Guidelines Differences by Country: GC/CT screening 🇺🇸 Guidance: ✅women aged 24 years or younger ✅ women over 25 w/ risk factors ✅ pregnancy 🇯🇵 Guidance out this week: ❌ Universal screening of women ✅ pregnancy ✅ women <39 with risk factors #IDSky jxiv.jst.go.jp/index.php/jx...

Does time of day affect effectiveness of influenza vaccination? Luckily, no. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... #IDSky

Time of Day of Influenza Vaccination and Subsequent Influenza Risk

This cross-sectional study examines whether time of day of influenza vaccination is associated with differences in vaccine effectiveness.

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So proud of our @cmicomms.bsky.social editorial fellow Victor Dahl for his gorgeous essay in @thelancetinfdis.bsky.social The Optimism in Front of Us. #IDSky #clinmicro @hoferu.bsky.social www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

The optimism in front of us

The world often feels dark when seen through today's headlines. Conflict, division, mistrust, and crisis compete for attention.1 However, working and training in infectious diseases offers a different...

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New paper out today with 💫 fellow @ogallardo.bsky.social evaluating current Chagas testing practices at our hospital While T cruzi is present in San Antonio, there is minimal data on who is clinically tested. doi.org/10.1093/milm... #IDSky

Chagas Disease Testing Practices Across Joint Base San Antonio

AbstractIntroduction. The impact of Chagas disease in the United States military is unknown. While previous studies have suggested a low number of cases, c

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Excited to share a new piece in @ashejournal.bsky.social! STI care and antimicrobial stewardship programs are often siloed. However, with doxyPEP there has been a lot of concerns about stewardship. Can we integrate these fields? Yes! @shawna-san.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Publication by ⭐️ USUHS Fourth Year Medical Student today! Currently 🩸 banks in only 14 states screen for Babesia by NAT, however the 🇺🇸 military screens all blood donors. We reviewed 97,861 blood donors in 3️⃣ centers in non-endemic states (CA, OH,TX) and found: doi.org/10.1111/trf.... #IDSky 1/2

Confirmatory testing of military blood donors screening positive for <fi>Babesia</fi> infection

Background Babesia microti is a transfusion-transmitted pathogen. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommends blood donor screening only in endemic states, whereas the Military Health Syste...

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El Salvador 🇸🇻 became the fifth country this year (and first in Central America) to eliminate Trachoma! #IDSky www.who.int/news/item/13...

El Salvador validated by WHO as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem

The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated El Salvador as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem. Trachoma is the world's leading infectious cause of blindness.

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Tunisia 🇹🇳 has become the fourth country to eliminate trachoma this year. This is the first NTD to be eliminated from Tunisia. #IDSky www.who.int/news/item/14...

Disappointing data on meningitis vaccine preventing Neisseria gonorrhoea infections Then again negative trial data is as useful as positive findings, so that we focus resources most effectively #IDSky www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Meningococcal B Vaccine to Prevent Neisseria gonorrhoeae Infection | NEJM

No vaccines are currently licensed for the prevention of Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection. Observational studies suggest that the four-component meningococcal serogroup B vaccine (4CMenB) may reduce...

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【10-Year Trends in Attributable and Contributable Mortality of Culture-Positive Invasive Aspergillosis in Patients with Hematologic Malignancies】 We are pleased to share our recent article has been accepted in @cidjournal.bsky.social! @utmdanderson.bsky.social academic.oup.com/cid/advance-ar…

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Today @idsainfo.bsky.social and @escmid.bsky.social released joint Staph aureus bacteremia guidelines www.idsociety.org/2026-clinica... #IDSky

Our sub-study from BALANCE looking at procalcitonin levels has just been published. Bottom line: Prolonging antibiotics beyond 7 days was not associated with improved mortality in bacteraemic patients with a residually high PCT level. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Procalcitonin to Guide 7 vs 14 Days of Antibiotics in Bloodstream Infections

This cohort study reports a secondary analysis of the BALANCE randomized clinical trial assessing whether procalcitonin levels are associated with survival among patients receiving 7 vs 14 days of ant...

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The @idweek.bsky.social abstract results came out today. Congratulations to everyone who had a poster or podium accepted! The quality of comments on my trainee’s abstracts improved dramatically this year. #IDSky

Question for #IDSky: When do you advertise specific research projects to incoming ID fellows? A) Before orientation B) During orientation C) After orientation D) Never, the fellows should come to me if interested

What a week to be optimistic/celebrate: 1) End of year meeting with fellows and reflecting on their growth 2) Hail and farewell with all staff and fellows 🎳🎂 3) Orientation starting Monday 4) @idweek.bsky.social abstract results on Tuesday 5) New year starts on Wednesday #IDSky

Fascinating Chagas screening study in 🇨🇦 blood donors who only test: 1️⃣ born in Latin America (LA) 2️⃣ travel to LA for >6 months 3️⃣ mother from LA 42k of 1.2M total donors tested 27 ➕of 42k tested All ➕ met criteria 1️⃣, except one donor with only RF 3️⃣ #IDSky onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Chagas disease in Canadian blood donors: 15 years of selective testing

Background and Objectives Chagas disease (Trypanosoma cruzi), prevalent in Mexico, Central and South America, can be transfusion-transmitted. Selective serological testing of blood donors was implem.....

