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Sean Wasserman

@SeanWasserman

Infectious Diseases doctor

 Cape Town
Joined September 2009
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Inspiring setting 4 South African Antibiotic Stewardship Programme's annual strategy meeting. So much accomplished in 2 days! Bring on 2017
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Prior use of beta lactams and fluoroquinolones, and duration of use key risk factors for infection with MDR Gram-negatives #17thICID
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30 day mortality doubles with MDR Gram negative infections, and quadruples with inadequate initial therapy #17thICID
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Devils peak fire rapidly approaching high cape, people being evacuated now
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Screening and isolation one method to reduce transmission of CRE and MRSA, another is to WASH YOUR HANDS @fidssa1 #FIDSSA
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Ceftazidime-avibactam shows promise for cIAI and cUTI caused by ceftazidime resistant Gram negatives - Yehuda Carmeli REPRISE study #fidssa
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#fidssa Avibactam the only new antimicrobial agent with activity against class C beta lactamases in Gram negatives
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N gonorrhea has achieved superbug status with only ceftriaxone available for monotherapy worldwide @fidssa1 #fidssa
High prevalence of H. ducreyi in the cutaneous lesions of children with yaws - Allan Pillay @fiddsa1 #FIDSSA
Understanding PK/PD is critical for optimal antimicrobial development and dosing - William Hope #FIDSSA
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@TheLancet18 Sep 2015
Chlorhexidine–alcohol v povidone iodine–alcohol prep for vascular catheter insertions: an RCT thelancet.com/journals/lance…
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The world has lost a great physician. Farewell Dr Sacks nyti.ms/1Wpu9pu
Hand hygiene song by HCWs at Somerset hospital #safeHANDS @SouthAfricanASP @HealthZA
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#safeHANDS #5May hand hygiene day at Somerset Hospital Cape Town
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300 HCWs participate in hand hygiene relay at Somerset hospital #safeHANDS @SouthAfricanASP @HealthZA
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Didier Raoult shows how temperature determines biting behaviour of tick nymphs (on his own arm) #icid14
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Jonathan McCullers shows that delayed steroids improves outcomes in mouse model of influenza with bacterial superinfection #icid14
In rainy season can take up to a week to access hospital by foot in South Sudan #icid14
Pre-transport artesunate not available in South Sudan with high mortality of complicated malaria #icid14
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75% of internally displaced inpatients in South Sudan hospital suffer from infectious diseases #icid14
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