Catherine Berry (she/her)
@catherineberry.bsky.social
ID MD, currently working on stewardship programming. Currently upskilling in NTM. Previously TB-Practecal and endTB with MSF. #IDsky #TBsky #AMSsky
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Pharmageddon: Bugs vs Drugs is now available on AMAZON.
If you backed the Kickstarter or purchased it on Etsy please consider dropping a review. It helps prime the Amazon search pump so.
#IDSky #MedSky
www.amazon.com/Lab-Beagle-G...
If you backed the Kickstarter or purchased it on Etsy please consider dropping a review. It helps prime the Amazon search pump so.
#IDSky #MedSky
www.amazon.com/Lab-Beagle-G...
Pharmageddon: Bugs vs Drugs, A Medical Education Game
Amazon.com: Lab Beagle Games Pharmageddon: Bugs vs Drugs, A Medical Education Game : Toys & Games
www.amazon.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Pharmageddon: Bugs vs Drugs is now available on AMAZON.
If you backed the Kickstarter or purchased it on Etsy please consider dropping a review. It helps prime the Amazon search pump so.
#IDSky #MedSky
www.amazon.com/Lab-Beagle-G...
If you backed the Kickstarter or purchased it on Etsy please consider dropping a review. It helps prime the Amazon search pump so.
#IDSky #MedSky
www.amazon.com/Lab-Beagle-G...
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November 20, 2025 at 1:15 PM
✨ Latest TBpod on Unite4TB's flagship trial, Paradigm4tb featuring Dr Jodie Schildkraut and Dr Van Le Hong. ✨
Take a listen if you can!
#TBsky
Take a listen if you can!
#TBsky
Advancing TB Research: Dr Jodie Schildkraut & Dr Van Le Hong from Unite4TB - The TBPod | Catherine Berry
Want to hear more about Unite4TB's flagship trial or where to catch them at The Union? Tune in to our latest TBpod.
www.linkedin.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:47 AM
✨ Latest TBpod on Unite4TB's flagship trial, Paradigm4tb featuring Dr Jodie Schildkraut and Dr Van Le Hong. ✨
Take a listen if you can!
#TBsky
Take a listen if you can!
#TBsky
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Third year students in the Antimicrobial Stewardship elective at
Auburn University Harrison College of Pharmacy created visual abstracts summarizing recent lit from @ashejournal.bsky.social. Help me choose which group will win a 🦠giant microbe prize🦠by hearting your favorite in the comments below!
Auburn University Harrison College of Pharmacy created visual abstracts summarizing recent lit from @ashejournal.bsky.social. Help me choose which group will win a 🦠giant microbe prize🦠by hearting your favorite in the comments below!
November 13, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Third year students in the Antimicrobial Stewardship elective at
Auburn University Harrison College of Pharmacy created visual abstracts summarizing recent lit from @ashejournal.bsky.social. Help me choose which group will win a 🦠giant microbe prize🦠by hearting your favorite in the comments below!
Auburn University Harrison College of Pharmacy created visual abstracts summarizing recent lit from @ashejournal.bsky.social. Help me choose which group will win a 🦠giant microbe prize🦠by hearting your favorite in the comments below!
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Today @who.int released their 2025 #tuberculosis report, and figures remain unacceptable: 1.2 million children and young adolescents fell ill in 2024, and a staggering 43% were never diagnosed and thus missed lifesaving treatment. Act now to close the deadly gap!
msfaccess.org/msf-responds...
msfaccess.org/msf-responds...
November 12, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Today @who.int released their 2025 #tuberculosis report, and figures remain unacceptable: 1.2 million children and young adolescents fell ill in 2024, and a staggering 43% were never diagnosed and thus missed lifesaving treatment. Act now to close the deadly gap!
msfaccess.org/msf-responds...
msfaccess.org/msf-responds...
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The misconception that antibiotic allergy assessment is solely the domain of allergists has led to complacency in clinical practice, yet verifying allergy histories should be a core competency for all physicians, particularly infectious diseases. #IDsky #EMIMCC
🆕🔥State-of-the-Art Review with 🌟s @trubianojason.bsky.social : Antibiotic Allergy—A Multidisciplinary Approach to Delabeling #idsky
url: academic.oup.com/cid/article/...
url: academic.oup.com/cid/article/...
November 6, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Someone way smarter than me once posted the MIC math behind the 2g/12 ceftriaxone for strep pneumo meningitis and also a discussion of how many pt would need vanco to treat 1 CRO resistant S.pneumo. Anyone remember? @bradspellberg.bsky.social @jgpharmd.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Someone way smarter than me once posted the MIC math behind the 2g/12 ceftriaxone for strep pneumo meningitis and also a discussion of how many pt would need vanco to treat 1 CRO resistant S.pneumo. Anyone remember? @bradspellberg.bsky.social @jgpharmd.bsky.social
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Parliament just passed into law the independent Australian Centre for Disease Control 🎉
The interim CDC will now move from under the Department of Health, Ageing, and Disability to an independent entity as of 1 Jan 2026!
