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Henco Nel
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Infectious Diseases Trainee Registrar, Royal Perth Hospital 🇦🇺 #subcutantibiotics #microbiome #faecalTx #TxId #DFI #IDsky #MedSky @SNAP
Fantastic article!
Well done @elisemitri.bsky.social and @trubianojason.bsky.social
🆕🔥State-of-the-Art Review with 🌟s @trubianojason.bsky.social : Antibiotic Allergy—A Multidisciplinary Approach to Delabeling #idsky
url: academic.oup.com/cid/article/...
November 8, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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David Paterson and the ADVANCE-ID team are doing a lot of work for us summarizing recent literature on bacterial & fungal infections & therapies. If you aren't already receiving their bimonthly newsletters, you should! ad-id.co/subscribe

#IDSky #Clinmicro
October 15, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Happy to share our latest article that explores the optimal method to determine residual bone infection in DFI.

#IDSky #DiabeticFootInfections #Histopathology

Histopathological analysis from proximal bone samples during minor amp... www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Histopathological analysis from proximal bone samples during minor amputations for diabetes-related foot infections: A single-center, retrospective study
Minor amputations, defined as resection of bone below the ankle, are important procedures for managing diabetes-related foot infections (DFI). The opt…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 11, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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🆕🔥State of art review with many🌟s
+ Prof. Jason Roberts
Antibiotic therapy for severe bacterial infections
🟢When to start and not to start antibiotics?
🟢Mon vs combo Abx
🟢PK/PD principles
🟢Drug–drug inx
A #mustread article for ID professional #idsky
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
September 2, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Authors conclude: CSF pleocytosis important criterion for encephalitis diagnosis, but 23.7% of those with HSV-1 encephalitis exhibited an absence of pleocytosis on initial LP. Acyclovir initiation should not be delayed in the absence of pleocytosis in patients with suspected encephalitis. #IDSky
August 31, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Happy to share our latest publication that highlights various challenges when treating cryptococcal meningitis.

#IDSky
#IDCases
#OpenAccess

doi.org/10.1016/j.id...
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doi.org
June 14, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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Grants being written.
We want to do SNAP but for enterococcus.
Will include amp vs amp+ceftriaxone vs amp+gent comparison for enterococcal endocarditis.
@drtoddlee.bsky.social @gurujosh.bsky.social
May 4, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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📣 Lovely comprehensive new review on #histoplasmosis and #blastomycosis by @mikescolarici.bsky.social & @germatologist.bsky.social

Climate change means these #fungi are growing & spreading.
🙏 to these experts for keeping us up to date!

#IDSky #Clinmicro #MedSky

www.cmi-comms.com/article/S295...
Histoplasmosis and blastomycosis: Progress and possibilities
Histoplasmosis and blastomycosis are important global fungal infections that primarily start as pulmonary pathogens but can lead to disseminated, fatal disease requiring prolonged antifungal therapy.
www.cmi-comms.com
April 25, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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nothing I'd rather wake up at 5am to do than talk to @angelahuttner.bsky.social (while she's vacationing in Greece!) & @steventong.bsky.social @gurujosh.bsky.social in Australia about SNAP Trial results presented at #ECSMIDGlobal

Joint Communicable/Breakpoints episode dropping on May 5th!! #idsky
April 23, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Excited that at #ESCMIDGlobal 2025, SNAP trial results for PSSA and MSSA silo backbone domains will be presented.

What's more it's a new format 2 hour session! 3 trials (SNAPx2, CLOCEBA), with expert led & audience discussion.

Sat April 12 16:15 - 18:15 Hall 13

Drinks after

@escmid.bsky.social
March 7, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Check out our latest publication in @ofidjournal.bsky.social led by Usha Manickavasagar.

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We describe the diverse clinical presentations, attributable mortality rate, and ill-defined treatment of Mycobacterium bovis infections after intra-vesical BCG installation.
https://academic.oup.com/ofid/article/12/2/ofaf070/8004994
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February 25, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Happy to share our latest publication #IDsky

Disseminated enterovirus infection treated with intravenous immunoglobulin in a patient on maintenance ocrelizumab for multiple sclerosis casereports.bmj.com/content/18/1...
Disseminated enterovirus infection treated with intravenous immunoglobulin in a patient on maintenance ocrelizumab for multiple sclerosis
We present a case of a woman in her 40s with disseminated enterovirus infection in the setting of maintenance therapy with ocrelizumab for relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis. The patient originall...
casereports.bmj.com
January 10, 2025 at 1:28 AM