The most successful people I've met: 1. Have niche interests 2. Adapt 3. Acquire resources 4. Out-compete locals 5. Have billions of offspring 6. Are actually bacteria 7. Evolve antibiotic resistance 8. Share knowledge/plasmids with others #microbiology #ASMClinmicro

[Hospital] Pharmacist: I think your Vancomycin dosing is a bit high for the patient's renal function Me: Oh P: Do you want to decrease it? Me: Yes P: To what dose? Me: Umm...something lower P: How low Me: Enough P: Me: P: Want me to just fix it? Me: I think that'd be best

NEW 🔥🔥OFID Matthew P. Cheng Todd C. Lee Patrick Harris Beta-Lactam/Beta-Lactamase Inhibitor Therapy for Potential AmpC-Producing Organisms: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Awaiting for definitive answer from (MERINO II) RCT MERINO Trial #IDTwitter academic.oup.com/ofid/advance-a…

Allen Cheng Nico Cortes-Penfield MD FACP FIDSA 🦴💊 Antibiotic Tweets Todd C. Lee Joshua Davis Cefazolin has a unique side chain not shared with other PCNs or cephs. The three references on this side have big side chain charts in them.

This PROVIDE study is must read for students on ID rotations this month. Instant journal club 🤓 #idgeeks

#OTILT Periodic fever syndrome is a rare disease in which a child experiences recurrent episodes of fever, often in a set interval. The fever is typically benign. Julie Ann Justo @jlbouchard001 Caroline Powers

#OTILT #idgeeks Zerbaxa has slightly more activity against resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates when compared to Avycaz. P.S. Zerbaxa is also now FDA approved for hospital-acquired and ventilator-associated bacterial pneumonia. Julie Ann Justo @jlbouchard001 Caroline Powers

💥New! Dr. Williams talks about #fosfomycin for #prostatitis, highlighting considerations and some of the literature. idstewardship.com/can-fosfomycin… 🙌🏼 Great to have this article mentored by ID PharmD, Dr. Billings. Comments and other thoughts welcomed!

#OTILT #idgeeks Miltefosine (Impavido®) is FDA approved for treating certain types of leishmaniasis, a parasite. Additionally, the CDC has also stated that Impavido® can also be used for treating free-living emoeba (FLA). Caroline Powers Julie Ann Justo @jlbouchard001

#OTILT Enterococcus is "sticky" and can create biofilms just like Staphylococcus aureus, although Staph. aureus is the most common the culprit. Rifampin is commonly used as adjunctive in abx regimens for penetration of biofilms. Julie Ann Justo @jlbouchard001 Caroline Powers

#OTILT For antibiotics such as penicillins, cephalosporins and carbapenems, the goal of therapy is to maximize the time above MIC (T>MIC). Extended infusions may be utilized to maximize T>MIC. Julie Ann Justo @jlbouchard001 Caroline Powers

#OTILT Four antibiotics that crosses the uninflamed meninges: Rifampin, Chloramphenicol, Bactrim, Flagyl. Julie Ann Justo @jlbouchard001 Caroline Powers Sarah Corpening I also learned that there are powdered eggs??? 😳

If only I were going somewhere this week where people would want things like this...

#OTILT The vancomycin goal trough of 10-20 µg/mL is utilized because it most closely correlates with AUC of 400-600. Always check your AUC:MIC! #idgeeks Julie Ann Justo @jlbouchard001 Caroline Powers Sarah Corpening

NEW🔥 in #IJAA Off-label use of Ceftaroline Fosamil: a systematic review ✨Bacteremia is the most common indication ✨The most common reason for use:persistent/recurrent infection after standard Rx or non-suscp to vanc & dapto ✨Clin success 77% #IDTwitter sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Cefepime neurotoxicity is real! I've encountered this issue many times in my practice. Among 319 patients with TDM, the overall incidence of CFP neurotoxicity was 23.2%. 😱 #IDtwitter When you switch from pip taz to CFP avoid AKI Think twice! Clinical Microbiology and Infection

#OTILT #IDGEEKS "The FDA has approved Recarbrio (imipenem, cilastatin and relebactam) ... to treat adults with complicated urinary tract infections (cUTI) and complicated intra-abdominal infections (cIAI)."

Our 5 year old seems to have deemed himself the local virus warden. Over the fence to our neighbour: ‘JEAN YOU NEED TO GO INSIDE’ ‘Okay I will in a minute’ ‘YOU’RE OLD AND THERE’S A VIRUS’ ‘I’m not that old thank you’ ‘HOW OLD ARE YOU JEAN?’ ‘I’m 68.’ ‘THAT IS NEARLY 70 JEAN.’

Dear Class of 2020 ♥️ A graduation send-off from your University of South Carolina College of Pharmacy faculty and staff: youtube.com/watch?v=VcS6mA… #ForeverToThee #GamecockPharmacists