Gabriele Pollara · @gpollara
1085 followers · 3859 posts · Server med-mastodon.com
One of the things I became aware of in #COVID19 was how #wastewater #surveillance can be such a useful #publichealth tool to monitor emergence and activity of infections in the community.
Great article on this 👇
#IDMastodon #medicine #MedMastodon #AMR #viruses #infectiousdiseases #mpox
Wastewater monitoring: 'the James Webb Telescope for population health' | Exemplars in Global Health https://www.exemplars.health/stories/the-james-webb-telescope-for-population-health
#COVID19 #wastewater #surveillance #publichealth #IDMastodon #medicine #MedMastodon #AMR #viruses #infectiousdiseases #mpox
onisillos · @onisillos
754 followers · 513 posts · Server mstdn.science
"This is very surprising. It doesn’t feel like it’s a move that would help solve ProMED’s problems ... The strength of ProMED is not in the technology, it’s in the people ... And if you eliminate the people, you’re not left with much."
Group behind ProMED fires three top moderators amid strike
https://www.statnews.com/2023/09/07/promed-terminates-top-moderators/
#IDMastodon #infectiousdiseases
onisillos · @onisillos
753 followers · 471 posts · Server mstdn.science
"Yeah, it works great in a healthy 60-year-old, but how does it work in the general population? ... The population that we’re intending to use the vaccine in, how well does it work? What can we anticipate? What’s the cost-effectiveness of the vaccine?"
Vaccine experts urge more inclusivity in clinical trials
https://www.statnews.com/2023/09/05/vaccine-experts-urge-more-inclusivity-in-clinical-trials/
#Vaccine #RSV #ClinicalTrial #RCT #IDMastodon #InfectiousDiseases
#vaccine #RSV #ClinicalTrial #RCT #IDMastodon #infectiousdiseases
onisillos · @onisillos
753 followers · 466 posts · Server mstdn.science
New review article in The Lancet Microbe
Economic evaluations of whole-genome sequencing for pathogen identification in public health surveillance and health-care-associated infections: a systematic review
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanmic/article/PIIS2666-5247(23)00180-5/fulltext
#WGS #PublicHealth #HAI #InfectiousDiseases #IDMastodon #Microbiology
#WGS #publichealth #HAI #infectiousdiseases #IDMastodon #microbiology
Gabriele Pollara · @gpollara
1086 followers · 3801 posts · Server med-mastodon.com
Bacteremia with gram positive bacteria - when and how do I need to look for endocarditis?
(plot below is modification of an original, but v v helpful concept)
#endocarditis #medicine #infectiousdiseases #cardiology #microbiology #echocardiogram #MedMastodon #CTPET #bacteremia #infection
https://www.clinicalmicrobiologyandinfection.com/article/S1198-743X(23)00410-X/fulltext?dgcid=raven_jbs_aip_email
#endocarditis #medicine #infectiousdiseases #cardiology #microbiology #echocardiogram #MedMastodon #ctpet #bacteremia #infection
TrueInfections · @trueinfections
57 followers · 604 posts · Server mstdn.science
In Natural History of Infectious Disease Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet outlines the principle that pathogen and host tend to equilibrium / accommodation. The exception that he lists is where there is more than one host. The pathogen then will tend to increase in virulence in one.
https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/29/9/23-0351_article
#Parasites #infectiousdiseases #infectiousdisease #zoonosis #evolution
#parasites #infectiousdiseases #infectiousdisease #zoonosis #evolution
Gabriele Pollara · @gpollara
1086 followers · 3789 posts · Server med-mastodon.comTimely report during a late #summer #heatwave in the #UK
#mosquitoes #westnilevirus #culex #infectiousdiseases #IDMastodon #medicine
#summer #heatwave #UK #mosquitoes #westnilevirus #culex #infectiousdiseases #IDMastodon #medicine
Diego Rios-Zertuche · @diego
4 followers · 11 posts · Server fediscience.org
📢 Ever wondered how COVID-19 vaccination campaigns have fared globally? 💉
Let's dive into a real-world example from #Belize. Our study aimed to uncover the factors associated with #vaccine uptake, hesitancy, and intention.
Thread 1/8
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590136223001213?via%3Dihub
#publichealth #vaccines #vaccineresearch #vaccinex #Belize #healthcare #vaccination #vaccine #covax #globalhealth #Healthsystems #infectiousdiseases #covid #COVID19 #medicines #pandemic #sarscov2
#SarsCoV2 #pandemic #medicines #COVID19 #Covid #infectiousdiseases #healthsystems #globalhealth #COVAX #vaccination #healthcare #vaccinex #VaccineResearch #vaccines #publichealth #vaccine #belize
Gabriele Pollara · @gpollara
1086 followers · 3789 posts · Server med-mastodon.com
Not that surprising, but there's also #fosfomycin #resistance spreading around the world. Here in #Salmonella
#AMR #microbiology #medicine #infectiousdiseases #MedMastodon
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanmic/article/PIIS2666-5247(23)00261-6/fulltext?dgcid=raven_jbs_aip_email
#fosfomycin #resistance #salmonella #AMR #microbiology #medicine #infectiousdiseases #MedMastodon
Gabriele Pollara · @gpollara
1083 followers · 3778 posts · Server med-mastodon.com
Oh good, cos this is exactly what we do.
