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Kellie Arensman Hannan
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🦠 Infectious Diseases Pharmacist 💊 Antimicrobial Steward 🏠 Minnesota ❤️ SIDP / 📚/ 🐶 / 🏃‍♀️
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Dr. Paul Farmer believed the moral test of our actions is whether they serve the most vulnerable.

Today, billions in lifesaving funding for HIV, TB, and malaria remain withheld. The world can’t wait. Urge Congress to release the funds: https://act.pih.org/defend-healthcare
October 23, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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#Breaking The antibiotic combination is indicated for adults with limited or no treatment options, including gram-negative infections. It will be available in the third quarter of this year. #IDsky #Medsky
FDA Approves Aztreonam and Avibactam for Complicated Intra-Abdominal Infections
The antibiotic combination is indicated for adults with limited or no treatment options, including gram-negative infections. It will be available in the third quarter of this year.
www.contagionlive.com
February 7, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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Me reading posts about polio #IDSky #PharmSky
a woman is smiling while sitting in a car with her eyes closed
ALT: a woman is smiling while sitting in a car with her eyes closed
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December 14, 2024 at 4:30 AM
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✨️Recent Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis #OFIDJournal
Investigating Non-Penicillin Therapeutic Strategies in Syphilis Treatment
Penicillin monotherapy did not outperform ceftriaxone, azithromycin, or doxycycline
#idsky #medsky
academic.oup.com/ofid/article...
Syphilis Treatment: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Investigating Nonpenicillin Therapeutic Strategies
This review and meta-analysis compared nonneurological syphilis treatments. Results indicate alternative therapies like doxycycline, ceftriaxone, and azith
academic.oup.com
December 6, 2024 at 4:41 PM
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🆕️⚡️⚡️Quasi-experimental, pre/post, retrospective cohort
Positive impact of a diagnostic stewardship intervention
Following gastrointestinal pathogen panel C. difficile target removal, GIPP orders 🔽 from 3.23 to 2.7 per 1,000 patient visits (P < .001) #idsky #medsky
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Positive impact of a diagnostic stewardship intervention on syndromic panel ordering practices and inappropriate C. difficile treatment | Infection Control &amp; Hospital Epidemiology | Cambridge Core
Positive impact of a diagnostic stewardship intervention on syndromic panel ordering practices and inappropriate C. difficile treatment
www.cambridge.org
November 26, 2024 at 9:23 PM
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Report: Most fast-food chains aren't making the grade on antibiotic policies

The report, which graded 20 restaurant chains on antibiotic use policies in the meat they serve, gave 6 chains a D and 5 an F.

www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...
November 21, 2024 at 10:34 PM
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🚨 Antibiotic Treatment for 7 versus 14 Days in Patients with Bloodstream Infections

BALANCE trial publication is here !

#IDsky #Medsky

@idjclub.bsky.social

www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Antibiotic Treatment for 7 versus 14 Days in Patients with Bloodstream Infections | NEJM
Bloodstream infections are associated with substantial morbidity and mortality. Early, appropriate antibiotic therapy is important, but the duration of treatment is uncertain. In a multicenter, non...
www.nejm.org
November 20, 2024 at 1:10 PM
Come join the Mayo Clinic antimicrobial stewardship family!

This ASP pharmacist position based in Mankato, MN offers collaboration across Mayo Clinic and great local ID physician support.

This is my former position (before moving to a different site within the organization) #IDSky #PharmSky
Antimicrobial Stewardship Pharmacist - Southwest Minnesota
Antimicrobial Stewardship (ASP) pharmacist is sought to join the Southwest Minnesota (SWMN) Antimicrobial Stewardship pharmacy team. This is a full-time position working from approximately 7:30 a.m. t...
sidp.mcjobboard.net
November 20, 2024 at 1:31 PM
More data on PO transition for bone and joint infections

#IDSky, if you use amox/clav for bone and joint infections, how do you dose it? 875/125 BID? Anyone doing TID?
Implementing oral antibiotics for bone and joint infections: Lessons learned and opportunities for improvement
AbstractBackground. Although intravenous antibiotics have historically been the standard of care for bone and joint infections, clinical trial data has hig
academic.oup.com
November 18, 2024 at 12:46 PM
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The CDC is one of the reasons that most people don’t die from the foods in their homes. I don’t think we appreciate how this kind of warning that most of us don’t really pay much mind to could literally be the difference between life and death.
Check your carrots. The CDC warns of a bad E. coli outbreak across at least 18 states with one death identified so far.
E. coli Outbreak Linked to Organic Carrots
Page describes an outbreak of E. coli linked to organic carrots.
www.cdc.gov
November 17, 2024 at 11:42 PM
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MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE

This cheeky little intracellular bacteria seems to be up to mischief with kids in the USA at the moment

A quick thread on this bug, what's going on, and what to do (or not do!) about it

#IDSky #PedSky #PedsIDSky 🧪

1/🧵
November 12, 2024 at 1:20 PM
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Lack of antibiotic access is a key driver of antimicrobial resistance.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
How Antibiotic Underuse Is Driving Antimicrobial Resistance
This Medical News article discusses the first high-level meeting on antimicrobial resistance at the United Nations since 2016 and a new report on the global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistanc...
jamanetwork.com
November 10, 2024 at 9:46 PM
Went for a run and ended up on a sidewalk about 3 feet away from a dead, gutted deer ratchet strapped to a mobility scooter trailer

Oh, Minnesota
November 10, 2024 at 7:44 PM
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Let's talk about Tetracyclines and how awesome they are! 🧵
#IDSky #IDsky #IDX #podcast #ID #infection #infectiousdisease #antibiotics
November 10, 2024 at 4:12 PM
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IDSky continues to grow rapidly

We are now >300 users, which means we are on a third Starter Pack

IDSky Starter Pack 1 go.bsky.app/LnAQjdq
IDSky Starter Pack 2 go.bsky.app/JNfSvQT
ID Starter Pack 3 go.bsky.app/FeogT7o

Check back on the most recent one often as it is updated frequently
November 10, 2024 at 2:33 AM
An entertaining read with my morning ☕️ this fine Saturday.

I’ve heard some argue that PJP is the bug and PCP the clinical syndrome. Thoughts, IDsky?
November 9, 2024 at 2:42 PM
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Welcome MedTwitter / IDTwitter expats!

How to make 🦋 work for you: 🧵

- No algorithm. For better/worse. You need to follow lots of accounts, re-skeet often
- Starter packs to find your people
- Block liberally! its the BlueSky way
- Subscribe to block lists
- Hashtags / feeds
a cartoon of bart simpson sitting on a tree stump with the words grampa is the name on the bottom
Alt: Grampa Simpson sitting on a tree stump with children gathering around
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November 8, 2024 at 5:18 PM
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Good news:

Our community is growing!

The IDSky Starter Pack has exceeded the max 150 accounts, so I’ve started on another (pls share here and the other place, and LMK if I missed you)

IDSky starter pack 1 go.bsky.app/LnAQjdq

IDSky starter pack 2 go.bsky.app/JNfSvQT
a man in a white shirt is standing in a corn field at sunset .
Alt: Kevin Costner from field of dreams is standing in a corn field at sunset . Text says “if you build it, they will come”
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November 8, 2024 at 6:08 AM
Hello #IDsky #Pharmsky 🦋!

I’m Kellie, an ID pharmacist living in Minnesota

And this is Fred, my discount doodle/pillow hog/shadow demon
November 9, 2024 at 2:03 AM