🦠🧫🩺 |Residency: @Geisinger_IM |Fellowship: @UniversityMD_ID🎓 |📍Selma/@ValleyHealth | ❤️#IDtwitter #IDBoardPearls |💬 are mine
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Ashka Patel, DO retweeted
25 Jun 2025
Measles is a highly contagious virus with a primary case reproduction number of 12 to 18.
It is currently spreading rapidly owing to reduced measles vaccination coverage
Excellent 🆕💫review @NEJM
Measles 2025 #IDXposts
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Ashka Patel, DO retweeted
1 Jan 2025
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Happy New Year Infectious Diseases colleagues!
The @IDSAInfo worked hard to advocate for the add-on billing code G0545 that can now be used when evaluating inpatient confirmed or suspected infections!
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Ashka Patel, DO retweeted
10 Dec 2024
🫘🎯Approach to hemodialysis catheter related blood stream infection
@AJKDonline core curriculum
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Ashka Patel, DO retweeted
18 Nov 2024
Excited to share our comprehensive, up-to-date drug review on Maribavir, which should answer just about any question you have about this new(ish) CMV drug! tandfonline.com/eprint/67ZQK…
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Ashka Patel, DO retweeted
25 Oct 2024
🚨Wow. Big news. First oral carbapenem, sulopenem (plus probenecid), just approved by the FDA for uUTI. 💊
Bring out the popcorn 🍿 This is gonna be interesting…. #IDtwitter @SIDPharm @accpinfdprn @IDSAInfo
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Ashka Patel, DO retweeted
2 Oct 2024
【State-of-the-Art Review: Evaluation and Management of Pelvic Osteomyelitis】@CIDJournal Sep 26, 2024
👉Congratulations to our @MayoClinicINFD #OrthoID, @MayoOrthoRes @MayoVascSurgery @MayoClinicPRS multidisciplinary collaborative team @SaidElZein2 @GinaSuhMD, Dr. Melin, Dr. Tran, Dr. Rose, Dr. Berbari!
👉Really helpful for all medical providers!
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Ashka Patel, DO retweeted
26 Sep 2022
【Lactose non-fermenting GNR】
Let's remember these major important lactose non-fermenting GNR!
Oxidase test is the next step to narrow your differentials!
#ClinicalPearl by @PrathitKulkarni
Level: Intermediate to advanced
Importance: ★★★
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Ashka Patel, DO retweeted
27 Aug 2024
CRP….I’m coming for you.
Stop the daily CRP/Stop the madness
Evidence for lack of utility in infectious diseases summarized in our article below.
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27 Aug 2024
Wow. It's published!
Our new article that will spark some good active discussion among ID people!
🆕️🔥 @CMIJournal by ID master @BradSpellberg & 🌟s @DrToddLee @DrEmilyMcD
Revisiting Diagnostics: ESR and CRP:It's Time to Stop the Zombie Tests
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Ashka Patel, DO retweeted
20 Jun 2024
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How do you use #SoME and how often do you use it? #TxIDChat
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Ashka Patel, DO retweeted
New @UniversityMD_ID publication with multiple fellows and faculty!
Evaluation of hospital-onset bacteraemia and fungaemia in the USA as a potential healthcare quality measure
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Has anyone been able to use this at their centers? If so, any experience regarding the adverse effect of anaphylaxis? Any thoughts on how many doses we get under EUA? #TID #IDtwitter
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22 Mar 2024
🔥US FDA issued an emergency use authorization for PEMGARDA (pemivibart ) monoclonal antibody for pre-exposure prophylaxis of #COVID19 in certain adults and adolescents with mod/severe immune compromise🔥 #IDXposts
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Patient presents with trauma after witnessed seizure.
2nd lifetime seizure without a provoking factor
MRI brain w/wo contrast:
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Colitis in patients who are on immune check point inhibitors can present as diarrhea but also ileus, toxic megacolon and given death (most commonly with ipilimumab)
Immune mediated colitis has 5 grades based on symptoms
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Work up includes:
Stool culture, C diff, O&Ps, TSH, stool pancreatic elastase, lactoferrin, and calprotectin
98% of ICI mediated colitis involves left colon ➡️ flex sig with biopies
Treatment? Supportive care vs steroids
Colonic ulcers 🟰 biologics
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