Reposted by Jennifer Chow MD, MSDavid Zamora @davidzd.bsky.social · 20/10/2025This is what leadership looks like. #VaccinesSaveLives #IDWeek2025 #IDSky 0181 18
Reposted by Jennifer Chow MD, MSInternational 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 144 4
Reposted by Jennifer Chow MD, MSDemetre Daskalakis @drdemetre.bsky.social · 28/08/2025Enough is enough. The health of the country is in danger. Read our resignation letters: insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-n...insidemedicine.substack.comBreaking News: Read three top CDC officials' resignation emails.The end of an era. 27952242388 5.2K
Reposted by Jennifer Chow MD, MSCMI 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 #MedSkycmi-comms.comOptimizing use of the (1-3)-β-D-Glucan Assay for the Diagnosis of Pneumocystis jirovecii PneumoniaPneumocystis 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... 0103 10
Reposted by Jennifer Chow MD, MSAST IDCOP @ast-idcop.bsky.social · 07/01/2025Hello to the #IDSky and #TxIDSky community! AST IDCOP is excited to announce our presence on Bluesky. @astinfo.bsky.social 12213 22
Reposted by Jennifer Chow MD, MSIlan Schwartz @germhuntermd.bsky.social · 30/12/2024Use 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/... 2297 29
Jennifer Chow MD, MS @jennkchowmd.bsky.social · 29/12/2024www.cnn.com/politics/liv...cnn.comJimmy Carter, the 39th US president, dies | CNN PoliticsJimmy 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. 041 4
Reposted by Jennifer Chow MD, MSRicardo M. La Hoz @ricardolahozmd.bsky.social · 17/12/2024The American Society of Transplantation has joined us @astinfo.bsky.social !!! 🎊🎉👊🏼👏🏼🎈#TxID 1185 18
Jennifer Chow MD, MS @jennkchowmd.bsky.social · 11/12/2024Sherry Gorbach was also a long-time Editor-in-Chief of @cidjournal.bsky.social #IDsky #TuftsUniversity #TuftsMedCenter May his memory be a blessing. 181 8
Jennifer Chow MD, MS @jennkchowmd.bsky.social · 11/12/2024A few of the highlights of his work include: anaerobic infections (back when people thought that anaerobes were non-pathogenic), co-discovery of the C. difficile toxin, health significance of LactobacillusGG, and the drug development of fidaxomicin. 160 6
Jennifer Chow MD, MS @jennkchowmd.bsky.social · 11/12/2024I was lucky enough to cross paths with him as an ID fellow and fondly remember his vast fund of knowledge and love of telling stories. 150 5
Jennifer Chow MD, MS @jennkchowmd.bsky.social · 11/12/2024I 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. 2218 21
Reposted by Jennifer Chow MD, MSAxel Vazquez Deida, PharmD, MPH @id-detectiveaxel.bsky.social · 07/12/2024New 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/... 23313 33
Reposted by Jennifer Chow MD, MSAntibiotic Steward 🅱️C🆔🅿️🌟 @absteward.bsky.social · 28/11/2024Limited 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....onlinelibrary.wiley.comAlternative Pneumocystis Pneumonia Prophylaxis in Solid Organ TransplantsAt 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... 2143 14