#auspol #idepi #episky #medsky #idsky
The interim CDC will now move from under the Department of Health, Ageing, and Disability to an independent entity as of 1 Jan 2026!
#auspol #idepi #episky #medsky #idsky
www.cdc.gov.au
November 6, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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SHEA is proud to offer several scholarships to support training and professional development in healthcare epidemiology, infection prevention, antibiotic stewardship, & public health.
Apply for a scholarship to SHEA Spring by December 12th, 2025 at 11:59pm ET!
For more information: bit.ly/49zQ7Du
Apply for a scholarship to SHEA Spring by December 12th, 2025 at 11:59pm ET!
For more information: bit.ly/49zQ7Du
November 4, 2025 at 8:33 PM
#TBsky New for me. Anyone seen this?
#IDBoardReview 20 F MTB empiric RIPE. NAAT: RIF resistance: RIF dc, moxi and amikacin added. 3 wk later: molecular testing for +resistance RIF, ETA, INH: INH & ETA dc & linezolid & cycloserine added. 11 wks post initial presentation: discoloration of teeth. cause? #idsky #idmeded #meded
November 4, 2025 at 2:32 AM
#TBsky New for me. Anyone seen this?
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Looking for a leadership role in antimicrobial stewardship?
Come join our AMAZING WashU Medicine Infectious Diseases Division and be a part of building our new program at MoBap!
www.healthecareers.com/job/Medical-...
Come join our AMAZING WashU Medicine Infectious Diseases Division and be a part of building our new program at MoBap!
www.healthecareers.com/job/Medical-...
Medical Director Antimicrobial Stewardship at Missouri Baptist Hospital | Washington University School of Medicine | St. Louis, Missouri
Washington University School of Medicine is hiring for Medical Director Antimicrobial Stewardship at Missouri Baptist Hospital . St. Louis, Missouri · Apply on HealtheCareers.com
www.healthecareers.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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This thread makes for interesting reading. Hint it was the bacteria ..... #IDSky
What killed Napoleon's army in 1812? For 200+ years, history books have pointed to epidemic typhus. Turns out, they may have been completely wrong. A new study just rewrote one of military history's greatest mysteries. 🧵
October 30, 2025 at 1:47 AM
This thread makes for interesting reading. Hint it was the bacteria ..... #IDSky
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Don’t miss this webinar if you are keen to know why TB in children is a big problem despite advancements in diagnosis and treatment for TB. #IDSky #TBSky
Every child withTB deserves a healthy childhood. Yet in 2023, 1.25M fell ill with TB and nearly half were never diagnosed, thus never treated.
Join our webinar moderated by @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social where survivors and treatment providers will discuss how to close these deadly gaps.
Join our webinar moderated by @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social where survivors and treatment providers will discuss how to close these deadly gaps.
October 27, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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📣In a longitudinal analysis of top ID journals, gender balance is projected for women first authors in 2028 - but for women last authors, only in 2043
The proportion of women editors is projected to remain low
https://www.cmi-comms.org/article/S2950-5909(25)00084-8/
Katharina #IDSky #womeninstem
The proportion of women editors is projected to remain low
https://www.cmi-comms.org/article/S2950-5909(25)00084-8/
Katharina #IDSky #womeninstem
October 27, 2025 at 9:56 AM
📣In a longitudinal analysis of top ID journals, gender balance is projected for women first authors in 2028 - but for women last authors, only in 2043
The proportion of women editors is projected to remain low
https://www.cmi-comms.org/article/S2950-5909(25)00084-8/
Katharina #IDSky #womeninstem
The proportion of women editors is projected to remain low
https://www.cmi-comms.org/article/S2950-5909(25)00084-8/
Katharina #IDSky #womeninstem
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We are looking for candidates for a new fully-funded joint PhD position at the Universities of Toronto and Melbourne, working on RCTs in bloodstream infection (BALANCE+, SNAP, STRAP).
More info here: forms.gle/H9TXEMkwM1cb...
Please spread far and wide!
@steventong.bsky.social #IDSky
More info here: forms.gle/H9TXEMkwM1cb...
Please spread far and wide!
@steventong.bsky.social #IDSky
forms.gle
October 27, 2025 at 5:44 AM
We are looking for candidates for a new fully-funded joint PhD position at the Universities of Toronto and Melbourne, working on RCTs in bloodstream infection (BALANCE+, SNAP, STRAP).
More info here: forms.gle/H9TXEMkwM1cb...
Please spread far and wide!
@steventong.bsky.social #IDSky
More info here: forms.gle/H9TXEMkwM1cb...
Please spread far and wide!
@steventong.bsky.social #IDSky
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New Personal View
Future-proofing tuberculosis therapy: framework for concurrent drug and resistance testing development
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Future-proofing tuberculosis therapy: framework for concurrent drug and resistance testing development
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Future-proofing tuberculosis therapy: framework for concurrent drug and resistance testing development
The rapid emergence of resistance to novel tuberculosis drugs, such as bedaquiline,
is a key threat to the long-term effectiveness of novel regimens. Given that the introduction
of these agents has en...
www.thelancet.com
October 26, 2025 at 12:31 PM
New Personal View
Future-proofing tuberculosis therapy: framework for concurrent drug and resistance testing development
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Future-proofing tuberculosis therapy: framework for concurrent drug and resistance testing development
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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This popped up in my @cmijournal.bsky.social email today.
