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tea-lover, sci-fi ♥️,admirer of The Idiot, ID/MM SpR, favourite quotation- this is how democracy dies, to the sound of thunderous applause. Joined January 2017

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NEJM @NEJM

8 months ago

With no grandmaster moving the chess pieces of U.S. health care, weighing population density and disease distribution, rural health relies on urban centers — and the kindness of individual strangers. Full Perspective by Heather Kovich, MD: nej.md/4fv02tF

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UK Health Security Agency @UKHSA

9 months ago

NEW TB DATA: Tuberculosis (TB) has risen by 11% in 2023 compared to 2022. 📈 While England remains a low-incidence country, we have seen an increase in drug-resistant TB, requiring longer and more complex treatment. 💊 Read the full report 📃 gov.uk/government/pub…

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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières @MSF_canada

11 months ago

Doctors Without Borders denounces in the strongest possible terms the killing of our colleague in #Gaza This is our 8th colleague killed in #Gaza and the second in two weeks.

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Avraham Z. Cooper, MD 🩺 @AvrahamCooperMD

a year ago

This is the greatest explanation of the Epley maneuver I’ve ever seen 🤯 🎥 IG thedizzypt_amy #medtwitter

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emily m @maitlis

a year ago

And …. Here it is

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Eddie Cliff @Eddie_Cliff

a year ago

Just out @NatureMedicine meta-analysis >7600 CAR T pts led by @DavidCdSMD & @KRejeski - Non-relapse mortality post CAR-T = 6.8% - highest w ciltacel (15%) & brexucel (10.6%) - axicel (7%) > tisa-/lisocel (4%) for LBCL - 51% of NRM deaths from infection nature.com/articles/s4159…

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Brian Cox @ProfBrianCox

a year ago

As you watch the Aurora this evening, it’s worth reflecting that you’re getting a rare direct glimpse of the power of Nature. Those charged particles causing the atmosphere to glow came from a sunspot complex 17 times the diameter of Earth and traveled across 90 million miles at…

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VeryBritishProblems @SoVeryBritish

a year ago

“It’s a bloody nightmare” Meaning: Something is proving a mild inconvenience; typically used to describe slightly heavy traffic, or the internet not working “It’s not ideal” Meaning: Something terrible has happened and life is almost certainly ruined

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Science girl @gunsnrosesgirl3

a year ago

little packet of butter tip 🍴

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Mrs C @chriscraigCCC

a year ago

How can the GMC regulate PAs when a Dr has to return to the patient + repeat the hx + examination? How can NHS Trusts continue to pay a PA salary when all their work has to be repeated by a lesser paid Dr? Every-time Forever Surely the MPTS outcome now ends the PA project

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Journal of Infectious Diseases @JIDJournal

a year ago

Oral β-lactam pairs for the treatment of Mycobacterium avium complex pulmonary disease 🔓 Open Access bit.ly/3vyu6TC

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Rachel Tanner 💉 @ProfTtweetsTB

a year ago

It's been a long time in the making, but our Phase I trial assessing the safety of a controlled human infection model (#CHIM) for #TB is finally published! We compared aerosolised live attenuated Mycobacterium bovis #BCG 🫁 with standard ID BCG 💉 thelancet.com/journals/lanin…

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Laura Waters @drlaurajwaters

a year ago

Missed this Icona #croi2024 analysis of metabolic changes on DTG/3TC vs BIC/TAF/FTC. Refreshingly longitudinal data shows lipidomic & numerical weight advantages for DTG/3TC - enough of concern here to warrant more robust evaluation of TAF & weight/other metabolic parameters

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Jonathan Ryder, MD @JonathanRyderMD

a year ago

1/ This week in #IDTwitter @dralicehan asked a great question about meropenem-resistant Strep pneumo. @UNMC_ID ASP recently had a similar question when looking at our antibiogram. So I did a mini-lit review in the form of a #Tweetorial /thread

Alice Han @dralicehan

a year ago

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Paul Sax @PaulSaxMD

a year ago

Delighted to share this #croi2024 highlights review with @EileenScully9, who covers translational science better than anyone! (I do the easy part -- the clinical research.) It was an exciting conference this year -- hope you enjoy this summary! hivvirology.com/croi-highlight…

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Antibiotic Steward Bassam Ghanem 🅱️C🆔🅿️🌟 @ABsteward

2 years ago

Myth:Bactrim is not active against β-hemolytic Streptococcus,is now totally BUSTED 🆕️🔥 @ChristianCho In vitro activity against clinical isolates of β-hemolytic Strept via BMD TMP/SMX:100%🌟 Clinda:85% Doxy:57% For S.pyogenes TMP/SMX was 100% S #idxposts cambridge.org/core/journals/…

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Helmi Sulaiman @edenhelmi

2 years ago

The 2024 CLSI M100 document is available online now for free The updates include Ceftazidime-avibactam & aztreonam synergy test using Broth Disc Elution Method (finally we have a guide for this) @Dr_ChrisKCLai @Rasidah @stevenlimcl @shaharudeen @alif82 @adammashraff

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Antibiotic Steward Bassam Ghanem 🅱️C🆔🅿️🌟 @ABsteward

2 years ago

🆕️✨️🔥 Fantastic State-of-the-Art Review @CIDJournal @dminter89 Contemporary Management of Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia—Controversies in Clinical Practice #IDXposts #meded #mustread academic.oup.com/cid/advance-ar…

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Nick Mark MD @nickmmark

2 years ago

Over 2 billion people fly per year but what happens when they get sick? NEW @OnePagerICU about in-flight medical emergencies. - covers aerospace physiology, logistics, equipment, & what to do for common in flight medical emergencies - onepagericu.com/in-flight-medi…