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Vicki Fleming
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Consultant Clinical Scientist in Medical Microbiology @ NUH.
Interested in all things IPC, Pneumocystis, endocarditis, diagnostic stewardship, WGS & novel diagnostics. 🦠 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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🌟 ABX Pearl of the Day: penicillin allergies

❓ Q: My patient reports a reaction to penicillin (acute, self-limited rash) over 10 years ago. Can they safely receive cefazolin for their MSSA infection?
#IDsky #medsky #meded #pharmsky #skyRX #AMSsky
July 16, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Hoping our very first Grand Round for UTI cases will be the start of something good!!

If successful, there will be more to come... so please get involved with
@esguti-studygroup.bsky.social

#UTIsky #IDsky
esguti-studygroup.bsky.social ESGUTI Study Group (ESCMID) @esguti-studygroup.bsky.social · Jul 4
UTI Grand Round Webinar is coming: October 14th 3pm - 4pm (CET)

Would you like to…

… present a case?
😊 Sign up via the QR code until September 19th
… be on the expert panel?
☀️Email us via esguti.sg@gmail.com
… sign-up for the webinar?
📆 Follow link in newsletter

#UTISky #JoinESGUTI
July 4, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Welcome to ESGUTI on BlueSky!

We are the newly founded ESCMID Study Group for Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) - all working together to improve UTI care through collaboration, science and innovation.

We’re just getting started - and look forward to you joining us!
#ESGUTI #ESCMID #UTI #JoinUs
June 30, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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So happy to be able to finally share this story:
Can pathogens degrade plastic? Yes (some!)
Does this impact virulence? Yes
Read the full story below:
www.cell.com/cell-reports...

#microsky
Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolates can encode plastic-degrading enzymes that allow survival on plastic and augment biofilm formation
Howard et al. demonstrate that clinical isolates of the opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa can encode functional plastic-degrading enzymes and that these enzymes can influence bacterial bio...
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May 8, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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Just made a custom feed that pulls in a wide array of hashtags being used at ESCMID Global 2025

May have a few minutes delay, but contains posts with
#ESCMIDGlobal #ESCMIDGlobal2025 #ESCMID2025 #ECCMID2025

Feel free to pin it to your timelines. Hope it's helpful #IDSky

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April 12, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Dr Joshua Davis presents data on Cefazolin vs (Flu)cloxacillin for MSSA.

1. Cefazolin is non-inferior.
2. Less AKI with Cefazolin.
#ESCMIDGlobal
April 12, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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To change or not to change?

The necessity of replacing a catheter during a CAUTI remains a subject of ongoing debate. Please fill in this survey to help us assess potential global practice variation in catheter management!

Completion only takes <2 minutes: forms.office.com/e/MRCMwUb2UK
March 22, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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🆕💫 Early oral stepdown therapy for infective endocarditis: an international cross-sectional survey on current use in clinical practice ESCMID Study Group for Bloodstream Infections, Endocarditis and Sepsis
#idsky #IEWiki
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Early oral stepdown therapy for infective endocarditis: an international cross-sectional survey on current use in clinical practice
There is now strong evidence supporting early oral switch (EOS) from intravenous antibiotics in the treatment of infective endocarditis (IE). Our obje…
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February 17, 2025 at 4:50 AM
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The next @ipcpartners.bsky.social Journal Club will be on contamination of sink drains. No doubt that it happens. But how significant is contamination of the sink drain? What can we do to deal with it and mitigate associated risks?
ipcpartners.bsky.social IPC Partners @ipcpartners.bsky.social · Feb 10
We’re really excited to be joined by Dr Issy Centeleghe for IPC Journal Club on Weds 26th February on “Pulling the plug on the sink drain”. Register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/8443a2...
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February 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Linezolid gets into everywhere, including the pleural space!
#clinmicro #IDSky #AMR @bsacandjac.bsky.social

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Penetration of linezolid into the pleural cavity in critically ill patients with proven or suspected Gram-positive bacterial infections: a retrospective pharmacokinetic study
AbstractObjectives. To describe the pharmacokinetics (PK) of linezolid in plasma and pleural fluid (PF) in critically ill patients with proven or suspected
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December 29, 2024 at 6:12 PM
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Penicillin allergy delabelling is an effective form of antimicrobial stewardship. And can be pharmacist-led.
👏 @elisemitri.bsky.social @trubianojason.bsky.social
#IDSky #AMR #ClinMicro @cmicomms.bsky.social
December 20, 2024 at 4:01 PM
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After 10 years of practice;
First case of Melioidosis at my 🏥
#IDsky
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ALT: Its Real Phil GIF
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December 10, 2024 at 9:46 PM
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🤔 Why do we use iodine as an intravenous contrast agent?

The answer requires a review of the composition of the human body and a brief tour of one of my favorites, the Periodic Table of Elements.
November 16, 2024 at 9:28 PM
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🔥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
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November 15, 2024 at 11:51 PM
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#MicroRounds (Day 977): "day at the beach" For a lab to conclusively detect beta-lactamase in Staphylococcus spp. this is the zone-edge test (aka "sandy beach test"). Around a penicillin disk a sharp ("cliff"): beta-lac(+). A fuzzy edge ("beach"): (-) #ASMClinMicro #IDTwitter
A side by side image of a bacterial growth media with white antibiotic disks and zones around them. On the left a zone with a sharp edge, onthe right a zone with a hazy, fuzzy edge
August 9, 2023 at 6:06 PM
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Please share with your Biomedical & Clinical Science friends on 🦋 - let’s build our network up again❤️
November 16, 2024 at 8:13 AM
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Hello to everyone that is part of the Bluesky community 👋 The Healthcare Infection Society is happy to be joining you all.

Be sure to follow us for updates on our Society!

#IDsky
#medsky
November 12, 2024 at 3:58 PM
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1/5 : Hello everyone! Love to see so many wonderful people in this platform. Let me introduce myself: My name is Luis Plaza, and I am a microbiologist based i. Orlando, Florida. I enjoy learning and sharing information. With that in mind I created the Let’s Talk Micro podcast.
November 12, 2024 at 7:14 PM
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Absolutely delighted to be able to share our paper describing the evolution of vancomycin resistance in C. difficile using evolution – out today in PLOS Biology
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

A THREAD (1/10)

www.sheffield.ac.uk/news/scienti...
August 15, 2024 at 5:39 PM
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#IDSky Starter Packs (Updated 11/11/24)

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IDSky 2 go.bsky.app/JNfSvQT
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Let me know if I missed you! cc #MedSky
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Alt: Tobias Fünke standing if front of a crowd in a brown suit, yelling "There are dozens of us. DOZENS!" while pointing to the sky
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November 11, 2024 at 9:55 PM
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Hi IDSky and #TxID enthusiasts

I've created a Feed for Transplant ID to complement the general ID one created by @johnrossmd.bsky.social (thanks for the help John)

To include your skeet, include the term #TxID (with or without the hashtag)

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November 11, 2024 at 8:41 PM
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IDSky continues to grow rapidly

We are now >300 users, which means we are on a third Starter Pack

IDSky Starter Pack 1 go.bsky.app/LnAQjdq
IDSky Starter Pack 2 go.bsky.app/JNfSvQT
ID Starter Pack 3 go.bsky.app/FeogT7o

Check back on the most recent one often as it is updated frequently
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November 10, 2024 at 2:33 AM