆔🅿️🌟@absteward.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Our understanding of SARS-CoV-2 transmission has evolved since the beginning of the pandemic Discontinuing contact precautions for COVID-19: the science says its time! #idsky www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Antibiotic Steward 🅱️C🆔🅿️🌟@absteward.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Pseudomonas sparing’ antibiotics,is it time to rethink this notion? 🆕Prolonged in vitro exposure of P.aeruginosa to subinhibitory concentrations of Abx lacking intrinsic antipseudomonal activity selects for stable,heritable resistance to antipseudomonal agents #idsky academic.oup.com/jac/article/...

In vitro exposure to non-antipseudomonal antibiotics (NAPA) induces Pseudomonas aeruginosa resistance to antipseudomonal antibiotics (APA)

AbstractBackground. Pseudomonas aeruginosa readily evolves antimicrobial resistance through regulatory plasticity and stress-adaptive pathways. Clinically,

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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)@msf.ca · 8mo ago

“Let’s not call it deregistration, let’s call it a death sentence  —  that is exactly what it would be for the Palestinian people,” says @sana.msf.ca, MSF Executive Director, as Israel moves to bar nearly 40 aid groups under new registration rules. montrealgazette.com/news/local-n...

Oxfam-Québec surprised to be among aid groups Israel bars from Gaza

Nearly 40 organizations supplying aid in Gaza are scheduled to be barred as of Thursday for not complying with new registration requirements.

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Ferric Fang, MD@fangferric.bsky.social · 11mo ago

We might not have had the antibiotic revolution if-- • Fleming had not left his plates out while he went on vacation • he was less observant • he didn't work next door to a mycologist • the weather was warmer • he didn't have brilliant colleagues to translate his discovery into a useful application