Living the dream…listening to all things zoonotic parasites #Zoonoses2021 #parasites ASIDANZ

AMR in neonatal sepsis is a real threat. Time to focus on our smallest people 👶🏻🧫💊

I will be tuning into this Melbourne Vaccine Education Centre (MVEC) ANZPID

Great resource @RHDAustralia

There is so much info out there re children with COVID. How do you find reliable information? The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne has compiled resources for families. There are great webinars, fact sheets, podcasts and short videos. rch.org.au/covid/COVID-19…

Register now for our annual CVU on Thursday 18th and Friday 19th of November! Don’t miss this opportunity to hear the latest insights and learnings from leading immunisation professionals. Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne Victorian Department of Health Monash Health

Register now for the upcoming ANZPID Trainee Clinical Meeting on Fri 26th November. What to expect? All things #paediatricID! #IDtwitter #MedTwitter ASIDANZ bit.ly/3CmR2DT

Nadia Chaves on making the #healthcare system #accessible and providing equitable care & opportunity to #vaccines for every member of the #community 🌎 "It goes beyond posters and visuals we have to listen to the people" 👂👁️ angieberkhout #Australia #VaccinesSaveLives

Great to chat to angieberkhout & Dr Suzy Teutsch today about their neonatal HSV research in Australia, where it has been tracked since 1997. Looking forward to their next report & comparing to the KTF-funded BPSU study led by Dr Katy Fidler & Julia Dudley 💙 here in the UK

NEW—Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variant: a new chapter in the COVID-19 pandemic In a Comment, Salim & Quarraisha Abdool Karim provides preliminary indications on transmissibility, severity, and immune escape from what is known about #Omicron's mutations. hubs.li/Q0109cP-0

Good news - 10 billion covid-19 vaccines have been administered. Appalling news - only 5.3% of those in low-income countries have received two jabs and only 16% of Africans have received one. Wholly horrific and a sad indictment of us.

Great resource for risk/benefit discussion for Covid-19 vaccination in 5-11 years

Review of HSV CNS infection in kids in QLD. Children <12mo most at risk. Significant neurological morbidity seen even in children with no adverse sequelae identified at discharge. Careful follow up of all children suggested. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35510684/ JPCH Philip Britton

Pharyngotonsillitis in adolescents: Remember herpes simplex virus pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34562031/ JPCH

Don't be complacent about this year's flu season, CHQ's Dr Angela Berkhout warns in this ABC News article. "It's really important that this year… children have the influenza vaccine." ab.co/3MGTYka Janelle Miles

So good to be back in person again! ASIDANZ ANZPID #asid2022 Melbourne Vaccine Education Centre (MVEC)

The risk/benefit discussion covid vaccination 5-11y age group remains difficult. A/Prof Nigel Crawford & I break down some of the common questions we’re facing including helpful resources. ⁦Melbourne Vaccine Education Centre (MVEC)⁩ ⁦Team DFTB⁩ dontforgetthebubbles.com/talking-to-par…

Hi all, if you missed ASIDANZ #ASID22 ASM, #paedsinfectiousdiseases doctors angieberkhout & Dan YEOH each outlined their top five recent #PaedsID papers. Watch this space for their headline summaries. #journalclub #evidencebasedmedicine #IDTwitter #medTwitter #MedEd

Like bees to a honeypot … eosinophils to a nematode #iloveID

Routine biofire csf testing not shown to impact clinical or health service outcomes at RCH, Melbourne. Introduction of new diagnostics need to be supported by comprehensive stewardship program to optimise clinical & health service outcomes. Vanessa Clifford Sarah McNab Daryl Cheng