Krista Gens
@kristadgens.bsky.social
ID PharmD and System ASP Manager in #Minnesota
Passionate about #OneHealth
#AMSsky #IDsky #pharmsky
Passionate about #OneHealth
#AMSsky #IDsky #pharmsky
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📢 Excited to announce our new research is now published in the JIC! 🎉
🔍 What were we seeing? 3 g of cefazolin for cellulitis in obese patients.
🚪 Why DOOR? It combines efficacy and safety outcomes.
💡 What did we find? 3 g might be a good idea.
lnkd.in/gbP4sx_7
@ebhirsch.bsky.social
🔍 What were we seeing? 3 g of cefazolin for cellulitis in obese patients.
🚪 Why DOOR? It combines efficacy and safety outcomes.
💡 What did we find? 3 g might be a good idea.
lnkd.in/gbP4sx_7
@ebhirsch.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 6:34 PM
📢 Excited to announce our new research is now published in the JIC! 🎉
🔍 What were we seeing? 3 g of cefazolin for cellulitis in obese patients.
🚪 Why DOOR? It combines efficacy and safety outcomes.
💡 What did we find? 3 g might be a good idea.
lnkd.in/gbP4sx_7
@ebhirsch.bsky.social
🔍 What were we seeing? 3 g of cefazolin for cellulitis in obese patients.
🚪 Why DOOR? It combines efficacy and safety outcomes.
💡 What did we find? 3 g might be a good idea.
lnkd.in/gbP4sx_7
@ebhirsch.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 5:11 PM
📢 Excited to announce our new research is now published in the JIC! 🎉
🔍 What were we seeing? 3 g of cefazolin for cellulitis in obese patients.
🚪 Why DOOR? It combines efficacy and safety outcomes.
💡 What did we find? 3 g might be a good idea.
lnkd.in/gbP4sx_7
@ebhirsch.bsky.social
🔍 What were we seeing? 3 g of cefazolin for cellulitis in obese patients.
🚪 Why DOOR? It combines efficacy and safety outcomes.
💡 What did we find? 3 g might be a good idea.
lnkd.in/gbP4sx_7
@ebhirsch.bsky.social
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🚨 New #Breakpoints episode out today!
It was a pleasure to talk all things microbiome-related 🦠 💩 w/ @kristadgens.bsky.social & Dr. Javier Villafuerte Gálvez.
👇🏻Link below! And that infographic is oh so cute ☺️
@sidpharm.bsky.social
It was a pleasure to talk all things microbiome-related 🦠 💩 w/ @kristadgens.bsky.social & Dr. Javier Villafuerte Gálvez.
👇🏻Link below! And that infographic is oh so cute ☺️
@sidpharm.bsky.social
Dr. Julie Ann Justo is joined by experts Drs. Krista Gens and Javier A. Villafuerte Gálvez as they dive deep into the gut microbiome to explore the latest therapeutic frontier for C. difficile infections. This podcast was supported by an unrestricted grant from Nestlé Health Science sidp.pinecast.co
November 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
🚨 New #Breakpoints episode out today!
It was a pleasure to talk all things microbiome-related 🦠 💩 w/ @kristadgens.bsky.social & Dr. Javier Villafuerte Gálvez.
👇🏻Link below! And that infographic is oh so cute ☺️
@sidpharm.bsky.social
It was a pleasure to talk all things microbiome-related 🦠 💩 w/ @kristadgens.bsky.social & Dr. Javier Villafuerte Gálvez.
👇🏻Link below! And that infographic is oh so cute ☺️
@sidpharm.bsky.social
🎧 Stepped out of my comfort zone! I joined a podcast to nerd out about microbiome-based therapeutics—aka turning bugs 🦠 into 💊 drugs.
Side note: why does your voice sound so different outside of your own head?
Big thanks to @juliejusto.bsky.social and Dr. Villafuerte Galvez - it was a pleaslure!
Side note: why does your voice sound so different outside of your own head?
Big thanks to @juliejusto.bsky.social and Dr. Villafuerte Galvez - it was a pleaslure!
Dr. Julie Ann Justo is joined by experts Drs. Krista Gens and Javier A. Villafuerte Gálvez as they dive deep into the gut microbiome to explore the latest therapeutic frontier for C. difficile infections. This podcast was supported by an unrestricted grant from Nestlé Health Science sidp.pinecast.co
November 14, 2025 at 3:33 PM
🎧 Stepped out of my comfort zone! I joined a podcast to nerd out about microbiome-based therapeutics—aka turning bugs 🦠 into 💊 drugs.
Side note: why does your voice sound so different outside of your own head?
