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Matt Hitchcock, MD, MPH @thehitch-md.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I like seeing data like this out here. I have spent a lot of time telling residents that these cultures are rarely helpful and we have no trouble isolating Candida with standard sets. We even had a case recently where the Candida only grew in standard cultures and not in dedicated fungal cultures.

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Matt Hitchcock, MD, MPH @thehitch-md.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Thanks @richmondkickers.bsky.social for a great game and the coolest piece of Kickers memorabilia I now own

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Matt Hitchcock, MD, MPH @thehitch-md.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

I hope one of the biggest takeaways from the World Cup is that live soccer is awesome and progression of the game in the US requires lots of opportunities for young players to play and develop. New USL and MLS fans are way more valuable for the American game than new EPL ones.

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Matt Hitchcock, MD, MPH @thehitch-md.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Did the IDSA Staph aureus bacteremia guidelines get clawed back? I was looking at them yesterday and now they are gone.

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Pablo Maurer @mlsist.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

On @us.theguardian.com, here on some thoughts on Seattle, a city so deserving of more US games - and one that’s fostered the game of soccer for a half century or more. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

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USA soak in Seattle’s familiar support en route to making World Cup history

Long a hotbed of American soccer, Seattle showed on Friday why it should no longer be a rare visit for the national team

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Matt Hitchcock, MD, MPH @thehitch-md.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Getting a lot of urgency to prepare for Ebola and I wish we were putting as much effort into aggressively supporting high-quality diagnosis and treatment in the places that actually need it

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Matt Hitchcock, MD, MPH @thehitch-md.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Interesting to see further work on Ct values in CDI and glad that my previous findings still generally hold, but this just adds to my general sense that we don’t know where the line is between CDI and colonization and perhaps never will.

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Matt Hitchcock, MD, MPH @thehitch-md.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Great win with an incredible number of post and crossbar hits

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Matt Hitchcock, MD, MPH @thehitch-md.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Great to finally see another home Kickers win! It was a great night for soccer in RVA.

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Matt Hitchcock, MD, MPH @thehitch-md.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

I have one of the red and black jerseys from 2023 and it has literally never seen a Kickers win at City Stadium

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Matt Hitchcock, MD, MPH @thehitch-md.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

My hot takes from time in the national parks is that no one seems to know how to open a food wrapper without a corner falling off, nor does anyone know what happens to an orange peel in the desert

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Matt Hitchcock, MD, MPH @thehitch-md.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

@rivercity93.bsky.social has there been any indication of when we might hear more about the supposed 3-4 additional player signings that were in the works for the Kickers?

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Matt Hitchcock, MD, MPH @thehitch-md.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

If our main target is not associated with HO-CDI, it further brings into question whether this is a useful metric at all

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Matt Hitchcock, MD, MPH @thehitch-md.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

I have no interest in being the gatekeeper of this, but providers should not be able to order a multiplex PCR panel unless they have some semblance of how to interpret the results.

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Matt Hitchcock, MD, MPH @thehitch-md.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

It was a pleasure to work on this project with our ID pharmacist colleagues. AI has a lot of potential in this space, especially with the basic interpretation of data, but still needs human guidance to work through the complexities of patient management. Looking forward to doing more of this!

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Evaluating chain-of-thought prompting in a GPT chatbot for BCID2 interpretation and stewardship: how does AI compare to human experts? | Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology | Cambr...

Evaluating chain-of-thought prompting in a GPT chatbot for BCID2 interpretation and stewardship: how does AI compare to human experts? - Volume 5 Issue 1

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Matt Hitchcock, MD, MPH @thehitch-md.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

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Evaluating chain-of-thought prompting in a GPT chatbot for BCID2 interpretation and stewardship: how does AI compare to human experts? | Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology | Cambr...

Evaluating chain-of-thought prompting in a GPT chatbot for BCID2 interpretation and stewardship: how does AI compare to human experts? - Volume 5 Issue 1

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Matt Hitchcock, MD, MPH @thehitch-md.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Great time at the Kickers game tonight, too bad the officiating wasn’t as good as the play

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Matt Hitchcock, MD, MPH @thehitch-md.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Great work by a great colleague! I hope more studies like this come out to help support high rates of childhood vaccinations, especially MMR.