In #Clostridiumdifficile diarrhoea, we treat NAAT+ve, / toxin - ve if they have #diarrhea and no obvious reason for it.
#IDMastodon #MedMastodon #medicine #infectiousdiseases
Clinical Outcomes and Management of NAAT-Positive/Toxin-Negative Clostridioides difficile Infection: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis | Clinical Infectious Diseases | Oxford Academic
https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/cid/ciad523/7256092
#clostridiumdifficile #diarrhea #IDMastodon #MedMastodon #medicine #infectiousdiseases
Gabriele Pollara · @gpollara
1082 followers · 3765 posts · Server med-mastodon.com
We may be losing #cefiderocol far sooner than we hoped.
Timely meta-analysis. Look at those #resistance rates in #carbapenem resistant Enterobacterales!
#microbiology #AMR #antibiotics #antibiotic #CriticalCare #Pseudomonas #Acenitobacter #infectiousdiseases #IDMastodon #medicine
#cefiderocol #resistance #carbapenem #microbiology #AMR #antibiotics #antibiotic #CriticalCare #Pseudomonas #acenitobacter #infectiousdiseases #IDMastodon #medicine
Gabriele Pollara · @gpollara
1076 followers · 3742 posts · Server med-mastodon.com
I find direct consumer access to #antibiotics rather 😱 - very little #stewardship
#AMR #microbiology #infectiousdiseases #medicine #IDMastodon
https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/cid/ciad472/7252952
#antibiotics #AMR #microbiology #infectiousdiseases #medicine #IDMastodon #stewardship
onisillos · @onisillos
750 followers · 418 posts · Server mstdn.science"The diversity of the fungi themselves and the drivers of their emergence make it clear that we cannot predict what might emerge next."
The rapid emergence of antifungal-resistant human-pathogenic fungi
#AMR #IDMastodon #infectiousdiseases
onisillos · @onisillos
749 followers · 396 posts · Server mstdn.scienceBe on the lookout for the September issue of The Lancet Microbe going live tonight at 2330 h UK time.
#IDMastodon #infectiousdiseases #microbiology #MedMastodon
Gabriele Pollara · @gpollara
1076 followers · 3696 posts · Server med-mastodon.com
ESCMID guidelines on diagnosis and treatment of brain abscess in children and adults - Clinical Microbiology and Infection
#IDMastodon #MedMastodon #AMR #antibiotics #microbiology #antimicrobialstewardship #infectiousdiseases #medicine @infectiousdiseases @microbiology #brain #abscess
#IDMastodon #MedMastodon #AMR #antibiotics #microbiology #antimicrobialstewardship #infectiousdiseases #medicine #brain #abscess
TrueInfections · @trueinfections
56 followers · 589 posts · Server mstdn.scienceThe closing of ProMed will be a grave loss for the world.
https://www.statnews.com/2023/08/18/promed-future-unclear-infectious-diseases-surveillance/
#publichealth #infectiousdisease #infectiousdiseases
Tim Downing · @downingtim
170 followers · 521 posts · Server genomic.socialPostdoc on viral genomics and diversity
#jobs #job #jobalert #infectiousdiseases #virus #genomics
Postdoctoral Researcher | The Pirbright Institute
https://www.pirbright.ac.uk/jobs/postdoctoral-researcher
#jobs #job #jobalert #infectiousdiseases #Virus #genomics
Gabriele Pollara · @gpollara
1062 followers · 3626 posts · Server med-mastodon.com
The Battle Against the Fungal Apocalypse Is Just Beginning
@Wired #IDMastodon #MedMastodon #medicine #infectiousdiseases #mycology #AMR @infectiousdiseases #fungi
https://www.wired.com/story/the-battle-against-the-fungal-apocalypse-is-just-beginning/
> Fungal infections are rising worldwide and climate change may be to blame. Medicine isn’t ready.
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onisillos · @onisillos
741 followers · 358 posts · Server mstdn.science
New personal view article in The Lancet Microbe
Towards the development of a #SARSCoV2 variant risk assessment tool: expert consultation on the assessment of scientific evidence on emerging variants
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanmic/article/PIIS2666-5247(23)00179-9/fulltext
#SarsCoV2 #COVID19 #IDMastodon #infectiousdiseases
Tyler Barrett · @tylermbarrett
232 followers · 327 posts · Server fediscience.org
Very cool and important new study by the Tsimane Health and Life History Project team. From the abstract:
"Our model suggests that […] more remote communities are not conferred protection via greater distance from outside sources of infection, due to common features of small-scale societies that promote rapid disease transmission such as high rates of travel and dense social networks.”
https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3002108
#epidemiology #networkscience #infectiousdiseases