Assistant Prof/ID physician Sungkyunkwan Univ/Samsung Medical Center, Korea. Project Manager @ANSORPofficial. Interests: ID + crit care, stewardship
Seoul, Korea
Joined September 2010
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In this nationwide claims-based study, solid organ transplant recipients (SOTRs) are at ⬆️ risk for severe COVID-19 compared to non-SOTRs w/ otherwise comparable characteristics. Vaccination was assoc w/ ⬇️ risk for severe COVID. academic.oup.com/jid/article…
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In contrast to other observational studies
🆕️⚡️⚡️Nationwide population-based study
No significant difference in the risk of aortic aneurysm /dissection in pts who were administered oral fluoroquinolone compared to those on 3d-G cephalosporins #IDXposts academic.oup.com/eurheartj/a…
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Every time an infectious disease consult note is copy pasted into a discharge summary, the ID specialist should get $50
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#ResearchLetter: Full vaccination against COVID-19 was associated with a reduced risk of acute myocardial infarction and ischemic stroke after #COVID19. ja.ma/3zqoVET
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❓Why is antimicrobial resistance a pressing issue?
Here is the answer from Dennis M. Dixon from the National Institutes of Health, USA.🙌
Meet our speakers virtually on September 9-10, ISAAR 2021!
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Increased incidence of CLABSI, but not CAUTI, was observed in US hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic. ⬆️volume of COVID pts associated w/⬆️CLABSI.
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RCT: Antibiotics for 3 d not inferior to 8 d for hospitalized non-ICU adult pts w/ CAP who were clinically stable @ 72 h (n=303)
💊Placebo vs. oral b-lactam for 5 d
❌Excl: abscess, effusion, serious chronic infxn, immunosuppressed
✅Cure @ D15: 77% vs 68%
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Association between Empirical Antibiotic Treatment and Mortality in Severe Infections Caused by Carbapenem-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria: A Prospective Study | Clinical Infectious Diseases | Oxford Academic academic.oup.com/cid/advance…
MIC-based dose adjustment: facts and fables | Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy | Oxford Academic academic.oup.com/jac/article…
Standardized Antimicrobial Administration Ratio: A New Metric for Measuring and Comparing Antibiotic Use | Clinical Infectious Diseases | Oxford Academic academic.oup.com/cid/advance…