What a great time- right after TzeWoeiTan, MBBS, MPH, FACS grand rounds on disparities in diabetic foot care- to record the IDSA podcast, Febrile , with our long-time SALSAmigos, Megan Brennan and Marcos Schechter hosted by Sara Winn Dong

Clinical documentation exerpt of the day: 'Patient underwent resection arthroplasty and ecstatic spacer placement'

That little guy is just so happy to be in there.

Let's talk about Bioavailability. 🧵

As a general rule,
-Highly bioavailable: >70%
-Medium 50 - 70%
-Low <50%

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Nebraska Medicine ID Pharmacy team is recruiting! The position will have a significant OPAT component, but also include in/outpt ASP, inpt consult team rounding, etc. Please reach out with questions and to hear about the great environment UNMC ID! App: nebraskamed.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/NM/job/Omaha-N…

Would you like to hear about the historical origins of and subsequent clinic data challenging a routine preference for IV abx in osteoarticular + endovascular infections? The wonderful folks at McGill have shared my grand rounds on this topic:

youtu.be/4_6z_y7CTeE?si…

Minimizing Low-value, Uncompensated Work in Academic Infectious Diseases: A Six Step Program | Clinical Infectious Diseases | Oxford Academic. “Don’t count the days…Make the days count” - Muhammad Ali 💪🏽 academic.oup.com/cid/advance-ar…

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

bit.ly/49upzAE

Interesting meta-analysis of RCTs examining daily toothbrushing to prevent HAP, with 10/12 included VAP studies failing to show statistical significance but overall suggestion of benefit, at least for VAP. High RoB too, but at least intervention is benign

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38109100/

Heard about rapidly advancing AI tools that can answer medical Qs?

Large language models like GPT are being touted as “clinical copilots”. What do they mean for cognitive specialties?

We review promise & pitfalls of LLMs & future of ID consultation

academic.oup.com/cid/article/do…

🆕️✨️🔥 Fantastic State-of-the-Art Review Clinical Infectious Diseases
Daniel Minter
Contemporary Management of Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia—Controversies in Clinical Practice #IDXposts #meded #mustread
academic.oup.com/cid/advance-ar…

This morning our team’s med student responded to Biktarvy being mentioned with “Oh, I know her” and ever since I’ve been wondering: in the Romance languages, do different antibiotics have different genders?

The diagnostic approach to diarrhea in HSCT recipients represents a dynamic and evolving field!
🆕️✨️State of art review article
Natalia E. Castillo Almeida Cathy Cichon
TransplantID Journal
How I approach diarrhea in hematological transplant patients: A practical tool
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ti…

Find the first-year ID fellows 1990 ➡️ 2023.

(Missing two in current photo who didn't attend #IDWeek2023 )