dmw
@dxmicrobiology.bsky.social
Microbiologist, Ph.D., D(ABMM) Views are my own.
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It's not just Louisiana. Pertussis (whooping cough) has surged globally since the pandemic ended. The infection can be spread by asymptomatic immune individuals, so it's critically important for everyone to be vaccinated, especially babies and pregnant women. Most kids get pertussis from adults.
September 13, 2025 at 3:01 AM
It's not just Louisiana. Pertussis (whooping cough) has surged globally since the pandemic ended. The infection can be spread by asymptomatic immune individuals, so it's critically important for everyone to be vaccinated, especially babies and pregnant women. Most kids get pertussis from adults.
Your contribution is needed ASAP to fuel this existential fight and save science in America.
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August 31, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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The American Society for Microbiology’s evidence-based laboratory medicine practice guidelines for the diagnosis of bloodstream infections using rapid tests: a systematic review and meta-analysis | Clinical Microbiology Reviews journals.asm.org/doi/full/10....
The American Society for Microbiology’s evidence-based laboratory medicine practice guidelines for the diagnosis of bloodstream infections using rapid tests: a systematic review and meta-analysis | Cl...
SUMMARYBloodstream infections (BSIs) are a significant cause of mortality and morbidity.
Rapid identification of pathogens and detection of a few resistance markers from positive
blood cultures are no...
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June 22, 2025 at 11:42 PM
The American Society for Microbiology’s evidence-based laboratory medicine practice guidelines for the diagnosis of bloodstream infections using rapid tests: a systematic review and meta-analysis | Clinical Microbiology Reviews journals.asm.org/doi/full/10....
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I've seen your comments online, and I've talked to you out on the road, on our main streets, and at the grocery store. I know people are worried and scared right now.
But you are not powerless.
Each of us has a responsibility to do our part. Your voice matters — and we need you to speak up.
But you are not powerless.
Each of us has a responsibility to do our part. Your voice matters — and we need you to speak up.
April 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
I've seen your comments online, and I've talked to you out on the road, on our main streets, and at the grocery store. I know people are worried and scared right now.
But you are not powerless.
Each of us has a responsibility to do our part. Your voice matters — and we need you to speak up.
But you are not powerless.
Each of us has a responsibility to do our part. Your voice matters — and we need you to speak up.
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Massachusetts & Connecticut warn of a potential rise in children with neurological complications from the flu. Clinicians are urged to test and report any new symptoms.
This comes as we learn preparations for next year's flu vaccine face uncertainty.
www.wgbh.org/news/health/...
This comes as we learn preparations for next year's flu vaccine face uncertainty.
www.wgbh.org/news/health/...
Rare neurologic complication of flu in children triggers state health advisory
Public health officials warn providers in the state about a possible connection to a rare neurologic complication tied to the flu in children.
www.wgbh.org
February 27, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Massachusetts & Connecticut warn of a potential rise in children with neurological complications from the flu. Clinicians are urged to test and report any new symptoms.
This comes as we learn preparations for next year's flu vaccine face uncertainty.
www.wgbh.org/news/health/...
This comes as we learn preparations for next year's flu vaccine face uncertainty.
www.wgbh.org/news/health/...
journals.asm.org/doi/epub/10..... 🧪 Thank you to all the amazing people at CDC and ASM who worked to create a pathway to document the impact of clinical microbiology practices to improve healthcare outcomes. #MicroStrong
The American Society for Microbiology collaboration with the CDC Laboratory Medicine Best Practices initiative for evidence-based laboratory medicine
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February 26, 2025 at 2:00 AM
journals.asm.org/doi/epub/10..... 🧪 Thank you to all the amazing people at CDC and ASM who worked to create a pathway to document the impact of clinical microbiology practices to improve healthcare outcomes. #MicroStrong
www.cnn.com/2025/02/14/h.... It’s not too late to get a flu shot. Protect yourself and loved ones each year.
An intense flu season is filling hospitals with severely ill patients | CNN
The US is in the throes an unusually intense and severe flu season, with hospitalization rates topping the levels seen with Covid-19 at some points of the pandemic.
www.cnn.com
February 19, 2025 at 11:23 AM
www.cnn.com/2025/02/14/h.... It’s not too late to get a flu shot. Protect yourself and loved ones each year.
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Read the news and views by Carolina Polonio & Francisco Quintana @natimmunol.bsky.social
Intestinal microbiome metabolites control sepsis outcome
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Intestinal microbiome metabolites control sepsis outcome
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
January 30, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Read the news and views by Carolina Polonio & Francisco Quintana @natimmunol.bsky.social
Intestinal microbiome metabolites control sepsis outcome
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Intestinal microbiome metabolites control sepsis outcome
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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This is how a dictator acts.