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Congratulations to these exceptional ID fellows on graduating fellowship! #IDSky @ogallardo.bsky.social @sucroselauren.bsky.social @ryanliberg.bsky.social

Crazy facts in MMWR: “one in 7 patients with Legionnaires disease report having stayed overnight in a hotel or vacation rental property; among those, approximately one half report having used a hot tub” #IDSky www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...

Legionnaires Disease Associated with a Private-Use ...

This report describes two cases of Legionnaires disease associated with a hot tub at a rental property in New York.

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Excited to share an article that I've long awaited to share seeking to answer: What is the right dose of cephalexin/cefadroxil for SSTIs? We reviewed clinical studies & conducted PTA sims to elucidate this #IDSky @absteward.bsky.social accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Getting It Right the Second Time: How Can we Optimize First‐Generation Cephalosporin Dosing for Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in the 21st Century?

Optimal cephalexin and cefadroxil dosing for skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs) is unclear. We summarize clinical and pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) data that compare dosing strategies ...

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New single center 🇺🇸 pediatric #ECMOID study that matches my personal experience. Pts on ECMO are inflamed and the specificity of CRP, WBC, and Procalcitonin are low. 👎 #IDSky journals.lww.com/pccmjournal/...

New Research Effectiveness of oral care for the prevention of non-ventilator hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAPPEN): a multicentre, stepped-wedge, cluster-randomised trial in Australia www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Effectiveness of oral care for the prevention of non-ventilator hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAPPEN): a multicentre, stepped-wedge, cluster-randomised trial in Australia

This multicentre randomised controlled trial demonstrates that improving oral care reduces NV-HAP incidence among hospitalised patients, compared with usual care. Our findings provide novel and clinic...

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Congratulations to ID fellow 🌟 and Chagas guru @ogallardo.bsky.social for his award winning presentation at #TIDS2026 #IDSky #ProudMentor

Lyme borreliosis testing among facial palsy patients in Ohio remains low despite rising statewide incidence, 2022–2024. Provider awareness and seasonality matter. #idsky #medsky

A diagnostic gap in rising Lyme borreliosis endemicity: Lyme testing patterns among facial palsy patients in Ohio, 2022-2024

Facial palsy is one of many manifestations of Lyme borreliosis. Data from our 3- year retrospective descriptive cohort quality improvement study sugge…

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A video to remember at the Texas ID Society Meeting in lecture by Eva Clarke m.youtube.com/watch?v=79bV... #IDSky #TIDS2026

How a Kissing Bug Becomes a Balloon Full of Your Blood | Deep Look

YouTube video by Deep Look

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New research article Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of #Neisseria gonorrhoeae across anatomical sites within and between individuals in the Netherlands: a retrospective observational study www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #IDSky #ClinMicro #AMR #STI #gonorrhoea #OpenAccess #OA

DoxyPEP is not just a CDC recommendation anymore. WHO also endorses! www.who.int/news/item/28... #IDSky

WHO issues first recommendation on doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis to help prevent sexually transmitted infections

WHO has issued its first recommendation on the use of doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) for the prevention of bacterial sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among men who have sex with men...

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I have an #IDSky challenge. Find a non-ID society guideline that promotes antibiotic and diagnostic stewardship as much as the 2024 “Fever and infections in surgical intensive care” by the AAST Critical Care Committee I don’t think it is possible. tsaco.bmj.com/content/9/1/...

Now that @idweek.bsky.social abstracts are submitted, I’m working with several trainees on writing their first manuscript 📝 It is a daunting task for a trainee balancing: Clinical duties 👩‍⚕️ 👨‍⚕️ Research 🔬 🧐 Limited personal time 🏖️ 🏃 🥘 Here is how I break down papers with trainees: #IDSky 1/10

What are tasks you give trainees writing their first paper, but don’t feel like writing? ✍️ Some recommendations I give 1) Continue literature review 2) Set up an ORCID 3) Set up Endnote or Zotero 4) Set up a google scholar account 5) Play with the journal finders (sich as jane.biosemantics.org)

Super proud of my ID fellow mentees @ogallardo.bsky.social and @benzodiazejam.medsky.social who were both eloquent and extremely knowledgeable in their podium presentations at a local conference today! Preparation goes a long way. #ProudMentor #IDSky