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Joseph Marcus @josephmarcusid.medsky.social · 20/09/2026

For those attending #IDWeek2026, you are invited to an #IDSky Social Media Meet-Up ⏰ Oct 22 8 PM-10:30 PM Place: Marriott Marquis Lobby Bar

IDWeek Social Media Meet-Up
October 22 from 8-10 PM ad the Lobby Bar of the Marriott Marquis

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Bug Pharmacist // Tim Gauthier @idstewardship.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

🔥 📄 #WhatsHotWedneaday here is what people in the world of ID are talking about for the 9/9/2026 report out. All links in the Teacher’s Corner of Learn Antibiotics dot com. #MedEd #PharmEd #LearnAntibiotics #SaveABX

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Bug Pharmacist // Tim Gauthier @idstewardship.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

👀 People are taking advantage of this Labor Day discount. Are you? 😊Tell your learners and peers. 😈Don’t let your enemies find out! LearnAntibiotics.com

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Andrea Prinzi Ph.D., MPH, SM(ASCP) @andreaprinzi.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Happy Sunday, science lovers. 🤓 This is an interesting read for those working on clinical studies that incorporate implementation strategies. doi.org/10.1186/s130...

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Ben Ereshefsky, PharmD @brainofbpharm.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Please don’t waste time and money sending a test that tells you someone has bacteria in their urine. We know they do; it’s not sterile! #IDSky

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Bug Pharmacist // Tim Gauthier @idstewardship.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

📸Today for #mememonday I’d like to recognize how common ESBLs are these days. ESBL = extended-spectrum beta-lactamase, an enzyme bacteria produce that hydrolyzes certain antibiotics

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Antibiotic Steward 🅱️C🆔🅿️🌟 @absteward.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Amazing 😍 🔥SHORTEN 2 RCT A 7-day treatment course is superior to 14 days for uncomplicated Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteremia, achieving similar clinical response rates with lower antibiotic exposure, fewer superinfections, and fewer serious adverse events #idsky @shorten2trial.bsky.social

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Bug Pharmacist // Tim Gauthier @idstewardship.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

😲 On IG and TikTok this video of @mgilchrist123.bsky.social and I has over 27 cumulative days of watch time, over about 72 hours. #IDsky

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Monica Mahoney @mmpharmd.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Some #MADIDxSIDP2026 highlights. Forever grateful for @sidpharm.bsky.social @mad-id.bsky.social reading my ridiculous email proposing an OPAT workshop & running with it 😱 Great to network, learn, reconnect & of course 🎢 Now ....back to the real world (...until the next #OPATworkshop amirite??)

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Bug Pharmacist // Tim Gauthier @idstewardship.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓 Amazing experience to be there for the first @mad-id.bsky.social x @sidpharm.bsky.social meeting #Antimicrobials over the last few days. If you missed it, here are a few nuggets I picked up… 📲 www.idstewardship.com/pearls-for-a...

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Pharmageddon @pharmageddon.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

#MADIDxSIDP2026 bonus! Got to meet @idstewardship.bsky.social and @letstalkmicro.bsky.social, makers of great ID educational resources (check out their website and podcasts respectively). And apparently #ATS2026 is just next door. Come by and say hi too!

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Bug Pharmacist // Tim Gauthier @idstewardship.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

I stole all the @pharmageddon.bsky.social games at #Antimicrobials hope I don’t get caught!! Not really stolen of course, but super cool to meet IRL!

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Bug Pharmacist // Tim Gauthier @idstewardship.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

🤓 Excited to get to hang out with amazing people here at MAD-ID x SIDP!!

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Monica Mahoney @mmpharmd.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

The 2026 #ScienceSymposium is coming up! I've updated the Make Your Own Antibiotic worksheet and I've introduced a new Antibiotic or Pokemon game (some of these stumped me!) The 3rd activity will be a bean bag (antibiotic) toss at cans (bacteria) based on antibiogram. That's a project for next week

Worksheet aimed at elementary school children to teach about infectious diseases and pharmacy. Based on first letter of their name and month of birth, a weird drug name is produced. They are then guided to randomly choose numbers (for dose and frequency) and route to compete their new antibiotic.

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Antibiotic Steward 🅱️C🆔🅿️🌟 @absteward.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Super interesting: Ceftriaxone-R E.coli / K.pneumoniae BSI(n=163) 2022-24 🧬blaCTX-M+:85.3% 🧬 No-blaCTX-M:14.7% ⚠️🔼 No-blaCTX-M ceftriaxone R ⏱ CTX-M+:faster optimal therapy 💡 Molecular testing still useful for ESBL detection→ always confirm with AST #idsky academic.oup.com/ofid/article...

