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Jennifer Chow MD, MS

@jennkchowmd.bsky.social
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Transplant Infectious Disease Physician, #TxID, @TuftsMedicalCtr, 🇨🇦🇺🇸, AUS Labradoodle mom 🐾, opinions are my own.

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David Zamora @davidzd.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
This is what leadership looks like. #VaccinesSaveLives #IDWeek2025 #IDSky
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International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) @ishlt.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
#ISHLT recently released a statement developed by members in #transplantation, #infectiousdiseases, and #pediatrics regarding the role of #vaccines in protecting the health and survival of heart and lung transplant candidates and recipients. 💉➡️📝 Read the full statement: 🔗 bit.ly/4mJcABW
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Demetre Daskalakis @drdemetre.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Enough is enough. The health of the country is in danger. Read our resignation letters: insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-n...
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Breaking News: Read three top CDC officials' resignation emails.
The end of an era.
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CMI Communications @cmicomms.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
📣 Used indiscriminately, the BDG assay for P. jirovecii pneumonia #PCP is only moderately sensitive & specific. @drtoddlee.bsky.social et al. apply it to the 'right' patients & greatly improve predictive value. www.cmi-comms.com/article/S295... #diagnosticstewardship #IDSky #clinmicro #MedSky
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Optimizing use of the (1-3)-β-D-Glucan Assay for the Diagnosis of Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia
Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PCP) can be challenging to diagnose because the tests used are imperfect and/or invasive. The Fungitell serum (1-3)-β-D-glucan (BDG) assay is one non-invasive test; h...
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AST IDCOP @ast-idcop.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Hello to the #IDSky and #TxIDSky community! AST IDCOP is excited to announce our presence on Bluesky. @astinfo.bsky.social
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Ilan Schwartz @germhuntermd.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
Use of voriconazole to predict susceptibility and resistance to isavuconazole for Aspergillus fumigatus using CLSI methods and interpretive criteria High rate of agreement suggests vori susceptibility can predict isa susceptibility in A fumigatus w/ CLSI AFST journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Scattergram for Aspergillus fumigatus isavuconazole MIC (mg/L) vs voriconazole MIC (mg/L) using CLSI MIC breakpoint interpretive criteria. S, susceptible; I, intermediate; R, resistant)
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Jennifer Chow MD, MS @jennkchowmd.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
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Jimmy Carter, the 39th US president, dies | CNN Politics
Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States, has died. Follow here for live updates as tributes pour in for the former farmer, lawmaker and humanitarian.
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Ricardo M. La Hoz @ricardolahozmd.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
The American Society of Transplantation has joined us @astinfo.bsky.social !!! 🎊🎉👊🏼👏🏼🎈#TxID
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Jennifer Chow MD, MS @jennkchowmd.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
I am sad to share that Dr. Sherwood (Sherry) Gorbach passed away peacefully this past weekend. He was a giant in the field of ID who spent much of his career at Tufts Medical Center/TUSM.
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Axel Vazquez Deida, PharmD, MPH @id-detectiveaxel.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
New publication in Emerging Infectious Diseases 🦠 The authors report a donor-derived cluster of Bartonella quintana infections in two kidney transplant recipients from an organ donor who was experiencing homelessness. #IDSky #PublicHealth #MedSky #EpiSky 📄: wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/...
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Antibiotic Steward 🅱️C🆔🅿️🌟 @absteward.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Limited data tovaquone and dapsone as alternatives to TMP-SMX for PJP prophylaxis 🆕️✨️ Single-center, retrospective cohort #TID Alternative Pneumocystis Pneumonia Prophylaxis in Solid Organ Transplants #idsky #medsky #TxID onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Alternative Pneumocystis Pneumonia Prophylaxis in Solid Organ Transplants
At our institution, 34.9% of solid organ transplant recipients over a 2-year period received alternative Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia prophylaxis due to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) al...
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