Headed to #ESCMIDGlobal ?

Want to know if there are any differences between C/T and CZA for the treatment of MDR P. aeruginosa?

Come watch Ryan Shields present FINAL data from CACTUS Tuesday.

🎯 210 matched pairs in analysis
🎯 28 (!!) sites in the USA contributed cases

a Breakpoints episode on perioperative antibiotics and SSI prevention on a Taylor Swift double album release day!!!!!

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welcome to the tortured surgeons department

New #Breakpoints episode:

We invite you to the 1st ever meeting of The Tortured Stewards & Surgeons Department. Tune in to today’s episode to hear Drs. Patch Dellinger, DrTrishaPeel, and Michael Calderwood, MD, MPH discuss optimal management of perioperative antibiotics & prevention of SSI.

we’re expanding! new regional, hybrid stewie role w/ remote daily activities + site visits for 3 community hospitals. have to live w/in a few hours of pgh or UPMC Altoona. really cool opportunity, only downside is you spend time with me. Apply here careers.upmc.com/job/20052555/c…

come hang out in Nashville with Whitney Buckel Ryan Shields Athena Hobbs and more for this awesome symposium!!

registration open thru May 5th: form.jotform.com/73125128908154

Listened to my favorite SIDP podcast episode (again) on an afternoon run to prep for my upcoming half. Could listen to this ep at least 5x a week 😂 episode alllmost lasted the whole run but some tswift filled the rest 👀Monica Mahoney

🆕 Episode of #Breakpoints : Time to arm yourselves with all the resources on antimicrobial locks! Join our experts, Drs. LouiseMarie Oleksiuk, nasia safdar, Joel M. Topf, MD FACP, & Julie Ann Justo to discuss lock therapy & implementation! Funding provided by CorMedix Inc

🎧 sidp.pinecast.co

Finally! Registration is open for one of the best day- long ASP conferences around!

The speaker lineup is killer this year with Erin McCreary, Whitney Buckel, Ryan Shields, and Erica Stohs plus panel and roundtable speakers!

Check it out here! form.jotform.com/73125128908154

celebrating Nora’s 3rd birthday and an absolutely wonderful visit from Marisa (Reese) Aitken and Sam Aitken in Pittsburgh this weekend!

‼️New in JAMA Network Open w Michigan HMS: Risk of bacteremia in hospitalized adults with #ASB

Key findings:
In patients with #ASB , bacteremia from a presumed urinary source was rare:
~1.4% overall
<1% in #AMS
<1% in #AMS + #dementia
~3% if signs of sepsis

📰:jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

Beta-lactam TDM on your mind? Register today for this live CE webinar to learn more about optimizing TDM for this class of antibiotics! Visit buff.ly/3uRyMUC to learn more.

Sara Dong giving an awesome presentation on her amazing young career and her fabulous podcast- Febrile- podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/feb…. Thanks to all her mentors including the fabulous Monica Ardura. #pedsidrocks #meded

🆕 #Breakpoint Episode:

Drs. Thomas Holland & Vance Fowler join Steven Tong & Erin McCreary to discuss the ERADICATE study & the role of ceftobiprole for the treatment of complicated SAB 🦠🩸.

Recorded live: Feb. 6th, 2024 ft. an international audience
🎧 sidp.pinecast.co

strep pneumo urine antigen rarely changes clinical management!!! and lacks sensitivity for S pneumoniae PNA!!!! 🛑 plz stop ordering them on every admitted patient with CAP!!!!
sincerely,
the tortured lab dept
#thingswedofornoreason
Matt Davis

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Things We Do for No Reason – Ordering Streptococcus pneumoniae Urinary Antigen in Patients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia

Preach, Matt Davis, Erin McCreary, Alex Trzebucki

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Traveling to ECCMID 2024 & looking to meet up with other pharmacists & friends? 🥳

Join us on Mon April 29 from 18:30-21:00 at Flaherty's (pflaherty.com, Plaza Joaquim Xirau 1 08002, just off Las Ramblas, Barcelona)

Email [email protected] to RSVP

💥 Which trial…? Clinical Microbiology and Infection This one’s an old #IDTwitter favourite! With Steven Tong & a 🌟 cast. Trials like this are worth doing, “not because they are easy, but because they are hard.” 🚀 🌕 Here are a few thoughts on how we might do it 😊 (A. TOGETHER!) doi.org/10.1016/j.cmi.…

We're hiring! 👀 Check out this opportunity to work with SIDP!

SIDP is seeking highly skilled applicants for a Grants Coordinator position! For more information, check out our job listing! buff.ly/485yCa3

Always great to hear from the experts & nerd out putting together these infographics. Learned a ton! 🤯 Thanks Erin McCreary Ryan Shields Sam Aitken for the expert review & to the team for making it happen! 💙 Erin Weslander Jeannette Bouchard Monica Mahoney Megan Klatt

🆕 Episode of #Breakpoints ! 😍
Drs. Bonomo, Ryan Shields, & Erin McCreary deep dive into the world of Metallo-β-lactamases. Covers nerdiest pub trivia nuggets & key details of novel therapies including beta-lactamase inhibitors & their role for MBLs

🎧 buff.ly/3OMKIwQ