📢 A NEW #ISHLT Standards & Guidelines Document on infection definitions for durable and acute #MCS devices is now available online at 🔗 bit.ly/44nNRL9. Check out the top eight takeaways from this document below. ⏬

In a new commentary, 2 experts provide advice to immunocompromised persons & clinicians on interventions and important info sources to consider before traveling in a world with #COVID19 : ow.ly/k7qg50Rcgpo

Mortality from mucor is too high. Do combo antifungals help? New 📜 in Open Forum Infectious Diseases
➡️Mostly LAmB vs. LAmB+Azole
➡️6 wk mortality 31%
➡️No difference w/ upfront or salvage combo rx

Likely some confounding but mucor remains a big issue.

Added to Mucor📁
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🔥US FDA issued an emergency use authorization for PEMGARDA (pemivibart ) monoclonal antibody for pre-exposure prophylaxis of #COVID19  in certain adults and adolescents with mod/severe immune compromise🔥 #IDXposts
fda.gov/drugs/emergenc…

Serial Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid Aspergillus Galactomannan and Treatment Response in Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis

✅ Just Accepted
🔓 Open Access
🔗 bit.ly/3T5cgQi

Paschalis Vergidis MD

Super interesting
🆕️⚡️Single-center study Clinical Microbiology and Infection
C. auris and C. parapsilosis strains have lower Serum (1-3)-beta-D-glucan content as compared to C. albicans, with significant impact on serum BDG performance for the diagnosis of candidemia #IDXposts
clinicalmicrobiologyandinfection.com/article/S1198-…

New research published in Annals found that high-risk #COVID19 patients, characterized by certain blood markers, see significant benefits from baricitinib + remdesivir combo treatment: ow.ly/GKlu50QIjcX

Open-Label, Randomized Trial Comparing Fidaxomicin With Oral Vancomycin for the Treatment of Clostridioides difficile Infection in Hospitalized Patients Receiving Concomitant Antibiotics for Concurrent Infections | Clinical Infectious Diseases | Oxford academic.oup.com/cid/article-ab…

Prevalence of Immunosuppression Among US Adults jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/… '6.6% of US adults had immunosuppression (4.4% have an immunosuppressive condition, 3.9% take an immunosuppressive medication, and 1.8% for both).'

Last week, we completed the 100th TPIAT (total pancreatectomy with islet cell autotransplantation) procedure! Be on the lookout for a story to publish later this month with more info.
#PancreatectomywithIsletCellAutotransplantation #TPIAT #chronicpancreatitis #pancreatitis

Global incidence and mortality of severe fungal disease - The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Stunning numbers in a global scale thelancet.com/journals/lanin…

‼️Don't forget‼️ The deadline to complete the Diversity in TxPharm Survey is coming up on 1/19. You can also enter to win a $50 gift card!

The TxPharm COP is leading efforts to improve Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging within AST and we need YOUR help!

Looking for an experienced transplant ID physician to join our team at Inova! DM if questions #TxID Infectious Diseases Community of Practice - AST elar.fa.us2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candidat…

Oral Antibiotics for Treatment of Gram-Negative Bacteremia in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients: A Propensity Score Weighted Retrospective Observational Study

Eliezer Nussbaum, SKoo Camille Nelson Kotton

PO step-down effective, assoc. with fewer AEs

academic.oup.com/cid/advance-ar…

Does broad-spectrum prophylaxis before liver txp decrease surgical site infections?

Short answer: No.
But leak and re-operation do!

Thanks to Ashrit Multani UCLA Multicampus ID Fellowship for adding this to the 'Liver'📂
transplantid.net/VBXK2N5H

Fungal breakthrough #isavuconazole ppx in Clinical Transplantation study 106 pt heme malignancy
- Incidence 17.9%
- Of those half 🪦
- ⬆️than other studies, but no exact controls

Serum levels were ☑️&👌

Added by Aneela Majeed to 'Heme-onc prophylaxis' folder
transplantid.net/FYU8GVAY

LISTERIA OUTBREAK: 11 people sick in 7 states. Check your kitchen, including your refrigerator and freezer, for any recalled whole peaches, nectarines, and plums. Don’t eat them. Throw them away or return them: bit.ly/3R7c7MB

Roland Pattillo protected Henrietta Lacks' memory. He died leaving that legacy : NPR npr.org/2023/11/14/121…

Webinar tomorrow 📢 Join us for a webinar on Old Pathogens – New Patient Types: Infections in CAR-T Cell Recipients with Dionysios Neofytos, Malgorzata Mikulska, Maunank Shah, Joshua Hill

Learn more 👉 tinyurl.com/pxsn38vw
🗓️ Tuesday Oct 17
🕑 2pm New York / 6pm Paris