iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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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 · 21/05/2026

All K sounds. I don’t know why I expected Cefiderocol to be different 😆

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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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Bug Pharmacist // Tim Gauthier @idstewardship.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

It tells you in the alerts a few names but doesn’t give a list anymore. You can check it often to know who is liking it but that’s too much to monitor. The algorithms work different. Followers don’t matter much on TikTok for example. The data is a 🍌🍍🍊🍏🥭🥝 fruit salad lol

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Bug Pharmacist // Tim Gauthier @idstewardship.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

We just count pills anyways. Not real patient care. 🫠

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Bug Pharmacist // Tim Gauthier @idstewardship.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Because all of my posts are on both Bluesky and X it’s really easy to compare how they’re doing in terms of engagement…. Bluesky sucks and it makes me really sad to say that. It’s so bad that I question whether it’s even worth posting anything here. I’m hoping the future will be brighter here.

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Bug Pharmacist // Tim Gauthier @idstewardship.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

I make the post for TikTok and then use that video for Instagram which cross posts to Facebook. from there, I posted onto X and then onto Bluesky. So I really only have to do one video to post it onto five different platforms. It is time-consuming though.

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Bug Pharmacist // Tim Gauthier @idstewardship.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

I did shoot a message over to the author of the tweet, but no response just yet. I also want to know more. I suppose an email over to the man himself. David Patterson might be the way to go.

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Bug Pharmacist // Tim Gauthier @idstewardship.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

The fact that I cannot tell you a direct answer makes me feel not great even though I know many people are legit there, I couldn’t tell you a percent. I feel like that really tracks for the whole vibe of X right now.

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Bug Pharmacist // Tim Gauthier @idstewardship.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

I don’t expect people to start going back to the platform formally known as Twitter. But folks do still check in there a lot more I think because it was so established. Seems like a fact that people just haven’t migrated over to the butterfly like we wish they had. I use X but sparingly now.

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Bug Pharmacist // Tim Gauthier @idstewardship.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

I also find the X experience pretty horrible. I go to specific profiles and otherwise don’t spend time there. I keep a presence to have some kind of voice but don’t put much energy into it.

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Bug Pharmacist // Tim Gauthier @idstewardship.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

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Bug Pharmacist // Tim Gauthier @idstewardship.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

IG beats all but is not a good set up for science discussions.

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Bug Pharmacist // Tim Gauthier @idstewardship.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

I entirely can’t see who likes posts in X but look at this example. 1 repost, 6 likes, 2 save on 🦋. 24 likes, 6 repost, 5 saves on ❌. Is a consistent pattern. I have way more followers on X so maybe that has to do with it but still the effort seems to be more fruitful over there.

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

Whoa… how to learn more about this? Any idea?

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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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