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Bug Pharmacist 💊🧫 Tim Gauthier retweeted
🧵🦠 Who actually needs antibiotic prophylaxis for urologic procedures?
At #IDWeek2026, Dimitri M. Drekonja, MD, MS, challenged us to match prophylaxis to the procedure, likely organisms, and patient risk—without unnecessary antibiotics.
Key takeaways 👇
At #IDweek2026 a nice perspective on diagnostics…
When you are drinking coffee and you ask, how much is too much for me today? Especially when outside of your normal coffee routines (eg when traveling).
Ask the same with diagnostic tests! How much is too much?
Bug Pharmacist 💊🧫 Tim Gauthier retweeted
💊 Does hypoalbuminemia mean you should increase an antibiotic dose?
At #IDWeek2026, Christina G. O’Connor, PharmD, BCPS, BCIDP, DPLA, explored this question using ceftriaxone and ertapenem. 👏
The answer is more nuanced than a serum albumin value. 🧵
#IDWeek2026
👩🏫 Discussing pneumococcal urinary antigen testing at #IDweek2026 and then vibe here is to get rid of it all together
Bug Pharmacist 💊🧫 Tim Gauthier retweeted
🔬 More SIDP member highlights at #IDWeek2026!
The research and knowledge sharing continue! Check out more poster presentations and educational sessions featuring our talented SIDP members. 💊
👏 Proud to celebrate their contributions to ID pharmacy!
#SIDP #IDPharmacy
Bug Pharmacist 💊🧫 Tim Gauthier retweeted
Great job by @idpharmd summarizing efficiently antibacterial trials that may affect practice here at @IDWeekmtg. #IDWeek2026
Bug Pharmacist 💊🧫 Tim Gauthier retweeted
🔥 Big day for SIDP at #IDWeek2026!
Today, Oct 23, SIDP members are featured in 20+ poster presentations and educational sessions! 🔬💊
Swipe through to see who's presenting and show your support!
#SIDP #IDPharmacy #AntimicrobialStewardship
Bug Pharmacist 💊🧫 Tim Gauthier retweeted
#IDWeek2026 Next up What's Hot: Basic ID Science, papers over past year that are 'hot' and active.
Starting with Cefazolin inoculum effect paper, showing no diff in mortality with CZIE vs none, but microbiologic eradication was higher without.
(fingers hurt, going slower)
Bug Pharmacist 💊🧫 Tim Gauthier retweeted
🎉 Celebrating SIDP members at #IDWeek2026!
Today, Oct 24, catch Monica Mahoney and Zahra Kassamali Escobar in “Expanding Our OPAT Opportunities,” plus 9 posters showcasing SIDP member research! 🔬💊
👏 Proud of our members advancing ID pharmacy!
#SIDP #OPAT
Bug Pharmacist 💊🧫 Tim Gauthier retweeted
#IDWeek2026 My talk on bacterial practice-changing studies ❤️the 🪥 toothbrush 🦷 study in Lancet ⬇️NV HAP 🫁 A great audience and huge room! @HowardFarran @IDstewardship @ABsteward
Bug Pharmacist 💊🧫 Tim Gauthier retweeted
I make a special effort to be over-interactive with ID/Med tweets to keep them on my timeline
Otherwise a lot of "viral" slop makes its way on
Bug Pharmacist 💊🧫 Tim Gauthier retweeted
An unpopular opinion:
The Bluesky experiment for the ID community has officially failed, IMHO.
Remember when so many ID folks migrated? Did we build a stronger community—or just split it across platforms?
#IDWeek2026 #IDXposts @BradSpellberg @PaulSaxMD @PulmCrit @IDstewardship
Bug Pharmacist 💊🧫 Tim Gauthier retweeted
The vaccine paradox
If it works perfectly, people decide they never needed it.
Bug Pharmacist 💊🧫 Tim Gauthier retweeted
🔬 SIDP Research Spotlight at #IDWeek2026!
Today, Oct 22, explore 10 poster presentations showcasing research by SIDP members! 📊 Swipe through the highlights and stop by to support our presenters!
#SIDP #IDPharmacy #AntimicrobialStewardship
📸 Puppies, posters, breakout room, and photo op
Things you find at #IDweek2026
People showed up for the #IDweek2026 opening plenary! Wow! Even packed up on the second floor.
Anyone else have trouble saying the word “plenary”?!? I know it’s not just me.
Bug Pharmacist 💊🧫 Tim Gauthier retweeted
Don't kill fosfomycin in pyelonephritis...rather use it to kill!
Our article which came from a discussion on X / Twitter. Glad to have joined.
🔥 Brilliants minds debate oral fosfomycin for complicated UTI including pyelonephritis. With increasing ESBLs, we need options for UTI beyond cystitis. Oral fosfomycin is an appealing option, but is it ok for infection outside the bladder?
#pharmacist #MedEd
Bug Pharmacist 💊🧫 Tim Gauthier retweeted
📥️ Can dispensing design support stewardship?
An urgent care initiative combined an antimicrobial stewardship collaborative with medication-dispensing kiosks to help make shorter antibiotic courses the easier default. #IDXposts
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