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Microbial Pursuit #1 🦠
I solved today’s #MicrobialPursuit puzzle! ✅
First Clue: I am a facultative intracellular bacteria that replicates within human monocytes and macrophages....
This fall/winter, most patients with a flu-like illness will need to be tested for both #Influenza & #COVID19
We’ll need rapid assays that can test for both viruses
#Vaccination for flu will be more important than ever, to reduce the overall incidence of flu-like disease
Editorial: Congratulations to ASM Clinical Microbiology award winners!!!
Scherago-Rubin Award: Violeta J. Rekasius
ASM Award for Research and Leadership in Clinical MicrobiologyL Carey-Ann D. Burnham
bit.ly/2yLYBrW@ASMicrobiology@BurnhamBugDoc
Evaluation of Transport Media and Specimen Transport Conditions for the Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Using Real Time Reverse Transcription PCR
bit.ly/2VEEtRs@ASMicrobiology
ASM urges @US_FDA to apply stronger oversight and evaluation of the serology tests coming to market in the midst of #COVID19 . Read our letter here: skyw.io/bzmTyH#ASMAdvocacy
55YF presented to ED with fever, AMS and right ankle pain/inability to bear weight in setting of chronic immunosuppression for a DDKT performed in May. Ankle aspirated in ED. Growth at 48 hours; Gram stain from the culture.
Optimal Timing of Repeat Multiplex Molecular Testing for Respiratory Viruses
Results less likely to change during initial 11-14 days after testing.
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Thanks to Drs Weinstein, McMullen, Mitchell, McElvania, McAdam, Talati and Walsh, sponsors and symposium chairs Drs Evangelista, Glaser and Pettengill for a great and successful meeting today. @ASMicrobiology#BloodstreamInfections
It's World Antibiotics Awareness Week.
The rise of #AntibioticResistance is threatening our ability to treat common infectious diseases, resulting in prolonged illness, disability & death bit.ly/33WZI2x
The future of #antibiotics depends on all of us.
New microbiology lab diagnosis of infectious disease guide from IDSA and @ASMicrobiology helps health care providers know what tests to order and when. #ClinInfectDisbit.ly/2tC8FhX