Antibiotic Steward Bassam Ghanem π ±οΈCππ ΏοΈπ
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'There isnβt an ID doc in this country who hasnβt been at the bedside of a patient whoβs desperately ill & for whom we did not have an antibiotic.β IDSA President Dr. Cynthia Sears. #IDquotes #IDTwitter
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Information is scarce on clinical experiences with non-neutropenic patients with IFI receiving isavuconazole
ποΈβ‘οΈβ‘οΈRetrospective, observational multicentric study
Safety and effectiveness of isavuconazole in real-life non-neutropenic patients #IDXposts
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Patrick Harris Antibiotic Steward Bassam Ghanem π ±οΈCππ ΏοΈπ Potentially true for many bugs-drugs-media, right? GAS & TMP-SMX, Gram negs & azithromycin.
Antibiotic Steward Bassam Ghanem π ±οΈCππ ΏοΈπ This has bothered me for a while ... if we have been getting susceptibility testing wrong for MBLs all this time - then requires a major re-think.
Patrick Harris Antibiotic Steward Bassam Ghanem π ±οΈCππ ΏοΈπ Tbh, our conventional antimicrobial susceptibility testing paradigm doesnβt really cut it at the margins of pan-resistance. Whatβs next? How will it be implemented?
Josh Osowicki Antibiotic Steward Bassam Ghanem π ±οΈCππ ΏοΈπ Yes - it's a big challenge ... we are going to have to find a way to incorporate the complexity of genomics and measure resistance phenotypes to better reflect clinical response. Not so sure MICs and our test methods are holding up that well any more..