Community-Acquired Respiratory Virus Infections: A Threat to Long-Term Survivors After Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant? Studies on late community-acquired respiratory virus (CARV) infections in long-term allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HCT) survivors are scarce, creating knowledge gaps on the epidemiology, risk of progression to lower respiratory tract disease (LRTD), and conditions linked...

Community-Acquired Respiratory Virus Infections: A Threat to Long-Term Survivors After Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant?

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Study of 85 allo-HCT patients showed qPCR negativity time linked to initial Cq value (P = .0063). Not reaching negativity by D10 increased 30-day mortality (P = .023). High D0 load slowed clearance (P < .001).

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Home - Doctor Fungus Welcome to Doctor Fungus! An Educational Website of theMycoses Study Group Education and Research Consortium (MSGERC)   [View Legal Information] Where to Start Mycology Case of the Month An Introducti...

There’s now an app for all things fungi 🦠🍄
Dr. Matthew Pullen, Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota, helped launch Dr Fungus—a free app that brings the trusted resource to your phone.

Explore fungal infections, antifungal treatments, and case-based learning—all in one place.

Highlights of ESCMID Global 2025 The 35th Congress of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases was held in Vienna, Austria, from April 11 to 15, 2025. Syeda Saleha Hassan reports.

Proud to see key antifungal advances featured in The Lancet Infectious Diseases highlights of #ESCMIDGlobal2025.
@rosannesprute.bsky.social presented global candidiasis guidelines; I shared FURI study results on ibrexafungerp efficacy.
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In 4 patients, 10 strains of 🦠 *C. albicans* were analyzed. 3 had mixed strains; 74% were Tri7 before echinocandin, dropping to 2% after 3 days. Echinocandin tolerance needs more study.

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From earlier this week: A MRSA strain emerged ~2009 in Brooklyn, NY that is now a major cause of skin infections in the US.

Bo Shopsin & team discover a prophage-encoded methyltransferase that increases virulence by promoting biofilm formation in a mouse infection model:
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A MRSA strain emerged ~2009 in Brooklyn, NY that is now a major cause of skin infections in the US.

Bo Shopsin & team discover a prophage-encoded methyltransferase that increases virulence by promoting biofilm formation in a mouse infection model: buff.ly/tbvVWoG

Denmark close to wiping out leading cancer-causing HPV strains after vaccine roll-out A nationwide study suggests infections with human papillomavirus (HPV) types 16 and 18 have been virtually eliminated since vaccination began in 2008 – protecting even unvaccinated women.

I am here to say vaccines are awesome because guess what Denmark is close to completely eliminating the two most dangerous HPV strains (serotype 16 and 18) and with the cervical cancer.I think that is bloody AMAZING!!!!
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CBS video and text: NIH whistleblower Jeanne Marrazzo details clash over childhood vaccines with Trump administration: "We became inconvenient"

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Florida moves to end all school vaccine mandates, first in nation to do so — The Washington Post Florida Surgeon General Joseph A. Ladapo criticized school vaccine mandates, which every state has, and likened them to slavery.

This is where we are?

Sadly, yes. We vilify that which protects our children. Truly dystopian.

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Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health

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Whistle-Blower Complaints Detail Tension Over Vaccines at N.I.H.

Whistle-Blower Complaints Detail Tension Over Vaccines at N.I.H. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/h....

Will the C.D.C. Survive?

Will the C.D.C. Survive? www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/h... I think it will survive but not thrive. CDC rapidly loosing its leadership and relevance nationally and globally. In the short term State and local health departments will be critical for public health.

This is truly a CMV superstar lineup- looking forward to watching this recording!

Great summary slide by @jobadd.bsky.social

AJT’S new ID blog, TxIDExchange, is dedicated to sharing the latest ID updates, research, and guidelines relevant to the transplant community. We’re soliciting blog posts and comments from you and your colleagues and encourage you to participate.

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Intriguing proposal by Becker et alia to stratify transplant centers, like trauma hospitals, into levels I, II, and III, assigning patients, organs, and resources accordingly. doi.org/10.1016/j.aj...

