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3 Sep, 19 tweets, 16 min read
1/ Happy Friday!
Today I am celebrating #scicomm! As of this week, I have contributed 21 articles to the @ASMicrobiology Bugs & Drugs blog! Here's a recap of some of these articles for those who love clinical #microbiology
#IDTwitter @ASCLS @CUAnschutz #MedEd @JClinMicro
2/ First, just a quick note on writing for @ASMicrobiology. Volunteering my time to write has been one of the highlights of the last 2 yrs for me! So grateful for the amazing Bugs & Drugs team, especially @JulieMarieWolf @JClinMicro @ScienceInTheDMV who took a chance on me.
3/
YELLOW FEVER AND FRACTIONAL DOSES
#Publichealth piece discussing the yellow fever outbreak of 2015/16 in Africa & highlighting the amazing work of researchers working on fractional #vaccine dosing. It's an amazing story, full of impressive characters.
asm.org/Articles/2021/…
4 / DIAGNOSTIC STEWARDSHIP INTERVENTIONS THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Micro diagnostics piece highlighting #diagnosticStewardship work by @dan_diekema @dr_dmorgan @DxMicrobiology @redumm & more.
"Medicine is a science of uncertainty and an art of probability."
asm.org/Articles/2021/…
5/ WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING AS A TOOL FOR HOSPITAL SURVEILLANCE
Am I an expert in #WGS ? No. Do I think that we should think critically about the way this (and similar technologies) could be used for infection prevention in the hospital setting? YES.
asm.org/Articles/2021/…
6/ MEDICAL EDUCATION IN THE CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY LABORATORY
asm.org/Articles/2021/…

#MedED piece covering the importance and logistics of providing education in the clinical #microbiology lab. Particularly relevant for labs interested in teaching clinicians in real-time
@ASCLS
7 / HISTORY OF YELLOW FEVER IN THE U.S.
#PublicHealth and #diagnostics piece. In 1793, Memphis was a swamp, 10% of Philadelphia's population was decimated, and the coming of summer brought fear each year. This is a story of death, sacrifice, and discovery.
asm.org/Articles/2021/…
8 / MICROBES THAT SPAN THE CLINICAL LAB AND YOUR GROCERY LIST
#Fungus burgers for lunch, anyone?! This is a tasty tell-all of all the ways microbes may be playing a role in your food -- from Fusarium-based meat substitutes to happy hour favorites.
asm.org/Articles/2021/…
9/ SCREENING VERSUS DIAGNOSTIC TESTS FOR #COVID19 - WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?
COVID tests = controversial. Hint: #publichealth and clin diagnostics likely have different goals. This article explains the key differences between screening and diagnostic tests.
asm.org/Articles/2020/…
10 / ROUNDING IN THE CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY LAB
Hey #IDTwitter and #PathTwitter - why should you do lab rounds? What's the point? What can be learned? It's all here in this article, with some shining examples of life-saving and lessons learned.
asm.org/Articles/2020/…
13 / WHY DIFFERENTIAL AND SELECTIVE MEDIA REMAIN INVALUABLE TOOLS
This article was a team effort with the fabulous @RodneyRohde. What are these media types, and why are they still SO helpful? This article is loaded with helpful case studies.
asm.org/Articles/2020/…
15 / HOW CHROMAGAR REVOLUTIONIZED MICROBE IDENTIFICATION
I had the PLEASURE of speaking with Dr. Alain Rambach about his fascinating life, and how it led him to develop one of the most useful tools we have in microbiology: CHROMagar.
@CHROMagar
asm.org/Articles/2020/…
16 / HOW THE SARS-COV-2 EUA ANTIGEN TESTS WORK
Although the #COVID19 testing landscape may have changed a bit, this article details the role of antigen testing as well as various pros and cons
#CoSPHIDEpi2021
asm.org/Articles/2020/…
17 / WHY PRETEST AND POSTTEST PROBABILITY MATTER IN THE TIME OF COVID-19
The truth is, they matter all the time. One of my favorite articles in this list - this one walks us through some diagnostic theory and how we should be thinking about testing.
asm.org/Articles/2020/…
18 / DIAGNOSING VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA VIA TRACHEAL ASPIRATE CULTURES: CHALLENGES AND CONSIDERATIONS
Loaded with #microbiology examples of why these cultures are so challenging to work through, this one might make your head spin. #VAP
asm.org/Articles/2020/…
19 / MICROBIOLOGY LABOROATORY TIPS AND TRICKS: AN ORGANISM ISOLATION AND IDENTIFICATION SURVIVIAL GUIDE
A from-the-field manual for clinical microbiologists and learners.
@ASCLS @ASCP_Chicago #LabTwitter #IDTwitter #MedED #PathTwitter
asm.org/Articles/2020/…
20 / THE IMPORTANCE OF A PATIENT HISTORY IN CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY: A SURVIVAL GUIDE TO PRESUMPTIVE DIAGNOSES
What are we without a good history, #IDTwitter ?!
#ASMClinMicro
asm.org/Articles/2019/…
21 / POOP, PUS AND POSITIVE RESULTS: CULTURAL ODDITIES FROM THE CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY LAB
If you never read this one, give it a shot. It was so fun to write, and even more fun to read. Some of the stories in here will SHOCK YOU.
#IDTwitter @ASCLS

