Monday, November 9, in the bedeviled year 2020, was an astounding day for research on prevention of infectious diseases. *Two* pivotal studies stopped early due to overwhelming evidence of efficacy -- with one you might have missed. HPTN blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-observa…

Really amazing this vaccine didnt exist 1yr ago!!

"Lambasting people for their risky behavior may be effective in expressing frustration over a mismanaged pandemic, but it’s counterproductive to what really matters: reducing infections." - great read on the importance of effective and compassionate risk mitigation strategies.

🚨New STI Treatment Recommendations🚨 💉Ceftriaxone 500mg (<150 kg) or 1g (>150 kg) IM for gonorrhea ➕ 💊Doxycycline 100mg BID x7 days for chlamydia. *Replace doxy w/ azithromycin 1g for🤰 **Gentamicin 240mg IM + azithro 2g for severe beta lactam allergy #TwitteRx

Very symbolic time for hope and change, thanks to all the patients, providers and scientists involved. Please wear a mask and protect everyone else! #Science #getyourshot #CovidVaccine UTSW Infectious Diseases & Geographic Medicine UT Southwestern News Kruti Yagnik, DO Dan Maxwell Hala Saad MD Austin Akers, MD Brad Cutrell, MD, FIDSA

There are several reasons to think that the new UK #SARSCoV2 variant is an important one as it might be more contagious than other variants, but there are also some uncertainties. So much misinformation is being circulated, so this thread brings key data together. 🧵

Carrion's disease 😵🪰🗻

IDSA has released new guideline recommendations on the use of #bamlanivimab among hospitalized patients and #casirivimab/#imdevimab among ambulatory patients for the Treatment & Management of Patients with COVID-19. #COVID19Guidelines 📄bit.ly/2NZPJ9H

After a ~2 month plateau from mid-Nov to mid-Jan, the US #COVID19 epidemic has undergone a steady week after week decline and is now back to daily case counts last seen in late October. A thread on what we might expect going forwards. 1/13

55 YO M w/ cirrhosis presented with GI Symptoms after eating seafood. Seen UTSW Infectious Diseases & Geographic Medicine w/ FLeeMD & satish mocherla & Maggie Monogue Austin Akers, MD Hala Saad MD Kruti Yagnik, DO Alonso Pezo MD Dan Maxwell Apple Long John E. Markantonis, DO, D(ABMM) Brad Cutrell, MD, FIDSA UTSW Internal Medicine Infectious Disease Fellows Network

Honored to have been selected as a Foster Fellow at the UTSW Internal Medicine Seldin Symposium and participate among such amazing research projects. Congratulations to all participants and awardees! Brad Cutrell, MD, FIDSA Trish Perl Henning Drechsler John Hanna UTSW Infectious Diseases & Geographic Medicine #laboratorystewardship

CXR quiz: what’s the diagnosis? The newest generation of MDs may not recognize this. It’s a good example of the desperation of the times and the daring of surgeons. #MedTwitter #Pulmonary #CXR #HistoryOfMedicine

1. The impact of #Covid19 vaccines on the US epidemic. This graphic, from today's #ACIP meeting, speaks volumes. I will try to tweet from the meeting, but it might be intermittent. First up: myocarditis & pericarditis in some people who've received mRNA vaccines.

interesting discussion on how much guidelines should have costs of treatment in mind!

The question at hand: what is the relative transmission potential of a vaccinated person who becomes infected with delta? This 👇new report from Singapore is much more informative on this question than the CT data released so far from Ptown and Wisconsin. medrxiv.org/content/10.110…

Infectious diseases: above average job fulfillment, above average burnout