ID doc at @AHNtoday. Med. Director, ASP at Allegheny Valley. Husband and father of 3. Prefers being outdoors. Used to be a good bowler. Opinions my own.
Apr 20 • 23 tweets • 12 min read
Getting my own talk from yesterday up late.
Also presented at the Big Beasts session on Community-Acquired Pneumonia.
Focused at stewardship folks but something in here for everyone 👇
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First up, quick definition:
➡️ Since HCAP is now dead, CAP is basically all pneumonia acquired outside of a hospital.
Lots of stuff can cause CAP, but viruses cause a LOT. Any virus that can cause an upper respiratory infection can also cause pneumonia.
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Apr 19 • 7 tweets • 5 min read
Next up is Dr. Will Allegria to talk about stewardship in Immunocompromised patients.
This is a complicated patient population.
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Many challenges in this patient population, with limited guidelines and data.
Note the specialists (hematology, oncology, transplant) unique to this setting that should be part of the stewardship team. Definitely include transplant ID docs when you have them
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Apr 18 • 20 tweets • 12 min read
Next up is the Dogmas of stewardship!
Bookmark this thread folks, some great stuff below.
First up is Dr. Jim Lewis.
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First up is busting the "cidal vs static" myth. Jim says he is "quoting Noah to Noah" with @IDwithNWD standing by for the next talk, and an author on this excellent paper with @BradSpellberg.
56 Trials!
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Apr 16 • 14 tweets • 9 min read
To get my thumbs warmed up for #SHEASpring2024, figured I'd share this talk I forgot to share last month.
Was asked to talk about antibiotic prophylaxis in primary care.
Here's what I came up with:
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First, one that comes up a lot - should we give antibiotic ppx to prevent recurrent UTIs?
Will first cover older adults - important here: is it truly recurrent UTI?
A lot gets called "UTI" that isn't.
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Mar 24, 2023 • 38 tweets • 20 min read
Just got done presenting at the 31st Annual Clinical Update in Geriatric Medicine, put on by @AHNtoday and @UPMC. Awesome attendees, as usual!
Was asked to talk about "Controversies in Antimicrobial Therapy"
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With a Geriatric audience, had to take the opportunity to focus first on the urine.
But also get into SSTI, Bactrim for Group A strep, if you need IV antibiotics for Lyme, dental prophylaxis for prosthetic joints, and duration of therapy.
First up - does +UA/UCx=UTI?
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Oct 22, 2022 • 16 tweets • 11 min read
What drives physicians refusing ASP recommendations?