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Impact of a Rapid Change in Beta-lactam Resistance Epidemiology on the Management of Patients With Bloodstream Infections

Abstract. The impact of a shift in the epidemiology of ceftriaxone resistance among Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae recovered from blood culture

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Rossana Rosa @drrossanarosa.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Joining one of my favorite meetings this morning: the Provincial Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee. It’s virtual but still gotta dress for the part 😅💁🏻‍♀️ #IDSky #AMSSky #PharmSky

A photo of me wearing a sweatshirt with the message “Stewardship Rounds”

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Gabriele Pollara @gpollara.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Important piece of work that guides much of our OPAT practice in UK. It's also impressive in its acceptance of the evidence. Literally the guideline for use of IV antibiotics is advocating for use of oral antibiotics instead! 👏 #IDSky #ClinMicro #AMR #OPAT

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Rossana Rosa @drrossanarosa.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Happy Earth Day, and switch to PO! 🌱💊 #IDSky #MedSky #PharmSky @sustainabil-id.bsky.social

A cute drawing of a pill holding a plant and the message: switch to PO, great for patients, better for our planet

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Dr Neil Stone @drneilstone.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Screening patients for colonisation of drug resistant organisms can help reduce carbapenem use and duration of antibiotics in febrile neutropenia #escmidglobal2026

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Josh Davis @gurujosh.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

David Paterson at #ESCMIDGlobal2026 Highlights important issue of generic versus brand name meropenem – previous work has suggested chemical differences, harder to dissolve and even higher mortality with generic preparations

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Angela Huttner @angelahuttner.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Listening to @drneilstone.bsky.social talk about Twitter vs Bluesky in Arena 3: Says don’t concede space in Twitter to anti-science influencers #ESCMIDGlobal2026 #IDSky #clinmicro

Dr Neil Stone talking at a podium showing slides

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Bug Pharmacist // Tim Gauthier @idstewardship.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

📊 Looking at Bluesky and X, the science community is still stronger on X from what I’m seeing with #ESCMIDglobal2026 content cc: @absteward.bsky.social @krutikamh.bsky.social @drneilstone.bsky.social

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Krutika Kuppalli, MD FIDSA @krutikakuppalli.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

“The Year in Clinical Micro” at #ESCMIDGlobal2026 🔬 A devastating reality: ⚠️ >3 million children died from AMR-related infections in 2022 🌍 Highest burden in Southeast Asia & Africa 💊 Many deaths linked to Watch & Reserve antibiotics AMR is already a leading cause of child mortality.

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Gabriele Pollara @gpollara.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Normal urine is not sterile! Urine microbiome being introduced by @nicoledenisco.bsky.social #ESCMIDGlobal2026 #UTISky

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Antibiotic Steward 🅱️C🆔🅿️🌟 @absteward.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

🔥Late Breakers PeterPen RCT prelim results challenges carbapenem default in ESBL BSI Pip/tazo vs MER (EI) ✅Non-inferior 7d failure(29.4% vs 33.5%) ❌No early mortality signal 30d mortality 14.4%(interim) 👉Will mortality follow?MERINO taught us the hard way! #ESCMIDGlobal2026 #IDsky

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Angela Huttner @angelahuttner.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Now @erinmccreary.bsky.social is speaking to a packed house on podcasting in infectious diseases, with photo of her and Ryan Shields recording the first #Breakpoints podcast in 2018 @sidpharm.bsky.social #ESCMIDGlobal2026

Erin McCreary at the podium with a slide showing her and Ryan Shields recording the first Breakpoints episode

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Prof Jenny Rohn @jennyrohn.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Despite its worldwide prevalence, research about #UTI is sparse here at #ESCMIDGlobal2026. But managed to find a concentrated mini-population of researchers at the poster session niche—enriched for the London strain, but quite a small sample size, p values not reaching significance! #UTISky #IDSky

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Bug Pharmacist // Tim Gauthier @idstewardship.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

🤔🤔 Daptomycin - are premixed bags the way to go when doses vary by weight, organism, and infection type? #ESCMIDglobal2026 trying these new videos with posters as a social media ambassador for the Congress. Any feedback or suggestions are always appreciated! cc @escmid.bsky.social

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Gabriele Pollara @gpollara.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

A post applicable way beyond just #ESCMIDGlobal2026! 👇 #MedSky #AcademicSky

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Onisillos @onisillos.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

It helps me to remember that imposter syndrome relies on circular logic: if you're a fraud then you must have outsmarted everyone.

