Luis Ostrosky, MD, FIDSA
@drluiso.bsky.social
ID specialist and medical mycologist. Transplant ID. Healthcare epidemiology. Healthcare Quality. All views are my own.
A variety of interventions failed to improve #LongCOVID cognitive symptoms jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Interventions for Cognitive Symptoms in Long COVID
This randomized clinical trial investigates if evidence-based rehabilitation strategies improve cognitive symptoms in persons with long COVID.
jamanetwork.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:01 AM
A variety of interventions failed to improve #LongCOVID cognitive symptoms jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Hot off the press! IC in the ICU link.springer.com/article/10.1... #IDSky
Invasive candidiasis in intensive care medicine: shaping the future of diagnosis and therapy - Intensive Care Medicine
Background Invasive candidiasis (IC) remains one of the most challenging infections in critical care, contributing significantly to morbidity, prolonged organ support, and mortality among intensive ca...
link.springer.com
October 22, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Hot off the press! IC in the ICU link.springer.com/article/10.1... #IDSky
hey #IDSky we are hiring for a faculty or staff pshsyciapd position in our ID division. Come join us! careers.uth.tmc.edu/us/en/job/25...
Assistant/Associate/Full Professor, Non-Tenure Track, Infectious Diseases - Internal Medicine, McGovern Medical School in Texas, United States | Faculty & Physicians at UTHealth Houston
Apply for Assistant/Associate/Full Professor, Non-Tenure Track, Infectious Diseases - Internal Medicine, McGovern Medical School job with UTHealth Houston in Texas, United States. Faculty & Physicians...
careers.uth.tmc.edu
October 17, 2025 at 3:56 PM
hey #IDSky we are hiring for a faculty or staff pshsyciapd position in our ID division. Come join us! careers.uth.tmc.edu/us/en/job/25...
Do expired #COVID tests work? Definitely maybe! www.verywellhealth.com/expired-covi...
Do Expired COVID Tests Still Work?
Experts don't recommend using expired at-home COVID tests, but some manufacturers have extended the expiration dates.
www.verywellhealth.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Do expired #COVID tests work? Definitely maybe! www.verywellhealth.com/expired-covi...
Reposted by Luis Ostrosky, MD, FIDSA
Our thoughts onto slow shift of #NHSN #CLABSI definitions. Becoming less and less relevant. We have a problem! Do you agree? #IDSky #MedSky www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org
October 1, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Our thoughts onto slow shift of #NHSN #CLABSI definitions. Becoming less and less relevant. We have a problem! Do you agree? #IDSky #MedSky www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Reposted by Luis Ostrosky, MD, FIDSA
Risk factors associated with progression to clinical Candida auris infection among adults with previous colonization—Florida, 2019–2023
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Risk factors associated with progression to clinical Candida auris infection among adults with previous colonization—Florida, 2019–2023
We investigated factors associated with clinical progression of Candida auris cases following documented colonization among Florida patients. These finding
academic.oup.com
October 2, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Risk factors associated with progression to clinical Candida auris infection among adults with previous colonization—Florida, 2019–2023
academic.oup.com/cid/advance-...
academic.oup.com/cid/advance-...
Our thoughts onto slow shift of #NHSN #CLABSI definitions. Becoming less and less relevant. We have a problem! Do you agree? #IDSky #MedSky www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org
October 1, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Our thoughts onto slow shift of #NHSN #CLABSI definitions. Becoming less and less relevant. We have a problem! Do you agree? #IDSky #MedSky www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Reposted by Luis Ostrosky, MD, FIDSA
An evening of insight & indulgence awaits at #IDweek2025!
Join us for a gourmet dining experience paired with world-class expertise, “Advancing Science, Improving Care”, an exclusive dinner & presentation with infectious disease leader Dr. Luis Ostrosky. @drluiso.bsky.social
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Join us for a gourmet dining experience paired with world-class expertise, “Advancing Science, Improving Care”, an exclusive dinner & presentation with infectious disease leader Dr. Luis Ostrosky. @drluiso.bsky.social
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September 30, 2025 at 5:21 PM
An evening of insight & indulgence awaits at #IDweek2025!
