Andrew Karaba

Happy 10 year anniversary to the first orders I placed as a doctor. 25mcg of fentanyl and a head CT. #IDsky #medsky #july1st

Pamela Tucker Course in Transplant & Oncology Infectious Diseases

Hope you can join us for a transplant and oncology ID conference in September @ricardolahozmd.bsky.social @kottonnelson.bsky.social @michaelisonmd.bsky. www.hopkinsmedicine.org/infectious-d...

Is he a Cubs or a Sox fan?

Great work by @sarabelga.bsky.social and colleagues!

Great work Tori! 👏

Hello to the #IDSky and #TxIDSky community! AST IDCOP is excited to announce our presence on Bluesky. @astinfo.bsky.social

While immunocompromised individuals had a heterogeneous antibody response to RSV vaccines, those who received the adjuvanted RSVPreF3-AS01 vaccine showed better neutralization.

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tl;dr version - very heterogenous response to RSV vaccines among immunocompromised patients (mostly SOT). Only ~60% "seroconverted" meaning had at least 4 fold rise. Slightly better chance of seroconverting and achieving "high titer" response among those that received adjuvanted vaccine.#IDsky #TxID

Antibody Response to RSV Vaccination in Immunocompromised Persons This prospective study investigates antibody response following respiratory syncytial virus vaccination in immunocompromised individuals.

Excited to share our article on RSV vaccine responses in immunocompromised patients published today in @jama.com. Many thanks to @williamwerbel.bsky.social and other co-authors for their hard work and support. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam.... #IDsky #TxID.

Seems like they had a lot of lead time so hopefully plenty of time to get updated on all vaccines since I imagine won’t respond well for some time afterwards. #idsky #txid

I never use cephalexin. Terrible dosing schedule. If not worried about MRSA usually go with cefadroxil. If c/f MRSA then usually use linezolid. #IDsky.

The opportunity to participate in this research. Connecting me to others in the field. Advocating for me to get resources and talks.

Three mysterious bird flu cases worry experts that another pandemic is looming Anytime the origins of an infection can’t be traced, it “raises a lot of red flags"

Three mysterious bird flu cases worry experts that another pandemic is looming: Anytime the origins of an infection can’t be traced, it “raises a lot of red flags" | Salon www.salon.com/2024/11/26/t...

What kind of cocktail?

a couple that come to mind...
BLING III
HOPE Kidney NEJM
...lots of good ones out there though I am sure I am forgetting

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Big thanks to co-authors, especially Jiashu for analysis, Caroline and Scott for running the assays, Rob and Lorien for guidance/funding, and Chirag and Stu for the mentorship.

Our longitudinal study of #SARS-CoV-2 immunity in dialysis patients during early #omicron era now up on #KIReports. I was surprised by the heterogeneous responses and low concordance of Ab and T cell immunity. doi.org/10.1016/j.ek...

Safety of Kidney Transplantation from Donors with HIV | NEJM Kidney transplantation from donors with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) to recipients with HIV is an emerging practice. It has been performed since 2016 under the U.S. congressional HIV Organ Po...

Data suggest it is very safe! www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... #IDSky

This is a global problem that needs multinational solutions. #IDsky

California health department reports possible bird flu case in child California's public health department reported a possible case of bird flu in a child with mild symptoms on Tuesday, but said there was no evidence of human-to-human transmission of the virus and that the child's family members tested negative.

Not loving these increasing cases of HPAI in kids. www.reuters.com/business/hea...

I think I’ll inaugurate my existence on this app with my favorite ID/medicine related lyric. “Maybe all I need is a shot in the arm. Something in my veins, bloodier than blood.” - Wilco.