Kellie Arensman Hannan

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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.

#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

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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

Me reading posts about polio #IDSky #PharmSky

We do dapto 5 mg/mL in LR

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

✨️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...

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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...

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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...

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...

🚨 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....

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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...

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

I like it! What renal dosing adjustments do you use for this regimen?

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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

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?

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.

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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 🧪

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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...

Lack of antibiotic access is a key driver of antimicrobial resistance.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

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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

Let's talk about Tetracyclines and how awesome they are! 🧵
#IDSky #IDsky #IDX #podcast #ID #infection #infectiousdisease #antibiotics