Jessica Abrantes-Figueiredo, MD

Due to the USG Shutdown, I wasn’t able to attend or present @idweek.bsky.social. I was supposed to give the talk on top viral studies that will impact your practice. Here are the papers I was going to highlight:

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Sad to miss #IDWeek2025 but so excited to see my mentee and our work! Check out her poster (1013) @uconnid.bsky.social #IDBsky #IDsky

UW pharmacist, Dr Whitney Hartlage, presenting on non-severe CAP, asking the very good question, “do we really need to add empirical atypical coverage routinely?”

Spoiler alert, the data suggests “No”

#IDWeek #IDSky

New from IDSA, thanks to Dr William Werbel, resp virus vax in immunocompromised population:

- vax 2 weeks before or 3-6 months after immunocompromise expected
- expect blunted response if given within that window
- defer during acute rejection, illness
- adjust for viral circulation
#IDSky #IDWeek

🤩 Great talks in the APP bootcamp session at #IDweek2025

Back to basics sure, but contextualized by high quality presenters = 🙌

In keeping with spooky 💀🎃👻 season, these are some scary do not miss diagnoses! Did you catch them all? #IDBsky #IDsky @uconnid.bsky.social

ID diagnosis to never miss! #IDSky Follow me as well @id_mama_doc on Insta for more ID learning fun.

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Great points from #IDweek workshop on *outpatient* antimicrobial stewardship… #IDWeek

Key Points:
- find your data
- engage your C-Suite around performance measures/cost
- engage your health plans
- set reasonable goals given your resources

a man is sitting on a swing and saying patiently waiting . ALT: a man is sitting on a swing and saying patiently waiting .

Just me waiting on #IDweek2025 posts so I can pretend like I’m there too
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🆕🔥🔥CloCeBa RCT
Cloxacillin versus cefazolin for MSSA Bacteraemia
Cefazolin has a non-inferior efficacy regarding mortality, microbiological or clinical endpoints and was associated with a lower rate of serious adverse events #IDSky
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

It’s time for a little twilight zone…I mean prozone 😆 #IDBsky #IDsky

This week @infectiousdiva.bsky.social (aka Dr. Abrantes) joined in on some escape room fun. Brought to you by the Infection Prevention and Simlab Teams to start celebrating International Infection Prevention Week! 🕵🏻‍♀️🫆🦠

✨ It’s almost International Infection Prevention Week ✨ We are going UP UP UP, it’s our moment! #IDBsky

Nothing spookier 👻 than respiratory season! Stay protected and protect others! #IDsky @uconnid.bsky.social

Talk to your patients about doxycycline phototoxicity… #IDSky

www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

It’s Spooky Season 🎃👻
Here are some ID emergencies you should not miss and work-up/empiric treatments to remember! #IDSky @uconnid.bsky.social

It’s 🕰️ for Expert Level! How many did you guess correctly⁉️ #IDSky #IDBsky @uconnid.bsky.social

Can you guess correctly? #IDSky #IDBsky #MedSky

Highly bioavailable drugs to know! 💊
Remember:
📍 IV is not superior to PO as long as patient improved and gut working
📍IV to PO transition is just that: a transition. Sometimes using the word de-escalation suggests it’s inferior.
📍Don’t forget shorter is better
#IDSky @uconnid.bsky.social

✨ Here we have Recurrent UTI ✨ @uconnid.bsky.social

Let’s start with UTI 🦠 #infectiousdisease #medstudent #uti #antibiotics #medicine #internalmedicine #shorterisbetter

Ever wonder how to make the most out of your ID rotation? Here are a few tips! 🦠👩🏻‍⚕️🧫 #infectiousdisease #medstudent #resident #fellow #medicine #hospital #bugsanddrugs

Tips and Tricks: ID edition

Here’s a few tips and trips I wish all providers knew 🙃

Hi Bluesky! Taking my social media onto this platform as well. If you love all things ID, antimicrobial stewardship, infection prevention and teaching then give a follow 🥰 Oh and hopefully you get a few good laughs too 🤣