Author: Jasmine Riviere Marcelin, MD
Targeted therapy and antimicrobial stewardship in patients with febrile neutropenia is difficult because in the vast majority of cases, an organism is not identified, and patients are known to be high risk for serious infections. Antibiotic de-escalation in patients with neutropenic fever varies, with European guidelines recommending 72hr de-escalation and North American guidelines recommending continuation […]
Apr 9, 2018
UNMC ID Welcomes New M1 Enhanced Medical Education Track Students
The UNMC College of Medicine offers a unique Enhanced Medical Education Track (EMET) program which provides an opportunity for medical students to delve into particular disciplines of interest in the field of medicine throughout their four year degree program. Track students attend seminars, preceptorships and complete a research project culminating in a poster or conference […]
Apr 6, 2018
Pharm to Exam Table: Meet Biktarvy, the Newest of the Antiretroviral Family!
Pharm to Exam Table: Clinical Pharmacology/Antimicrobial Updates – Biktarvy, a new co-formulated integrase inhibitor-based treatment approved for HIV On February 7th 2018, the Food and Drug Administration approved a new combination antiretroviral drug called Biktarvy®(1). Biktarvy® (B/F/TAF) is a single-tablet, once daily regimen containing the novel integrase strand transfer inhibitor bictegravir coformulated with emtricitabine and tenofovir […]
Apr 2, 2018
Breakfast with IDSA CEO Chris Busky, CAE
This morning members of our UNMC ID division had the opportunity to have breakfast with the CEO of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), Chris Busky, CAE. Though it was early in the morning, our fellows and several faculty made an appearance at the breakfast, where we listened to a short presentation by Mr. […]
Mar 29, 2018
Congratulations to UNMC ID Faculty designated as Top Teachers for 2017!
After every rotation, medical students and Internal Medicine Residents at UNMC submit evaluations on their faculty members. The Department of Internal Medicine pools all of the evaluation data and designates the faculty with the top 33% of evaluation scores as “Top Teachers”. For the year 2017, four of our Infectious Disease faculty members who attend […]
Mar 28, 2018
Nebraska Medicine to Host Emerging Infectious Disease Preparedness Workshop March 27-28
Nebraska Medicine has been home to one of the few Biocontainment Units in the country, and was one of three selected to care for citizens affected by the Ebola outbreak. Dr. Angela Hewlett, one of our own UNMC Infectious Disease Physicians, is the Medical Director of the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit (NBU) and Associate Medical […]
Mar 26, 2018
Josh Havens, PharmD on “Why I Love ID”
Why I Love ID: Infectious diseases, in general, is quite interesting, but I can really only speak from an HIV perspective. My initial career interests were not in infectious diseases and it was not until I threw myself into this niche world of HIV that I started to recognize a true affinity toward the field. […]
Mar 23, 2018
World Social Work Day – Meet our HIV Case Management Team
The official theme for Social Work Month in March 2018 is “Social Workers: Leaders. Advocates. Champions.” Social workers are the glue that keeps clinical practices together as we balance the need to care for patients with the socioeconomic needs of the individual patients. At the Specialty Care Center, our Case Management team works tirelessly to ensure that […]
Mar 20, 2018
ID Journal Club Presents… Molecular Rapid Diagnostic Tests Improve Clinical Outcome
Bloodstream infections are associated with high mortality. Blood cultures are a reliable and accurate method for the identification of bloodstream infections but can take up to 5 days or even more being finalized, leading to delays in initiation of effective antibiotic therapy. The Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) recommends the use of rapid diagnostic […]
Mar 19, 2018
M4 Students in our HIV Enhanced Education Track present Capstone Projects…and Today is MATCH DAY!
The UNMC College of Medicine offers a unique Enhanced Medical Education Track (EMET) program which provides an opportunity for medical students to delve into particular disciplines of interest in the field of medicine throughout their four year degree program. Track students attend seminars, preceptorships and complete a research project culminating in a poster or conference […]
Mar 16, 2018
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