Matt Blakiston
@mattblakiston.bsky.social
Clinical Microbiologist 🔬🧫🦠🧬| New Zealand - Palmerston Nth & Auckland |
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Winston Peters arriving at the Koputai port today …
(Credit Stephen Jaquiery from the OFT)
(Credit Stephen Jaquiery from the OFT)
October 2, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Winston Peters arriving at the Koputai port today …
(Credit Stephen Jaquiery from the OFT)
(Credit Stephen Jaquiery from the OFT)
Performance and potential utility of the BioFire Joint Infection Panel with synovial fluid and joint tissue specimens | Journal of Clinical Microbiology journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Performance and potential utility of the BioFire Joint Infection Panel with synovial fluid and joint tissue specimens | Journal of Clinical Microbiology
This study compared the BioFire Joint Infection polymerase chain reaction panel to standard culture-based methods for detecting organisms causing joint infections. This is a relatively new test, and the data published so far show it performs well with ...
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September 29, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Performance and potential utility of the BioFire Joint Infection Panel with synovial fluid and joint tissue specimens | Journal of Clinical Microbiology journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
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The complete spectrum of serious #StrepA disease was observed in Auckland in 2023 - a mighty lab-based enhanced surveillance effort led by Andrew Fox-Lewis and Rachel Webb www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Capturing the complete clinical spectrum and incidence of severe acute Group A Streptococcus (GAS) disease: a population-based study in Auckland, New Zealand
This study demonstrates that the complete clinical spectrum of severe acute GAS disease
occurs in Auckland and is associated with a substantial health and economic burden.
The high incidence and entir...
www.thelancet.com
July 9, 2025 at 11:59 PM
The complete spectrum of serious #StrepA disease was observed in Auckland in 2023 - a mighty lab-based enhanced surveillance effort led by Andrew Fox-Lewis and Rachel Webb www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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New correspondence
#Mycoplasma pneumoniae: re-emergence and beyond
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#IDSky #ClinMicro #MicroSky #OpenAccess #OA
#Mycoplasma pneumoniae: re-emergence and beyond
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#IDSky #ClinMicro #MicroSky #OpenAccess #OA
Mycoplasma pneumoniae: re-emergence and beyond
The re-emergence of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in late 2023 placed a considerable burden
on health-care systems and raised concerns regarding the severity of pneumonia outbreaks.1
The European Society of C...
www.thelancet.com
July 17, 2025 at 7:53 AM
New correspondence
#Mycoplasma pneumoniae: re-emergence and beyond
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
#IDSky #ClinMicro #MicroSky #OpenAccess #OA
#Mycoplasma pneumoniae: re-emergence and beyond
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
#IDSky #ClinMicro #MicroSky #OpenAccess #OA
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THIS! ⬇️
Western allies (including NZ) think it's OK to take part in massive US-led war gaming exercises targeted at China Yet in the past few days NZ has been shocked–shocked!–that China has dared to sail 3 warships through international waters in the Tasman
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL25...
Western allies (including NZ) think it's OK to take part in massive US-led war gaming exercises targeted at China Yet in the past few days NZ has been shocked–shocked!–that China has dared to sail 3 warships through international waters in the Tasman
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL25...
On Why Our China Panic Is About To Get Expensive
Allegedly, the defence environment has changed, and New Zealand thus needs to spend significantly more on Defence. The rationale is that China (our main trading partner) has been raising its profile i...
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February 26, 2025 at 5:49 AM
THIS! ⬇️
Western allies (including NZ) think it's OK to take part in massive US-led war gaming exercises targeted at China Yet in the past few days NZ has been shocked–shocked!–that China has dared to sail 3 warships through international waters in the Tasman
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL25...
Western allies (including NZ) think it's OK to take part in massive US-led war gaming exercises targeted at China Yet in the past few days NZ has been shocked–shocked!–that China has dared to sail 3 warships through international waters in the Tasman
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL25...
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Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern #Gaza is out of service — following the raid, forced patient and staff evacuation and the detention of its director, Dr Hussam Abu Safiya two days ago. His whereabouts are unknown. We call for his immediate release.
December 30, 2024 at 7:39 AM
Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern #Gaza is out of service — following the raid, forced patient and staff evacuation and the detention of its director, Dr Hussam Abu Safiya two days ago. His whereabouts are unknown. We call for his immediate release.
