What is the True Price of a Positive Blood Culture? ✅ Just Accepted 🔗 https://bit.ly/475W2Oc

Congratulations to our very own Catherine Liu (the committee chair) on the publication of the new IDSA Staph aureus bacteremia guidelines. This work reflects years of leadership and is the culmination of a *ton* of thoughtful consideration! 👏 www.idsociety.org/practice-gui...

evidence.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1... New in NEJM Evidence: a timely perspective piece on RSV vaccination authored by 2nd-year fellow Kirby Erlandson and her mentor Helen Chu 👏👏👏

A Hat Trick for RSV Vaccines — Prevention of Disease, Hospitalization, and Beyond

This editorial contextualizes two reports from the DAN-RSV trial - one assessing the impact of RSVpreF vaccination on hospitalization outcomes and the other estimating vaccine effectiveness during ...

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academic.oup.com/cid/advance-... New in @cidjournal.bsky.social: an account of our Harborview Infection Prevention team's work in containing a C. auris outbreak from 2024-25, highlighting the role of expanded high-throughput PCR testing capacity for rapid patient identification and isolation - 👏👏👏

Containment of a Candidozyma auris Outbreak in an Acute Care Hospital using a Comprehensive Screening and Surveillance Program

We describe a 6-month hospital Candidozyma auris outbreak that was successfully contained using massive rapid PCR screening and rigorous infection control

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link.springer.com/article/10.1... New from our Harborview stewardship and leadership team (including fellow Preston Kramer!)— clinical experience with the IV ➡️ PO switch in S. aureus osteomyelitis ✨ As it turns out, no one told the bacteria what the administration route was!

From IV to oral: clinical outcomes in Staphylococcus aureus osteomyelitis - BMC Infectious Diseases

Background Outcomes for patients receiving oral antibiotics for Staphylococcus aureus (SA) osteomyelitis, including methicillin-resistant SA (MRSA), are poorly characterized. We evaluated outcomes in ...

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Sharing recent work from third-year fellow Brendan Mullen (co-first author!) on the performance of urine LAM for pediatric pulmonary TB diagnosis. And big congratulations to Brendan on his recent selection for a NIAID Clinical Research Loan Repayment award! 🎉 academic.oup.com/ofid/article...

P-1677. Nanoparticle Capture of Urinary Lipoarabinomannan for Diagnosing Childhood Tuberculosis

AbstractBackground. Non-respiratory biomarkers for tuberculosis (TB), such as the urinary lipoarabinomannan (LAM) antigen, are crucial for diagnosing TB in

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“Revitalizing the NIH’s role in advancing science will require thoughtful and deliberate disruption, led by scientists and policymakers whose goal is to create the most impactful science” 📣📣📣 We’re proud of our faculty mentors for speaking up in this piece — academic.oup.com/jid/advance-...

Crisis as Catalyst: The future of the NIH driving scientific discovery

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has an unparalleled record of advancing biomedical science. Today, two critical challenges threaten its future impa

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🔥🔥IDSA AMR Guidance 2026🔥🔥 🔺Notable Updates from the 2024 IDSA AMR Guidance Document 🔺Meropenem dosing update: individualized dosing approach (1–2 g IV q8h) with higher doses considered in selected clinical scenarios. #idsky www.idsociety.org/practice-gui...

Big congratulations to second-year fellow Nico on this study out earlier this year— a thoughtful review of the real-world infectious complications associated with opioid use: @oedema.bsky.social pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41547770/

Infectious disease complications associated with opioid use disorder at a southern county hospital: a retrospective chart review - PubMed

SSTIs, which were often polymicrobial, comprised most IDU-associated infections among inpatients with OUD hospitalized in an urban Texas hospital. Individuals with IDU-associated infections had increa...

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academic.oup.com/jid/advance-... - Just in JID, guidance for early career physician-scientists on finding and managing mentors, co-authored by @alisongrace.bsky.social 🦠

Finding and Managing a Mentorship Team: Tips for Success for Early Career Infectious Diseases Physician-Scientists

Using a structured approach, mentees can help drive effective mentoring relationships and position themselves for successful careers as infectious disease

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New multi-center research by faculty Dr. Obeid, Dr. Young & colleagues highlights severe challenges in treating refractory HSV in stem cell transplant recipients. With high acyclovir resistance & drug toxicity, their findings stress the urgent need for safer, oral antivirals. #IDSky

Refractory Mucocutaneous Infections by Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) in Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Recipients: A Real-world, Multicenter Study

A total of 55.2% HCT recipients with refractory HSV healed completely at a median of 38 days of therapy. Seventy-five percent of patients received foscarne

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Dr. Simmons and team describe a case of M. lepromatosis with probable autochthonous (local!) transmission - 🤯 New in AJTM! pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42013829/

Probable Autochthonous Transmission of Mycobacterium lepromatosis in the Pacific Northwestern United States - PubMed

Mycobacterium lepromatosis (M. lepromatosis), first described in 2008 as another mycobacterial species that causes Hansen's disease, has mainly been reported in Mexico, Central America, and the southe...

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So well-deserved! Congratulations to Dr. Tulloch-Palomino, a true 🌟of our Seattle VA! mednews.uw.edu/news/2026-mc...

