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Physician scientist engaged in biomaterials, tissue engineering, and infectious diseases. Infectious Diseases fellow at MGH and BWH.
Jun 23, 2021 8 tweets 3 min read
More 1st year ID fellow pearls #IDTwitter #MedTwitter- a chat about dx of cellulitis! Last week, we discussed two clinical trials for prevention of recurrence- today, lets discuss ALT70, a scoring system for dx. (1/8) Most cellulitis is strep or staph and a lot of folks seem comfortable with its tx- IDSA guidelines are helpful, especially Figure 1: academic.oup.com/cid/article/59… (2/8)
Jun 19, 2021 12 tweets 6 min read
Hi #IDTwitter and #MedTwitter! As we near the end of 1st year of ID fellowship @MGHBWHIDFellows , I wanted to reflect on 10 RCTs that I found useful on General ID. This is neither all-encompassing nor meant to get into the meat of study design/critique (#IDJournalClub). (1/12) 1. Staph aureus bacteremia (SAB) is our bread and butter! We are often asked about combination tx. DASH (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29843781/) did not show benefit to adding daptomycin to beta-lactams for treatment of MSSA SAB. Duration of bacteremia was the primary endpoint. (2/12)