Had read but forgotten about the ImpresU study.
Methenamine reduces recurrent UTI but its cessation results in a paradoxical rebound beyond control.
Mechanism? 🤔
#IDSky #UTISky
www.clinicalmicrobiologyandinfection.org/article/S119...
Had read but forgotten about the ImpresU study.
Methenamine reduces recurrent UTI but its cessation results in a paradoxical rebound beyond control.
Mechanism? 🤔
#IDSky #UTISky
www.clinicalmicrobiologyandinfection.org/article/S119...
Methenamine hippurate as prophylaxis for recurrent urinary tract infections in older women—a triple-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled, phase IV trial (ImpresU)
This study aims to investigate the preventive effect of the antiseptic methenamine
hippurate on recurrent urinary tract infections (rUTIs) in older women.
www.clinicalmicrobiologyandinfection.org
October 25, 2025 at 7:33 AM
This popped up in my @cmijournal.bsky.social email today.
Had read but forgotten about the ImpresU study.
Methenamine reduces recurrent UTI but its cessation results in a paradoxical rebound beyond control.
Mechanism? 🤔
#IDSky #UTISky
www.clinicalmicrobiologyandinfection.org/article/S119...
Had read but forgotten about the ImpresU study.
Methenamine reduces recurrent UTI but its cessation results in a paradoxical rebound beyond control.
Mechanism? 🤔
#IDSky #UTISky
www.clinicalmicrobiologyandinfection.org/article/S119...
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Got my hand culture plates ready for a horror show today!
Nothing drives the point of hand hygiene better than showing folks what grows in unwashed hands 😱🧼
#IDSky
Nothing drives the point of hand hygiene better than showing folks what grows in unwashed hands 😱🧼
#IDSky
October 24, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Got my hand culture plates ready for a horror show today!
Nothing drives the point of hand hygiene better than showing folks what grows in unwashed hands 😱🧼
#IDSky
Nothing drives the point of hand hygiene better than showing folks what grows in unwashed hands 😱🧼
#IDSky
You'd get an eye roll at best from me.
But really you're going to drag your poor patient back for round 2 and 3 of IM benzathine. That stuff hurts!
But really you're going to drag your poor patient back for round 2 and 3 of IM benzathine. That stuff hurts!
“Antibiotic stewardship-induced syncope. It's a new diagnosis.”
The latest video in our partnership with @glaucomflecken.bsky.social summarizes a recent trial investigating whether a single dose or multiple doses of benzathine penicillin G is needed for early syphilis. 👉 nej.md/DrG28
The latest video in our partnership with @glaucomflecken.bsky.social summarizes a recent trial investigating whether a single dose or multiple doses of benzathine penicillin G is needed for early syphilis. 👉 nej.md/DrG28
October 21, 2025 at 7:40 PM
You'd get an eye roll at best from me.
But really you're going to drag your poor patient back for round 2 and 3 of IM benzathine. That stuff hurts!
But really you're going to drag your poor patient back for round 2 and 3 of IM benzathine. That stuff hurts!
Reposted by Catherine Berry (she/her)
October 20, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Love this so much. Greetings from online. 🌞
October 20, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Love this so much. Greetings from online. 🌞
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Fantastic - this will be an impactful study on treatment duration of blood stream Pseudomonas infection.
Our centre already mostly does 7 days (and my prediction is that this will be non-inferior) but it's RCT like these that will shift dial across the board with persuasive evidence.
#IDSky #AMR
Our centre already mostly does 7 days (and my prediction is that this will be non-inferior) but it's RCT like these that will shift dial across the board with persuasive evidence.
#IDSky #AMR
Recruitment for SHORTEN-2 is officially complete!
Our team is now wrapping up follow-up and polishing databases. Hope to have results ready in the first half of 2026!
Hats off to this awesome research team! 🥳
#AMSsky #IDsky @seimc.bsky.social @ciberisciii.bsky.social @ibis-investigacion.bsky.social
Our team is now wrapping up follow-up and polishing databases. Hope to have results ready in the first half of 2026!
Hats off to this awesome research team! 🥳
#AMSsky #IDsky @seimc.bsky.social @ciberisciii.bsky.social @ibis-investigacion.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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One of the most anticipated RCT in ID #idsky
🆕🔥🔥CloCeBa RCT
Cloxacillin versus cefazolin for MSSA Bacteraemia
Cefazolin has a non-inferior efficacy regarding mortality, microbiological or clinical endpoints and was associated with a lower rate of serious adverse events #IDSky
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Cloxacillin versus cefazolin for MSSA Bacteraemia
Cefazolin has a non-inferior efficacy regarding mortality, microbiological or clinical endpoints and was associated with a lower rate of serious adverse events #IDSky
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
October 19, 2025 at 4:41 AM
One of the most anticipated RCT in ID #idsky