Julie Steinbrink

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Fungal diagnostic stewardship in immunocompromised populations: a focus on molds and dimorphic fungi

@jmsteinbrink.bsky.social @hannah-imlay.bsky.social et al on behalf of @msgerc.bsky.social

journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/... #IDSky #MedMycoSky #MicroSky #TxID

Upcoming @idsainfo.bsky.social Immunocompromised Host COP and @msgerc.bsky.social webinar:

Feb 10, 2026 10:00 AM Central

"Testing Rationally in Mycology: Using Fungal Diagnostics to Drive Better Antifungal Decisions"

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New webinar on fungal diagnostics!

Link in next post

The Women in ID Network Book Club read All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker this month! Thanks to the ladies who came out. Great discussion, better humans! Worth the read.

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HOPE in every breath and heartbeat: Understanding transplant eligibility, access barriers, and clinical outcomes in thoracic transplantation in persons with HIV Persons with HIV (PWH) are living longer, leading to increased end-organ disease from chronic illness. Organ transplantation improves survival in patients with end-organ disease yet remains a constrai...

From rising #TxID star (and a Canadian, no less), Patrick Tam @tamckpatrick.bsky.social

HOPE in every breath and heartbeat: Understanding transplant eligibility, access barriers, and clinical outcomes in thoracic transplantation in persons with HIV

www.jhltopen.org/article/S295...

New priority: learning about measles and TxID. Sign up for this webinar! #IDSky #TxIDSky

Dr. Steinbrink Receives NIH Career Development Award to Advance Diagnostic Methods for Fungal Infections Julie Steinbrink, MD, MHS, assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases, has received a more than $900,000 K23 grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Dis...

medicine.duke.edu/news/dr-stei...

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Inspired by this awesome community we have created - the Women in ID Network Book Club. Thanks to all the incredible women who came out last night to discuss A Woman is No Man by Etaf Rum. It was our 11th book club since starting in February 2023!

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Marie Curie, Physicist and chemist.

Today is International Day of Women & Girls in Science.

Marie Curie, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. Her contributions have left an indelible mark on the world of science & health & continue to inspire generations of scientists & innovators. 🔬 #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM

Pathogen class-specific transcriptional responses derived from PBMCs accurately discriminate between fungal, bacterial, and viral infections Immune responses during acute infection often contain canonical elements which are shared across the responses to an array of agents within a given pathogen class (i.e., respiratory viral infection). ...

Check out our work on how transcriptional responses can be used to distinguish between fungal, bacterial, and viral pathogens. #IDsky #hostbiomarkers #RNASeq
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Looking back on 2024 with ID Consults Wrapped 😂 💊🦠💉 #IDSky #TIDSky @ucla-id-fellowship.bsky.social @ricardolahozmd.bsky.social @aussiedocwolfe.bsky.social @kottonnelson.bsky.social @idbugbowl.bsky.social

Me too!

Where'd you get this!?

Antibiotic Myths for the Infectious Diseases Clinician

🌟"Today’s teaching point may end up as tomorrow’s myth." 🌟
Dr.Erin McCreary article 👇
#idquotes #idsky #medsky #AMSsky
academic.oup.com/cid/article/...

Happy thanksgiving!

Antibiotics as Thanksgiving dishes: a thread.
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Thanks, I'd love to join!

Donor-derived Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma infections in lung transplant recipients: A prospective study of donor and recipient respiratory tract screening and recipient outcomes Mycoplasma hominis and Ureaplasma species are urogenital mollicutes that can cause serious donor-derived infections in lung transplant recipients. Best practices for mollicute screening remain unknown...

This is a nice and informative prospective study of donor-derived Mycoplasma and Ureaplasmain lung transplant recipients from our Duke Colleagues. Nicely done Patrick Tam! #TxID #IDSky www.amjtransplant.org/article/S160...

Donation Derby Make a difference in the field of transplantation by donating to support our cause.

Any members of AST and the AST IDCOP on here? We have the Donation Derby going on now to support our COP. Even a few dollars goes a long way. #TxIDSky

www.myast.org/donationderby

Retrospective cost-effectiveness analyses for polio vaccination in the United States - PubMed The history of polio vaccination in the United States spans 50 years and includes different phases of the disease, multiple vaccines, and a sustained significant commitment of resources. We estimated ...

When we assess the benefits of #vaccines, it is not only about health but also economic prosperity.
"Due to treatment cost savings, the investment implies net benefits of approximately US dollars 180 billion (1955 net present value)" for the US polio vaccine program
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17184390/

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visual abstract for the study which concludes that serum galactomannan is unhelpful in patients with lung transplants due to poor sensitivity

ROC curve for BAL galactomannan in diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis. The ROC is pretty decent (shows moderately good sensitivity and specificity)

ROC curve for serum galactomannan for diagnosing invasive aspergillosis in a cohort of lung transplant recipients. Probably the worst ROC I've ever seen, where the curve approaches the diagonal (ie completely worthless)

Diagnostic Performance of Serum & BAL Galactomannan Testing in Lung Transplant Recipients

"Serum GM is not a valuable test in the diagnosis of IA in our LTx recipients, is costly, & does not remove the need for bronchoscopy & BAL GM."

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #TxID #IDSky

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“Sometimes I get home and my entire body hurts, but it’s not like I did anything physically taxing” #Medsky

There are so many downstream effects with the today’s hospital environment filled with decision & #multitasking fatigue 😔

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