Joseph Sassine
josephsassinemd.bsky.social
Joseph Sassine
@josephsassinemd.bsky.social
Transplant ID Faculty & ID Fellowship APD at University of Oklahoma | #TxID | Cancer ID | #ChemalyTeam | Views my own | RT ≠ endorsement | 🇫🇷🇱🇧
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Out now in @cidjournal.bsky.social my first ever investigator-initiated funded study - A pilot trial evaluating IV Ensure, a remote therapeutic monitoring device in OPAT!
#IDSky #OPAT

Open access thanks to @ou.edu libraries so check it out!

Key highlights in 🧵

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Evaluation of a Remote Therapeutic Monitoring (RTM) Device and Integrated Care Platform in Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT)
AbstractBackground. Unplanned healthcare utilization events, including hospital readmissions and emergency room (ER) visits, are common in patients receivi
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Reposted by Joseph Sassine
Evaluation of a Remote Therapeutic Monitoring (RTM) Device and Integrated Care Platform in Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT)

✅ Just Accepted
🔗 https://bit.ly/4spq9ts
Evaluation of a Remote Therapeutic Monitoring (RTM) Device and Integrated Care Platform in Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT)
AbstractBackground. Unplanned healthcare utilization events, including hospital readmissions and emergency room (ER) visits, are common in patients receivi
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January 12, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Out now in @cidjournal.bsky.social my first ever investigator-initiated funded study - A pilot trial evaluating IV Ensure, a remote therapeutic monitoring device in OPAT!
#IDSky #OPAT

Open access thanks to @ou.edu libraries so check it out!

Key highlights in 🧵

academic.oup.com/cid/advance-...
Evaluation of a Remote Therapeutic Monitoring (RTM) Device and Integrated Care Platform in Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT)
AbstractBackground. Unplanned healthcare utilization events, including hospital readmissions and emergency room (ER) visits, are common in patients receivi
academic.oup.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Come train with us!
We have two open spots for ID fellowship at @ou.edu
Great clinical exposure, academic tracks (TxID, healthcare admin/hospital epi, trop med/global health, CCM fellowship), 12-credit certificates covered by the program.
#IDSky #TxID #MedEd

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Curriculum
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December 3, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Also out now in American Journal of Medical Sciences, our review of infectious complications of CAR T and BsAb, led by @ou.edu ID fellow Bradley Dye, a good primer for trainees and faculty alike!

#TxID #IDSky

www.amjmedsci.org/article/S000...
Infectious Complications of Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cell Therapy and Bispecific Antibodies – A Review
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy has shifted the therapeutic landscape of hematological malignancies in the last decade, and bispecific antibodies (BsAb) are an emerging treatment for th...
www.amjmedsci.org
October 18, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Out now in @ichejournal.bsky.social , with @ritawilson.bsky.social and others, our report on the blood culture bottle shortage last year affecting the diagnostic yield in febrile neutropenia
@ou.edu
#TxID #IDSky

doi.org/10.1017/ice....
Diagnostic yield of blood cultures in febrile neutropenia—a real-world observational study from an academic medical center during blood culture bottle shortage | Infection Control & Hospital Epide...
Diagnostic yield of blood cultures in febrile neutropenia—a real-world observational study from an academic medical center during blood culture bottle shortage
doi.org
October 10, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Reposted by Joseph Sassine
@bryanpwhite.bsky.social et al: In a cohort (n=127) of OPAT patients on daptomycin 7.4 mg/kg for an average of 37 days, the rate of CK elevation was 11.8% at a median of 13 days (IQR 9-16) supporting weekly lab monitoring on daptomycin for OPAT. doi.org/10.1017/ash....
Incidence and risk factors for musculoskeletal adverse effects associated with daptomycin in patients receiving outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy | Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology | Cambridge Core
Incidence and risk factors for musculoskeletal adverse effects associated with daptomycin in patients receiving outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy - Volume 5 Issue 1
doi.org
July 31, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Reposted by Joseph Sassine
This study offers real-world data evaluating the ePlex BCID-FP rapid identification system for yeast and found it was less sensitive than previously reported and infrequently led to de-escalation of antifungals
doi.org/10.1093/jaca...
@josephsassinemd.bsky.social #JACAMRNews #IDSKy
July 15, 2025 at 10:02 AM
ID fellowship applicants, make sure to check out our program @ou.edu:
2 year clinical program - 3 tracks (TxID, hosp epi, trop med) - Path for crit care fellowship - 12 credit certificates in year 2

#TxID #IDSky #MedEd

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Curriculum
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July 14, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Out now in @jac-amr.bsky.social, our real world analysis of BCID fungal panel for diagnosis of fungemia, led by the great Emily Siegrist - Sensitivity of 94%, lower than anticipated
@bryanpwhite.bsky.social @ritawilson.bsky.social
#IDSky
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Evaluation of a rapid identification panel for fungemia
Abstract. Bloodstream infections due to yeast are associated with a high mortality rate. There is a lack of data that evaluate the real-world sensitivity o
academic.oup.com
June 27, 2025 at 11:34 AM
And part 2 is out now: How to prevent travel-related infections in the transplant recipient, check it out!
@ritawilson.bsky.social @andhen25.bsky.social
#IDSky #TxID