Former surgeon general: The CDC shooting must be a wakeup call “When influential figures amplify falsehoods, they legitimize the anger that leads to violence,” writes former Surgeon General Jerome Adams.

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Dr. Robert (Bob) Rubin Transplant ID Award Recipient for 2025 is the amazing @kottonnelson.bsky.social !!! #TxID #MedEd @astinfo.bsky.social

Broad-spectrum antibiotics for moderately immunocompromised patients with CAP: An overdone practice A study in CID examined broad-spectrum antibiotics in moderately immunocompromised patients with community-acquired pneumonia

Moderate immunocompromise (even if overly broadly defined) should not buy you vanc + antipseudomonal for CAP: my latest @idsainfo.bsky.social Journal Club review:

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Visual abstract showing inferior early fungicidal activity (primary endpoint) and csf sterility at 2 weeks (secondary endpoint) in experimental arm, no difference in survival (secondary endpoint)

Evaluating the Use of Lower Dose Flucytosine for the Treatment of Cryptococcal Meningitis: A Clinical Trial

Compared to historical controls w/ standard 100 mg/kg flucytosine dose, a CM regimen w/ low dose (60 mg/kg) flucytosine had inferior CSF fungal clearance

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Cover of The Lancet's July 26, 2025 issue. Quote on cover reads: "It is time to reposition transplantation not as a niche intervention, but as a strategic health system function—one that must align with global goals regarding NCDs, climate resilience, and pandemic preparedness."

Organ transplantation saves lives 🫁

Yet, according to WHO, only 10% of the global need for transplants is being met.

In our latest issue, a Comment introduces the ESOT transplant–Lancet Commission on Transplantation.

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Weekly Screening of Circulating Mucorales DNA and early treatment in Severely Burned Patients Improves Survival: Real-Life Bi-center Experience in France Early serum Mucorales DNA detection in severely burned patients enables faster diagnosis of invasive wound mucormycosis, reducing 100-day mortality, partic

Weekly Screening of Circulating Mucorales DNA and early
treatment in Severely Burned Patients Improves Survival:
Real-Life Bi-center Experience in France

Emmanuale Faure... Alexandre Alanio and @sarah-delliere.bsky.social 

#IDSky #MedMycoSky #IDDx

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Liver transplantation in Candida endocarditis–induced acute-on-chronic liver failure This case report details the clinical course of a 35-year-old patient with decompensated liver cirrhosis due to primary sclerosing cholangitis awaitin…

#Open Access! "Liver transplantation in Candida endocarditis–induced acute-on-chronic liver failure" by Allgeier et al. doi.org/10.1016/j.aj...

Great to see this work be published, it has been such a wonderful opportunity to be involved with the #IMPACC network - these important findings re immune response to #COVID will be useful for future pandemics especially for vulnerable populations @ast-idcop.bsky.social @niaidnews.bsky.social

Letermovir prophylaxis guided by cytomegalovirus cell-mediated immunity improves the outcomes of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients The control of cytomegalovirus (CMV) reactivation after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) depends heavily on the reconstitution of CMV-specific cell-mediated immunity (CMI).

Letermovir prophylaxis guided by cytomegalovirus cell-mediated immunity improves the outcomes of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients

✅ Just Accepted
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Check out new🔥
American Society for Transplantation Updated Cytomegalovirus Guidelines in Hematopoietic Cell Transplant and Cellular Therapy Recipients www.astctjournal.org/article/S266...
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Advanced Fellowship in Transplant Infectious Diseases (TID) Explore our one-year Advanced Fellowship in Transplant Infectious Diseases, offering expert training across Columbia, Weill Cornell, and NewYork-Presbyterian.

Excited to announce a new opportunity for those interested in advancing their careers in TID! Columbia and Cornell now offer a combined advanced TID fellowship! Check us out and apply! @rosypriya.bsky.social @txidfellows.bsky.social
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Oncologists need to see antimicrobial resistance as a cancer care delivery crisis Oncologists must join the global fight against microbial resistance.

Insightful opinion piece.
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Graphical abstract

Improved consistency of Candida auris colonization screening with an anterior nares and hands composite sample

From CDC’s Mycotic Diseases Branch

Open access
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Read commentary by @drrossanarosa.bsky.social

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