#ImmunoSuppression

Samira Farouk, MD, MS, FASN

ssfarouk

1/ Another #immunosuppression #tweetorial...spotlight today on #belatacept today How do you say it? @Babybel @MedTweetorials 2/ Belatacept is the FUSION protein that has been the @NKOTB in #kidneytransplant - having

Francisco Marty, MD

FranciscoMarty_

Tabulated the topline results released by the #recoverytrial team on #hydroxychloroquine & #dexamethasone, and went over their protocol (https://www.recoverytrial.net/results ) to better digest them.Basic stuff:- hospitalized patie

Sarah Tuttle, Princess of Quite A Lot

niais

I had some good talking with the kids yesterday as vaccines start to be on the scene. We talked about how they weren't approved for kids yet (sorry), that they

WuidQ: Washington University ID Questions

WuidQ

Q: (1/2)35/Farmer from Missouri AML s/p HSCT 6m ago. GVHD on steroids. Admitted with sepsis. (-) travel. CXR clear. WBC 7K . ANC 1.5K. Eczema like lesions on leg. (See

Dr. Lynora Saxinger 🇨🇦

AntibioticDoc

COVID-19 vaccine rollout thoughts: 1) IT'S AMAZING THAT WE HAVE HIGHLY EFFECTIVE VACCINES ALREADY. This kept me from succumbing to despair with the second wave, really.2) SEEING ADVOCACY to get

Zach Thompson, MD

TZThompsonMD

1/ TIL about acquired hemophilia A (AH), a condition in which an auto-antibody of factor VIII is formed resulting in profound risk of bleeding. Early suspicion and treatment are critical

Becca Magnus

beccamagnus

Just had my first Covid vaccine! Feeling a little tired, but good! A little thread on what to expect, for any who might be anxious I had mine at

Ashwin Varma

varma_ashwin97

I can scarcely believe this, but if so, this is an amazing result. @matthewherper @GermHunterMD @walidgellad @mikejohansenmd https://thecanadian.news/2021/01/23/major-breakthrough-large-study-shows-effectiveness-of-colchicine-to-treat-covid

Rupert Pearse

rupert_pearse

Recent trial results show some promise for Tocilizumab in the treatment of severe COVID-19. Welcome news at a difficult time and excellent work from @remap_cap & @NIHRresearch. But the results

Corey Hardin

CoreyHardin2

1) A thread on our new paper with Lance Munn, Triantafyllos Stylianopoulos, @ankitbpatel7 Rakesh Jain and @MGHSteeleLabs “In Silico Dynamics of COVID-19 Phenotypes for Optimizing Clinical Management” (https://www.pnas.org/content/118/3/

Matt McCarthy

DrMattMcCarthy

UPDATE: Coronavirus is the only respiratory virus I have ever encountered that causes inflammation of blood vessels (vasculitis). One of the great challenges in #COVID medicine is understanding why so

Liver Transplantation Journal (LTxJournal)

LTxJournal

Were you one of the many hepatologists or txp surgeons who wondered if you should start UDCA in a transplanted patient with PBC? Well, rest assured my friend and read

Talal Hilal 🩺

THilalMD

How did hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (BMT) develop? A procedure that is so widely used now and have led to the cure of many hematologic disorders has evolved over the

Cal Deobald

calmudge0n

Recently the AB gov't began reporting comorbidities along with its daily COVID death count. This appears a cynical effort to somehow minimize or diminish these deaths, as if to suggest

Iliev Lab

IlievLab

Delighted to share a new study from our lab on the role of gut commensal fungi mycobiota in shaping the human protective IgG antibody repertoire @CellCellPress https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(21)00059-3 During immunosuppressio

Peter Higgins

ibddoctor

THREAD: This year’s #shotwave tweet is unusual. Not about a flu shot (though I got one back in September). This year I am participating in a randomized, controlled trial with

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