Adam Jaafer, PharmD

Kalisvar MARIMUTHU at #ESCMIDGlobal

Year in Infection control

Browne Lancet ID 2024
RCT of enhanced cleaning of shared medical equipment (additional 3h per day)

Clear drop in healthcare associated infections. 5% absolute reduction; 30% RRR

Caveats: single centre, difficult to implement

12.04.2025 08:29 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

Redirecting

Excited to share our newest paper from my PhD: a post-hoc analysis of the BALANCE trial where we explored heterogeneity of treatment effect (HTE) in duration of antibiotic treatment for patients with bloodstream infection. A thread:

doi.org/10.1016/j.ec...

#IDSky @eclinicalmed.bsky.social

10.04.2025 09:34 — 👍 35    🔁 15    💬 2    📌 4

On the Inpatient ID Consult Service, Oral Antibiotics Have a Rocky Road to Acceptance Having just completed a stint doing inpatient ID consults, I came away impressed with three things: Staph aureus remains the Ruler of Evil Invasive Pathogens in the hospital setting. You can “jinx” a ...

Though "Oral is the New IV" with antibiotics (h/t @bradspellberg.bsky.social), it's not always easy to convince reluctant inpatient clinicians -- especially (in my experience) surgeons, who want to treat "aggressively".

Interesting dynamic ...
blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-obser...

03.01.2025 18:53 — 👍 90    🔁 24    💬 11    📌 7

Year In Review: Top Infectious Diseases Articles From 2024 In this article a selection of notable peer-reviewed publications from 2024 are provided. Article Selection by: Bassam Ghanem, Pharm.D., MS, BCPS Article Construction by: Timothy P. Gauthier, Pharm.D....

🔥🔥 NEW 🔥🔥
Year In Review: Top Infectious Diseases Articles From 2024
Our new post, a great collaboration with my friend
🌟 @idstewardship.bsky.social
1️⃣6️⃣⚡️🆔 RCTs
7️⃣Syst Reviews/Meta
3️⃣🌏Guidelines ✨️Wiki_Guidelines
#idsky #EMIMCC #medsky #utisky
EnJoy
Share plz!
www.idstewardship.com/year-review-...

11.12.2024 23:47 — 👍 120    🔁 52    💬 10    📌 8

Approach to melioidosis Burkholderia pseudomallei, the causative agent of melioidosis, is endemic in tropical and subtropical regions where it is a cause of community-acquired sepsis. Much of the global burden is in the Asia...

Thank you! I was mostly a happy spectator, though. It was all @ellameumann.bsky.social and Bart Currie...and @gurujosh.bsky.social doing that English accent and everything! #IDSky #MicroSky #MedSky

And here's their paper, with such lovely pics: 🤣
www.cmi-comms.com/article/S295...

20.11.2024 13:15 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

🔥In Case You Missed It🔥
Our NEW WikiGuidelines
A stellar cast of auth🌟rs
54 members , 12 countries
The Third WikiGuidelines
After OM,IE
Guidelines for the Prevention Diagnosis,and Management of Urinary Tract Infections in Pediatrics & Adults #idsky
#JAMANetworkOpen
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

15.11.2024 23:51 — 👍 58    🔁 20    💬 10    📌 32

Prof Dale Fisher giving a talk on history of OPAT in Singapore

Prof Dale Fisher on OPAT in Singapore #OPAT #IDsky

16.11.2024 01:51 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

There's still good in this world 🌏 #IDsky 🦋

and by GOOD I mean the CID-STATE-OF-THE-ART REVIEWS

💯 Must-read for General I.D. (if not already done)

«Evaluation and Management of Pelvic Osteomyelitis in Stage IV Pressure Injuries: A Multidisciplinary Collaborative Approach»

doi.org/10.1093/cid/...

13.11.2024 03:42 — 👍 61    🔁 13    💬 4    📌 4

Welcomee!

13.11.2024 04:34 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Let's talk about Tetracyclines and how awesome they are! 🧵
#IDSky #IDsky #IDX #podcast #ID #infection #infectiousdisease #antibiotics

10.11.2024 16:12 — 👍 53    🔁 13    💬 1    📌 4

I made an #AMR starter pack - I know I'm missing people so feel free to nominate yourself!
#IDSky #MicroSky
go.bsky.app/KkZfvrh

08.10.2024 07:27 — 👍 62    🔁 37    💬 29    📌 1

Brave New Name -- How PCP Became PJP and Why It Matters In the pre-E**n M**k era of the site then known at Twitter, I posted a poll about a very important debate in clinical Infectious Diseases: That’s right. Nearly 900 people took the time, energy, and cl...

In honor of my first-ever post on this site, here's a little something I wrote about the "PCP vs PJP" great debate.

It's a real cliffhanger.
blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-obser...

28.10.2024 21:58 — 👍 54    🔁 9    💬 6    📌 3

My most popular ID post on the other place was when I shared my Hitchhiker's Guide to Antimicrobials, so I'll share it with #IDSky digitalpharmd.com/wp-content/u...

10.11.2024 05:39 — 👍 44    🔁 14    💬 13    📌 3

#idtwitter, #idXposts #MEDTWITTER #medX people; if you’ve migrated over here, give us a follow! We’ll start posting here soon!

Not right now though. I’m being forced to watch Peppa Pig.

09.11.2024 18:04 — 👍 52    🔁 12    💬 5    📌 2

a man in a white shirt is standing in a corn field at sunset . Alt: Kevin Costner from field of dreams is standing in a corn field at sunset . Text says “if you build it, they will come”

Good news:

Our community is growing!

The IDSky Starter Pack has exceeded the max 150 accounts, so I’ve started on another (pls share here and the other place, and LMK if I missed you)

IDSky starter pack 1 go.bsky.app/LnAQjdq

IDSky starter pack 2 go.bsky.app/JNfSvQT

08.11.2024 06:08 — 👍 187    🔁 76    💬 32    📌 9

Here for #IDsky !

09.11.2024 01:24 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0