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Matt Hitchcock, MD, MPH @thehitch-md.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Great work from current and former VCU fellows (with the lead author just casually mentioning it during clinic today!)

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Matt Hitchcock, MD, MPH @thehitch-md.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

The cocci exposure risk was worth these desert views

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Julie Parsonnet @julieparsonnet.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

We're looking for a new Division Chief in Adult ID at Stanford. We have a great ID/Medicine family here and the division has been growing by leaps and bounds. We also have great Pedi ID, Micro, Immunology and Transplant teams. Please share!

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Matt Hitchcock, MD, MPH @thehitch-md.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

There have been some anxious times here recently, but it was nice to hear from one of my patients today that if I get canned by DOGE she’ll never come to the VA again #IDSky

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Jasmohan Bajaj @jasmohanbajaj.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Unnecessary #antibiotics: #SBP prophylaxis in #cirrhosis ⬆️ #SBP & other infections! Esp #UTIs w similar🦠 latest from VA & Trinetx ⤵️ pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40062879/ 50% of US ❌use SBPProph..should we all follow & ⬇️ #AMR? @absteward.bsky.social @amcollegegastro.bsky.social @ebtapper.bsky.social

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Matt Hitchcock, MD, MPH @thehitch-md.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Pretty nice jersey with some deep historical roots. Now let’s see the other one!

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Matt Hitchcock, MD, MPH @thehitch-md.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

When you definitely know what you are doing with C. difficile infection, the obvious regimen is cipro, vanc, and metronidazole #IDSky

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Matt Hitchcock, MD, MPH @thehitch-md.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

I love to get to point out the Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction when it happens in clinical medicine but hate that I have to look up the correct spelling every time #IDSky

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Matt Hitchcock, MD, MPH @thehitch-md.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

“If destruction be our lot, we ourselves must be its author and finisher. As a nation of free men, we will live forever or die by suicide.” - Lincoln (via Titus Andronicus)

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Matt Hitchcock, MD, MPH @thehitch-md.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Is anyone in infection prevention and control world aware of solid data for infections related to use of sterile supplies (reprocessed and single use) exposed to temperature and humidity outside of prescribed ranges? #IDSky

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Matt Hitchcock, MD, MPH @thehitch-md.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

It was great to hear Brad Spellberg review oral versus IV for treatment of serious infections again in the VIPTC webinar series. It was an excellent, data-driven lecture, as always, and I did not expect to also learn about pelycosaur osteomyelitis and historical purgatives! #IDSky

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Matt Hitchcock, MD, MPH @thehitch-md.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

TB guidelines are the ophtho notes of infectious diseases #IDSky

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Matt Hitchcock, MD, MPH @thehitch-md.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

“There is no other fear so horrible and unhumanizing, as that which makes men dread to breathe Heaven’s vital air, lest it be poison, or to grasp the hand of a brother or friend, lest the gripe of the pestilence should clutch him.” - Nathaniel Hawthorne, “Legends of the Province-House”

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Matt Hitchcock, MD, MPH @thehitch-md.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

There needs to be a better understanding that when it comes to patients who report STI exposures, providers need to treat first and any testing is just confirmatory. This is especially true if the patient has already been hard to contact and get in for clinic follow-up. #IDSky

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Matt Hitchcock, MD, MPH @thehitch-md.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

With the numbers in, I stand by my statement from last Match Day that it is (still) a hell of a time to be an applicant to ID fellowship #IDSky

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Matt Hitchcock, MD, MPH @thehitch-md.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Congrats to all the new incoming fellows who matched into ID!

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Matt Hitchcock, MD, MPH @thehitch-md.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Yet again, recurrent blistering skins lesions at the same exact spot every time is HSV rather than shingles #IDSky

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Matt Hitchcock, MD, MPH @thehitch-md.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Delabeling a penicillin allergy seems like a great way to celebrate Antibiotic Awareness Week #IDSky

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Matt Hitchcock, MD, MPH @thehitch-md.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

Dipping my toe in here in search of the old ID Twitter experience. I’m interested in clinical infectious diseases, hospital epidemiology, antimicrobial stewardship, diagnostic stewardship, and any sports I can find.

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