Just published NEJM💥💥 The 5-year outcomes from the Partial Oral Treatment of Endocarditis (POET) trial show continued effectiveness of oral antibiotic therapy as compared with intravenous antibiotic therapy for endocarditis #IDTwitter #TwitteRx #MedEd nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

I get asked this a lot so here are our “rules” for Evusheld: Vax ➡️ Evusheld: 14 days Evusheld ➡️ Vax: currently 30 days, proposing to move to ‘no wait’ Sotrovimab ➡️ Evusheld: wait until patient out of contagiousness period as defined by infection prevention and clinically well

💥NEW💥 📝 Cliff notes on the new COVID MAB #Bebtelovimab 📸 📄Including a comparison table of MAB activities versus the variants 📲 idstewardship.com/drugs/bebtelov… 🤔 Anything you would add? Anything I missed? 🤷‍♂️ #IDtwitter #TwitteRx #MedTwitter #COVID19 #COVIDpharm

Now confirmed no wait time for vaccine 💉 following any COVID monoclonal antibody treatment or pre-exposure ppx (Evusheld) 😁 per latest CDC recs, cdc.gov/vaccines/covid…

In addition to changing the time interval between mAbs and COVID vaccines, the time frame for 4th dose in immunocompromised has decreased. cdc.gov/vaccines/covid…

Eric Weddle: national treasure

Pharmacists responsible for antimicrobial stewardship spend nearly half their time on indirect or non-ASP activities. Providing ID training and more protected time for ASP responsibilities may help programs to target higher level interventions. cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Resistance topic 🦠🔬#TwitterRx

Mild infections due to CRAB may be treated with high dose Amp-Sulbactam but moderate to severe infections should be double covered if possible. Table 1 in the guidelines discuss recommended agents. #CritPRN buff.ly/3GAfwLs

A new study in OFID suggests that carbapenems may not be necessary in the treatment of patients with urinary tract infections caused by ESBL-producing organisms. 📄: bit.ly/3JAmWA1 #IDSAJournals #OpenForumInfectDis Paul Sax Jonathan Li Daniel Anderson

For S. maltophilia, the IDSA recommends monotherapy for mild infections with SMP-TMX or minocycline being the preferred agents. #CritPRN

10 powerful Excel features every user should know: 📊

【Daptomycin general principles】 Please remember 5 important key points of daptomycin!! Level: Basic Importance: ★★★ #IDTwitter #IDMedEd #IDFellow #IMResident #InternalMedicine #MedStudentTwitter #MedTwitter #MedEd

【Tigecycline general principles】 ID consult is needed, but please remember 5 important key points of tigecycline! Level: Advanced Importance: ★★★ #IDTwitter #IDMedEd #IDFellow #IMResident #InternalMedicine #MedStudentTwitter #MedTwitter #MedEd #TxID

Bug Pharmacist 💊🧫 Tim Gauthier

Sexually Transmitted Infections Treatment Cheatsheet - CDC Guidelines grepmed.com/?q=cdc+sti+gui… #FOAMed #MedEd

For all my fellow doxycycline fans out there! 👇👇👇

Deciding on empiric treatment of S. maltophilia infections? Van Nguyen, Alexis Thumann, Michael Wankum & Krista Gens discuss TMP-SMX vs levofloxacin for S. maltophilia in our latest SIDP Journal Club Series release (sidp.org/BCIDP), worth 1.5h of ACPE/BCIDP credit!

✅ID PGY2 Intermountain Health 🔜ID Pharmacist @WVUMedicine Hard to believe PGY2 has come to an end. So many memories, incredible mentors, and friendships along the way. Filled with gratitude. Looking forward to the next adventure at WVU!

@WVUMedicine is hiring an AMS/OPAT/CoPAT pharmacist! Come join our team of 5 ID pharmacists in wild & wonderful WV. Click the link below to apply! Feel free to reach out with additional questions as well ☺️ sidp.org/Jobs/12803314