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Armelle

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✨Transplant Infectious Diseases✨ Assistant Professor | University of Manitoba @UM_RadyFHS

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José Molina @josemolinagb.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
#ShorterIsBetter in immunocompromised hosts? Short treatments are feasible in early responders without source control issues. A significant number of observational studies serve as proof-of-concept on the feasibility of short courses in selected patients (see ⚠️) #AMSsky #IDOnc #TxID #IDsky
A summary table on published observational studies on treatment duration of bloodstream infections in hematology patients with high-risk neutropenia.

References:
doi: 10.1007/s10096-024-04885-w
doi: 10.1111/tid.14085
doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2021.10.017 
doi: 10.1093/cid/ciad605
doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofaa246A summary table on published observational studies on treatment duration of graft infections on solid-organ transplant recipients.

References:
doi: 10.1111/tid.13896
doi: 10.1111/tri.14144
doi: 10.1111/tid.13868
doi: 10.1111/tid.13518
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Antibiotic Steward 🅱️C🆔🅿️🌟 @absteward.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
🆕✨Single-center retrospective Levofloxacin prophylaxis in pediatric & young adult allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation recipients does not prevent infective complications & infections-related deaths & 🔼prevalence of Abx resistant strains #idsky #medsky academic.oup.com/ofid/advance...
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Levofloxacin prophylaxis in pediatric and young adult allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation recipients does not prevent infective complications and infections-related deaths
AbstractBackground. The prophylactic use of quinolones in the setting of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HCT) is controversial and
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Transplant Infectious Disease Journal @thetxidjournal.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Report from the OPTN ad hoc Disease Transmission Advisory Committee - Coccidiomycosis from Organ transplant Donors? "All 7 deceased donors had prior infection or exposure...8/20 recipients developed Cocci, resulting in a 40% transmission rate." #IDsky #TxID onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Coccidioidomycosis Transmission Through Solid Organ Transplantation (2013–2022): A Report of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network ad hoc Disease Transmission Advisory Committee
Coccidioides infection is a rare but serious fungal disease. From 2013 to 2022, most donors with risk factors lacked serologic testing before procurement, and recipients often missed necessary prophy...
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Armelle @armelleid.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
If they suspect Aspergillosis why use posa and not voriconazole?
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Shivan Shah @idoncology.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
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Renal transplantation using kidneys from a donor with high grade cytomegalovirus viraemia: case report and literature review
Transplanting organs from cytomegalovirus-seropositive donors into cytomegalovirus-seronegative recipients is an accepted practice. However, outcomes following transplantation of organs from donors wi...
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Sonia Koning @sonkoning.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Lessons from practice for immunocompromised hosts by Dr Ai Li Yeo and A/Prof Claire Dendle #ForbesWeek #IDSky 1. There can be more than two pathologies in immunocompromised patients
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Antibiotic Steward 🅱️C🆔🅿️🌟 @absteward.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Both letermovir & maribavir can be perpetrator or victim of a drug–drug interaction 🆕️🔥 #CPK Drug–Drug Interaction Management with the Novel Anti-Cytomegalovirus Agents Letermovir & Maribavir: Guidance for Clinicians #idsky ✨️tables✨️ #bookmark link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Drug–Drug Interaction Management with the Novel Anti-Cytomegalovirus Agents Letermovir and Maribavir: Guidance for Clinicians - Clinical Pharmacokinetics
Letermovir and maribavir have demonstrated efficacy in the prevention and treatment, respectively, of immunosuppressed patients with cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection and disease. These patients often h...
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