UNMC Infectious Diseases Division

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HIV & Menopause: A Combo We’re Just Beginning to Understand As patients with HIV live longer, menopause is becoming routine, but the science, safety data, and responsibility for managing it are still catching up.

Find Dr. Sara Bares expertly discuss HIV & Menopause in this @medscape.com article! #IDSky #HIVSky

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Sepsis Sepsis is defined as a dysregulated host response to infection that leads to life-threatening organ dysfunction. The infectious insult triggers a dysr…

💥🆕“Sepsis”.The Lancet Seminar
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Congrats to @bryanidpharmd.bsky.social and Dr. Paul Fey et al on this challenging case of multidrug resistance developing on dalbavancin in a patient with a MRSA LVAD infection #IDSky

Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) 2026: Where to find our UNMC ID experts - Division of Infectious Diseases The CROI 2026 meeting promises to be a vibrant gathering of thought leaders in HIV treatment, prevention, and cure research. We're thrilled to amplify the brilliant presenters from our division, each ...

Are you going to CROI 2026?

Here is how to find out UNMC ID faculty presentations and posters there this year:

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Dr. Mark Rupp reflects on his career in healthcare epidemiology and infectious diseases in @ashejournal.bsky.social #IDSky

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State-of-the-Art Review: Diagnosis and Management of Acute and Chronic Bacterial Prostatitis Abstract. Acute bacterial prostatitis (ABP) and chronic bacterial prostatitis (CBP) are poorly defined clinical entities, and diagnosis can be challenging.

Congrats to @cortes-penfield.bsky.social et al on the most recent State of the Art Review from @cidjournal.bsky.social on bacterial prostatitis! #IDSky

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Corticosteroids and community-acquired pneumonia: Africa deserves an explanatory trial - Critical Care Critical Care -

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It's National Women Physician's Day!

Today, we celebrate women physicians for their skill, compassion, and strength in caring for patients and advancing medicine. Thank you for the lives you impact, especially Drs. Broadhurst, Hewlett, Schnaubelt, Willet, and Wadman at GCHS!

Antifungal Susceptibility Testing Experience in the Management of Culture-Positive Mucormycosis: Observation from a Large Healthcare System - PubMed <span><b>Background:</b> Mucormycosis, an invasive fungal infection with high morbidity and mortality rates, requires prompt surgical and antifungal therapies; however, the role of antifungal susceptibility testing (AFST) in clinical management of mucormycosis remains underexplored. We aimed to describe t</span> …

Congrats to Dr. Mohanad Al-Obaidi for his latest publication in Journal of Fungi:

"Antifungal Susceptibility Testing Experience in the Management of Culture-Positive Mucormycosis: Observation from a Large Healthcare System"

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🗞️GCHS in the Media🗞️

Leaders from the National Guard visited the GCHS to see cutting-edge training and biocontainment capabilities and strengthen partnerships focused on readiness for future biological and operational threats.

Read more: www.unmc.edu/newsroom/202...

⭐GCHS in the Media ⭐

"What to know about the deadly Nipah virus, amid outbreak in India"

This Washington Post article dives into the Nipah virus and includes commentary from our own GCHS Associate Director of Research, Dr. Lauren Sauer.

Read here: archive.ph/eJ5GQ

⭐GCHS in the Media ⭐

U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer visited UNMC to tour the med center’s expanding biocontainment capabilities.

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New Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Mohanad Al-Obaidi - Division of Infectious Diseases Dr. Mohanad Al-Obaidi joins UNMC ID as an associate professor coming from University of Arizona in Tuscon. His expertise is in care of immunocompromised patients with infections, and fungal infections...

Check out our new ID faculty member spotlight on Dr. Mohanad Al-Obaidi! He joined us from AZ and has expertise in immunocompromised patients and fungal infections

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New publication from IM Chief Resident (and future UNMC ID fellow) Gigi Green along with @jonathanrydermd.bsky.social and @drjrmarcelin.bsky.social in @ashejournal.bsky.social:

Clinician perspectives on the BCx Bottle Shortage via an EIN online poll #IDSky

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Pharmacists in Infectious Diseases: Expertise, Partnership, Impact - Division of Infectious Diseases Today, on National Pharmacist Day, we celebrate the incredible contributions of pharmacists to healthcare, and especially to our UNMC ID division. Pharmacists are not only medication experts; they are...

