Sarah Wakeman I like to run the recommendation letters written for me and the ones I write myself through this gender-bias calculator -- tells you division of female- versus male-associated words: slowe.github.io/genderbias/

Welcome to #idtwitter to the talented BIDMC IM Residency resident (and ID applicant) @CaitTrottier_MD! Sharing our incredible disseminated #dermatophytosis case just published in #ofid. BIDMC Infectious Diseases Fellowship 橘子茶 MGB Infectious Diseases Fellowship @tufts_id Brown Infectious Disease Fellowship get at her! academic.oup.com/ofid/article/7…

cholangitis, GNR bacteremia (not Pseudomonas), ERCP/stenting done. Pt afebrile and ambulatory. Abx for how long? 7 day, 10 day, 14 day, other?

In a recent SHEA publication, researchers from MGH Division of Infectious Diseases MassGeneral Medicine and colleagues found that an electronic medical record tool helps clinicians diagnose #mpox. Read more: massgeneral.org/news/press-rel… Erica S. Shenoy, MD, PhD Jake Lazarus

Rounding out Wednesday is the live Q&A for our complex UTI panel workshop and viral hepatitis talk. Thank you Tiffany Wu Jake Lazarus Arthur Kim and Rajesh Gandhi for moderating! See you tomorrow! id.hmscme.com

Kudos to Jessica Seidelman for spearheading the MMUSKIT study on fracture-related infection, amazing partnership from Laura Certain, MD, PhD and #AlainaRitter! academic.oup.com/ofid/article/d…

This was a joy to write with Dr. Gupta. I think it's a great resource: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38599896/

D-mannose for the prevention of recurrent UTI: will you still recommend it? I gave my thoughts. Did I miss anything? I have a journal club coming up. Help me out... themednet.org/question/19981 jamanetwork.com/journals/jamai…

Nobody has their slides ready a week before! 🫠

Appreciated the collaboration with colleagues Mass. Public Health on this case, and the thorough differential by DrDemetre (who, of course, got it 💯right!). #infectionprevention teams know cases like these always arrive on a Friday night (as did this one)! MGH Division of Infectious Diseases MassGeneral News

Check out the refreshed UpToDate Asymptomatic Bacteriuria article! We highlight new data re: pre-operative screening, and (I hope) have organized the content to emphasize stewardship. UpToDate uptodate.com/contents/asymp…

📢Not to be missed! With moderation by Erica S. Shenoy, MD, PhD!

👏 Appreciate the "Rationale for Not Screening/Treating" section with clear explanation of the evidence base. 👏 MarisaWinkler, recent MGB Infectious Diseases Fellowship MGH Division of Infectious Diseases reported on removal of pre-op UA from a surgery checklist 📋. What happened: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

An all ⭐️ panel! We will start the webinar w/a pulse ✅️: What's your #H5N1 tracking/prep level? 🟢 following/no major changes 2 prep 🟡 following closely/planning changes 2 prep 🔴 following v closely/implementing major changes 2 prep MGH Center for Disaster Medicine MGH Division of Infectious Diseases Region 1 Regional Disaster Health Response System

This is so pedantic it belongs in the ID zeitgeist so I'm reposting it #IDTwitter #MedTwitter

Thrilled to share our collaborative work with the Masschusetts DPH: Antibiotic Allergy Prevalence and Documentation Quality in Massachusetts Long-Term Care Facilities:A Cross-Sectional Survey Shira Doron MD Alysse Wurcel MD MS FIDSA #antibioticallergy #penicillinallergy doi.org/10.1016/j.anai…

RSV vaccine are cost savings in those >=60 with chronic kidney disease and cost effective in multiple other populations >=60

Prophylactic antifungals prior to a urologic procedure? What to do in this complicated case? Please weigh in! themednet.org/question/20928…

The routine ordering of ESR & CRP should stop. These tests aren’t specific to any particular disease, they can’t differentiate infection from acute/chronic inflammation, and their ability to prognosticate is limited. Brad Spellberg Clinical Microbiology and Infection clinicalmicrobiologyandinfection.com/article/S1198-…