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Join us tomorrow for the launch of a new accredited tweetorial – a case-based program on the assessment and management of patients with IgA #nephropathy (#IgAN). Free CE/#CME for #physicians, #nurses, #pharmacists! Expert author none other than @IgAN_JBarratt. FOLLOW US . . .
. . . and tell your colleagues to join you here on @ckd_ce, your ONLY source for accredited #tweetorials in the #CKD space! #nephtwitter #nephjc @nephondemand @Nephro_Sparks @edgarvlermamd @ChristosArgyrop @goKDIGO @nicklimd @CKJsocial @ERAkidney @kidney_boy @kidneypathology
1) Welcome to our accredited #tweetorial on optimal contemporary mgt of #IgAN. Earn 0.5h CME/CE credit #physicians #nurses #nursepractitioners #physicianassistants by following this thread. I am @IgAN_JBarratt. @MedTweetorials #nephtwitter #nephjc #FOAMed #MedEd 
#Azithromycin associated w/ #COVID_19 associated pulmonary #aspergillosis. OR 3.1 (1.1-8.5). Just published in @CMIJournal (bit.ly/2JN1fDS). Could it be a risk factor ? More on this hypothesis ⬇️ 1/5
#Azithromycin >1500mg in humans = inhibition of oxydative burst in #neutrophils up to 28 days after last dose. By Culic et al. (bit.ly/3mPkYkd) 2/5
#Neutrophils = first barrier against fungal infection. Oxydative burst necessary for NETs formation. Genetic defect in oxydative burst leads to CGD with well-known increased susceptibility to #aspergillosis (bit.ly/2VJu1aN). 3/5
After listening to a webinar from 5 Chinese #doctors in Wuhan, China who are in the middle of their outbreak - the following can be learned. 1/
Treatment: Much of the same medications and therapies are being used and developed worldwide with no dominant medication working the best. #Corticosteroids are being used, antivirals, #gammaglobulin, and #convalescentplasma 2/
