scholarly journals Pediatric Infectious Disease Specialists – An Answer to Social Media Misinformation on COVID-19

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Felicia Scaggs Huang ◽  
Paul Spearman ◽  
Nicole Baldwin ◽  
Joshua K Schaffzin
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Disease ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Pediatric Infectious Disease ◽  
Infectious Disease Specialists

Judicious Antibiotic Use for Purulent Rhinorrhea: Do Pediatric Infectious Disease Specialists Practice What They Preach?

2003 ◽  
Vol 42 (5) ◽  
pp. 443-446 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ekopimo O. Ibia ◽  
Richard H. Schwartz ◽  
Bishara J. Freij ◽  
Michael J. Sheridan
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Disease ◽  
Antibiotic Use ◽  
Pediatric Infectious Disease ◽  
Infectious Disease Specialists

Association of the use of MMRV in infants by pediatric infectious disease specialists with that of other affiliated providers

Vaccine ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 32 (16) ◽  
pp. 1863-1868 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bradley K. Ackerson ◽  
Bonnie H. Li ◽  
Lina S. Sy ◽  
T. Craig Cheetham ◽  
Steven J. Jacobsen
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Disease ◽  
Pediatric Infectious Disease ◽  
Infectious Disease Specialists

Controversies in tuberculous infection among pediatric infectious disease specialists in North America

2016 ◽  
Vol 20 (11) ◽  
pp. 1463-1468 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. T. Cruz ◽  
A. L. Hersh ◽  
J. R. Starke ◽  
S. E. Beekmann ◽  
P. M. Polgreen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Disease ◽  
North America ◽  
Pediatric Infectious Disease ◽  
Tuberculous Infection ◽  
Infectious Disease Specialists

scholarly journals Lessons in public (mis)communication about the laboratory from the COVID-19 pandemic

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin L. Mazer
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Disease ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Public Engagement ◽  
News Media ◽  
Clinical Laboratory ◽  
Institutional Policies ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Infectious Disease Specialists ◽  
Public Exposure

The COVID-19 pandemic has put the clinical laboratory in the spotlight. The news media is regularly seeking out interviews with microbiologists, infectious disease specialists, and pathologists. Increased public exposure offers opportunities to improve how laboratory professionals communicate our insights. We can emphasize what is new, unusual, or controversial about our knowledge, utilize social media effectively, and improve relationships with journalists by understanding their workflow and traditions. While public engagement has risks and must be considerate of institutional policies, it also validates our value to patients, policy-makers, and employers.

scholarly journals Visceral Mycotic Aneurysm: Superior Mesenteric Artery Aneurysm Caused by K. pneumoniae

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Reham Almasoud ◽  
Alaaeddin Nwilati ◽  
Saeb Bayazid ◽  
Mamoun Shafaamri
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Disease ◽  
Antibiotic Therapy ◽  
Superior Mesenteric Artery ◽  
Mesenteric Artery ◽  
Mycotic Aneurysm ◽  
Artery Aneurysm ◽  
Management Plan ◽  
Resected Tissue ◽  
Infectious Disease Specialists

We herein report a rare case of mycotic aneurysm of the superior mesenteric artery caused by <i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i>. A 66-year-old man, a known case of hypertension and aorto-oesophageal fistula with stented aorta in 2010 and 2018, presented to the emergency department multiple times over 2 months with severe postprandial abdominal pain associated with vomiting and fever. On his last presentation, the obtained blood cultures grew ESBL positive <i>K. pneumoniae</i> and a repeated computed tomography (CT) showed a growing aneurysm at the origin of the ileocecal branch of the superior mesenteric artery measuring 17 × 10 mm (the aneurysm was 8 × 7.5 mm in the CT angiography on the previous admission). Extensive workup did not reveal the underlying cause of the mycotic aneurysm, thus we believe the cause to be the infected aortic stent, leading to bacteraemia and vegetations to the mesenteric artery causing the aneurysm. The management plan was placed by a multidisciplinary team consisting of vascular surgeons and infectious disease specialists along with review from a dietician to evaluate the patient’s nutritional status. The patient was started on total parenteral nutrition due to his postprandial pain and on antibiotic therapy according to the infectious disease team’s recommendation. He underwent surgical resection of the mycotic aneurysm, which showed a thrombosed aneurysm in the jejunoileal mesenteric area. The histopathology of the resected tissue demonstrated inflammatory aneurysm of the mesenteric artery. Following the surgery, the patient continued his antibiotic therapy and was discharged on the 13th post-operative day with follow-up appointments in the vascular surgery and infectious disease clinic.

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