Infectious Diseases
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India Reports First Two Cases of HMPV Virus Can HMPV Virus in China Trigger a Health Concern for India? What is the HMPV Virus and How it Spreads? Bookmark and Retweet this Po...
Norovirus Norovirus has caused concern in the US, with over 90 cases reported in the 1st week of December. It is a stomach infection. In India, norovirus has already harmed peopl...
Gram stain of a urethral discharge from a young male, showing polymorphonuclear cells and intracellular gram-negative diplococci highly suggestive of Neisseria gonorrhoeae. (Diplos...
WHITLOW: SPOT THE EARLY SYMPTOMS AND PREVENT IT Whitlow is a painful viral infection of the fingers that occurs due to direct contact with the the Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV-1 or...
Recently updated the pneumocystis pneumonia chapter, here are my top three pearls from the PJP literature 🤓 🧵#1/4… (chapter: https://t.co/g59KfWJZcD) https://t.co/7XZls889Qh
When I was a child, my favorite uncle had elephantiasis. We all thought he stepped on ‘juju’ and the adults did what they could, while we watched on. Unfortunately, he died due t...
ICU ID Secrets (following up on my post* from last week): Ten things to remember about methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) polymerase chain reaction (PCR) nasal swa...
Not the first time we have observed a virus that depletes CD4 cells, it is persistent, there is an aversion to non-pharmaceutical interventions, vaccines are not protective, and th...
@ViroLIEgy And the idea of asymptomatic / latent carrier is even older than that. Where everything was called Leprosy and Syphilis. This was a time where they housed people in lepe...
We’re staring down the barrel of a future riddled with neurological issues 🧵 This isn’t just about feeling off or foggy. SARS-CoV-2 is laying the groundwork for diseases like Al...
Unfortunately, the medical establishment and advocacy groups have only described the cognitive impairment as ME/CFS, which is symptomatic, ignoring the work of Kenneth Podell and D...
This study included Biopsies of endothelial tissue and thrombotic clots Fig.4 shows SARS CoV2 (light circles) inside clots adhered to infected endothelial cells https://t.co/ZKmI5U...
1/18 🤔Why does Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) so rarely cause bacteremia? Patients with CDI are some of the sickest I've cared for. And yet, the causative bacterium is r...
Free to read Telegraph article from their Global Health Security Department. https://t.co/NdeJCzdT2k
🔥Recently published RCTs in Infectious Diseases 🔥 1️⃣SIMPLIFY @TheLancetInfDis 2️⃣ACCESS @LancetRespirMed 3️⃣Trep-AB @TheLancetInfDis 4️⃣SABATO RCT @TheLancetInfDis 5️⃣PROPHY-VAP...
🧵 - H.Pylori - Gluten sensitivity & its damage to the body most people have heard of. But what not many (even docs) talk about is h.Pylori bacteria. This can be an infection that,...
COVID-19 and TUBERCULOSIS "The curset duet" (mega-thread 2) https://t.co/XiW8k0w3fH
VIRAL INTERFERENCE (COVID, FLU, RSV) Viruses interfere with each other's spread, but HOW ? Does this interference enhance or reduce the infection and replication of other viruses?...
HEPATITIS SEROLOGIC MARKERS, in order • HBsAg: Active Infection • HBeAg: Replication (Highly infectious) • HBcAg: not detected • Anti-HBc: Window period (IgM), Life-long...
What is the diagnosis in this baby girl who was delivered at 30 weeks' gestation? Congenital cytomegalovirus infection Ecthyma gangrenosum Homozygous protein C deficiency Kl...
The PolyBio Symposium starts shortly! We'll be live-tweeting through the day - follow this thread. 1/ #LongCovid https://t.co/uqzTacB9uR
1/8 Preview of revised @IDSAInfo Complicated UTI Guidelines, including simpler definition ("infection beyond the bladder"). Men CAN have an uncomplicated UTI. https://t.co/v3LAV5PC...
It’s not the gin, folks. It’s the genius of the virus. Through its reliance upon the ACE-2 receptor, it immediately sets about impairing the organs required to excrete and metaboli...
You May Have Herpes And Not Know It!! Here 👇🏼👇, Pls Share Widely - Herpes is a kind of infection that can make sores commonly on your mouth or genitals https://t.co/ZJ0lvdOiaO