Big thanks to @juliejusto.bsky.social and Dr. Villafuerte Galvez - it was a pleaslure!
Side note: why does your voice sound so different outside of your own head?
Big thanks to @juliejusto.bsky.social and Dr. Villafuerte Galvez - it was a pleaslure!
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To learn more about opportunities to improve antibiotic use in adults and kids, please join us on Nov 20 at 12:00 noon CST for an enlightening discussion with Drs @tttimbrook.bsky.social, Chanu Rhee, and Jeffrey S. Gerber. CE is available! www.cidrap.umn.edu/antimicrobia...
October 23, 2025 at 8:32 PM
To learn more about opportunities to improve antibiotic use in adults and kids, please join us on Nov 20 at 12:00 noon CST for an enlightening discussion with Drs @tttimbrook.bsky.social, Chanu Rhee, and Jeffrey S. Gerber. CE is available! www.cidrap.umn.edu/antimicrobia...
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Retsef Levi continues to demonstrate his complete lack of knowledge about epidemiology and public health.
He says ACIP will now focus on “Personalized risk-benefit analyses vs. 'safe & effective”.
Personalized risk-benefit is the very important role of healthcare providers, not ACIP.
He says ACIP will now focus on “Personalized risk-benefit analyses vs. 'safe & effective”.
Personalized risk-benefit is the very important role of healthcare providers, not ACIP.
September 19, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Retsef Levi continues to demonstrate his complete lack of knowledge about epidemiology and public health.
He says ACIP will now focus on “Personalized risk-benefit analyses vs. 'safe & effective”.
Personalized risk-benefit is the very important role of healthcare providers, not ACIP.
He says ACIP will now focus on “Personalized risk-benefit analyses vs. 'safe & effective”.
Personalized risk-benefit is the very important role of healthcare providers, not ACIP.
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1/ Today and tomorrow, #ACIP —the external body that sets vaccine policy—is holding a special session. One item on the agenda is the highly anticipated vote for the Covid vaccine. We’re expecting VAERS data to be misused to suggest 25 pediatric deaths were caused by the vaccine. Here are the facts👇
September 18, 2025 at 3:17 PM
1/ Today and tomorrow, #ACIP —the external body that sets vaccine policy—is holding a special session. One item on the agenda is the highly anticipated vote for the Covid vaccine. We’re expecting VAERS data to be misused to suggest 25 pediatric deaths were caused by the vaccine. Here are the facts👇
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As national medical, scientific, public health and patient organizations, we call for the resignation of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to ensure the health of the American people.
Our statement: https://bit.ly/45LeJHi
Our statement: https://bit.ly/45LeJHi
September 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM
As national medical, scientific, public health and patient organizations, we call for the resignation of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to ensure the health of the American people.
Our statement: https://bit.ly/45LeJHi
Our statement: https://bit.ly/45LeJHi
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🚨BREAKING: IDSA, along with AAP, APHA, ACP and others, has filed a lawsuit against HHS/Secretary Kennedy to stop unlawful changes to vaccine policy and defend public health.
We refuse to stand by while America’s public health safeguards are torn apart. bit.ly/4lm7UkW
We refuse to stand by while America’s public health safeguards are torn apart. bit.ly/4lm7UkW
July 7, 2025 at 5:19 PM
🚨BREAKING: IDSA, along with AAP, APHA, ACP and others, has filed a lawsuit against HHS/Secretary Kennedy to stop unlawful changes to vaccine policy and defend public health.
We refuse to stand by while America’s public health safeguards are torn apart. bit.ly/4lm7UkW
We refuse to stand by while America’s public health safeguards are torn apart. bit.ly/4lm7UkW
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1/ It’s day 2 of ACIP’s first meeting with members appointed by RFK Jr. Today, they’re discussing the #MMRVvaccine, and I expect it will include concerns about febrile seizures and safety. Here’s a quick breakdown of what you should know👇
June 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
1/ It’s day 2 of ACIP’s first meeting with members appointed by RFK Jr. Today, they’re discussing the #MMRVvaccine, and I expect it will include concerns about febrile seizures and safety. Here’s a quick breakdown of what you should know👇
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I’m a physician who has looked at hundreds of studies of vaccine safety, and here’s some of what RFK Jr. gets wrong
by @jakescottmd.bsky.social (congrats Jake - keep it up!)
theconversation.com/im-a-physici...
by @jakescottmd.bsky.social (congrats Jake - keep it up!)
theconversation.com/im-a-physici...
