Twitter MedEd and MCQs - Life Worldwide

We participate in the MedEd (medical education) community on Twitter and retweet case histories, pathology slides and infographics that students and clinicians will find useful. We also post our own quiz questions covering material from our clinical lectures and diagnostics videos.

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What serum CrAg titre cut-off would you use for predicting cryptococcal meningitis in a patient with HIV? 🧠#medtwitter #meded #learnid #foamed #idmeded #idtwitter #hiv #aids @amnet2020 @AIDSMycoses #ifi #globalhealth
— LIFE Worldwide (@LIFEworldwide) October 16, 2019

For patients on itraconazole who are undergoing therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM), why do their levels look higher when measured by bioassay than by HPLC?#medtwitter #antifungal @ACCP #idtwitter @MycologyRefManc @AberMycol @LabMycology @TherapeuticDrug #meded @IATDMCT #ifi
— LIFE Worldwide (@LIFEworldwide) September 30, 2019

Emerging pathogen Candida auris has now been isolated from Russian ICU patients: https://t.co/T2m4DhfPgQ Which of the following is most reliable for identifying C. auris? #idtwitter #idmeded #candida #superbugs #infectioncontrol #microbiology @MycologyRefManc @CDC #learnID #AMR
— LIFE Worldwide (@LIFEworldwide) July 16, 2019

Galactomannan antigen testing is often used for Aspergillus infections, but which other fungus can it detect? (in serum)#meded #learnid #foamed #idmeded #idtwitter #microbiology #hiv #txid #ifi @GermHunterMD @MicrobioSoc @ISHAM_Mycology @MycologyRefManc
— LIFE Worldwide (@LIFEworldwide) September 16, 2019

Good news! WHO have just added the Histoplasma antigen test to their Essential Diagnostics List. But which other fungal antigen test is on the list?#globalhealth #IFI #IDtwitter #fightfungus @MycologyRefManc https://t.co/PjTt8vxZkA
— LIFE Worldwide (@LIFEworldwide) July 11, 2019

Which of the following is NOT recommended for preventing orophayngeal Candida (thrush)? Find the answer in our latest clinical lecture: https://t.co/4AL0QexbCK
— LIFE Worldwide (@LIFEworldwide) June 24, 2019