Infectious Diseases MD FACP FIDSA Associate Professor at Indiana University; PD runs @iuidfellowship #IDtwitter she/her @idsamededcop Teaching &Learning
Oct 21 • 5 tweets • 4 min read
#idweek2024 Review of Progress and Challenges in Bacterial #Meningitis and #Encephalitis Dr Hasbun. Sensitivity of meningitis Brundinski/Kernig low. Goal: Less CT and more LP despite negative signs
#idweek2024 Review of Progress and Challenges in Bacterial #Meningitis and #Encephalitis Dr Hasbun
Oct 17 • 6 tweets • 5 min read
#idweek2024 beta lactams for staph aureus bacteremia #SAB by Daniel Chastain
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#idweek2022#womeninID breakfast how to tackle gender equity
-transparency in pay #heforshe
-negotiate salary self-advocacy
-administrators should have access to form where everyone’s salary is listed which anyone can look at
-need leadership opportunity equity
#idweek2022#womeninID breakfast
-even at same academic level: not the same job: keep data of your exact workload: what revenue you are bringing and what is your impact local, regional and nationally
-document everything you do @DrJRMarcelin
#idweek2022#hiv transmission in various clusters @CarlosSaldanaMD why is important to respond to clusters? 6x rapid spread. The five networks @EmoryInfectDis once identified: conduct surveillance, reach to cdc and initiated ‘The Epi Aid’ partner with community based org
#idweek2022#hiv@CarlosSaldanaMD
-language barrier:trust is lost in translation
-structural barrier: can’t get documents
-inability to take time away from work to go to doctor or labs, many intake forms not in Spanish
-Hispanic gay/bisexual makes marginalized
Oct 20, 2022 • 5 tweets • 4 min read
#idweek2022#hiv#PrEP cisgender female hiv negative, ongoing study interested in long acting LA prEP? Study geographic representation not matched with hiv epidemic
-majority black followed by Hispanic
-16% consistent condom use
-9% STI in 2 yrs
-risk perception low
#idweek2022#hiv#PrEP cisgender female hiv negative, ongoing study interested in long acting LA prEP?
-older participants compared to younger aware of prEP
-19% reported using it
-9% still using it
-the ones who dropped prep reason:being in monogamous relationship
Oct 20, 2022 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
#idweek2022#tropical cases cystic liver mass and wt loss in Pt from Mali #idweek2022#tropical no eosinophilia when thinking liver cystic lesions echinococcus (not typical imaging: not thick wall cyst in this case, also generally chronic, no daughter cysts here, doesn’t explain wt loss), amebiasis, fasciola (lack of eosinophilic rules out)