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:
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AMR Action Fund #IDtwitter

Finally, AMS workshop for pharmacist under MPS. 1st announcement.

Stay tune everyone!

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…

🆕️🔥 MOBILE2 RCT🔥🆕️
Mechanical bowel preparation and oral antibiotics reduced the rate of overall morbidity,surgical site infections& anastomotic leaks compared to mechanical bowel preparation only prior to elective anterior rectal resection #IDXposts
jamanetwork.com/journals/jamas…

'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

Study finds no link between pre-op urine testing, reduced post-op infections cidrap.umn.edu/antimicrobial-…

Unlock the secrets of Complicated UTIs in this free webinar 🔬🧑🏽‍🔬 Explore changing definitions, microbiological challenges and novel designs for randomised trials in cUTI.

📅 10 April 2024, 16-18h

✍🏽 Read more and register today 👉🏼 ecraid.eu/news/free-webi…

🌟🔥 JUST PUBLISHED 🔥🌟
Guide to Utilization of the Microbiology Laboratory for Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases: 2024 Update by IDSA
and ASM #IDXposts academic.oup.com/cid/article/do…

Reduced use of antibiotics is leading to fall in resistance soci.org/news/2024/2/re… via @SCIUpdate AMRWISE MyICID MSIDC Fikree

Do clinical trials of antimicrobial agents give clinicians the information they need in order to change guidelines and revise their prescribing patterns?
A thread on a new way to analyze clinical trial results

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

Rifampin Based Therapy for Patients With Staphylococcus aureus Native Vertebral Osteomyelitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

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