Julie Westrick @juliewesid25

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Treatment of H Pylori in Children to Prevent Gastric Cancer This Viewpoint discusses why treatment should be routinely recommended in the pediatric patient with Helicobacter pylori.

H pylori treatment for children!
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Interesting!
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relevant to lecture
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something positive!
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Trial results!
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UpToDate

The American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery has released updated guidelines for the management of adult sinusitis!
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Updated COVID-19 Vaccine Generates Strong Immune Response Topline data indicate that the 2025-2026 LP.8.1-adapted monovalent COVID-19 vaccine, marketed as Comirnaty, elicits a robust immune response.

Updates
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Oral Bacterial and Fungal Microbiome and Subsequent Risk for Pancreatic Cancer This cohort study tests whether the oral bacterial and fungal microbiome is associated with the subsequent development of pancreatic cancer.

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Interesting connection
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Blood culture shortage impacts #PITT_IDFall25

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New Study Questions Antibiotic Use Guidelines for Cirrhosis With Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding International guidelines recommend a 5- to 7-day course of antibiotics to prevent infection in patients with cirrhosis and upper gastrointestinal bleeding. A new meta-analysis published in JAMA Intern...

Interesting findings about prophylaxis regimen
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Ceftriaxone MIC updates!! #PITT_ID25

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Epinephrine vs Norepinephrine as Initial Treatment in Children With Septic Shock This cohort study assesses whether receiving epinephrine compared with norepinephrine as the first vasoactive medication administered is associated with improved outcomes for children with septic shoc...

So interesting!
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Super interesting!
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Study that investigates the hidden spread of c.dif
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@juliewesid25 is following 20 prominent accounts

Paul Sax
@paulsaxmd

Harvard/Brigham Infectious Diseases doctor, writer, educator. Editor of Clinical Infectious Diseases. Prefer baseball to football, pizza to sushi, dogs to cats, Beatles to Stones. https://blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-observations/

Andrea Love, PhD | Biomedical Scientist
@drandrealove

Caitlin Rivers
@cmyeaton

Infectious disease epidemiologist @JohnsHopkinsSPH. Associate professor. Author of CRISIS AVERTED (Viking). Outbreak newsletter at caitlinrivers.substack.com

Alexandra Phelan
@alexandraphelan

Global Health Lawyer. Associate Professor at Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security working on emerging and reemerging infectious disease outbreaks, their Planetary Health drivers, and international law in pandemic preparedness, equity & justice.

Dr Neil Stone
@drneilstone

Infectious Diseases specialist doctor in London. Fungal disease researcher (UCL). Officially the 1st person to use word #Covid (according to the Oxford English Dictionary. Really). Personal views only.

Michael Bazaconomicon 💀 🎃 👻
@mcbazacophd

Infectious disease epidemiologist in the public sector, EIDs, Outbreaks, Zoonoses, Virginia Tech and Pitt grad, UMD Public Health adjunct faculty, Smash All Fascism, he/him, and most importantly Dad, DC adjacent

Josh Davis
@gurujosh

Infectious Diseases physician, clinical researcher - clinical trials, SAB, PJI, sepsis, viral hep. CI of SNAP and ROADMAP trials. Runner, Novocastrian, Dad (and thus Dad jokes ++), Chocoholic #IDSky #SNAPtrial

Antibiotic Steward 🅱️C🆔🅿️🌟
@absteward

Stay up-to-date in Infectious Diseases, Clinical Pharmacist, Antibiotics, #IDTwitter t✨p influencer #interstellar #dune 🌹❤️Misk #idsky #medsky #AMSsky #idxposts Bassam Ghanem,PharmD MS BCPS BCIDP

NEJM.org
@nejm.org

Welcome to the official Bluesky account for the New England Journal of Medicine. Follow for high-quality, peer-reviewed research and clinical content from the world’s leading medical journal, online at NEJM.org. Follow @ai.nejm.org for medical AI content.

Open Forum Infectious Diseases
@ofidjournal

Open Forum Infectious Diseases publishes clinical, translational, and basic research in a fully open access, online journal. An official journal of @idsainfo.bsky.social

Infectious Diseases
@infectiousdz

Infectious diseases and their global story

Jon Cohen
@cohenjon

Staff writer at Science, specializing in infectious diseases and immunology. Vaccine history geek. Hate outbreaks, love covering them. Serious surf addiction, occasional contributor to the incomparable Surfer's Journal.

American Journal of Infection Control
@ajicjournal

@APIC's scientific journal. AJIC is the foremost resource on infection control, epidemiology, infection diseases, quality management, disease prevention, and implementation science. https://www.ajicjournal.org

International Vaccine Access Center at Johns Hopkins BSPH
@ivac-hopkins

Creating a world free from adverse health, economic, and social consequences of vaccine-preventable diseases. Website: https://publichealth.jhu.edu/ivac/ Newsletter: https://jhsph.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=27638535c8fe38550be250ed9&id=75c2f4e9cc

CIDRAP
@cidrap

The Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota #InfectiousDiseases #PublicHealth #ScienceCommunications

KNCV TB Plus | KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation
@kncvtbplus

We are a non-profit organization with over 120 years of experience fighting #tuberculosis (TB)🦠 Does that make us old? Yes, but so is #TB🧐🤨 Our goal is to #EndTB & related diseases around the world 🌏. 🤝Partner with us, together we can end TB! #IDSky

British Infection Association
@biainfection

We are a membership led professional organisation. Our aim is to improve patient care by advocating for, and supporting infection specialists. We provide education, guidance, research grants and more. https://www.britishinfection.org/

IDSA
@idsainfo

A global community of 13,000 clinicians, scientists and public health experts working together to solve humanity’s smallest and greatest challenges, from tiny microbes to global outbreaks.

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
@ecdc.europa.eu

We’re the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. We aim to strengthen EU’s defences vs infectious diseases. Here to promote public health.

Erin McCreary, PharmD
@erinmccreary

ID Pharmacist & Director of Infectious Diseases Improvement, UPMC 👩‍⚕️🏥 President, SIDP 🦠 Host, Breakpoints 🎶 Nora’s mom 🐶 Passionate about travel, food, Pittsburgh, and our patients