2/6/2026
Soil, Streptomyces, and the Microbes That Changed Medicine
Sometimes the biggest revolutions are right beneath our feet
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Practical reflections on diagnostics, antimicrobials, and clinical uncertainty in Infectious Diseases. Posts now live directly inside IDHub so the writing feels like part of the same learning system as the tools and cases.
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11/7/2025
From Helminths to Protozoa: The Language and Life of Parasites
A general guide to parasitology—and a short class in etymology
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Pumping, Plugging, and Protecting: The Hidden Logic of Resistance
Antibiotic Resistance Mechanisms, Part II: The Other Ways Out
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Gentamicin in Infective Endocarditis: friend, foe, or just folklore?
Rethinking aminoglycosides in Infectious Endocarditis
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TB Prevention in a Month? Yes, Really!
1HP - Shorter, safer, and surprisingly under-the-radar
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Bartonella: From the Andes to the Cat Scratch
The bacilli that shaped Andean medicine, haunted the trenches of war, and still hides in our cats.
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The Times They Are A-Changin'
Moving Beyond Gentamicin, Ampicillin, and Metronidazole for Peripartum Infections
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Why Some Antibiotics Just Don’t Stand a Chance: Understanding β-Lactamases
Part I of Many: Decoding How Gram-Negatives Outsmart Antibiotics
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Saving the Horseshoe Crab: Why We Should Rethink BDG Testing
BDG: The Overrated Biomarker
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The CMV Resistance Puzzle
Making Sense of Mutations and Treatment
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Don’t Call Me Viridans: I Have a Name
A case for dropping viridans and viridans group labels in bloodstream infections
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Echo Inconclusive? Here’s How to Navigate Endocarditis Imaging
Understanding the roles of cardiac CT, PET/CT, and SPECT/CT in diagnosing native and prosthetic valve infections.
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The Beginning
Just wanted to tell the origins for this blog.
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