I’m a physician who has looked at hundreds of studies of vaccine safety, and here’s some of what RFK Jr. gets wrong
The health secretary has made many inaccurate statements about vaccines. But the science is clear that vaccines have dramatically reduced childhood illness, disability and death.
theconversation.com
June 26, 2025 at 1:18 PM
I’m a physician who has looked at hundreds of studies of vaccine safety, and here’s some of what RFK Jr. gets wrong
by @jakescottmd.bsky.social (congrats Jake - keep it up!)
theconversation.com/im-a-physici...
by @jakescottmd.bsky.social (congrats Jake - keep it up!)
theconversation.com/im-a-physici...
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Kulldorff starts by saying that mercury is a toxin (incorrect- it's a toxicant), and raises concerns about cumulative exposures to mercury.
If only we had guidelines that ensured mercury exposure remained below toxic thresholds...
www.fda.gov/food/consume...
If only we had guidelines that ensured mercury exposure remained below toxic thresholds...
www.fda.gov/food/consume...
Advice About Eating Fish
For Those Who Might Become or Are Pregnant or Breastfeeding and Children Ages 1 - 11 Years
www.fda.gov
June 26, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Kulldorff starts by saying that mercury is a toxin (incorrect- it's a toxicant), and raises concerns about cumulative exposures to mercury.
If only we had guidelines that ensured mercury exposure remained below toxic thresholds...
www.fda.gov/food/consume...
If only we had guidelines that ensured mercury exposure remained below toxic thresholds...
www.fda.gov/food/consume...
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Redwood now wants to go back to the 2004 IOM report and play mechanisms games about neuroinflammation and autism.
Again ignoring that after the removal of thimerosal-containing vaccines from the US supply, the rates of autism continued to rise.
Again ignoring that after the removal of thimerosal-containing vaccines from the US supply, the rates of autism continued to rise.
June 26, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Redwood now wants to go back to the 2004 IOM report and play mechanisms games about neuroinflammation and autism.
Again ignoring that after the removal of thimerosal-containing vaccines from the US supply, the rates of autism continued to rise.
Again ignoring that after the removal of thimerosal-containing vaccines from the US supply, the rates of autism continued to rise.
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Next we have antivaccine propaganda about thimerosal:
www.cdc.gov/acip/downloa...
This presentation previously had citations that did not exist, suggestive of AI bullshit (I am told this is the technical term in the field):
www.cnn.com/2025/06/24/h...
www.cdc.gov/acip/downloa...
This presentation previously had citations that did not exist, suggestive of AI bullshit (I am told this is the technical term in the field):
www.cnn.com/2025/06/24/h...
www.cdc.gov
June 26, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Next we have antivaccine propaganda about thimerosal:
www.cdc.gov/acip/downloa...
This presentation previously had citations that did not exist, suggestive of AI bullshit (I am told this is the technical term in the field):
www.cnn.com/2025/06/24/h...
www.cdc.gov/acip/downloa...
This presentation previously had citations that did not exist, suggestive of AI bullshit (I am told this is the technical term in the field):
www.cnn.com/2025/06/24/h...
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1/ Today, #ACIP —the U.S. committee that sets vaccine policy—is meeting for the first time under new RFK Jr.–appointed members. One hot topic? The safety of thimerosal-containing flu vaccines. Let’s break down what it is, why it matters, and what’s at stake. 🧵
June 25, 2025 at 6:35 PM
1/ Today, #ACIP —the U.S. committee that sets vaccine policy—is meeting for the first time under new RFK Jr.–appointed members. One hot topic? The safety of thimerosal-containing flu vaccines. Let’s break down what it is, why it matters, and what’s at stake. 🧵
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Watching what I can of the ACIP meeting; currently on COVID in kids; yes, kids still getting hospitalized. 1 in 4 end up in ICU. Most are unvaccinated, deaths are rare but are occurring (23 since 2023). Yes, that is far more than the deaths from COVID vaccines (zero) #factsmatter
June 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Watching what I can of the ACIP meeting; currently on COVID in kids; yes, kids still getting hospitalized. 1 in 4 end up in ICU. Most are unvaccinated, deaths are rare but are occurring (23 since 2023). Yes, that is far more than the deaths from COVID vaccines (zero) #factsmatter
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Parents deserve information they can trust. The AAP has published the childhood immunization schedule for decades that has been grounded in science and relied upon by pediatricians and families alike. If you have questions, your pediatrician is your best source for answers and guidance.
June 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Parents deserve information they can trust. The AAP has published the childhood immunization schedule for decades that has been grounded in science and relied upon by pediatricians and families alike. If you have questions, your pediatrician is your best source for answers and guidance.
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THREAD: A Critical Review of Lyn Redwood’s Thimerosal Presentation to ACIP (June 2025)
Redwood, an antivaccine activist, presented outdated and misleading claims about thimerosal to the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).
