Eliza Gil
elizagil.bsky.social
Eliza Gil
@elizagil.bsky.social
NIHR clinical lecturer and infectious diseases/microbiology doctor. Enthusiastic about all things streptococcal and pyogenic. And food.
This also applies to microbiology training in my experience. Initial overwhelm often followed by disproportionate confidence once antibiotic choices feel more familiar. The FRCPath exams are definitely a potent driver of the "I'll never understand this!" stage
Having trained in excess of 60 GPs - I understand the complexity & risk involved in treating patients in primary care

I know how hard it is to learn & that’s why I have come to considered conclusion that seeing undiagnosed/undifferentiated patients is not safe without training

#TeamGP
May 3, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Reposted by Eliza Gil
Today is the big day for Notifiable Diseases in England. Eight (8) diseases today join the list of those that doctors in England are required to notify suspected cases of to @ukhsa.bsky.social.

Following a long consultation and a lot of work across UKHSA and DHSC, these additions will: (1/4)
April 6, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Reposted by Eliza Gil
Academic Clinical Lecturer Posts in Infection now out: for people training in ID in UK & hold/imminently completing PhD.

2 posts @lshtm.bsky.social
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1 at St Georges & 1 at Kings
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UK ID people please share!!
March 28, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Collaboration with @ukhsa.bsky.social, inspired by clinicians' hunches, confirms that brain abscesses are increasing in incidence in England, especially in children. Streptococcus anginosus group organisms playing a significant role. Lots to unpick!
academic.oup.com/ofid/article...
P-921. A Decade of Changing Incidence and Microbial Aetiology of Brain Abscesses in England between 2014 and 2023
AbstractBackground. Following international and anecdotal domestic reports of post-pandemic increases in incidence of brain abscesses, including from the U
academic.oup.com
February 1, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Glad to see this article being challenged - the idea that no one has noticed a flourishing brain microbiome including staphylococci and streptococci, which are readily cultured and identified, really stretches credulity!

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December 3, 2024 at 10:51 AM
Anyone else seeing more patients with brain abscess or intracranial empyema? Check out our review of Streptococcus intermedius CNS infection www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.....
If you're interested in Strep anginosus group or pyogenic brain infection I'd love to chat.

Fig made in #Biorender
November 29, 2024 at 7:55 AM