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Mashup Score: 4Ten Interesting Things About Norovirus Worth Knowing - 4 month(s) ago
For reasons unclear to all, we’ve had quite the run (!) on norovirus cases in the United States this winter. Seems like everyone knows someone who’s been taken down by this nasty illness, and this crowd of miserable people includes one of my medical school classmates, a good friend who texted us about her experience. Thanks […]
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Mashup Score: 4On the Inpatient ID Consult Service, Oral Antibiotics Have a Rocky Road to Acceptance - 4 month(s) ago
Having just completed a stint doing inpatient ID consults, I came away impressed with three things: Staph aureus remains the Ruler of Evil Invasive Pathogens in the hospital setting. You can “jinx” a holiday season by saying it’s usually quiet on Christmas. This year it sure wasn’t quiet, hoo boy. Some surgeons aren’t ready to accept […]
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On the Inpatient ID Consult Service, Oral Antibiotics Have a Rocky Road to Acceptance Read the latest from @PaulSaxMD: https://t.co/KiavCFJjtT https://t.co/LKNEYYD7vu
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Mashup Score: 6Notes from a Trip to China - 4 month(s) ago
Here are some observations from a recent trip to China, a country I’d never visited before. It was an 8-day trip related to my editor role at Clinical Infectious Diseases (there is a Chinese edition) and my particular area of focus within Infectious Diseases (HIV), so I’ll start with some epidemiology and medical stuff and […]
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Back from an academic exchange in China, @PaulSaxMD shares some medical, epidemiological, and general observations about the world's second most populous country. https://t.co/qel2BbwQlq https://t.co/l0I1Aeko8O
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Mashup Score: 1Dr. Thomas O'Brien -- Expert in Antimicrobial Resistance and Giant in His Field (Literally) - 5 month(s) ago
Dr. Thomas (Tom) O’Brien was born in January 1929, in between the discovery of penicillin (September 1928) and the publication of the findings in a medical journal (May 1929). As noted by his longtime mentee Dr. John Stelling, Tom physically embodied the antibiotic era — quite appropriate for someone best known for his groundbreaking work […]
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In HIV and ID Observations, @PaulSaxMD pays tribute to Dr. Thomas O’Brien, an expert in antimicrobial resistance and a giant in his field (literally). https://t.co/Bau8pUM0I5 https://t.co/FuMViYrvoN
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Mashup Score: 20Who's Going to Get Lenacapavir for HIV Prevention? - 5 month(s) ago
At the International AIDS Conference this past summer, Dr. Linda-Gail Bekker brought down the house presenting the results of the PURPOSE 1 trial of twice-yearly injectable lenacapavir for prevention of HIV in women. The results — zero infections out of over 2000 participants — demonstrated clear superiority over oral PrEP with TDF/FTC. The study simultaneously […]
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Who’s Going to Get Lenacapavir for HIV Prevention? @PaulSaxMD takes a closer look at the twice-yearly injectable drug and whether guidelines and clinical practice will shift quickly. https://t.co/njyLCqBlgj #HIV #IDTwitter https://t.co/0MFpHfajUR
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Mashup Score: 2Some ID Things to Be Grateful for This Holiday Season — 2024 Edition - 5 month(s) ago
The calendar says it’s nearly the fourth Thursday of November, so here in the United States, the Thanksgiving holiday is upon us. It’s a day when we gather with family and friends to express thanks, to eat plenty (usually too much), to watch a bunch of spectacular athletes bash themselves to smithereens in the name […]
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Some ID Things to Be Grateful for This Holiday Season — 2024 Edition @PaulSaxMD says sweet potato casserole with marshmallows didn't make the cut. https://t.co/8bIdPZRew1 https://t.co/b5gv7XjZ6j
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Mashup Score: 1Marking a Social Media Mass Migration -- Until the Next One - 5 month(s) ago
Periodically my wife and I will have a bunch of trainees (medical students, or residents, or ID fellows, or a mix) over to dinner. Seated around a big table, with no time-crunch of rounds, pagers, or EPIC orders, we can all get to know one another in this more relaxed setting. Plus, they get free food, […]
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Dr. Paul Sax marks a social media mass migration in his latest HIV and ID Observations post. https://t.co/vt2OYCfsMn #IDTwitter https://t.co/pPBp8XuafE
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Mashup Score: 162The Riveting Conclusion of How PCP Became PJP - 6 month(s) ago
Before I get back to the saga of Brave New Name — How PCP Became PJP and Why It Matters, allow me to share that I had some trepidation about publishing this thing. A deep dive down a hole with very high-risk for tularemia exposure (see what I did there?), it veered off topic more than half-baked […]
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I know you’ve all been on tenterhooks, awaiting the dramatic conclusion to “How PCP Became PJP”. Well here it is. You’ll laugh! You’ll cry! And you’ll finish reading it so much better informed about this critical debate. @JWatch @NEJM https://t.co/wDolWBB4NW
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Mashup Score: 155The Riveting Conclusion of How PCP Became PJP - 6 month(s) ago
Before I get back to the saga of Brave New Name — How PCP Became PJP and Why It Matters, allow me to share that I had some trepidation about publishing this thing. A deep dive down a hole with very high-risk for tularemia exposure (see what I did there?), it veered off topic more than half-baked […]
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I know you’ve all been on tenterhooks, awaiting the dramatic conclusion to “How PCP Became PJP”. Well here it is. You’ll laugh! You’ll cry! And you’ll finish reading it so much better informed about this critical debate. @JWatch @NEJM https://t.co/wDolWBB4NW
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Mashup Score: 195Brave New Name -- How PCP Became PJP and Why It Matters - 6 month(s) ago
In the pre-E**n M**k era of the site then known at Twitter, I posted a poll about a very important debate in clinical Infectious Diseases: That’s right. Nearly 900 people took the time, energy, and clicks to weigh in on the critical question of what to abbreviate the well-known opportunistic infection in immunocompromised hosts. Fifteen […]
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Gathering with a bunch of fellow ID geeks (that is, people like me) last week inspired this deeper look at the PCP vs PJP controversy for Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia. It’s only Part 1, so a real cliffhanger. Enjoy. https://t.co/RgMfUQ5yVy
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10 Interesting Things About Norovirus Worth Knowing https://t.co/LvIwhx1CXq @PaulSaxMD #IDTwitter #norovirus https://t.co/6TmTtZsE9y