Let’s walk through what’s wrong.
Redwood, an antivaccine activist, presented outdated and misleading claims about thimerosal to the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).
Let’s walk through what’s wrong.
June 25, 2025 at 11:12 AM
THREAD: A Critical Review of Lyn Redwood’s Thimerosal Presentation to ACIP (June 2025)
Redwood, an antivaccine activist, presented outdated and misleading claims about thimerosal to the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).
Let’s walk through what’s wrong.
Redwood, an antivaccine activist, presented outdated and misleading claims about thimerosal to the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).
Let’s walk through what’s wrong.
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Kulldorff opening as ACIP Chair (generally to be the chair you have to have served on the committee for at least one year).
He begins by stating that people who believe that people who want every vaccine and people who want no vaccines are both wrong.
He begins by stating that people who believe that people who want every vaccine and people who want no vaccines are both wrong.
June 25, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Kulldorff opening as ACIP Chair (generally to be the chair you have to have served on the committee for at least one year).
He begins by stating that people who believe that people who want every vaccine and people who want no vaccines are both wrong.
He begins by stating that people who believe that people who want every vaccine and people who want no vaccines are both wrong.
What better way to celebrate #IDPharmacistsDay than by receiving recognition for our work in #AntibioticStewardship?
📣Allina Health has been awarded a 2025 Minnesota Hospital Association (MHA) Antibiotic Stewardship Award. 🎉
Accepting this award on behalf of Allina Health was truly an honor.
📣Allina Health has been awarded a 2025 Minnesota Hospital Association (MHA) Antibiotic Stewardship Award. 🎉
Accepting this award on behalf of Allina Health was truly an honor.
May 22, 2025 at 9:02 PM
What better way to celebrate #IDPharmacistsDay than by receiving recognition for our work in #AntibioticStewardship?
📣Allina Health has been awarded a 2025 Minnesota Hospital Association (MHA) Antibiotic Stewardship Award. 🎉
Accepting this award on behalf of Allina Health was truly an honor.
📣Allina Health has been awarded a 2025 Minnesota Hospital Association (MHA) Antibiotic Stewardship Award. 🎉
Accepting this award on behalf of Allina Health was truly an honor.
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Antibiotic stewardship, data, and uncertainty: A conversation with Brad Spellberg
The longtime stewardship advocate shares his thoughts on shorter antibiotic durations, clinical care guidelines, and the antibiotic pipeline.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...
The longtime stewardship advocate shares his thoughts on shorter antibiotic durations, clinical care guidelines, and the antibiotic pipeline.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...
March 20, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Antibiotic stewardship, data, and uncertainty: A conversation with Brad Spellberg
The longtime stewardship advocate shares his thoughts on shorter antibiotic durations, clinical care guidelines, and the antibiotic pipeline.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...
The longtime stewardship advocate shares his thoughts on shorter antibiotic durations, clinical care guidelines, and the antibiotic pipeline.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...
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New IDSA 2025 Guideline Update on the Treatment of Asymptomatic Histoplasma Pulmonary Nodules (Histoplasmomas) and Mild or Moderate Acute Pulmonary Histoplasmosis in Adults, Children, and Pregnant People
Led by @fungaldoc.bsky.social & Sandra Arnold
www.idsociety.org/practice-gui... #IDSky #MedSky
Led by @fungaldoc.bsky.social & Sandra Arnold
www.idsociety.org/practice-gui... #IDSky #MedSky
Histoplasmosis
www.idsociety.org
March 19, 2025 at 11:19 AM
New IDSA 2025 Guideline Update on the Treatment of Asymptomatic Histoplasma Pulmonary Nodules (Histoplasmomas) and Mild or Moderate Acute Pulmonary Histoplasmosis in Adults, Children, and Pregnant People
Led by @fungaldoc.bsky.social & Sandra Arnold
www.idsociety.org/practice-gui... #IDSky #MedSky
Led by @fungaldoc.bsky.social & Sandra Arnold
www.idsociety.org/practice-gui... #IDSky #MedSky
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We support science. Here's what you can do to voice a concern.
March 7, 2025 at 11:00 AM
We support science. Here's what you can do to voice a concern.
Makes me laugh and cry
RFK Jr. Vows To Make Measles Deaths So Common They Won’t Be Upsetting Anymore
RFK Jr. Vows To Make Measles Deaths So Common They Won’t Be Upsetting Anymore
WASHINGTON—Addressing the ongoing outbreak in Texas that has infected at least 124 state residents and killed one child, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vowed Thursday to mak...
theonion.com
February 27, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Makes me laugh and cry