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Sonia Koning
@sonkoning.bsky.social
Antimicrobial Stewardship Pharmacist with an interest in education and improving antibiotic use.
Stav is our amazing HIV clinic pharmacist and does so much for our patients 🥰🥰🥰 #IDPharmacistsDay #PharmacistsLeadingChange
🙌 Today we're celebrating #InfectiousDiseases Pharmacists Day – recognising the vital role ID pharmacists play in safeguarding public health through antimicrobial stewardship, infection prevention and expert patient care.

📽️ Featured is Stav Mantas FANZCAP (InfDis). speaking about her journey.
May 22, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Reposted by Sonia Koning
To kick off a new series ID/AMS Reading Lists series, SIDP is here to help you "Hit 'Em with Your Best Nudge"! Check out this noticeable (and unnoticed) nudge comments in AMS! #IDSky #rxsky #pharmsky #AMSsky #medsky #SIDP #EvidenceBasedMedicine #IDPharmacy #Microbiology #Nudge #NudgeComments
May 20, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Reposted by Sonia Koning
Greatly appreciate the ECIL 10’s emphasis of #antimicrobialstewardship in FN of hemato-oncology patients by Prof Mikulska and others

Collab w/ hematologists and pharmacy
Know when to use new abx and time ⏳is of the essence.
#ESCMIDGlobal 🙏
April 15, 2025 at 7:55 AM
@elisemitri.bsky.social highlights the evidence and what’s next in antimicrobial allergies - lots happening in this space #antimicrobials2025 #AMSsky
February 22, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Great speakers @michyong.bsky.social @cindyclau.bsky.social in the @ausantibiotics.bsky.social #antimicrobials2025 pharmacy symposium where Q&A sessions are turning into patient consults sessions 😉
February 22, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Consider linezolid dose reduction in the following - elderly, renal impairment, hepatic dysfunction, concomitant clarithromycin @cindyclau.bsky.social #antimicrobials2025
February 22, 2025 at 2:59 AM
“In wine there is truth, in beer there is strength, in water there is bacteria” 💯
Plenary 3 -Prof Rachel Thomson
#NTM infection risk influenced by various #environmental factors, house dust, rainfall, temperature, aerosolisation from water to the air etc … so pretty much everywhere 😅
#antimicrobials2025 #IDsky #AMSSky
February 21, 2025 at 10:28 PM
NTM found in house dust 😱 Rachel Thompson on NTM epidemiology #antimicrobials2025 #ASA
February 21, 2025 at 10:19 PM
What’s on the horizon for COVID for immunocompromised patients? Monoclonals, interferon nasal spray, T-cell therapy @michyong.bsky.social #antimicrobials2025 #ASA
February 21, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Controversy - free range vs antibiotic free chickens? Which would you prefer?! 🫣🫣🫣#antimicrobials2025
February 21, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Even more evidence that we should put our efforts on unrestricted antibiotics - high volume of use with low rates of appropriateness! @cazchen.bsky.social compares 2023 #NAPS and #NAUSP data
#antimicrobials2025 #ASA
February 21, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Another amazing whirlwind talk from @erinmccreary.bsky.social on the new antifungals featuring Nora 🐶
#antimicrobials2025 #ASA
February 21, 2025 at 2:06 AM
This is another reason why topical antimicrobials should be #AMS targets 😳😳😳
@thefunguskidd.bsky.social presents on T.indotineae resistance
February 21, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Another name change for Candida auris - “Candidozyma” belonging to the family “Metschnikowia” 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫 #antimicrobials2025 #ASA
February 20, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Low MIC for zidebactam so cefepime-zidebactam is like giving two active agents rather than just adding an enzyme inhibitor #antimicrobials2025 #ASA
February 20, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Privilege to be presenting in the same session with these superstar pharmacists 🤩🤩🤩
#antimicrobials2025
Proferred Papers #3
Showcasing #AMS pharmacist research- antimicrobial consumption& quality data #NAPS #NAUSP, #IVOS to save nursing time, novel work behind the scenes of #AMU #AMS reports
@sonkoning.bsky.social @nikhil-singh.bsky.social @ncas.bsky.social @ncicancer.bsky.social
#antimicrobials2025
February 20, 2025 at 5:47 AM
IVOS not only has great benefits for our patients but saves nursing time 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
Great presentation from @nikhil-singh.bsky.social #antimicrobials2025 @ausantibiotics.bsky.social
February 20, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Sadly I feel like this is many of our AMS rounds 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️ #AMSsky
A classic from the other (dark) side of the moon
December 1, 2024 at 10:31 AM
Long term suppression antibiotics often done - but is there sufficient evidence to support this?? @jillianlau.bsky.social nice to see SOLLA being highlighted for #WAAW2024 #AMSsky
November 22, 2024 at 5:11 AM
Entertaining and informative session from @trubianojason.bsky.social on disseminating research #WAAW #AMSsky
November 22, 2024 at 4:45 AM
Reposted by Sonia Koning
🔥BALANCE RCT🔥
74 hospitals in 7 countries
3,608 patients
A 7-day course of antibiotics for hospitalized patients with bloodstream infections was non inferior to 14d within a 4% prespecified margin for mortality at 90 days #idsky
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Antibiotic Treatment for 7 versus 14 Days in Patients with Bloodstream Infections | NEJM
Bloodstream infections are associated with substantial morbidity and mortality. Early, appropriate antibiotic therapy is important, but the duration of treatment is uncertain. In a multicenter, non...
www.nejm.org
November 20, 2024 at 1:07 PM
This is hands down still my fav #WAAW activity!!

@brxad.bsky.social is a genius!!
It's World AMR Awareness Week!

As a #WAAW tradition, join the 300,000+ others who completed the "Which Antibiotic Are You" personality quiz.

It's a fun way to engage colleagues and the general public about #AMR.

Try it here
➡️ quiz.tryinteract.com?fbclid=IwZXh...

#WAAW2024 #IDSky
November 18, 2024 at 7:23 PM
Reposted by Sonia Koning
To kick off World #AMR Awareness Week this year why don't you try out our little Emoji Quiz! 🤔

👉🏼 www.superbugs.online/emojis

🐅🚴🏼‍♂️ #WAAW #WAAW2024
The Emoji Quiz — Superbugs - The microbial world in, on and around us
What kind of antibiotics are there? What do they do? Which infections can be treated with them? Who discovered them? Are there bacteria resistant to them? And why do they have to have such complicated...
www.superbugs.online
November 17, 2024 at 9:26 PM
Lessons from practice for immunocompromised hosts by Dr Ai Li Yeo and A/Prof Claire Dendle
#ForbesWeek #IDSky
1. There can be more than two pathologies in immunocompromised patients
November 15, 2024 at 7:21 AM
The ABCs after organ transplantation! Great oration from @kottonnelson.bsky.social #ForbesWeek #IDSky #TIDSky
November 14, 2024 at 7:48 AM