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Vindana Chibabhai (she/her)

@microbemail

Assoc Prof Clinical Microbiology 🇿🇦 Micro, ID, AMR, AMS tweets🦠💊 Producer & host: Microbe Mail medical podcast 🎙

 South Africa
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Joined July 2021
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NICD@nicd_sa26 Nov 2024
Did you miss the expert-led discussion on antimicrobial resistance with Prof. Vindana Chibabhai on Radio702 this past Sunday? Don’t worry! You can now catch up on this insightful conversation, which was aired in commemoration of World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week.
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NICD@nicd_sa23 Nov 2024
Tune in tomorrow from 06:15 to 06:30 AM on Radio702 for an expert-led discussion on antimicrobial resistance with Prof. Vindana Chibabhai, Head of the Centre for Healthcare-Associated Infections, Antimicrobial Resistance, and Mycoses (CHARM).
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NICD@nicd_sa19 Nov 2024
Join us for an insightful discussion on the ethical use of antibiotics at the end of life. Healthcare professionals are invited to participate in an important webinar focused on the ethical considerations surrounding antibiotic use in end-of-life care.
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NICD@nicd_sa19 Nov 2024
PODCAST| Did you know that 80% of antibiotics used are actually prescribed outside of the hospital setting? But how does one improve outpatient antibiotic use? Click on the link provided to find out. player.captivate.fm/episode/… #EducateAdvocateActNow #AntimicrobialResistance
Don't be left OUT_Antimicrobial Stewardship considerations for...

Don't be left OUT_Antimicrobial Stewardship considerations for...

Did you know that 80% of antibiotic used are actually prescribed outside of the hospital setting? But how does one improve outpatient antibiotic use? Listen to this interview with Dr Gary...

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NICD@nicd_sa20 Nov 2024
Everyone has a role to play in improving antibiotic use. Taking antibiotics when needed is an important way you can protect yourself and your family and help combat antimicrobial resistance. #EducateAdvocateActNow #WAAW2024 #Antimicrobial resistance #AMR
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NICD@nicd_sa18 Nov 2024
World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week is a crucial initiative aimed at raising awareness about antimicrobial resistance, encouraging the public, healthcare workers, and policymakers to adopt best practices to prevent drug-resistant infections. #EducateAdvocateActNow
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NICD@nicd_sa18 Nov 2024
Antimicrobial resistance occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites resist the effects of medications, making common infections harder to treat and increasing the risk of disease spread, severe illness, and death. #EducateAdvocateActNow #AntimicrobialResistance
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NICD@nicd_sa18 Nov 2024
Antimicrobial resistance is making some diseases, such as bloodstream infections, pneumonia, and others, more difficult to treat. This means that if you develop an infection with an antimicrobial-resistant organism …
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NICD@nicd_sa18 Nov 2024
PODCAST| Bridging the gap This podcast focuses on the laboratory cycle and how we can bridge the gap between the bench and the bedside in the diagnosis of infections. Click here to listen: player.captivate.fm/episode/… #EducateAdvocateActNow #WAAW2024 #AntimicrobialResistance#AMR
Bridging the gap

Bridging the gap

The interface between the clinician and the laboratory is critical in ensuring appropriate specimen collection, and appropriate processing. In this, our first episode of Microbe Mail, the host...

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My favourite talk at #FIDSSA2024 so far. @AngelaD_ZA on tackling the major challenge of sepsis in small vulnerable newborns in Africa from AMR pathogen acquisition, to surveillance, trials and partnerships
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And finally : thelancet.com/journals/lanin… An excellent group collaboration led by John Perfect & Christina Chang👏 @eurconfmedmycol @ISHAM_Mycology @ASMicrobiology
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Letstalkmicro@Letstalkmicro119 Jul 2023
Happy Wednesday! A new episode is now available. A collaboration with Vindana from @microbemail podcast. Check out the episode and also check Microbe Mail’s podcast. Link in comments. Episode 100 🎉🎈 #microbiology #MedTwitter #IDTwitter #medlabsci #podcast
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Hospitalised neonates in SA🇿🇦 healthcare facilities are at risk for life-threatening infections caused by multi-drug-resistant pathogens We described a carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella infection outbreak dominated by ST152 (NDM-1) & ST307 (OXA-181) wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/29…
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Tom Yates@tomayates10 Jun 2023
Enjoyed this. This is probably not an original thought but I wonder whether diagnostic impact studies need both ‘all comer’ analyses and ‘treatment decision depends on test result’ analyses, the first population to assess harms as a result of naive test use?
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NEW Microbe Mail #medicalpodcast episode: Author interview with @TomBoylesID , author of "How to request a test". #IDTwitter #MedEd Listen here- microbemail.captivate.fm/epi…
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Adi@IDdocAdi30 Apr 2023
Weeks of antibiotics versus source control #stewardmeme xitter.gq/Figensport/status/1652…
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Arturo Casadevall@ACasadevall130 Apr 2023
Infectious diseases is the only specialty of medicine where things routinely get worse - drugs that used to work lose efficacy (resistance) and new diseases emerge regularly. magazine.jhsph.edu/2023/thre…
A Constellation of Storms: The Threat of Infectious Diseases | Hopkins Bloomberg Public Health...

A Constellation of Storms: The Threat of Infectious Diseases | Hopkins Bloomberg Public Health...

Infectious microbes constantly emerge and constantly mutate. To survive, we need extraordinary science and scientists.

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Graeme Meintjes@graemein23 Apr 2023
If you have an HIV-related manuscript to submit, please consider the SA Journal of HIV Medicine:
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Jake Robinson@_jake_robinson10 Apr 2023
📢#Microbes & #SocialEquity fans! Enter to win a signed hardback copy of #InvisibleFriends🦠 tinyurl.com/yckpj4zn To enter: Follow @MicroSocEquity, @DrSueIshaq, @TheCentricLab & me @_jake_robinson, RT this post & comment below! The winner will be announced on 14th April.
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Guy@ProfGuyRichards9 Apr 2023
Global impact of the first year of COVID-19 vaccination: a mathematical modelling study - The Lancet Infectious Diseases thelancet.com/journals/lanin…
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