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Lauren Sweet

@sucroselauren.bsky.social
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Fellow in Infectious Diseases, MD Interests: tropical medicine, zoonoses, One Health. Dog parent, outdoor enthusiast, compulsive baker. All views are my own

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Open Forum Infectious Diseases @ofidjournal.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Efficacy and Safety of Bictegravir Plus Lenacapavir: 48-Week Outcomes in People With HIV-1 Who Are Virologically Suppressed on Complex Antiretroviral Regimens at Baseline bit.ly/48uft50
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Efficacy and Safety of Bictegravir Plus Lenacapavir: 48-Week Outcomes in People With HIV-1 Who Are Virologically Suppressed on Complex Antiretroviral Regimens at Baseline
People with HIV-1 who are virologically suppressed and taking complex antiretroviral regimens face several challenges in terms of high pill burden, challen
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 05/09/2025
Most of the time, viruses and allergies cause conjunctivitis (infected/irritated outer layer of the eye) But a surprising culprit - Neisseria meningitidis (Nm) - was behind a 41-person outbreak among basic military trainees at a Texas base How? Unclear. www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes... 🧵👇 #AltComms
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Outbreak of Neisseria meningitidis Conjunctivitis ...
This report describes 41 cases of Neisseria meningitidis conjunctivitis among military trainees living in a communal setting in Texas.
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Clinical Infectious Diseases @cidjournal.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Executive Summary of State-of-the-Art Review: Modern Approach to Nocardiosis—Diagnosis, Management, and Uncertainties ⭐ Editor's Choice #IDSky
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Executive Summary of State-of-the-Art Review: Modern Approach to Nocardiosis—Diagnosis, Management, and Uncertainties
Nocardia is a genus of gram-positive, partially acid-fast bacilli that typically infect people with chronic lung disease or immunocompromised states.
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NEJM.org @nejm.org · 10/01/2025
In the PURPOSE 1 randomized, controlled trial involving women in South Africa & Uganda, twice-yearly subcutaneous lenacapavir was superior to daily oral emtricitabine–tenofovir disoproxil fumarate in preventing HIV infection. Full trial results: nej.md/3zRElVj #MedSky #IDSky
Notable Articles of 2024 
Twice-Yearly Lenacapavir or Daily F/TAF for HIV Prevention in Cisgender Women 
L.-G. Bekker et al. (published July 24, 2024) 

Visual representation of the PURPOSE 1 trial 

The New England Journal of Medicine
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