Adam Komorowski

@AKomorowskiMD

Medical microbiology resident physician trying to keep colistin off admission order sets. No COI.

Hamilton, ON
Vrijeme pridruživanja: studeni 2019.

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  1. 5. velj

    Going through the process in is just as important as the final culture result. Exhibit A: fat, boxcar-shaped, encapsulated GPBs with ground-glass colonies get very different rxns depending on colony morphology, etc. In this case, wide β hemolysis = relief.

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  2. 3. velj

    Old school tests to identify the encapsulated Gram neg bacillus, P. aeruginosa. TSI agar (L) shows it cannot ferment glucose, lactose, or sucrose; cetrimide (R) tests for fluorescent pyocyanin and pyoverdin pigments, visible here to the eye.

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  3. 31. sij

    Tired of news overload? Here’s Listeria monocytogenes - a virulent foodborne pathogen - at 100x magnification exhibiting its characteristic tumbling motility in a wet prep I was working up this week.

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    To reiterate: this does not mean that has been declared a pandemic. Pandemic is specific to sustained human-to-human transmission in multiple regions of the globe. We have 2 other PHEICs in effect right now, for Ebola in DRC and for polio. Neither are pandemics.

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  5. 30. sij

    Grateful for the strong presence of in (which is majority female). Drs. , , Main, Smaill, Vincent, and Li bring encyclopedic knowledge, strong leadership, and so many more talents. I’m lucky to learn from them all.

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  6. 29. sij

    I wonder why HCPs who are all of a sudden very cautious about shaving beards for proper N95 fit due to weren’t so enthusiastic to do so during the antecedent season. IPAC important at all times of year, in all facilities.

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  7. 28. sij

    Performative ethics of in action on an off-service rotation: “take care of yourselves & combat burnout” on one hand, but schedule you for 1:2 call the day you get back from vacation. Call me crazy, but perhaps we are setting up “physician self-care” for failure.

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    27. sij

    PRO/AH/EDR> Novel coronavirus (19): China (HU) Transmission dynamics

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    25. sij

    Are you donning & doffing your PPE correctly? Donning: 1⃣: 💦🤲 2⃣: 👚 3⃣: 😷*+ 🥽 4⃣: 🧤 Doffing: 1⃣: 🧤 2⃣: 👚 3⃣: 💦🤲 4⃣: 🥽 +😷* 5⃣: 💦🤲 *mask: procedure mask or respirator depending on level of protection req.

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  10. 25. sij

    PSA from my previous life as a choral musician in the form of an anthem by the English composer W. Boyce, which is very applicable for both prevention of and .

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    22. sij

    Press conference on the reports that 72% of cases affected are over the age of 40y, 64% male, 40% had underlying conditions (diabetes, CVD etc).

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    22. sij

    . states that there is no current evidence to suggest ongoing transmission to 3rd/4th contacts. The majority of the transmissions occurred among family members and healthcare contacts.

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    22. sij

    The case fatality rate of is still to be defined. The committee suggests that they will inquire further information to understand the extent of the severity of

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  14. 21. sij

    “...[t]his can enable healthcare providers and the general public to manage by fact” Drs. McGeer and giving a clear picture of what we know and don’t know about for public. Echoes of the calming, rational voice of Dr. Low.

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    21. sij

    . is reporting the first U.S. case of the : . is expected to make an announcement this afternoon. Stay tuned for more updates.

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  16. 21. sij

    Not accounted for in coverage: h2h transmission important, but not the full picture. Virulence, ability to spread, and if h2h occurs *at a high enough rate to maintain the virus in a population* are important questions we don't yet have answers to.

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    20. sij

    China reporting human-to-human transmission of the coronavirus emerging from Wuhan, with some healthcare providers infected. Cases detected in Beijing and Korea. Chinese New Year around the corner WHO convening an emergency meeting.

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  18. 18. sij

    Couldn’t have seen this one coming... 🙄 The profoundly negative results () demonstrate that vitamin C is utterly useless in sepsis. If only we would have spent the research money from 19 ongoing RCTs on antibiotic drug discovery...

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    18. sij

    Great article by in the outlining the issue of bringing vaccination to the courts, namely that it creates the false impression that decades of sound science and public health policy is up for debate.

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  20. 17. sij

    Barely-done nowadays, the CAMP test is great b/c it rarely gives false positives when IDing Group B Strep. GBS release a CAMP factor resulting in incr hemolysis when a streak of β-hemolysin producing S. aureus is plated w/ it, causing a characteristic arrow.

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