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May 15, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Had a great time in Syracuse presenting Medicine Grand Rounds earlier today on Infections after CAR T at SUNY Upstate and meeting some great ID colleagues there!
#TxID
April 10, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Excited to launch new tracks in our 2-year ID fellowship program @ou.edu starting July 2025: TxID, Hospital epi/healthcare admin, Trop Med/Global Health, ID/Crit Care.
Tracks come with option for 12-credit certificates, covered by the program:

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#IDSky #TxID
Curriculum
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February 11, 2025 at 12:54 PM
How to prevent infections in the increasingly immunocompromised traveler? Part 1 (non-transplant) is out now! Stay tuned for part 2!
@ritawilson.bsky.social @andhen25.bsky.social @ou.edu
#IDSky #TxID

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January 23, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Out now, everything you need to know, that is known and not known, about herpesviruses after CAR T and BsAb, in our review with Dr Emily Siegrist and Dr Roy Chemaly!
@mdanderson.bsky.social @ou.edu
#IDSky #TxID

www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/17...
Herpesvirus Infections After Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-Cell Therapy and Bispecific Antibodies: A Review
In this narrative review, we explore the burden and risk factors of various herpesvirus infections in patients receiving chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapy or bispecific antibodies (BsAb...
www.mdpi.com
January 18, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Spoke to @koconews.bsky.social about norovirus, clinical presentation and preventive measures #IDSky

www.koco.com/article/okla...
How Oklahomans can protect themselves from norovirus, or 'stomach bug'
A stomach bug sweeping the country has infected hundreds of patients in its path.
www.koco.com
January 14, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Reposted by Joseph Sassine
T-SPOT.TB performs much better in many immunocompromised populations IMO, but historically was logistically more difficult from CA due to time-sensitive FedEx of samples to Memphis which failed a lot with winter storms. Less an issue now that Quest bought T-SPOT.
Out now in @thetxidjournal.bsky.social!

T-SPOT.TB is more likely to produce actionable results than QFT-TB in patients with cancer being screened for latent TB.

#TxID #IDSky

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
December 29, 2024 at 5:52 PM
Reposted by Joseph Sassine
T-SPOT resulted in
- fewer indeterminate results (than QFT)
- more “actionable” results (than QFT)

in certain immunocompromised populations #TBSky
Out now in @thetxidjournal.bsky.social!

T-SPOT.TB is more likely to produce actionable results than QFT-TB in patients with cancer being screened for latent TB.

#TxID #IDSky

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
December 29, 2024 at 1:18 AM
Out now in @thetxidjournal.bsky.social!

T-SPOT.TB is more likely to produce actionable results than QFT-TB in patients with cancer being screened for latent TB.

#TxID #IDSky

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
December 28, 2024 at 6:11 PM
Reposted by Joseph Sassine
A retrospective cohort study of Gram-negative BSIs in ICU shows fever, lack of source control and time to repeat follow-up blood culture (FUBC) as risk factors for repeat positive FUBC:
https://doi.org/10.1093/jacamr/dlae144
#JACAMRNews @bryanpwhite.bsky.social
Risk factors for positive follow-up blood cultures in critically ill adults with Gram-negative bacteraemia
AbstractObjectives. To evaluate the utility of follow-up blood cultures (FUBCs) for Gram-negative bloodstream infection (BSI) in ICU patients and identify
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December 27, 2024 at 11:00 AM
Special theme issue in @cmijournal.bsky.social - Infections in immunocompromised hosts, edited by Dr Roy Chemaly, with a series of high yield #TxID reviews, including our review of herpesviruses after allogeneic HCT #IDSky

www.clinicalmicrobiologyandinfection.com/article/S119...
December 18, 2024 at 3:19 PM
Recently spoke with Health IT News about the results of our innovative trial of remote therapeutic monitoring in OPAT, how RTM helped us reduce infection-related readmissions and improve patient adherence to IV ABx #IDSky #OPAT
@ou.edu

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Remote therapeutic monitoring reduces readmissions, academic research shows
The University of Oklahoma College of Medicine did a controlled test and showed the odds of infection-related readmissions were decreased in the RTM group by 76% at 30 days, 80% at 60 days and 68% at ...
www.healthcareitnews.com
December 15, 2024 at 2:29 AM
Check out our most recent work - A large database analysis of viral and fungal infections after CAR T cell therapy, published at @cmijournal.bsky.social, with @andhen25.bsky.social #IDSky #TxID

www.clinicalmicrobiologyandinfection.com/article/S119...
DEFINE_ME
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December 15, 2024 at 2:27 AM
First post on #IDSky

We have an ID fellowship opening at the University of Oklahoma @ou.edu, starting July 2025.

Two-year program, with great exposure to HIV, transplant ID and surgical infections, and above all, great people to train with!

DM me for details!

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Fellowship Opportunities
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December 15, 2024 at 1:29 AM