Rodrigo Costa
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Rodrigo Costa
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ID physician at Hospital CardioPulmonar, Hospital MaterDei and Hospital Geral Roberto Santos / Salvador-BA 🇧🇷
#IDSky #AntimicrobialStewardship
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🌟 ABX Pearl of the Day: empiric anaerobic coverage in intra-abdominal infections (IAI)

💡 Q: My patient is admitted with an acute biliary infection. Is empiric anaerobic coverage needed in this and other IAI?

#IDsky #MedSky #PharmSky #SkyRX #AMSsky
December 6, 2024 at 6:55 PM
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Sharing the rules #IDSKY
November 20, 2024 at 7:49 PM
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Routine use of Urine Analysis and urine cultures for the workup of fever in hospitalized patients leads to unnecessary testing and antimicrobial use. #idsky
🔥In Case You Missed It🔥
Our NEW WikiGuidelines
A stellar cast of auth🌟rs
54 members , 12 countries
The Third WikiGuidelines
After OM,IE
Guidelines for the Prevention Diagnosis,and Management of Urinary Tract Infections in Pediatrics & Adults #idsky
#JAMANetworkOpen
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
November 16, 2024 at 2:33 PM
Reposted by Rodrigo Costa
Optimal durations of treatment for cystitis (regardless of biological sex)
• Nitrofurantoin: 5 days
• Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole: 3 days
• Fluoroquinolones: 3 days
• Oral fosfomycin: single dose
• Pivmecillinam: 3 days
• Gepotidacin: 5 days #idsky
🔥In Case You Missed It🔥
Our NEW WikiGuidelines
A stellar cast of auth🌟rs
54 members , 12 countries
The Third WikiGuidelines
After OM,IE
Guidelines for the Prevention Diagnosis,and Management of Urinary Tract Infections in Pediatrics & Adults #idsky
#JAMANetworkOpen
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
November 16, 2024 at 2:37 PM
Reposted by Rodrigo Costa
MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE

This cheeky little intracellular bacteria seems to be up to mischief with kids in the USA at the moment

A quick thread on this bug, what's going on, and what to do (or not do!) about it

#IDSky #PedSky #PedsIDSky 🧪

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November 12, 2024 at 1:20 PM
Reposted by Rodrigo Costa
Let's talk about Tetracyclines and how awesome they are! 🧵
#IDSky #IDsky #IDX #podcast #ID #infection #infectiousdisease #antibiotics
November 10, 2024 at 4:12 PM
Reposted by Rodrigo Costa
Good news:

Our community is growing!

The IDSky Starter Pack has exceeded the max 150 accounts, so I’ve started on another (pls share here and the other place, and LMK if I missed you)

IDSky starter pack 1 go.bsky.app/LnAQjdq

IDSky starter pack 2 go.bsky.app/JNfSvQT
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Alt: Kevin Costner from field of dreams is standing in a corn field at sunset . Text says “if you build it, they will come”
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November 8, 2024 at 6:08 AM