Mike Russo
mikerusso.bsky.social
Mike Russo
@mikerusso.bsky.social
Peds ID in Philly.
Full time clinician.
Transplant, NTM, tick-borne infections, and antibiotic allergies.
Pro oral antibiotics and short durations
Anti cefdinir
(He/him)
#IDSky
Documented two doses of MMR (or VZV) trump any serologic testing for measles or varicella IgG. Commerically available tests are not sensitive enough and will be false negative in about 1/3 of vaccinated individuals.
April 3, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I will not abide by this feline slander
December 13, 2024 at 1:32 AM
4/8 An eventual excisional liver biopsy revealed vascular-proliferative lesions. The pathologist astutely was concerned for peliosis hepatis and performed a Warthin Starry stain which was teeming with bacilli and a Bartonella PCR was positive.
November 20, 2024 at 10:05 PM
3/8 Our index kidney transplant patient presented with fevers and abdominal pain and was found to have lesions in his liver, spleen, and vertebral bodies.
November 20, 2024 at 10:05 PM