Vikas Deswal (@iddocvikas) 's Twitter Profile
Vikas Deswal

@iddocvikas

Infectious disease physician at Medanta The Medicity.
Got here because of CMC Vellore. Interested in Device associated infections, MSK infections and SOT ID

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Garbiñe Lizeaga (@garbinelizeaga) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Neurological complications in adult allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant patients: Incidence, characteristics and long-term follow-up in a multicenter series nature.com/articles/s4140…

Graeme Meintjes (@graemein) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Flucytosine added to the intensive phase of cryptococcal meningitis treatment improved survival in the ACTA clinical trial - and here we show it also did so in clinical practice setting in 🇿🇦

Clinical Infectious Diseases (@cidjournal) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Outpatient Cryptococcal Antigen Screening is Associated with Favorable Baseline Characteristics and Improved Survival in Persons with Cryptococcal Meningitis in Uganda ✅ Just Accepted 🔗 bit.ly/3v5azHo

Outpatient Cryptococcal Antigen Screening is Associated with Favorable Baseline Characteristics and Improved Survival in Persons with Cryptococcal Meningitis in Uganda

✅ Just Accepted
🔗 bit.ly/3v5azHo
Frontiers - Neurology (@frontneurol) 's Twitter Profile Photo

New Research: Treatment recommendations for non-HIV associated cryptococcal meningoencephalitis including management of post-infectious inflammatory response syndrome: Cryptococcal meningoencephalitis (CM) continues to cause major morbidity… frontiersin.org/articles/10.33… #Neurology

Indiana University Infectious Diseases Fellowship (@iuidfellowship) 's Twitter Profile Photo

#Cryptococcal #Meningitis in Young, Immunocompetent Pts: A Single-Center Retrospective Case Series & Review of Literature academic.oup.com/ofid/article/1… Congratulations to our recently graduated fellow, Dr Stack for getting his fellowship project published #idtwitter Open Forum Infectious Diseases

Alireza FakhriRavari, PharmD, BCPS, BCIDP, AAHIVP (@lordalirezaf) 's Twitter Profile Photo

⚡Late Breaker Clinical Trial Updates #IDWeek2023 #REVISIT phase 3 trial - #Aztreonam has activity against MBL (Class B)-producing pathogens but can be inactivated by Class A, C, or D β-lactamases - #Avibactam restores in vitro activity of ATM against these enzymes

⚡Late Breaker Clinical Trial Updates #IDWeek2023
#REVISIT phase 3 trial
- #Aztreonam has activity against MBL (Class B)-producing pathogens but can be inactivated by Class A, C, or D β-lactamases
- #Avibactam restores in vitro activity of ATM against these enzymes
Clinical Infectious Diseases (@cidjournal) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Sustained Viral Suppression With Dolutegravir Monotherapy Over 192 Weeks in Patients Starting Combination Antiretroviral Therapy During Primary HIV Infection (EARLY-SIMPLIFIED): A Randomized, Controlled, Multi-site, Noninferiority Trial 🔓 Open Access bit.ly/3PVO55w

Antibiotic Steward Bassam Ghanem 🅱️C🆔🅿️🌟 (@absteward) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🔥AMIKINHAL RCT🔥 NEJM A practice changing? Among patients who had undergone mechanical ventilation for at least 3 days,a subsequent 3d course of inhaled amikacin reduced the burden of VAP during 28 days of follow-up #idxposts #MedEd #LIVES2023 Mortality? nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

🔥AMIKINHAL RCT🔥 <a href="/NEJM/">NEJM</a>
A practice changing?
Among patients who had undergone mechanical ventilation for at least 3 days,a subsequent 3d course of inhaled amikacin reduced the burden of VAP during 28 days of follow-up #idxposts #MedEd #LIVES2023
Mortality?
nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…
Timothy Li (@drtimothyli) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Evaluation of suspected congenital infection➡️SCORTCH toolkit S - Syphilis C - CMV O - Others (Parvovirus B19,Enterovirus,Zika virus,Chagas,Malaria) R - Rubella T - Toxoplasmosis C - Chickenpox (VZV) H - HSV,HIV,HBV,HCV,HTLV-1 doi.org/10.1136/archdi…

Evaluation of suspected congenital infection➡️SCORTCH toolkit

S - Syphilis
C - CMV
O - Others (Parvovirus B19,Enterovirus,Zika virus,Chagas,Malaria)
R - Rubella
T - Toxoplasmosis
C - Chickenpox (VZV)
H - HSV,HIV,HBV,HCV,HTLV-1

doi.org/10.1136/archdi…
Dr Honey choudhary 🩺 (@doctors__squad) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A 21-year-old woman died of rabies while undergoing treatment at CPR Hospital late on Monday night, over a month after she was bitten by a stray dog and three days after completing the anti-rabies vaccination course.

A 21-year-old woman died of rabies while undergoing treatment at CPR Hospital late on Monday night, over a month after she was bitten by a stray dog and three days after completing the anti-rabies vaccination course.
Abhishek Banerjee (@abhishekaitc) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The hooliganism and vandalism at RG Kar tonight have exceeded all acceptable limits. As a public representative, I just spoke with CP Kolkata , urging him to ensure that every individual responsible for today’s violence is identified, held accountable, and made to face the law

Dr. Tanmay Motiwala (@least_ordinary) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Is desh me insaan ke jaan ki kimat kya hi hai? Bus Rajneeti chalti hai 😭😭 Looking at those clips of attacks by goons on the doctors protesting in RG Kar, one can just pray for the safety of students protesting there 🙏🏻🙏🏻 So many SOS call screenshots from various doctors in

TheSpeakingScalpel (@drsaurav5) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I still remember few days back Some elite liberals were celebrating and applauding students of #BANGLADESH for throwing out sheikh Hasina Were calling it as students protesting Warning it might happen in India The irony is It actually happened In the adjoining state only

Dr Syed Faizan Ahmad (@drsfaizanahmad) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Massive Respect ✊ for Dr Shantanu sir TMC removes Dr Shantanu Sen as spokesperson because he has spoken out against anti-social activity at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata. He had said, “There is a racket that runs in the college and if you don’t oil them

Massive Respect ✊ for Dr Shantanu sir 

TMC removes Dr Shantanu Sen as spokesperson because he has spoken out against anti-social activity at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata.

He had said, “There is a racket that runs in the college and if you don’t oil them
ANI (@ani) 's Twitter Profile Photo

After the brutal crime in RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata and the hooliganism unleashed on the protesting students on the eve of Independence Day, the Indian Medical Association declares nationwide withdrawal of services by doctors of modern medicine from 6 am on

After the brutal crime in RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata and the hooliganism unleashed on the protesting students on the eve of Independence Day, the Indian Medical Association declares nationwide withdrawal of services by doctors of modern medicine from 6 am on
rupesh (@rupesh26) 's Twitter Profile Photo

No water supply in Gurgaon greenwoods city A, B and C blocks for last 4 days due to problem in boosting pump...an essential service like water taking 4 days to repair? Still no sign by when it will be restored MCG GMDA