Sending 30K migrants to Guantanamo—a place w/ repeated human rights violations—is an attempt to evade our legal system & act in the shadows hundreds of miles away.
REMINDER—the U.S. affords weaker due process/legal rights for people detained there.
Sending 30K migrants to Guantanamo—a place w/ repeated human rights violations—is an attempt to evade our legal system & act in the shadows hundreds of miles away.
REMINDER—the U.S. affords weaker due process/legal rights for people detained there.
BREAKING: Trump announced he'll order the opening of a detention center at Guantanamo Bay to house up to 30,000 immigrants suspected of being in the country illegally.
Trump says he'll hold undocumented immigrants at Guantanamo Bay
Trump made the announcement just before signing the Laken Riley Act.
www.axios.com
January 29, 2025 at 10:21 PM
This is how a dictator acts.
Sending 30K migrants to Guantanamo—a place w/ repeated human rights violations—is an attempt to evade our legal system & act in the shadows hundreds of miles away.
REMINDER—the U.S. affords weaker due process/legal rights for people detained there.
Sending 30K migrants to Guantanamo—a place w/ repeated human rights violations—is an attempt to evade our legal system & act in the shadows hundreds of miles away.
REMINDER—the U.S. affords weaker due process/legal rights for people detained there.
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New Journal Club:
Predicting child health with gut microbiome development trajectories
by Douglas Johnson & Roshonda Jones @blackinmicro.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Predicting child health with gut microbiome development trajectories
by Douglas Johnson & Roshonda Jones @blackinmicro.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Predicting child health with gut microbiome development trajectories - Nature Microbiology
Nature Microbiology - Predicting child health with gut microbiome development trajectories
www.nature.com
January 30, 2025 at 9:14 AM
New Journal Club:
Predicting child health with gut microbiome development trajectories
by Douglas Johnson & Roshonda Jones @blackinmicro.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Predicting child health with gut microbiome development trajectories
by Douglas Johnson & Roshonda Jones @blackinmicro.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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OUT NOW: Longitudinal phage–bacteria dynamics in the early life gut microbiome
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Longitudinal phage–bacteria dynamics in the early life gut microbiome - Nature Microbiology
Reanalysis of 12,262 longitudinal infant gut microbiome samples using the Marker-MAGu pipeline revealed phage–bacteria dynamics over the first year of life.
www.nature.com
January 27, 2025 at 3:38 PM
OUT NOW: Longitudinal phage–bacteria dynamics in the early life gut microbiome
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, we mourn the six million Jewish people and countless others who were murdered in the Holocaust by the forces of hate and bigotry.
Now more than ever, we cannot be silent in the face of evil. #NeverAgain
Now more than ever, we cannot be silent in the face of evil. #NeverAgain
January 27, 2025 at 7:33 PM
On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, we mourn the six million Jewish people and countless others who were murdered in the Holocaust by the forces of hate and bigotry.
Now more than ever, we cannot be silent in the face of evil. #NeverAgain
Now more than ever, we cannot be silent in the face of evil. #NeverAgain
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SARS-CoV-2 cellular coinfection is limited by superinfection exclusion. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.26.634807v1
January 28, 2025 at 3:17 AM
SARS-CoV-2 cellular coinfection is limited by superinfection exclusion. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.26.634807v1
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We suggest voting with your spending.
We can best help our friends by not supporting the companies that don't support them. Dividing us is their first goal. Fact is this is how the holocaust started. Creating divisions and vilifying "the other guy"
www.axios.com/2025/01/16/d...
We can best help our friends by not supporting the companies that don't support them. Dividing us is their first goal. Fact is this is how the holocaust started. Creating divisions and vilifying "the other guy"
www.axios.com/2025/01/16/d...
Which companies are rolling back DEI and which are standing firm
Calls for ending these corporate initiatives are intensifying in Trump's second term.
www.axios.com
January 28, 2025 at 5:54 AM
We suggest voting with your spending.
We can best help our friends by not supporting the companies that don't support them. Dividing us is their first goal. Fact is this is how the holocaust started. Creating divisions and vilifying "the other guy"
www.axios.com/2025/01/16/d...
We can best help our friends by not supporting the companies that don't support them. Dividing us is their first goal. Fact is this is how the holocaust started. Creating divisions and vilifying "the other guy"
www.axios.com/2025/01/16/d...
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Monday's ceremony in Poland is regarded as the likely last major observance of Auschwitz's liberation that any notable number of survivors will be able to attend, due to their advanced ages.
Auschwitz survivors mark Holocaust Remembrance Day 80 years after liberation
Monday's ceremony in Poland is regarded as the likely last major observance of Auschwitz's liberation that any notable number of survivors will be able to attend, due to their advanced ages.
www.npr.org
January 27, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Monday's ceremony in Poland is regarded as the likely last major observance of Auschwitz's liberation that any notable number of survivors will be able to attend, due to their advanced ages.
