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Henco Nel

@henconel.bsky.social
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Infectious Diseases Trainee Registrar, Royal Perth Hospital 🇦🇺 #subcutantibiotics #microbiome #faecalTx #TxId #DFI #IDsky #MedSky @SNAP

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Henco Nel @henconel.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Happy to share this commentary in CMI where we propose the STAR-FOOT trial to assess standardised intra-operative sampling and routine histopathology during minor amputations for DFI. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Jesús F. Bermejo-Martin @biosepsis.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Just published! The editorial in Chest with my good friend Profesor Toni Torres on eosinophil counts in community-acquired pneumonia is out! #IDsky #pneumonia Predicting Outcomes in Community-Acquired Pneumonia - CHEST journal.chestnet.org/article/S001...
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Predicting Outcomes in Community-Acquired Pneumonia
Eosinophils are granulocytes that play a significant role in fighting infections caused by parasites. They also participate in the pathogenesis of allergic diseases. But there is increasing evidence a...
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Henco Nel @henconel.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Happy to share our latest article in AAC 💊💊 journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
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Safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics of a 2 g subcutaneous dose of ceftriaxone as an alternative to intravenous delivery | Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
This prospective, self-controlled cross-over design study demonstrates that subcutaneous administration of 2 g ceftriaxone appears safe and well tolerated with a comparable pharmacokinetic profile rel...
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Henco Nel @henconel.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Fantastic article! Well done @elisemitri.bsky.social and @trubianojason.bsky.social
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Angela Huttner @angelahuttner.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
David Paterson and the ADVANCE-ID team are doing a lot of work for us summarizing recent literature on bacterial & fungal infections & therapies. If you aren't already receiving their bimonthly newsletters, you should! ad-id.co/subscribe #IDSky #Clinmicro
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Henco Nel @henconel.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Happy to share our latest article that explores the optimal method to determine residual bone infection in DFI. #IDSky #DiabeticFootInfections #Histopathology Histopathological analysis from proximal bone samples during minor amp... www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Histopathological analysis from proximal bone samples during minor amputations for diabetes-related foot infections: A single-center, retrospective study
Minor amputations, defined as resection of bone below the ankle, are important procedures for managing diabetes-related foot infections (DFI). The opt…
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Antibiotic Steward 🅱️C🆔🅿️🌟 @absteward.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
🆕🔥State of art review with many🌟s + Prof. Jason Roberts Antibiotic therapy for severe bacterial infections 🟢When to start and not to start antibiotics? 🟢Mon vs combo Abx 🟢PK/PD principles 🟢Drug–drug inx A #mustread article for ID professional #idsky link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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UW Infectious Disease Fellowship Program @uwidfellowship.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
Authors conclude: CSF pleocytosis important criterion for encephalitis diagnosis, but 23.7% of those with HSV-1 encephalitis exhibited an absence of pleocytosis on initial LP. Acyclovir initiation should not be delayed in the absence of pleocytosis in patients with suspected encephalitis. #IDSky
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Henco Nel @henconel.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Happy to share our latest publication that highlights various challenges when treating cryptococcal meningitis. #IDSky #IDCases #OpenAccess doi.org/10.1016/j.id...
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Steven Tong @steventong.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Grants being written. We want to do SNAP but for enterococcus. Will include amp vs amp+ceftriaxone vs amp+gent comparison for enterococcal endocarditis. @drtoddlee.bsky.social @gurujosh.bsky.social
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CMI Communications @cmicomms.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
📣 Lovely comprehensive new review on #histoplasmosis and #blastomycosis by @mikescolarici.bsky.social & @germatologist.bsky.social Climate change means these #fungi are growing & spreading. 🙏 to these experts for keeping us up to date! #IDSky #Clinmicro #MedSky www.cmi-comms.com/article/S295...
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Histoplasmosis and blastomycosis: Progress and possibilities
Histoplasmosis and blastomycosis are important global fungal infections that primarily start as pulmonary pathogens but can lead to disseminated, fatal disease requiring prolonged antifungal therapy.
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Erin McCreary, PharmD @erinmccreary.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
nothing I'd rather wake up at 5am to do than talk to @angelahuttner.bsky.social (while she's vacationing in Greece!) & @steventong.bsky.social @gurujosh.bsky.social in Australia about SNAP Trial results presented at #ECSMIDGlobal Joint Communicable/Breakpoints episode dropping on May 5th!! #idsky
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Steven Tong @steventong.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Excited that at #ESCMIDGlobal 2025, SNAP trial results for PSSA and MSSA silo backbone domains will be presented. What's more it's a new format 2 hour session! 3 trials (SNAPx2, CLOCEBA), with expert led & audience discussion. Sat April 12 16:15 - 18:15 Hall 13 Drinks after @escmid.bsky.social
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Henco Nel @henconel.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Check out our latest publication in @ofidjournal.bsky.social led by Usha Manickavasagar. t.co/COtFoJPYc6 We describe the diverse clinical presentations, attributable mortality rate, and ill-defined treatment of Mycobacterium bovis infections after intra-vesical BCG installation.
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https://academic.oup.com/ofid/article/12/2/ofaf070/8004994
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Henco Nel @henconel.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Happy to share our latest publication #IDsky Disseminated enterovirus infection treated with intravenous immunoglobulin in a patient on maintenance ocrelizumab for multiple sclerosis casereports.bmj.com/content/18/1...
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Disseminated enterovirus infection treated with intravenous immunoglobulin in a patient on maintenance ocrelizumab for multiple sclerosis
We present a case of a woman in her 40s with disseminated enterovirus infection in the setting of maintenance therapy with ocrelizumab for relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis. The patient originall...
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