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Bug Pharmacist // Tim Gauthier @idstewardship.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

🙌 🚪 Great talk and I’m feeling very encouraged and way more informed about DOOR from the talks at #ESCMIDglobal2026 …Advocacy to use this tool is loud and clear!! @josemolinagb.bsky.social @escmid.bsky.social @absteward.bsky.social @krutikakuppalli.bsky.social @drneilstone.bsky.social

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Krutika Kuppalli, MD FIDSA @krutikakuppalli.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

The economic case for IPC. Per @who.int: every $1 invested in hand hygiene yields $24.60 in economic gain. Global IPC implementation could generate $112B in healthcare savings + $124B in economic gains. IPC is one of the smartest investments health systems can make. #ESCMIDGlobal2026

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Krutika Kuppalli, MD FIDSA @krutikakuppalli.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Key IPC takeaways from #ESCMIDGlobal2026 👀 🔹 Quality > compliance (hand hygiene) 🔹 Gel Nail polish may not ↑ risk 🔹 PICCs: “antimicrobial” ≠ better 🔹 Gowns: limited added value 🔹 PPE ↓ possible without ↑ infections 🔹 Microplastics → emerging AMR risk Data should drive practice.

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Krutika Kuppalli, MD FIDSA @krutikakuppalli.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Gowns & respiratory viruses—nuance matters👀 🔹 HCW clothing contamination common; viruses persist 🔹 Limited protective effect (~29% studies) 🔹 Short-sleeve + good hygiene may be sufficient Are gowns always necessary—or part of the problem? #ESCMIDGlobal2026 #InfectionControl

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JAMA @jama.com · 18/04/2026

💬 Editorial: In a multinational trial, #RapidAST did not improve a composite clinical outcome but led to earlier antibiotic optimization and shorter hospitalization in patients with resistant gram‑negative infections. #ESCMIDGlobal2026 ja.ma/4cfubi8

JAMA EDITORIAL: A Multinational Trial of Rapid Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing. Is FASTer Better? By Arjun Srinivasan, MD. Published online April 18, 2026.

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JAMA @jama.com · 18/04/2026

Among patients with #GramNegativeBacteremia, rapid #AntimicrobialSusceptibilityTesting did not improve 30-day clinical outcomes compared with standard testing, despite providing faster guidance for antibiotic escalation or deescalation. #ESCMIDGlobal2026 ja.ma/4sF52lG

JAMA study: Rapid antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) vs. standard AST for bloodstream infections. Conclusion: rapid AST wasn't superior. Population: 486 males, 364 females, median age 72. Intervention: text@1, text@2. Findings: alive at 30 days, similar rates.

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Antibiotic Steward 🅱️C🆔🅿️🌟 @absteward.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

▶️Optimising treatment of severe infections due to DTR organisms Bookmark this table, everyone's favorite table! #ESCMIDGlobal2026 #IDSky #EMIMCC

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Bug Pharmacist // Tim Gauthier @idstewardship.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

😶‍🌫️🫥🫣 Imposter!!! Who me? #ImposterSybdrome is extremely common and something to recognize and work on if you experience it. Take it from me, I’ve totally felt this way more times than I can count!! 😆 … #ESCMIDglobal2026 … 7/n #meded #pharmed #pharmacist @escmid.bsky.social @sidpharm.bsky.social

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Joseph Marcus @josephmarcusid.medsky.social · 18/04/2026

Practice changing study in JAMA today. For adults (<65) with acute sinusitis, amoxicillin associated with same cure rate as amox/clav and associated with lower side effects #IDSky jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

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Amoxicillin-Clavulanate vs Amoxicillin for Acute Sinusitis in Adults

This retrospective cohort study examines treatment failure and adverse events in standard-dose amoxicillin compared with amoxicillin-clavulanate in adults with acute sinusitis.

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Prof Jenny Rohn @jennyrohn.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Enjoyed a fascinating session at #ESCMIDGlobal2026 about adaptive & platform trials for infectious disease interventions.Take-home messages: vastly accelerated by COVID, difficult to set up, require specialist statistician input, but astoundingly efficient & can deliver huge knowledge gains #IDSky

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