Join us for a gourmet dining experience paired with world-class expertise, “Advancing Science, Improving Care”, an exclusive dinner & presentation with infectious disease leader Dr. Luis Ostrosky. @drluiso.bsky.social
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Join us for a gourmet dining experience paired with world-class expertise, “Advancing Science, Improving Care”, an exclusive dinner & presentation with infectious disease leader Dr. Luis Ostrosky. @drluiso.bsky.social
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At #TIMM2025 a panel discussion on the complexity of #clinicaltrials in #medicalmycology with industry, academia, and a patient at the table
September 21, 2025 at 12:44 PM
At #TIMM2025 a panel discussion on the complexity of #clinicaltrials in #medicalmycology with industry, academia, and a patient at the table
Reposted by Luis Ostrosky, MD, FIDSA
Florida Decided There Were Too Many Children
Florida Decided There Were Too Many Children
The state’s elimination of vaccine mandates is a courageous first step toward decluttering itself of any excess kids.
www.theatlantic.com
September 4, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Florida Decided There Were Too Many Children
Ok… I just spent the last hour looking at CT Scans of a dolphin on isavuconazole… I love my job! #IDSky #Medsky @msgerc.bsky.social
September 2, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Ok… I just spent the last hour looking at CT Scans of a dolphin on isavuconazole… I love my job! #IDSky #Medsky @msgerc.bsky.social
#COVID still around youtu.be/pbPGLKghoiQ?...
McGovern Medical Minute: Is COVID Still Around?
YouTube video by McGovern Medical School
youtu.be
August 20, 2025 at 4:47 AM
#COVID still around youtu.be/pbPGLKghoiQ?...
And the prize for most stupid #PredatoryJournal email goes to….
August 19, 2025 at 12:36 PM
And the prize for most stupid #PredatoryJournal email goes to….
Reposted by Luis Ostrosky, MD, FIDSA
Accuracy of plasma cell-free DNA PCR for non-invasive diagnosis of mucormycosis
@jordan1990.bsky.social and colleagues at Stanford
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
@jordan1990.bsky.social and colleagues at Stanford
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Accuracy of plasma cell-free DNA PCR for non-invasive diagnosis of mucormycosis | Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Mucormycosis is an invasive mold infection associated with high morbidity and mortality.
Early diagnosis and effective antifungal treatment are critical for improving clinical
outcomes. However, diagn...
journals.asm.org
July 22, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Accuracy of plasma cell-free DNA PCR for non-invasive diagnosis of mucormycosis
@jordan1990.bsky.social and colleagues at Stanford
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
@jordan1990.bsky.social and colleagues at Stanford
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Teletrabajo y bienestar de los trabajadores durante la pandemia #COVID-19: una encuesta en dos rondas en una universidad de ciencias de la salud en Texas #IDSky #EnEspanol archivosdeprevencion.eu/index.php/ap...
Teletrabajo y bienestar de los trabajadores durante la pandemia COVID-19: una encuesta en dos rondas en una universidad de ciencias de la salud en Texas
| Archivos de Prevención de Riesgos L...
archivosdeprevencion.eu
July 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Teletrabajo y bienestar de los trabajadores durante la pandemia #COVID-19: una encuesta en dos rondas en una universidad de ciencias de la salud en Texas #IDSky #EnEspanol archivosdeprevencion.eu/index.php/ap...
#Shingles at any age www.utphysicians.com/shingles-at-...
Shingles at any age | UT Physicians
The shingles virus is living dormant inside millions of Americans who contracted chickenpox as children, waiting to develop at any age.
www.utphysicians.com
July 18, 2025 at 6:03 PM
#Shingles at any age www.utphysicians.com/shingles-at-...
Editor’s choice, practice-changing article in CID #IDSky academic.oup.com/cid/advance-...
Improved consistency of Candida auris colonization screening with an anterior nares and hands composite sample
C. auris colonization screening is important to inform infection control practices. This study included axilla and groin, and anterior nares and hands comp
academic.oup.com
July 15, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Editor’s choice, practice-changing article in CID #IDSky academic.oup.com/cid/advance-...
Great study and commentary #congratulations all!
Great work by this group! It can certainly improve screening accuracy but the implications go beyond that.
Thank you for sharing @germhuntermd.bsky.social!
#IDSky 🍄
Thank you for sharing @germhuntermd.bsky.social!
#IDSky 🍄
Improved consistency of Candida auris colonization screening with an anterior nares and hands composite sample
From CDC’s Mycotic Diseases Branch
Open access
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Read commentary by @drrossanarosa.bsky.social
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From CDC’s Mycotic Diseases Branch
Open access
academic.oup.com/cid/article/...
Read commentary by @drrossanarosa.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/cid/advance-...
July 11, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Great study and commentary #congratulations all!
We affectionately call this study TRANSNET 2.0 #IDSky onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Invasive Fungal Disease in Solid Organ and Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Recipients, United States
We characterize invasive fungal diseases among 9143 solid organ and 5693 hematopoietic cell transplant recipients. Incidence varied by fungal disease type, transplant type, and host characteristics. ...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
July 8, 2025 at 12:42 PM
We affectionately call this study TRANSNET 2.0 #IDSky onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...