Eliza Gil

Making America unhealthy again Will US President Donald Trump go down in history as being responsible for the resurgence of HIV in the USA? The Trump administration has unleashed sweeping budget cuts on the US Department of Health ...

a must read #MakingAmericaUnhealthyAgain @thelancet.bsky.social #HIV

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This also applies to microbiology training in my experience. Initial overwhelm often followed by disproportionate confidence once antibiotic choices feel more familiar. The FRCPath exams are definitely a potent driver of the "I'll never understand this!" stage

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Today is the big day for Notifiable Diseases in England. Eight (8) diseases today join the list of those that doctors in England are required to notify suspected cases of to @ukhsa.bsky.social.

Following a long consultation and a lot of work across UKHSA and DHSC, these additions will: (1/4)

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Academic Clinical Lecturer Posts in Infection now out: for people training in ID in UK & hold/imminently completing PhD.

2 posts @lshtm.bsky.social
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1 at St Georges & 1 at Kings
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UK ID people please share!!

P-921. A Decade of Changing Incidence and Microbial Aetiology of Brain Abscesses in England between 2014 and 2023 AbstractBackground. Following international and anecdotal domestic reports of post-pandemic increases in incidence of brain abscesses, including from the U

Collaboration with @ukhsa.bsky.social, inspired by clinicians' hunches, confirms that brain abscesses are increasing in incidence in England, especially in children. Streptococcus anginosus group organisms playing a significant role. Lots to unpick!
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Glad to see this article being challenged - the idea that no one has noticed a flourishing brain microbiome including staphylococci and streptococci, which are readily cultured and identified, really stretches credulity!

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Thank you for writing this. The fact this article made it to publication is astonishing

Thanks for sharing - this is really interesting, I think we have a signal for older children being affected by Strep intermedius infection locally here in London - hopefully will be publishing soon. ENT/neurosurg interface another area for more work!

Anyone else seeing more patients with brain abscess or intracranial empyema? Check out our review of Streptococcus intermedius CNS infection www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.....
If you're interested in Strep anginosus group or pyogenic brain infection I'd love to chat.

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