Sasheela
@sasheela2
🇲🇾ID physician. Infection Prevention. Antibiotic Steward. Travel Medicine. Mom of 2. SHEAInternationalAmbassador. Fullbrighter
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07-08-2018 19:31:18
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New podcast episode! 🎧
EIC Dave Calfee talks to Bobby Glenn Warren III, becky smith from DCASIP & Danielle A. Rankin about hospital sinks, toilets & hoppers as potential pathogen sources for HAIs
Links below ⤵️
New from Eli Perencevich, MD MS et al
Research agenda for transmission prevention within the Veterans Health Administration, 2024–2028
1⃣Active Surveillance
2⃣Isolation
3⃣HH 🧼
4⃣Environmental cleaning/disinfection
5⃣Special populations/settings
6⃣Biosurveillance
📄: doi.org/10.1017/ice.20…
Excited to be at SHEA 2024, @ Houston. Join us for the session on AMS and IPC in LMIC! SHEA Jesse Jacob Payal K. Patel Priya Nori MD, FSHEA, FIDSA
Report on economic burden attributable to #AntimicrobialResistance & return from global interventions package ➡️US$7.7 trillion loss averted by 2035 (19.1 trillion by 2050) google.com/url?sa=t&sourc…
ROI for every $1 spent is between $7.1-13.1
Governments take heed!
If you are interested in learning about the 40+ antimicrobial agents active against Gram negative bacilli and currently in clinical trials, please see here:
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
AMR Action Fund #IDtwitter
Challenges in antimicrobial dosing persist due to evolving resistance, patient variability, and drug interactions. Precision is key for effective treatment. #myamr2024 myicid.com/myamr2024
In case you missed it--this one's big!!🔥🔥
in JAMA Internal Medicine we found inappropriate diagnosis of #pneumonia to be common and abx treatment harmful. Similar parallels to ASB--> highest risk in older adults with dementia & altered mental status. jamanetwork.com/journals/jamai…
'Exciting news! Introducing MyAMR2024, a comprehensive conference on Infectious Diseases, Infection Control, and AMS. Explore the agenda on our website and register now for early bird pricing! Visit myicid.com/myamr2024 for more details. Don't miss out!
#MyAMR2024
In this 5-year 68-hospital study of 11k patients with asymptomatic bacteriuria, bacteremia from a presumed urinary source was rare, occurring in <1% of patients with altered mental status. ja.ma/4cgWKKa Sonali Advani MD, MPH, FIDSA Valerie Vaughn Michigan HMS
At #Mycology2024 we have Jannik Stemler of Uniklinik Köln on antifungal prophylaxis in CAR T therapy
Latest estimates of approximately 3% invasive fungal infection in CAR-T therapy so antifungal prophylaxis NOT routinely recommended..
Fungal Update
Lack of accessibility persists despite successful development. Stewardship is crucial for prolonging antibiotic effectiveness. Context-adapted approach for antibiotic access & stewardship LMIC countries doi.org/10.1016/S1473-…. @TheLancetInfDi Marc Mendelson
Check out FungiScope – A Global Registry for #InvasiveFungalInfections &much more.
FungiQuest – Search Engine displaying case vignettes rare cases. add your rare cases to this database. MSIDC MyICID AMRWISE lts.fungiscope.net