Pediatric viral rashes PedsCases #pediatrics

Utility of Differential Time to Positivity in Diagnosing Central Line–Associated Bloodstream Infections: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis 🆓 Freely Available bit.ly/4493Yup

#WorldSepsisDay SWB NHS Trust To increase awareness of Sepsis. Prevention with vaccination, hand hygiene, judicious antibiotic use to prevent antibiotic resistance, early recognition and response. It was nice to see families with lived experience wanting to be a part of this.

Raising sepsis awareness at SWBH SWB NHS Trust SWBH IPC The UK Sepsis Trust SWBH Sepsis Team Dilip Kumar Gandhi (दिलीप कुमार गांधी) Nick Makwana melanie.roberts

#WorldSepsisDay #SepsisAwareness

【TB medications for CKD/HD patients】 EMB and PZA should be reduced to three times a week! Level: Intermediate Importance: ★★★ #IDMedEd #IDFellow #pulmonaryfellow #nephrologyfellow #IMResident

Information Delay of Significant Bloodstream Isolates and Patient Mortality: A Retrospective Analysis of 6225 Adult Patients With Bloodstream Infections 🔗 bit.ly/3r5bLMp

SWB NHS Trust Congratulations Huma ❤️🎉 Well deserved 👏👏👏

This November, join our #AntibiticAmnesty. Help us to keep antibiotics working by taking your old or unused #antibiotics to your nearest pharmacy for safe disposal.

#AntimicrobialResistance is serious. It's a threat to modern medicine, so we need to treat antibiotics with respect. 🫡 Simple actions can help to reduce infections, and if we follow good practices, we can keep them working. 🦸‍♂️ #WAAW Read more here: ukhsa.blog.gov.uk/2023/11/15/the…

🌟ANTIBIOTICS - Spectrum of activity

Performance of diagnostic algorithms in patients with invasive pulmonary aspergillosis ✅ Just Accepted bit.ly/3BM507l

🔹Penicillin Binding Proteins🔹 ⚡ Enterococci are relatively resistant to cephalosporins since Cps act through PBP2/3 while Enterococci use PBP4/5 ⚡ MRSA are resistant to anti-Staph Penicillins by altering PBP2 ➡️ PBP2a through mecA/C #MedTwitter #IDTwitter #JustIDThings

😶‍🌫️Tubercular Meningitis Management ICMR

Time to Staphylococcus aureus Blood Culture Positivity as a risk marker of Infective Endocarditis: A Retrospective Cohort Study ✅ Just Accepted 🔗 bit.ly/3Pdkq7P

You may have seen news stories about human metapneumovirus virus (hMPV) cases in China. We routinely monitor this virus & our data shows that it is currently following its usual seasonal pattern in the UK. See the latest data in our regular report: gov.uk/government/sta… 1/2

"Human metapneumovirus #hMPV is NOT a new virus. First identified in 2001, it has been in the human population for a long time. It is a common virus that circulates in winter and spring. It usually causes respiratory symptoms similar to the common cold." - @who

#Review Diagnosing infectious encephalitis. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2024.

Important ECG concepts

Exemplar ITU consultant sets the standard truly the best 👍👏👏 Keeps watch above the elbow, passing the test!" complying with BBE policy SWB NHS Trust SWBH IPC mel roberts David Shakespeare SWB Guardians of Resistance