asm.org/Articles/2019/…
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Special thanks to the @ASMicrobiology team for giving me a platform to write about things I love, and thanks to all those who read and support the articles!
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Andrea Prinzi SM(ASCP), MPH, CPH🧫🔬 Profile picture
1 Sep
1/ I loved writing this new @ASMicrobiology article. I talked to Dr. Derick Kimathi (@Toinoti, medical researcher in Kenya), about using fractional doses of yellow fever #vaccine. I hope you find this as interesting as I did #IDtwitter #epitwitter
asm.org/Articles/2021/…
2 / This is a follow up article to the one I wrote back in May that briefly detailed the history of #YellowFever in the United States, and how the development of #diagnostics for the disease as well as modern research stemmed from that #history.
asm.org/Articles/2021/…
3/ The #YellowFever #outbreak that started in Angola in 2015 ravaged major cities like Luanda & Kinshasa, and resulted in 11 imported cases in China - a country that harbors the mosquito that spreads the yellow fever virus and has a population immunologically naïve to YF.
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19 Aug
1/ Proud to be a part of this hot-off-the-press #stewardship study examining time to blood culture positivity by pathogen and primary service. A joint effort by scientists at @ChildrensColo @CUMedicalSchool @CUAnschutz. Check it out #IDTwitter ! Summary 🧵
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34407980/#:~:t…
2/ Some background:
* Historically, infants and children are given antibiotics until blood cultures are negative at 48-72 hours.
*Empirically treating is essential for children with bacteremia, but waiting for this negative BC period may be unnecessary. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25567785/
3/ Why we did this study:
* Understanding the time it takes for blood cultures to become positive (with respect to certain organisms and subspecialties) can help shorten overall antimicrobial duration.

*Shortening duration= fewer adverse events, less resistance, shorter stays
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7 Apr
1/I want to take some time to share findings from our semi-recent PETACS study. This was a wonderful collaboration between @COpedsID faculty, survey designers, and #microbiologists across the US.
@JClinMicro @ASMicrobiology #ASMClinMicro
jcm.asm.org/content/59/3/e…
2/ First, I want to emphasize that this project highlights many of the reasons I chose to pursue a #PhD in clinical & translational science. As a long-time microbiologist, I can say that the clinical lab doesn't often have a seat at the clinical effectiveness / research table.
3/ This project focuses on the tracheal aspirate culture- a diagnostic process that is greatly limited by contamination with normal respiratory flora, and which lacks consensus or standardization across labs and hospitals. @ASCLS @ASMicrobiology @ASCP_Chicago
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30 Mar
1/Dr. Lewis Roberts is giving a really interesting talk at @ACTScience #TS21 that walks us through the art of reviewing and questioning a scientific talk.

We are all pretty familiar with reviewing manuscripts, but I think this is a fresh take!
@EdgeforScholars #phdlife #PhD
2/
 This is like a dynamic (real-time) manuscript review. The corollary:
* One key for presenters: strategically repeat yourself
*Tell them what you're going to say (abstract)
*Tell them (introduction, methods, results)
*Tell them what you told them (discussion)
#TS21 @ACTScience
3/
 The 40,000 ft view:
*What is the main aim of the study? Should be in the first few minutes of a presentation
*When you are listening, pick out:
-What is the problem they are trying to solve?
-What is the overall hypothesis?
#TS21
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30 Mar
1/ Dr. Stephen Ekker (@scekker) is speaking my language in his talk about the importance of #scicomm and how effective @Twitter can be for scientists.
#TS21 @EdgeforScholars @ACTScience
2/ Good science communication IS good science ethics!
Effectively communicating our science literally has life-saving implications, and it is VERY important.
#scicomm #TS21 @ACTScience @EdgeforScholars
#phdlife #PhD @CCTSI
3/ Making your own "Scientist Oath" using social media:
If you were making your own platform, what rules would YOU write?
-Be deliberate in thinking about what you share and how you share it
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30 Mar
1/Listening to an amazing plenary talk by @DrCHWilkins on racism, disparities, and the role of race/ethnicity in medicine and research. AMAZING talk!
#TS21 @EdgeforScholars @ACTScience
2/Our focus always seems to be on race alone, and not on other social scenarios. We focus so much on personal choices and access to care-- but we focus less on disparities the way we should (and race as a fully sociopolitical concept).
#TS21 @ACTScience
3/*Racism in medicine is =responsible for minorities having the worst healthcare & outcomes in the US
*Many famous physicians & scientists were involved in creating and perpetuating inferiority stereotypes
*Many continue to conflate race with biology & physiology
#TS21
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