Bred from the depths of Chicago, enthusiast of #Bulls #Cubs #Bears #Blackhawks. traveling, eating good food, ID PharmD on the side. Views are my own.
Joined June 2009
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Minkey Wungwattana retweeted
🚨New in CID: A new article series explores recent advances in point-of-care testing that address the need for more rapid, accessible and accurate infectious diseases diagnostics.
Read more: bit.ly/41hmOjx
Minkey Wungwattana retweeted
Clinical Impact of Rapid Molecular Diagnosis of Bloodstream Infections: A Randomized Controlled Trial
🔁 Repost
⭐ Editor's Choice
🔗 bit.ly/45ESMJb
Minkey Wungwattana retweeted
IDSA and seven other professional societies today released a position paper with evidence-informed recommendations to improve hospital sepsis outcomes.
The recommendations cover diagnostics, antimicrobial management, infection prevention and more.
Read: bit.ly/4xf7FxO
Minkey Wungwattana retweeted
⏳ Longer infusion, stronger evidence.
New consensus update supports prolonged-infusion β-lactams in severely ill adults:
📉 Mortality: RR 0.91 (28 RCTs)
✅ Clinical cure: RR 1.11 (21 RCTs)
How we give β-lactams matters.
accpjournals.onlinelibrary.w…
Minkey Wungwattana retweeted
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We’re giving away a signed Pete Crow-Armstrong jersey! Repost and reply for your chance to win.
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Minkey Wungwattana retweeted
The European Respiratory Society and ESCMID have released a statement on the role of rapid diagnostic tests in community-acquired lower respiratory tract infections 🫁, providing plenty of time to plan approaches for the respiratory season! 😷
🔗cmi-comms.org/article/S2950-…
#ESCMID
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FDA and @CDCgov continue investigating a multistate outbreak of Cyclospora illnesses.
At this time, we are advising consumers to avoid eating shredded iceberg lettuce from Mexico served at Taco Bell locations in IN, MI, KY, OH, and WV.
FDA is investigating with CDC and state partners to determine if additional products may be contributing to this outbreak.
Updates will be provided as new information becomes available.
Minkey Wungwattana retweeted
Reconsidering ambiguous language in infectious disease consult recommendations
✅ Just Accepted
🔗 bit.ly/3TzqexE
Minkey Wungwattana retweeted
Jason Pogue presents an algorithm to optimize empiric therapy for GNB pneumonia based on patient-specific risk factors, including prior culture data and previous antibiotic use. #SHEASpring2026
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3958…
Minkey Wungwattana retweeted
Guidance on the management of asymptomatic blood donors who test positive for Babesia
✅ Just Accepted
🔗 bit.ly/498Odcv
Minkey Wungwattana retweeted
🚨IV fosfo finally FDA approved in US for cUTI d/t E. coli or Kleb pneumo.
-Cost?
-Folks willing to use it for Kleb (or other Enterobacterales) in the absence of CLSI BPs?
-Dose: 6G IV q8h…Tolerability in real-world? 🤔
Lots of questions to consider….
#IDTwitter #TwitteRx
🔥Meitheal Pharmaceuticals Receives Approval from the US FDA for CONTEPO™ (fosfomycin) for injection in Patients ≥ 18 Years Having Complicated Urinary Tract Infections (cUTI),Including Acute Pyelonephritis🔥
Thanks @highlycritical1 share.google/W1ibdyQJ6Gt6qRo…
Minkey Wungwattana retweeted
A Rapid Test to Differentiate Viral from Bacterial Infections: Searching for the Holy Grail
✅ Just Accepted
🔗 bit.ly/4oK7PJ6
we need more outpatient ABx stewardship just like this #IDTwitter
‼️Excited to share our work (just in time for URI season!) implementing order sentences for URI supportive care as an effective way to reduce outpatient abx prescribing. Shout out to our incredible AmbCare team partnering to implement this intervention! doi.org/10.1017/ash.2025.101…
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Minkey Wungwattana retweeted
Cefepime-Taniborbactam—a Novel Combination Therapy for Multidrug-Resistant Pathogens
bit.ly/4g3IIOa
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The oral debate continues for IE🫀 New retrospective cohort study 🧻from France 🇫🇷 evaluates oral 👄therapy 💊for IE, even in non-POET patients
academic.oup.com/cid/advance…
Minkey Wungwattana retweeted
1984 NL MVP. 10-time All-Star. 9-time Gold Glover. 7-time Silver Slugger. Hall of Famer.
MLB Network mourns the passing of Cubs icon Ryne Sandberg.
Minkey Wungwattana retweeted
Cefepime versus Carbapenem Therapy for the Treatment of Invasive Infections with Inducible Chromosomal AmpC-Producing Enterobacterales ? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
✅ Just Accepted
🔗 bit.ly/4kNXPMj
“Add gentamicin for endocarditis synergy” #IDTwitter