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BREAKING NEWS: Twenty big cats, including a Bengal tiger, four cougars, a lynx and four bobcats, have died after contracting bird flu at an animal sanctuary in Shelton, Washington
Twenty big cats die of bird flu at sanctuary in Washington state
Bengal tiger, cougars, a lynx and bobcats dead as disease spreads rapidly among US poultry flocks and dairy herds
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2024 at 1:29 AM
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December 23, 2024 at 9:22 PM
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Management, outcomes and predictors of mortality of Cryptococcus infection in patients without HIV: a multicentre study in 46 hospitals from Australia and New Zealand
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December 18, 2024 at 9:01 PM
Management, outcomes and predictors of mortality of Cryptococcus infection in patients without HIV: a multicentre study in 46 hospitals from Australia and New Zealand
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academic.oup.com/cid/advance-... #IDSky #MedMycoSky
The association between antimicrobial resistance mutations and treatment outcomes for Mycoplasma genitalium infections from 2018 to 2022: a cross-sectional study from Auckland, New Zealand www.publish.csiro.au/SH/SH24166
The association between antimicrobial resistance mutations and treatment outcomes for Mycoplasma genitalium infections from 2018 to 2022: a cross-sectional study from Auckland, New Zealand
Background New Zealand has among the highest rates of antimicrobial resistance in Mycoplasma genitalium in the world. The aim of this study was to correlate treatment outcomes with 23S rRNA and parC m...
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December 5, 2024 at 9:56 PM
The association between antimicrobial resistance mutations and treatment outcomes for Mycoplasma genitalium infections from 2018 to 2022: a cross-sectional study from Auckland, New Zealand www.publish.csiro.au/SH/SH24166
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Over 250 Deans of Humanities (that’s subjects like History, Philosophy & languages like Te Reo & Chinese) & social sciences (subjects like economics /political science) strongly condemn the govt’s effective end to all humanities & social science research funding in NZ dassh.edu.au/deans-condem...
December 5, 2024 at 8:18 AM
Over 250 Deans of Humanities (that’s subjects like History, Philosophy & languages like Te Reo & Chinese) & social sciences (subjects like economics /political science) strongly condemn the govt’s effective end to all humanities & social science research funding in NZ dassh.edu.au/deans-condem...
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No one person who works in the health system can do their job without a whole lot of other people doing theirs.
Te Whatu Ora is set to cut nearly 1500 jobs, with more to come in the new year.
My Stuff #cartoon today #NZpol #HealthNZ #MāoriHealth
Te Whatu Ora is set to cut nearly 1500 jobs, with more to come in the new year.
My Stuff #cartoon today #NZpol #HealthNZ #MāoriHealth
November 28, 2024 at 7:25 PM
No one person who works in the health system can do their job without a whole lot of other people doing theirs.
Te Whatu Ora is set to cut nearly 1500 jobs, with more to come in the new year.
My Stuff #cartoon today #NZpol #HealthNZ #MāoriHealth
Te Whatu Ora is set to cut nearly 1500 jobs, with more to come in the new year.
My Stuff #cartoon today #NZpol #HealthNZ #MāoriHealth
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📣 New perspective paper: Insights into durability against resistance from the antibiotic nitrofurantoin
We discuss what makes nitrofurantoin robust against resistance evolution, in spite of prolonged and extensive usage against UTIs #MicroSky
Open access/CC-BY-4.0: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
We discuss what makes nitrofurantoin robust against resistance evolution, in spite of prolonged and extensive usage against UTIs #MicroSky
Open access/CC-BY-4.0: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Insights into durability against resistance from the antibiotic nitrofurantoin - npj Antimicrobials and Resistance
npj Antimicrobials and Resistance - Insights into durability against resistance from the antibiotic nitrofurantoin
www.nature.com
November 25, 2024 at 8:41 AM
📣 New perspective paper: Insights into durability against resistance from the antibiotic nitrofurantoin
We discuss what makes nitrofurantoin robust against resistance evolution, in spite of prolonged and extensive usage against UTIs #MicroSky
Open access/CC-BY-4.0: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
We discuss what makes nitrofurantoin robust against resistance evolution, in spite of prolonged and extensive usage against UTIs #MicroSky
Open access/CC-BY-4.0: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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My favourite way as a microbiologist to mess with people's minds is to recommend a 6 or a 9 day course of antibiotics
First lesson of infection training: only prescribe antibiotic duration in multiples of 5 or 7 days!
Why oh why?!
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#IDSky #AMR #MicroSky
Why oh why?!
🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
#IDSky #AMR #MicroSky
Antimicrobial duration was modal 5-7 days, although more clinicians reported longer durations for HAP and VAP than CAP. Factors associated with shorter duration included formal training in intensive care, presence of prescribing guidelines, AMS programmes and antimicrobial reviews at 48-72 hours.
November 23, 2024 at 8:13 PM
My favourite way as a microbiologist to mess with people's minds is to recommend a 6 or a 9 day course of antibiotics