Docs-a-Cyclin' will be riding 🚴🚴‍♂️🚴‍♀️ 100+ miles through the CO mountains ⛰️🏔️🗻 in the Courage Classic Bicycle Tour to raise money 💵💰for pediatric infectious disease research 🧪👨‍🔬👩‍🔬 Children's Hospital Colorado. Donate below to support a great cause: secure.childrenscoloradofoundation.org/site/TR/Courag…

WE DID IT! Congrats to the Docs-a-Cyclin' team of 40 riders who cycled 80+mi over 3 mtn passes to raise over $61K to support pediatric infectious disease research Children's Hospital Colorado! Donate here or join us next year July 19-20 in Copper Mtn, CO: shorturl.at/GYBWn

Fantastic talk by Colorado Pediatric Infectious Diseases’s Dr. Myron Levin, a legend in vaccinology, providing insight and foresight into where we were, where we are, and where the COVID-19 pandemic is headed #VailPedsID2024

Another great #VailPedsID2024 conference in the books. Join us in the fall virtually or Children’s Colorado Research and Innovation for #COpedsID2024 for an abbreviated one-day version of the course, or next year in Vail for #VailPedsID2025. Thx to Jessica Cataldi MD Andrew Haynes for the live tweeting help!

medRxiv (pre-print): Most resp pathogens (RSV, flu, EV-D68) returned in unusual ways after pandemic NPIs lifted, but Mycoplasma is just starting to re-emerge in the US. Modeling of ~10yrs of 2.5+M BioFire Diagnostics (now bioMérieux) tests predicts extended wave of MP ds in 2024-5 medrxiv.org/content/10.110…

New report of a nasal vaccine booster provides strong, durable #SARSCoV2 cross-variant protection—preventing infection— compared with shots in non-human primates nature.com/articles/s4159… Nature Immunology

Check out our newest review by Dr. Dimo on short durations of abx for AOM - less is more! #IDtwitter #Pediatric #ASP #tweetitrician CU Antimicrobial Stewardship Colorado Pediatric Infectious Diseases link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007/s…

World Society of Pediatric Infectious Diseases Podcast: Proud to join Dr. Nicolette du Plessis to discuss syndromic surveillance, preparedness & the future of the #pedsID workforce & field PIDS Infectious Diseases ESPIDSociety podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ant…

1/ We are so lucky to have Kevin Messacar MD PhD joining us today for grand rounds at bioMérieux USA headquarters! Children's Hospital Colorado CCTSI #IDTwitter Colorado Pediatric Infectious Diseases

19/ Some key takeaways: *There is a rapid diagnostic revolution, and it is changing the game *There are implications for Clinical care, emerging infections, and public health *Academic & industry partnerships are essential Amazing talk and work Kevin Messacar MD PhD ! Thank you!

Honored to speak with the BioFire Diagnostics (now bioMérieux) bioMérieux USA team at their Grand Rounds on #diagnosticstewardship #EVD68 #syndromictrends. Andrea Prinzi PhD, MPH,SM(ASCP)🧫🔬’s live tweets are much better than the talk 🤣 👇

NIAID has established a set of research centers to develop #vaccines and monoclonal antibodies for viral families with pandemic potential. Learn more: go.nih.gov/vhIzSLf

1st ever workshop on Diagnostic Stewardship At #IDWeek2024 in LA The best thinkers in the field will be speaking! Hope to see you there 10/15/2024 from 1-5 pm Register/Attend Dan Diekema Carlos del Rio Valerie Vaughn Paul Sax Dr. Saskia Popescu SHEA

NBC News: Enterovirus D68 #EVD68 is circulating in the US but at lower levels than previous peak years & without increased reports of acute flaccid myelitis #AFM. Though described as "spiking", this context is important in interpreting wastewater signals. nbcnews.com/health/health-…

🤩 You can now listen to the fourth episode from the #WSPIDPodcastSeries! Guest: Prof. Nicolette Duplessis and Dr. Kevin Messacar 🎧 Listen on Spotify: spoti.fi/4enh3Wm 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/4daTZZX Subscribe so you don't miss an episode! #PID

CID: Colorado Pediatric Infectious Diseases 3rd yr fellow, Dr. Erin Ho, shows the clinical impact of Strep pneumo PCR testing of pleural fluid in children with complicated pneumonia: 3X⬆️pathogen detection 25%⬇️pts on MRSA tx 5 days faster time to optimal abx #diagnosticstewardship academic.oup.com/cid/advance-ar…

Such an honor to join an incredible group of ID physicians, microbiologists, hospitalists, infection prevention epidemiologists & public health leaders to discuss a team-based multidisciplinary approach to #diagnosticstewardship at #IDWeek

Learn how to build trust in science and tell a compelling story about what you do as a researcher and why it is important, with our Communicating Your Science to the Public Training Program! buff.ly/401LQE9

Dr. Hai Nguyen-Tran⁩ with a great summary slide to wrap up her review of pediatric enterovirus disease ⁦Colorado Pediatric Infectious Diseases⁩ ⁦⁦Hai Nguyen-Tran⁩ #IDWeek2024