So was that @glaucomflecken.bsky.social video of pharmacy making tally marks on the wall prophetic or did he contribute to this study? Either way, ID pharmacists are an essential part of our team.

I would also be curious in patients with respiratory symptoms if anyone is using Karius before or after bronchoscopy (if initial cultures are negative) as the AFB/fungal cultures can take several weeks to returns.

I’m gracious with acknowledgments is he/she makes a useful comment

Agree, let’s check the meds and leave the urine alone

Yes, please

That is quite a statement considering ID docs are known for sifting through ‘potential’ exposures to guide diagnostic work up. But unfortunately I agree, who knows what the near and distant future will bring with the new direction….

Antibiotics are not anti-pyretics... it’s a good lesson for trainees, find (or at least think about) the cause of the fever, it may not be an infection at all

There are a lot of reasons - our work takes time and we do many essential functions (abx stewardship, quality, hospital Epi/IP) and do not demand adequate compensation. All that leads to long hours and ongoing questions about comp. Its rewarding work but burnout is real and trainees see that.

It is important to keep in mind that ID applications have been fairly steady but the number of positions have increased (page 55 of the Match Data report). There was a slight bump in 2021 but we have regressed to the mean in 2023. The stable candidates/increased slots mean fewer programs filled...

Nicely done!

Agree. I joined a few days ago trying to get away from EM and X, but my X feed has been filled with IDweek stuff, can't find any of that content here yet. The few people I have found are still mostly posting on X