hindawi.com/journals/ipid/…

Bat coronaviruses related to SARS-CoV-2 and infectious for human cells. Nature 604, 330–336 (2022). doi.org/10.1038/s41586… SARS-CoV-2-like viruses in Laotian cave-dwelling bats that are also demonstrated to infect human cells through the ACE2 pathway

Our amazing PGY2 #infectiousdiseases pharmacy resident Thomas Leung (Thomas Leung 🇭🇰) presenting his poster on CP-CRE vs NCP-CRE outcomes at #MADID2022!

In 2022, asymptomatic bacteriuria is still over-treated! To help stewards reduce urine culturing and unnecessary treatment for ASB, I made this pilot list of common rebuttals with links to evidence. Would you use this? What would you add? sites.google.com/view/asphds/as… #idtwitter

My SASS colleagues, Marisa Holubar, Will Alegria, Natalia Medvedeva and I did a WHO antimicrobial stewardship webinar in Ukraine Thursday - with >250 participants in the middle of a war!

Paediatric monkeypox patient with unknown source of infection, the Netherlands, June 2022 eurosurveillance.org/content/10.280…

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WHO asks people not to attack monkeys over monkeypox washingtonpost.com/world/2022/08/…

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Histo really is everwhere! “…detected Histoplasma capsulatum in soil and penguin excreta in the Antarctic Peninsula by sequencing after performing species-specific PCR…” doi.org/10.3201/eid281…

Our group did an antimicrobial stewardship webinar for WHO in Ukraine this AM – it started with a statement by WHO to respond appropriately if air raid sirens go off during the webinar!

Our antimicrobial stewardship group just completed our 4th webinar this week in Ukraine with WHO. Amazing participation by health care people still getting bombed. We thank them.

"Maggot therapy surges in Britain as antibiotics fail" - Did you know we've got our own maggot therapy program here at Westmead Hospital? smh.com.au/world/europe/m…

From CLSI Part 1: (My head is exploding!): These Candida spp. are also recognized under the following alternate taxonomic names: C. glabrata: Nakaseomyces glabrata C. guilliermondii: Meyerozyma guilliermondii C. kefyr: Kluyveromyces marxianus C. krusei: Pichia kudriazevii

From CLSI – Part 2: (My head is exploding!): These Candida spp. are also recognized under the following alternate taxonomic names: C. lusitaniae: Clavispora lusitaniae C. pararugosa: Wickerhamiella pararugosa C. pelliculosa: Wickerhamomyces anomalus C. rugosa: Diutina rugosa

Keanumycin! washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/03…

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Intragastric botulinum toxin for weight loss! ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-events…