Are we overcalling resistance of beta-lactams in MBL producing isolates because of supra-physiologic zinc levels in the testing media? Really thought provoking findings from my lab colleagues Drs. Abdelraouf and Nicolau!

Members of our CAIRD team Hartford Hospital are headed to Barcelona tomorrow for ECCMID (@ESCMID)! Stop by our posters and presentation on Sunday and say hello 👋

There have been 25 NCAA Tournaments since 1999.

UConn has won six of them.

College Basketball goes through Storrs.

THE UCONN HUSKIES ARE GOING TO BOTH FINAL FOURS‼️

UConn Men's Basketball 🤝 UConn Women’s Basketball

Great opportunity still open for PGY2 ID at Hartford Hospital in Phase 2! Consider joining our clinical ID colleagues with elective rotation offered in our lab at the Center for Anti-Infective Research and Development. 🧫 🧪 🥼

Looking forward to giving this presentation on this “hot topic” in ID! Mark your 🗓️ and hope you can join for the discussion. 🤓

Many of the newer BL/BLIs were created specifically to target and address KPC - we summarized their utility against Enterobacterales and Pseuds beyond KPCs in this review! Stay tuned for more organisms in Part 2 🦠🧫

Hear, hear!

Not all SOB after suspected aspiration event requires antibiotics‼️

⭐If onset is rapid (within minutes to hours) and CXR is clear
➡️consider withholding antibiotics and observe (more likely aspiration pneumonITIS rather than pneumonIA)

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A great program! Residents have the opportunity to rotate in our CAIRD research lab and learn alongside (and often collaborate with) our ID PK/PD fellows. 🦠

For today's grand finale, we drew inspiration from Dikembe Mutombo for some new #antimicrobialstewardship strategies.

*We can neither confirm nor deny that antimicrobial stewardship will save you 15% on car insurance.*

#USAAW23 #WAAW 2023 #WAAW

Our Center Hartford Hospital is excited to be playing an integral role in this international collaboration with CARB-X and others on this important initiative of standardizing the in vivo pneumonia model to test small molecule antibiotics! 🦠🧫
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Looking forward to this webinar from CAIRD’s very own Tomefa Asempa 🤩

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#HU5KIES

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New pub alert from the lab Hartford Hospital. 🚨💉Relevant study giving SUL-DUR's need to be given in combination for empiric coverage!!💉Take away: Synergy and no antagonism observed

Looking forward to hosting renowned Dr. George Zhanel at Hartford Hospital for the 2nd Annual Dr. Nightingale Memorial CE. Join us this Thursday Nov 2 from 2-3p EST on his presentation 'How to be a Good Teacher and Mentor'
Hartford HealthCare Pharmacy Residencies SIDP