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Armelle
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✨Transplant Infectious Diseases✨ Assistant Professor | University of Manitoba @UM_RadyFHS
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#ShorterIsBetter in immunocompromised hosts?
Short treatments are feasible in early responders without source control issues.

A significant number of observational studies serve as proof-of-concept on the feasibility of short courses in selected patients (see ⚠️)

#AMSsky #IDOnc #TxID #IDsky
November 19, 2024 at 7:05 PM
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🆕✨Single-center retrospective
Levofloxacin prophylaxis in pediatric & young adult allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation recipients does not prevent infective complications & infections-related deaths & 🔼prevalence of Abx resistant strains #idsky #medsky
academic.oup.com/ofid/advance...
Levofloxacin prophylaxis in pediatric and young adult allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation recipients does not prevent infective complications and infections-related deaths
AbstractBackground. The prophylactic use of quinolones in the setting of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HCT) is controversial and
academic.oup.com
December 3, 2024 at 5:51 PM
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Report from the OPTN ad hoc Disease Transmission Advisory Committee - Coccidiomycosis from Organ transplant Donors?

"All 7 deceased donors had prior infection or exposure...8/20 recipients developed Cocci, resulting in a 40% transmission rate." #IDsky #TxID

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Coccidioidomycosis Transmission Through Solid Organ Transplantation (2013–2022): A Report of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network ad hoc Disease Transmission Advisory Committee
Coccidioides infection is a rare but serious fungal disease. From 2013 to 2022, most donors with risk factors lacked serologic testing before procurement, and recipients often missed necessary prophy...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 3, 2024 at 6:07 PM
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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
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Both letermovir & maribavir can be perpetrator or victim of a drug–drug interaction
🆕️🔥 #CPK
Drug–Drug Interaction Management with the Novel Anti-Cytomegalovirus Agents Letermovir & Maribavir: Guidance for Clinicians #idsky
✨️tables✨️ #bookmark
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Drug–Drug Interaction Management with the Novel Anti-Cytomegalovirus Agents Letermovir and Maribavir: Guidance for Clinicians - Clinical Pharmacokinetics
Letermovir and maribavir have demonstrated efficacy in the prevention and treatment, respectively, of immunosuppressed patients with cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection and disease. These patients often h...
link.springer.com
November 15, 2024 at 3:54 PM