Great to join #ReActAfrica and @southcentre.bsky.social at #AARC25 for 2 days of discussion and learning about #AMR across Africa #antimicrobialresistance
David Hettle
@david-hettle.bsky.social
Doctor: Infectious Diseases/Microbiology Currently @ebibristol.bsky.social + @thruzim.bsky.social Global Health Fellow in 🇿🇼 exploring lab systems: AMR, promoting antimicrobial stewardship, TB. #MedEd. Interests: career development of MedEd-ucators
Look after patients with neonatal sepsis in sub-Saharan Africa? 🫵We want to hear from YOU! ❓Why❓ Exploring clinicians experiences of diagnostics, antibiotics + guidelines 📢 English, French or Portuguese 🔗 redcap.sun.ac.za/surveys/?s=N9A…
📢 Healthcare workers across Africa — we want to hear from you! Together, we can improve newborn health in LMICs. 💪👶Don't forget to take our survey before 10 May 2025!📝 🔗 redcap.sun.ac.za/surveys/?s=N...
Sepsis is one of the most frequent causes of death worldwide & yet in many LMICs we have no or low quality phenotypic diagnostics to guide our therapy. This is particularly problematic in the context of neonatal sepsis where ESBL Kleb pneumo is often implicated. @lshtmamrcentre.bsky.social
Molecular cartridge based diagnostics have been a game changer for TB diagnostics - why can we not do the same for blood cultures? Please see our newest publication in collaboration with FIND, Sally Mugabe Central Hospital, the NMRL & @thruzim.bsky.social PLOS: dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
Back at the #ESCMIDGlobal clinical round - watching the experts' #clinicalreasoning in all kinds of cases 🧫 First up - Whipple's disease Long-term arthralgia Cardiac involvement Persistent diarrhea even after fevers settle #ESCMID2025 #IDSky
Amazing to present our work (with @tinamwat.bsky.social) on developing blood culture processes in Harare 🇿🇼 at #ESCMID2025 #ESCMIDGlobal And great to meet others + chat about the work's impact in #neonatalsepsis + #AMR #AMS #antimicrobialstewardship @thruzim.bsky.social
Essential diagnostics in low-resource settings Sipho Dlamini, Dissou Affolabi, @makedasemret.bsky.social insights on 💥 Brain drain 💥 Lack of granularity in calls to improve 💡 Lessons of networks (echoing TB labs) in SSA Current status: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #ESCMIDGlobal #ESCMID2025
#AI is here + will become key in #antimicrobialstewardship #AMS Flagged by Prof Thursky @ncas.bsky.social at #ESCMID2025 #ESCMIDGlobal - this paper is a great blueprint for implementing AI in AMS programmes Link: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
New Frontiers in Antimicrobial Stewardship @escmid.bsky.social Keynote lecture: Karin Thursky @ncas.bsky.social How can we reframe + conceptualize #AMS to work for 2025 + beyond. Who outside of healthcare really know the ins and outs of what #AMR #AMS mean? #ESCMIDGlobal #ESCMID2025
Critical talk to think about moving from #AMR surveillance + antibiotic use data ⬇️ Stewardship initiatives #AMS Talk from Mark de Boer on bridging the gap! #ESCMIDglobal #ESCMID2025
Starting Sunday at #ESCMID2025 #ESCMIDglobal debating 'Proxy indicators: bridging the gap between #AMR surveillance and #antimicrobialstewardship #AMS Finding a way to tie quantity metrics to appropriateness of prescription A start to #AMS Sunday according to @dianeashiru.bsky.social
Are you at #ESCMID2025 #ESCMIDglobal? Do you care for patients with neonatal sepsis, and work in sub-Saharan Africa? Please complete this survey looking at care of neonates + fighting #AMR in sub-Saharan Africa #neonates #neonatalsepsis #sepsis
Do you care for patients with neonatal sepsis in sub-Saharan Africa? 🫵We want to hear from YOU! redcap.sun.ac.za/surveys/?s=N9A… ❓Why❓ To explore clinicians views on diagnostics, antibiotics and guidelines 📢In English, French or Portuguese. #neonatalsepsis #neonates #sepsis
Great to hear from @idiots-pod.bsky.social @erinmccreary.bsky.social @jakescottmd.bsky.social at #ESCMID2025 #ESCMIDglobal on social media and podcasts in #IDsky #infectiousdiseases
Molecular cartridge based diagnostics have been a game changer for TB diagnostics - why can we not do the same for blood cultures? Please see our newest publication in collaboration with FIND, Sally Mugabe Central Hospital, the NMRL & @thruzim.bsky.social PLOS: dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
Rapid bacterial identification and resistance detection using a low complexity molecular diagnostic platform in Zimbabwe
Background Sepsis is a major cause of mortality in low-resource settings. Effective microbiological culture services are a bottleneck in diagnosis and surveillance. Aim We aimed to evaluate the perf...
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Do you care for patients with neonatal sepsis in sub-Saharan Africa? 🫵We want to hear from YOU! redcap.sun.ac.za/surveys/?s=N9A… ❓Why❓ To explore clinicians views on diagnostics, antibiotics and guidelines 📢In English, French or Portuguese. #neonatalsepsis #neonates #sepsis