April JC by Drs Rebecca Ward, angieberkhout and A/Prof Julia Clark Children's Health Queensland reviewing a neonatal scoring system in French neonates to predict outcomes of cCMV American Academy of Pediatrics. shorturl.at/gpwN5 #IDTwitter #CMV #infections

Session 3 is now live.
➡️Excellent presentation by Paul Turner #pediatric microbiologist ACORN

➡️🚨Important to note large #LMIC data gaps for #sepsis & #AMR 🚨

➡️ #pediatric specific definitions missing from #LMIC appropriate HAI case definitions

Much to do! #PedsID

March JC by A/Prof Tony Walls- American Academy of Pediatrics a study on short PO ABx for pediatric febrile urinary tract infections (fUTI), which suggests that a 5-day course of ABx in children with uncomplicated fUTI is likely adequate. shorturl.at/IO237 #IDTwitter #antibioticresistance

'Diseases don’t respect state or national borders. We must ensure where a person lives doesn’t determine whether or not they can be protected.'
Great piece from ASIDANZ SIGs ANZPID @VACSIG on #rsv equity.
theconversation.com/from-rsv-to-me…

Wow a huge day of wonderful achievements by our #ANZPID colleagues. A huge congratulations to Professor Cheryl Jones. ASIDANZ There's still time to register for RACP Congress #IDTwitter

Congratulations to our colleague and friend Professor Andrew Steer Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) for being awarded the Gustav Nossal Medal for his #globalhealth work in #StrepA . #IDTwitter ASIDANZ There's still time to register for RACP Congress

Journal Club by Niall Johnston and Brendan McMullan Sydney Children's Hospitals Network NEJM paper on Bivalent Prefusion F Vaccine in Pregnancy to Prevent RSV Illness in Infants- this was safe and reduced severe RSV-associated LRTIs and hospitalisation in infants <6 mo shorturl.at/doQ67 #IDTwitter ASIDANZ

Thank you to Dr Geoffrey Guenther Boston Children's PIDS for submitting this interesting journal club from Journal of Infectious Diseases ' #Malaria Transmission Intensity Likely Modifies RTS, S/AS01 Efficacy Due to a Rebound Effect'. shorturl.at/yJQU6 ASIDANZ #IDtwitter #MedTwitter

Read our submission to the Commonwealth Government COVID-19 Response Inquiry- Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet shorturl.at/mrAHL ASIDANZ @theRACP #IDTwitter #medTwi

Key message 3:
From the biennial report: low rates of VRE in enterococcal bacteraemia in kids in Australia, although these data currently combine E. faecalis and E. faecium
Christopher Blyth Anita Williams Australian Society for Antimicrobials
#AMRinKids ANZPID ASIDANZ

Key message 2:
From the biennial report: substantial - and different - regional AMR differences in Staphylococcus aureus and Enterobacterales isolates
Christopher Blyth Anita Williams Australian Society for Antimicrobials
#AMRinKids ANZPID ASIDANZ

Key message 1:
From the 9-year report, increasing gram negative resistance over time in Enterobacterales pathogens, particularly to aminoglycosides, 3rd generation cephalosporins and ciprofloxacin
Christopher Blyth Anita Williams Australian Society for Antimicrobials
#AMRinKids ANZPID ASIDANZ

ASIDANZ ANZPID @VACSIG statement: Call for equity in #RSV prevention for #Australia and #New Zealand.
Read: asid.net.au/news/asid-stat…
NSW Health Queensland Health NT Health
WA Health SA Health Victorian Department of Health
Department of Health, Tasmania AMA Media
Australian Department of Health and Aged Care Public Health Australia

Excellent update on childhood encephalitis from Philip Britton at the ASID ASM in Wellington ⚡️🧠⚡️ #asid2024 ANZPID ASIDANZ

Great lightning round presentation on the BEST trial from Alison Boast 🦴🦴💊💊👶👶 #asid2024 ANZPID ASIDANZ

Wonderful talk from Amanda Gwee on optimising antimicrobials for children - and don’t forget how medicines taste! 👅 #asid2024 ANZPID ASIDANZ

Love our pharmacist colleagues, what a great contribution to #paedsID knowledge- go Heather! #IDpharmacists #PhDcandidate Amanda Gwee SHPA

Dr Andrew Fox- Lewis, Clinical Microbiologist from Auckland Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora presenting his work describing M. hominis infections in solid organ transplant recipients at ASIDANZ ASM 2024. #transplantID #IDTwitter #MedTwitter

Dr Tina Marinelli providing a super overview of solid organ transplantation in Australia & NZ, as well as the issues for the growing subspecialty of #transplantID at ASIDANZ ASM 2024. #IDTwitter #MedTwitter

Prof Nicola Petrosillo discussing antibiotic therapy in the MDR era at ASIDANZ ASID ASM. Some great tips here. #IDTwitter #MedTwitter #antibioticresistance #antibioticstewardship #AMS