Lisa Dumkow, PharmD, BCIDP, FIDP

🔔 Register & catch the first webinar tomorrow, co-moderated by @sidpharm.bsky.social’s @kristadgens.bsky.social! #IDSky #AMR

Nitrofurantoin is still first-line for uUTI (definitely lots of love for NTF! Although we recommend 5 days - would love to see 3d outcomes published!); the US guidelines are just starting to explore cephalosporins (previously alt agents) - now working to get data out on which ones to use vs. avoid!

We use cephalexin 500 BID for uUTI and 1,000 mg BID for cUTI (unless bacteremic, or obese ➡️ then 1,000 mg TID-QID depending on BMI); academic.oup.com/ofid/article...

Cefdinir Versus Cephalexin for the Treatment of Uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infections Due to its poor bioavailability and urinary excretion, cefdinir may be a suboptimal agent for UTI treatment. Our findings demonstrate that patients treated

‼️Just shared at #IDWeek2025 & now published in @ofidjournal.bsky.social cephalexin vs. cefdinir for tx of uUTI in females. Spoiler: Cefdinir was independently associated with/failure & cefdinir pts were twice as likely to fail. Let’s stop Rx’ing cefdinir for UTI! 🛑💊 academic.oup.com/ofid/article...

Today is the day! Join us for the @sidpharm.bsky.social Poster Walk, led by SIDP Paper of the Year award winners, Ryan Shields & Jason Pogue! Meet us at the SIDP booth at 12:30 to join the fun & learn from our experts! #IDWeek2025 #SIDP2025

At #IDWeek2025? Be sure to stop by the @sidpharm.bsky.social Booth for more amazing swag, photo ops, & our poster walk today!

We are excited to announce the release of our first multi-language episode. Check out episode #122, focused on antimicrobial stewardship in Latin America.

We are grateful for all team members who worked diligently to bring this project to life!

#NewEpisode #Breakpoints

COMING SOON! PRÓXIMAMENTE!

Breakpoints will be releasing its first multilanguage episode in both English and Spanish focused on The Role of the Pharmacist in Antimicrobial Stewardship in Latin America. Mark your calendars for this landmark episode release.

#Breakpoints #Spanish #International

Excited to share our work (just in time for URI season!) implementing order sentence favorites for URI supportive care as an effective way to reduce outpatient abx prescribing, especially in Tier 3 diagnoses. Shout out to our incredible Amb Care team for partnering to implement this intervention!

Curious about public health and outpatient stewardship? Register now for the 2025 SIDP Annual Meeting on 10/18/25, in conjunction with IDWeek!

Link to register:
sidp.org/annualmeetings

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Shout out to former P4 student & current HFH PGY2 ID resident, Cole Orlikowski, on his 1st publication in Annals of Pharmacotherapy! Check out our thoughts on patient factors to consider when implementing lipoglycopeptides in the ED! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Register now for the 2025 SIDP Annual Meeting on 10/18/25, in conjunction with IDWeek!

Register link: sidp.org/annualmeetings

🆕 Episode of #Breakpoints:

Drs. Amy Crockett, Ben Ereshefsky, & Pamela Bailey join Dr. Julie Ann Justo to discuss new treatment strategies for management of intraamniotic infections. Is it time to move away from amp + gent + clinda?

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At little late to post, but I love being an ID Pharmacist working to preserve antimicrobials through education, collaboration, and direct patient care! 💊+🦠#IDPharmacistsDay #SIDPAdvocacy #FutureOfIDPharmacy #PharmacistsLeadingChange @sidpharm.bsky.social

Excited to join this all-star panel in a few weeks where we’ll be “busting” dosing in obesity, extended infusion beta-lactams, SDD susceptibility, and daptomycin in VRE endocarditis!

Stay tuned for the first @cmicomms.bsky.social & #Breakpoints collaboration episode on Sun, May 4th 6PM US EST/Mon May 5th 12 AM CET. Hosts Angela Huttner & Erin McCreary interview SNAP trial investigators, Steven Tong &Joshua Davis, on PSSA and MSSA domain results shared at 2025 ESCMID Global.

Wanting to learn more about one of our trickiest bacteria to treat? Don’t forget to check out the recent Stenotrophomonas episode on @sidpharm.bsky.social Breakpoints! You can also submit you best Steno bug 🦠 photo to the Breakpoints Instagram account to be featured on an upcoming post!

Save the Date! SIDP Annual Meeting 2025

Mark your calendars for the @sidpharm.bsky.social 2025 annual meeting happening on Saturday, October 18, in Atlanta! One of my favorite days of the year!

Spent the day with our Trinity Heath Grand Rapids ID residents, old and new, presenting at the Great Lakes Infectious Diseases Conference! Covered updates in stewardship, clinical ID, vaccines, and residency research. Always a wonderful time with this crew!

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📢 ‼️ Have you ever wanted to host Breakpoints? Now is your chance! Looking for engaging SIDP members to audition to host everyone’s favorite podcast. Details below!

Category S/Stewardship team members

Had a wonderful time this week in Washington DC representing @sidpharm.bsky.social on the IDWeek Planning Committee & working along side this fantastic team! Getting excited for a fantastic #IDWeek2025 in Atlanta!

So excited for this! @sidpharm.bsky.social’s first PK/PD workshop! Please save the date and join us this summer!

https://www.cognitoforms.com/SIDP1/_2025SocietyPlanningSurvey

🚨📣 @sidpharm.bsky.social the Board and Programs Committee want to hear from you! Please take 2 minutes to fill out the member survey for 2025 planning before Friday: www.cognitoforms.com/SIDP1/_2025S...

In celebration of #USAAW24, check out our Clinician Blog Series available here: sidp.org/Antibiotic-A...

Viewpoints on the fight against AR from physicians, infection prevention, & pharmacist perspectives highlighting the vital role of a team-based approach to optimize care! 🦠🧫💊

In honor of #WAAW, check out 10 Ways to Make the Most of World Antimicrobial Awareness Week! (It's from 2022 but still very relevant!) bit.ly/4fVLL9W #IDSky

We are so excited to kick off the CDC’s Antibiotic Awareness Week! We recognize the need to fight Antimicrobial Resistance & celebrate the work of ASP/ID clinicians & researchers!

Join us this #USAAW24 as we share insight & hold virtual discussion on how the Fight against Resistance Takes All of Us

It's World AMR Awareness Week!

As a #WAAW tradition, join the 300,000+ others who completed the "Which Antibiotic Are You" personality quiz.

It's a fun way to engage colleagues and the general public about #AMR.

Try it here
➡️ quiz.tryinteract.com?fbclid=IwZXh...

#WAAW2024 #IDSky

What’s better than finding out @sidpharm.bsky.social is on 🦋? Finding out that you also have access to your favorite Breakpoints podcast merch! Check it out!

First 🦋 post & it’s going to be a throwback to #IDWeek2024 & #SIDP2024! Kicking off 2025 Programs Committees this week & looking forward to the year ahead #IDsky