#Antibiotics

Dr. Lynora Saxinger 🇨🇦

AntibioticDoc

Consulted late yesterday in hospital to see a person - vital signs were ok looked alarmingly ill- they graciously smiled at my “Cold hands, warm heart” joke during exam, and

Nick Mark MD

nickmmark

Meta-analysis of antibiotic prescribing in #COVID19 inpatients finds:-74.6% received antibiotics -8.6% had bacterial co-infection At first glance, this suggests that we’re *way* overprescribing Abx in COVID. But there

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MzHarling

So I had COVID-19. On the 8th of December, I felt off. Had aches and pains. Went to the doctor. Did full blood work. Serology didn’t indicate COVID. Was sent

Ashton Merck

awmerck

A darkly funny thing about avian leukosis is that when it emerged it was initially referred to as "chicken cancer" so I have a bunch of frantic letters from people

Valerie, RD, MPH

RDValerie

Quick Thread on the Gut MicrobiomeHippocrates said: “All disease begins in the gut.” While there is significant truth to this, in my personal view of health, it is a little

Majaira Jairosi

MJairosi

1. I know most of you do not realise that I am also a Respiratory medicine specialist. Today I want to do a thread about how people could be helped

Willem van Schaik 💙

WvSchaik

Our latest paper ‘Microbiota analysis of rural and urban surface waters and sediments in Bangladesh identifies human waste as driver of antibiotic resistance’ is now on @biorxivpreprint: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.02.0

#PākehāWorrier

_Imogenius

Re: dermatitis from excessive hand washing - hey I just wanted to pass a tip - from someone who's had terrible dermatitis on my fingers for months - cycling through

Josh Wolf

Joshuawolf

Excited to share this paper on effects of antibiotics on the gastrointestinal resistome in immunocompromised kids! Punchline: prophylactic antibiotics increase resistance to themselves, but *not* to other antibiotics. @StJudeResearch https:

Soko_Mkanya🇿🇼

WekuBuhera

1. In these difficult times people are desperate for information that can help them. When you claim to be an expert, its therefore important to share accurate information. Otherwise you

Dan Larremore

DanLarremore

A thought experiment. Suppose we had a COVID test that had a 50/50 chance of identifying someone who was infected. And now imagine that everyone in a city uses this

ASP_MirandaS, PharmD

ASP_MirandaS

Short on #medsafety #InfectiousDiseasesCame across an allergic reaction to meropenem described as "seizure".Turns out patient was on valproic acid (VPA) for seizure Rx. Started meropenem for suspected infection. "Allergy"

Zain Chagla

zchagla

#idmeded #idtips day 3 - fever in the ICU. A common scenario in patients who often can't communicate due to sedation/ventilation. Long differential, and often escalating antibiotics without a clear

eric slick

ericslickmusic

alright I deleted my tweets earlier but I gotta speak my mind about anti-malarials, specifically hydroxychloroquine. in 2016, I was diagnosed with chronic Lyme disease. it was about as horrible

Kavita Krishnan

kavita_krishnan

We - myself from AIPWA, @kawalpreetdu from @AISA_tweets and advocate Sneha from @HRLNIndia are in Kanth, #Moradabad to meet the Muskan and Rashid, the couple who are victims of illegal

Martin Landray

MartinLandray

Latest results from RECOVERY trial: Azithromycin does not benefit patients hospitalised with COVID-19No improvement in 28-day mortality, duration of hospital stay, or progression to invasive mechanical ventilation/ death.https://www.recover

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