Luis Tulloch-Palomino receives 2026 Steven R. McGee Teaching Award | Department of Medicine News

Dr. Luis Tulloch-Palomino, assistant professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is the 2026 recipient of the Steven R. McGee, MD Teaching Excellence Award. This award was created in recognition of Dr...

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Meet our first-year fellows! Clara Warden, Devon Zander, Bettie Kareko, Megan Hansen, Matt Tan, Fernando Centeno, Meghan Mahalawat, and Seung An Kang They’re off to a great start, finishing up their first rotations leading our clinical services across four hospitals 🦠 🩺

Congratulations to recent grad (now Acting Instructor) Khai Tram on this exceedingly important and timely publication, using PEPFAR data to quantify the increase in new HIV infections resulting from the disruption of PEPFAR funding: www.ovid.com/jnls/jaids/a...

Projected Impact of U.S. PEPFAR Withdrawal on... : JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Introduction:Changes in U.S. global health policy, under the America First Global Health Strategy, have shifted U.S. engagement away from open-ended...

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New in the UW Daily, our APD Fred Buckner discussing potentially devastating impacts of proposed OMB changes to grant funding: www.dailyuw.com/article/prop...

Proposed federal rule threatens to politicize research funding

Proposed federal rule threatens to politicize research funding

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A slightly belated #Photodump from our graduation this June! We are so proud of this graduating class and excited for the bright futures ahead of this fantastic group of ID docs ✨

Kicking off the new academic year, a huge thank-you to Cyndi @patientdoc.bsky.social & Carlos Corpuz for their dedication as chiefs last year! This year, this account will be co-run by Michael Dagher & Alison Smith @alisongrace.bsky.social Pictured, the official handoff- more soon! 🦠🧫☀️🏔️

Time to say hi to our new Chief Fellows, Alison Smith & Michael Dagher, now taking over the UW ID Fellowship BlueSky! Welcome! You can find me over at @patientdoc.bsky.social, at the Mariners and Storm, or at my new gig attending on the immunocompromise ID services here at UW/Fred Hutch. #IDSky

Infection without borders… 🎁 article 👉 www.nytimes.com/2026/06/24/w...

France Identifies First Case of Ebola

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NPR reports that a long COVID science advisory committee was dismissed, cutting off hard-won expertise just as doctors need clearer answers on mechanisms, diagnosis, and care. www.npr.org/2026/06/22/n...

A look at the science that's been lost on long COVID

Since President Trump took office, hundreds of experts advising on science and research issues have been dismissed. One committee was on long COVID, an issue that doctors are desperate for help with.

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#idboardreview 28 F recent rodent control in her NYC apartment building presents w/4-day high fever, chills, generalized rash. +non-tender eschar on back that appeared 1wk prior to systemic symptoms. +tender posterior cervical lymphadenopathy. normal wbc, mild inc LFTs, normal plt. Vector? #idsky

In defense of science, from our associate program director, Fred Buckner… New federal rules threaten to obstruct scientific research www.seattletimes.com/opinion/new-... #IDSky

New federal rules threaten to obstruct scientific research | Op-Ed

A new federal policy would give political appointees authority to decide which research gets funding and constrain scientists’ ability to publish findings.

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Another great Faculty/Fellow dinner last night, hosted by Paul Pottinger, with a great discussion of ID advocacy. Thanks to Paul & family for a lovely evening of food and fellowship on a beautiful late Spring Seattle night. #IDSky @paulpottingermd.bsky.social

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Ebola outbreak spreads to crowded displacement camp in Congo

Two Ebola-related deaths have been confirmed in a displacement camp in eastern Congo, the U.N. refugee agency said, with aid workers warning the risk of the disease spreading quickly in crowded refugee sites ​was high and worrying.

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The acting director of the Center of Scientific Review (CSR) at NIH , Raymond Jacobson, PhD, has been appointed as the permanent director of CSR (staring Sunday). Good news as he is thoroughly familiar with NIH peer review.

Got to celebrate @paulinavegamd.bsky.social's graduation from @uwidfellowship.bsky.social Proud to have been played a part in her growth as a fellow, researcher & now MPH graduate 🎉 Can't wait to see her thrive as an Asst. Professor at UC Davis - and to watch her trajectory as a fungal researcher

The proposed new rules on federal funding are another blow to 🇺🇸 science But they will also harm international collaborations, the lifeblood of science and health 🌐 Where is the US medical leadership and outrage? My new piece @bmj_latest www.bmj.com/content/393/...

More on the screwworm’s northern migration… 🎁 article 👉 www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/... #IDSky

The Parasite Threatening America’s Cows

The return of the screwworm is making the beef industry’s problems worse.

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F1 (and soon to be Chief Fellow) Alison Smith is first author with a bunch of UW peeps on this great look at universal screening for c auris. Do current public health criteria for screening hit the mark? Maybe not… academic.oup.com/cid/advance-...

Enhanced detection of Candidozyma auris colonization with universal screening on admission

Abstract. Universal admission screening for Candidozyma auris (C. auris) identified C. auris colonization in 25/22742 (0.1%) of patients. Most patients (20

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