We celebrate our ID pharmacists on National Pharmacist Day for their essential contributions to our ID team! #IDSky

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In adults hospitalized with acute HF, predischarge influenza vaccination reduced a composite of mortality or readmission at 1 y | Annals of Internal Medicine Clinical Impact Ratings GIM/FP/GP: 5 out of 7 Cardiology: 6 out of 7 Infectious Disease: 6 out of 7

Drs. Juan Teran and @drandrekalil.bsky.social wrote an ACP Journal Club article in @annalsofim.bsky.social:

"In adults hospitalized with acute HF, predischarge influenza vaccination reduced a composite of mortality or readmission at 1 y"

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Understanding the pathogenesis of uveitis in Ebola virus disease survivors: an observational cohort and cross-sectional study protocol for clinical, molecular virologic and immunologic characterisation - PubMed This study has received Institutional Review Board approval from University of Nebraska Medical Centre, Emory University and Sierra Leone Ministry of Health. Findings will be disseminated through peer-reviewed publications.

Very cool collaboration with our own Drs. Angela Hewlett and David Brett-Major with colleagues in ophthalmology: A protocol to study the pathogenesis of uveitis in Ebola virus disease survivors

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New grant strengthens street medicine efforts The $1.4 million grant will enable UNMC and HEAL Omaha to work in collaboration serving more unhoused people with HIV.

Congrats to our SCC team on their HRSA grant to collaborate with HEAL Omaha to implement a street medicine model for people with HIV!

@jennmpd.bsky.social #IDSky #HIVSky

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Fast, Accurate, and Practical: Rapid AST for Gram-Negative Bacteremia - Division of Infectious Diseases Timely and accurate antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) is critical for managing bloodstream infections, and delays in initiating appropriate therapy can lead to serious complications. Conventi...

Curious what our journal clubs are like?

The latest UNMC ID blog post summarizes @drjrmarcelin.bsky.social's latest article presentation on rapid blood culture antimicrobial susceptibility testing!

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Year-End Accolades! - We are so PROUD of our people! - Division of Infectious Diseases Congratulations to members of our division for their achievements and recognitions in the second half of this year! These are just a few of the outstanding accomplishments of our division.

As the year winds down, we celebrate the many accolades from our ID division over the past 6 months!

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Understanding Health Misinformation: Why It Spreads, Who It Harms, and What We Can Do About It - Division of Infectious Diseases By Kelly Cawcutt, MD, MS, FACP, FIDSA, FCCM, FSHEAMedical Director, Acute Care QualitySenior Medical Director, Infection Prevention & Hospital Epidemiology(Adapted from Grand Rounds presentation, Dece...

New blog post from @kcawcutt.bsky.social:

"Understanding Health Misinformation: Why It Spreads, Who It Harms, and What We Can Do About It"

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UNMC ID Transplant Infectious Diseases Research Group Leads in Division Clinical Trials - Division of Infectious Diseases Under the leadership of Dr. Anum Abbas and Dr. Carlos A. Gomez, the UNMC ID Transplant Infectious Diseases Research Group had an exceptionally productive year, bringing multiple industry-sponsored, NI...

Our Transplant ID group is quite involved in clinical trials, check out the great work our team is doing to advance treatment of patients with organ transplants! #IDSky

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Watch this week's Region 7 Infectious Disease Briefing featuring guest presenters who shared insights on:

▪️Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-COV)
▪️ACIP Recommendation Updates
▪️Region 7 Clinical Updates

Watch here: bit.ly/4pWuvWT

#mers-cov #region7 #unmc #acip

In the latest episode of The SHEA Podcast, Dr. Jonathan Ryder hosts a pro/con debate on procalcitonin with experts Dr. Michael Mansour and Dr. Sheetal Kandiah. They dig into where PCT adds value (or doesn’t) in antimicrobial stewardship and diagnostic decision-making.

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Exciting News: Meet Our Incoming Infectious Diseases Fellows for 2026-2027! - Division of Infectious Diseases We are thrilled to announce that the Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program at UNMC has successfully filled all positions for the 2026-2027 academic year! Please join us in welcoming our three outstan...

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We are excited to welcome 3 new incoming ID fellows to UNMC ID this upcoming academic year! Congratulations!! #IDSky #Match2026

Melanocortin-4 Receptor Gene Variants and Weight Change Following Switch to Integrase Inhibitor-Based Antiretroviral Therapy - PubMed Given the melanocortin-4 receptor's (MC4R) importance in obesity, we examined associations between <i>MC4R</i> gene variants and weight following a switch to integrase inhibitor-containing antiretroviral therapy among participants in Advancing Clinical Therapeutics Globally studies. Among 529 person …

Congrats to Dr. Sara Bares on her latest publication in @ofidjournal.bsky.social:

"Melanocortin-4 Receptor Gene Variants and Weight Change Following Switch to Integrase Inhibitor-Based Antiretroviral Therapy"

#IDSky #HIVSky

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Teresa Karre, MD, associate professor in UNMC's Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology and medical director of the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory

Dr. Teresa Karre, associate professor in our department and medical director of the Clinical Microbiology Lab at UNMC, talks with The Pathologist about the effort to detect drug-resistant infections:
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