Global trends in CD4 count measurement and distribution at first antiretroviral treatment initiation ✅ Just Accepted bit.ly/3Cj6xSf

Midline is better than PICC for antibiotics as outpatient, especially for less than 2 weeks. #midline #opat #Antibiotics #infectiousdisease

Ecchinocandin + Clindamycin may be as good as TMP for PJP in pts who cannot take TMP due to allergy, renal or other issues. But it's from a small case series of 14 pts. #pneumocystis #PJP #fungal #Infection #infectiousdisease

Hepatitis #MedEd #MedX

🆕️🔥Treatment of Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis and Preventive and Empirical Therapy for Invasive Candidiasis in Adult Pulmonary and Critical Care Patients. An Official American Thoracic Society American Thoracic Society (ATS) Clinical Practice Guideline #idxposts atsjournals.org/doi/abs/10.116…

What to do with dialysis line infections. #dialysis #lineinfection #infection #nephrology #infectiousdisease

Give at least 4 days of antibiotic free period before biopsy to increase yield from vertebral biopsy cultures. But hard to implement in real life situations. #antibiotics #osteomyelitis #spine #infectiousdisease #infection

A great review of refractory/resistant HSV infection in HSCT patients. "How We Diagnose and Manage Refractory and Resistant Herpes Simplex Virus Mucocutaneous Infection After Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation" Clinical Microbiology and Infection clinicalmicrobiologyandinfection.com/article/S1198-…

RCT from 7 countries including India has found three 9 months regimens (BLMZ, BCLLfxD, and BDLLfxZ) to be no inferior (85%) compared to standard 18-24 months. #tuberculosis #MDRTB #EndTB #infection

Global Candidemia guidelines by ECMM, ISHAM and ASM. Very good and practical guidelines. Here is the link for full article. sciencedirect.com/science/articl… #fungus #candida #infection #infectiousdisease

Just published 🔥 IDSA 2025 Clinical Practice Guideline Update by on Histoplasmosis: Treatment of Asymptomatic Histoplasma Pulmonary Nodules (Histoplasmomas) and Mild or Moderate Acute Pulmonary Histoplasmosis in Adults,Children & Pregnant People #IDXposts idsociety.org/practice-guide…

17% vs 15% mortality, non inferior, at 90 days. Kaplan Meir and differences in mortality at other time points are below. Big difference in AKI 19.1 vs 13.7 %. Flucox vs cefazolin.

New TB isolation guidelines are out. It looks like we are isolating people for way too long and causing longer hospital stay, overall cost and more stigma and depression for patients. Time to change this. #TB #tuberculosis #TBisolation #airborne #respiratory #InfectiousDiseases

New guidelines for meningitis #meningitis #brain #Infection

Cefazolin is clearly superior to flucloxacillin for MSSA bacteraemia and endocarditis with less nephrotoxicity. #staph #mssa #ESCMIDGlobal #ESCMIDGlobal2025

1st time in decades a new antibiotic for gonorrhea from a novel antibiotic group. #gonorrhea #STD #STI

BCG revaccination did not show any protection from TB infection as measured by sustained QuantiFERON-TB positive status. #tuberculosis #vaccines #Infection #TB #bcg #tbvaccine

Looks like the shingles vaccine protects 23% against cardiovascular disease too. Another population study in wales showed 20% dementia protection too. #shingles #vaccines #heartattack #dementia #shingrix

Looks like the shingles vaccine protects 23% against cardiovascular disease too. Another population study in wales showed 20% dementia protection too. #shingles #vaccines #heartattack #dementia #shingrix

In a large cohort study involving 71k pts, in the 1st trimester Bactrim has slightly high risk (1.3) , but FQ and nitrofurantoin don't have higher risk compared to B- lactams.