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A mechanistic understanding of the effect of Staphylococcus aureus VraS histidine kinase single point mutation on antibiotic resistance https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.06.631495v1
January 7, 2025 at 7:20 AM
A mechanistic understanding of the effect of Staphylococcus aureus VraS histidine kinase single point mutation on antibiotic resistance https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.06.631495v1
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New NEWS & VIEWS out now - Zinc-dependent β-lactam resistance at a cost
By Jacob Choby & David Weiss @jakechoby.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
By Jacob Choby & David Weiss @jakechoby.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Zinc-dependent β-lactam resistance at a cost - Nature Microbiology
Chemical genomics reveals the fitness cost of bacterial metallo-β-lactamase in zinc-deplete environments, with implications for treatment options.
www.nature.com
January 7, 2025 at 1:29 PM
New NEWS & VIEWS out now - Zinc-dependent β-lactam resistance at a cost
By Jacob Choby & David Weiss @jakechoby.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
By Jacob Choby & David Weiss @jakechoby.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Health officials in Louisiana say a person there has died after catching bird flu. This marks the first reported death in the U.S. from the virus during the current outbreak.
First bird flu death reported in the U.S., according to the CDC
Health officials in Louisiana say a person there has died after catching bird flu. This marks the first reported death in the U.S. from the virus during the current outbreak.
www.npr.org
January 7, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Health officials in Louisiana say a person there has died after catching bird flu. This marks the first reported death in the U.S. from the virus during the current outbreak.
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🦠🔍 Tracking Pathogen Evolution in Real Time
A new tool, 'phylowave', has been developed to help scientists track how viruses and bacteria evolve. It identifies new variants with increased fitness, offering insights into diseases like #COVID19 and flu.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#SciComm 🧪
A new tool, 'phylowave', has been developed to help scientists track how viruses and bacteria evolve. It identifies new variants with increased fitness, offering insights into diseases like #COVID19 and flu.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#SciComm 🧪
Learning the fitness dynamics of pathogens from phylogenies - Nature
Phylowave, an innovative phylogenetic approach, can identify the main circulating pathogen lineages with increased fitness and the associated genetic changes, enabling the timely identification of eme...
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January 3, 2025 at 5:59 AM
🦠🔍 Tracking Pathogen Evolution in Real Time
A new tool, 'phylowave', has been developed to help scientists track how viruses and bacteria evolve. It identifies new variants with increased fitness, offering insights into diseases like #COVID19 and flu.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#SciComm 🧪
A new tool, 'phylowave', has been developed to help scientists track how viruses and bacteria evolve. It identifies new variants with increased fitness, offering insights into diseases like #COVID19 and flu.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#SciComm 🧪
For Clinical Microbiology Laboratories who are considering NGS technology 🧪 www.jmdjournal.org/article/S152...
January 1, 2025 at 3:39 PM
For Clinical Microbiology Laboratories who are considering NGS technology 🧪 www.jmdjournal.org/article/S152...
Clinical microbiologists dedicated to making improvements in diagnostic practice. 🧪
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journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
The American Society for Microbiology collaboration with the CDC Laboratory Medicine Best Practices initiative for evidence-based laboratory medicine | Clinical Microbiology Reviews
SUMMARYClinical medicine has embraced the use of evidence for patient treatment decisions;
however, the evaluation strategy for evidence in laboratory medicine practices has
lagged. It was not until t...
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December 22, 2024 at 2:21 PM
Clinical microbiologists dedicated to making improvements in diagnostic practice. 🧪
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
People with pre-existing respiratory and cardiac illness and the immunocompromised are at greater risk of severe infections. If you feel like you are getting a cold (you know the feeling), keep to yourself; stop the spread. No excuse to say adeno anymore, now you know. www.cdc.gov/madenovirus/...
About Adenovirus
Learn about adenoviruses -- symptoms, how it spreads, and prevention and treatment.
www.cdc.gov
December 22, 2024 at 11:45 AM
People with pre-existing respiratory and cardiac illness and the immunocompromised are at greater risk of severe infections. If you feel like you are getting a cold (you know the feeling), keep to yourself; stop the spread. No excuse to say adeno anymore, now you know. www.cdc.gov/madenovirus/...
Remember to fully cook your eggs especially for children, elders, and other compromised individuals. Also don’t cross contaminate surfaces or utensils. Salmonella is no yoke.
Eggs sold at Costco recalled due to salmonella concerns | CNN
More than 10,000 cartons of organic eggs sold at Costco stores are being recalled due to concerns about potential salmonella contamination.
www.cnn.com
December 1, 2024 at 12:42 AM
Remember to fully cook your eggs especially for children, elders, and other compromised individuals. Also don’t cross contaminate surfaces or utensils. Salmonella is no yoke.