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Dr Neil Stone
@drneilstone.bsky.social
Infectious Diseases specialist doctor in London. Fungal disease researcher (UCL). Officially the 1st person to use word #Covid (according to the Oxford English Dictionary. Really). Personal views only.
Should doctors stay on Twitter /X?

I argue YES

@germhuntermd.bsky.social says...get OUT and join the X-odus...

See what you think

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
October 16, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Did you know..75% of wine has significant levels of azole antifungals in it? (German wine anyway)

Potential consequences for driving resistance...

#IDSky #ISHAM
May 22, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Did you know?

Bob Dylan had histoplasmosis...nearly killed him in 1997

#IDSky #ISHAM
May 21, 2025 at 6:28 PM
21% of patients with advanced HIV here in Brazil 🇧🇷 have a positive histoplasma antigen...that's a huge number

#IDSky #ISHAM
May 21, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Global burden of histoplasmosis is growing

But we don't know what to do with asymptomatic histoplasma antigen positivity

#IDSky #ISHAM
May 21, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Terrific update on histoplasmosis by expert Antoine Adenis from Cayenne, French Guyana

We are seeing more and more cases diagnosed in the UK in travellers to endemic areas.

Easier to diagnose than ever before with new rapid tests.

#ISHAM #IDsky @msgerc.bsky.social
May 21, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Great to be at the ISHAM 2025 @ISHAM_Mycology meeting at spectacular Iguazu, Brazil 🇧🇷!

#IDSky #infectiousdiseases
May 21, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Peripheral blood film
April 26, 2025 at 3:48 PM
The publishing model has to change

Big journals make BILLIONS on margins unheard of in any other business

@oana-sandulescu.bsky.social @hoferu.bsky.social @angelahuttner.bsky.social @anniejoseph.bsky.social @escmid.bsky.social

#escmidglobal2025
April 15, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Now we have @anniejoseph.bsky.social discussing the peer review process

Reminding us we are in the city of Semmelweiss who's ideas about infection control were ridiculed

He was right!

#escmidglobal2025
April 15, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Great tip here

If you aren't sure if a journal is legit or not, look it up on the DOAJ website

#escmidglobal2025 @hoferu.bsky.social
April 15, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Next up in our session is Lancet ID editor @hoferu.bsky.social telling us how to avoid the trap of predatory journals

@oana-sandulescu.bsky.social @anniejoseph.bsky.social @angelahuttner.bsky.social @escmid.bsky.social
April 15, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Great opening by @angelahuttner.bsky.social in our session on guiding you through the publication process here at #escmidglobal2025 in Vienna.

I'll be speaking about social media later!
April 15, 2025 at 6:42 AM
JD Vanc-omycin
March 7, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Reading yet another invitation to review a journal article
February 2, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Meet Professors Rogan and Gibson, specialists in pseudoscience
January 12, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Make America Healthy Again!
December 22, 2024 at 5:05 PM
RFK Junior telling Donald Trump that we really must look into vaccines and whether they cause autism
December 12, 2024 at 3:56 PM
Loo with a view
December 4, 2024 at 1:49 PM
Delighted to be at the beautiful QE2 centre in central London for the BSAC Winter meeting.

Excellent to hear from MP Zubir Ahmed, surgeon (and fellow Glaswegian!) reiterating government commitment to tackling antibiotic resistance
December 4, 2024 at 11:26 AM
I stay on Twitter for the fan mail
December 3, 2024 at 1:12 PM
Remember seeing people with this?

Smallpox?

No?

Guess why

#VaccinesWork
November 30, 2024 at 1:24 PM
Meanwhile at the other place
November 28, 2024 at 8:06 AM
Now we have MAGBA

MAKE AMERICA GREAT BARRINGTON AGAIN
November 27, 2024 at 8:16 PM
The picks to lead US health policy and research are a perfect example of how quickly fringe extremists can come to power.

That's why they should not be dismissed and ignored.

Because all of a sudden it's too late
November 27, 2024 at 2:55 PM