Andres Henao, MD PhD FIDSA
@andhen25.bsky.social
A US board-certified specialist in Infectious Diseases, with a focus on fungal and tropical infections | Universidad del Valle alumnus | Associate Professor at CU Anschutz | Editor-in-Chief TAID | Associate Editor PLOSGPH | Global Health
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Decades of rigorous and scientifically sound research have proven that vaccines do not cause autism. CDC’s decision to change language on its website reversing that finding is reckless & harmful.
Our statement w/ @hivma.bsky.social, APIC, @sheaepi.bsky.social & @sidpharm.bsky.social: bit.ly/3XEc0KH
Our statement w/ @hivma.bsky.social, APIC, @sheaepi.bsky.social & @sidpharm.bsky.social: bit.ly/3XEc0KH
November 21, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Decades of rigorous and scientifically sound research have proven that vaccines do not cause autism. CDC’s decision to change language on its website reversing that finding is reckless & harmful.
Our statement w/ @hivma.bsky.social, APIC, @sheaepi.bsky.social & @sidpharm.bsky.social: bit.ly/3XEc0KH
Our statement w/ @hivma.bsky.social, APIC, @sheaepi.bsky.social & @sidpharm.bsky.social: bit.ly/3XEc0KH
FIRST first-author pub for Brent is OUT!
“Insights into Current Coccidioidomycosis Therapeutic Pathways” now in @asm.org
Fluconazole dominates, but switches are common in severe cases. Proud mentor moment! 🎉 @cudeptofmedicine.bsky.social
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“Insights into Current Coccidioidomycosis Therapeutic Pathways” now in @asm.org
Fluconazole dominates, but switches are common in severe cases. Proud mentor moment! 🎉 @cudeptofmedicine.bsky.social
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Insights into current coccidioidomycosis therapeutic pathways | Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
Coccidioidomycosis (“San Joaquin Valley Fever”) is a systemic fungal infection caused
by the dimorphic fungi Coccidioides immitis and Coccidioides posadasii, which are endemic to regions of the Southw...
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November 20, 2025 at 4:42 PM
FIRST first-author pub for Brent is OUT!
“Insights into Current Coccidioidomycosis Therapeutic Pathways” now in @asm.org
Fluconazole dominates, but switches are common in severe cases. Proud mentor moment! 🎉 @cudeptofmedicine.bsky.social
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
“Insights into Current Coccidioidomycosis Therapeutic Pathways” now in @asm.org
Fluconazole dominates, but switches are common in severe cases. Proud mentor moment! 🎉 @cudeptofmedicine.bsky.social
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Thrilled to have delivered the inaugural Sirus Naraqi, MD Memorial Lecture at
@uicpublichealth.bsky.social
DOM Grand Rounds this week! Topic: Chagas & NTDs – in the US
Huge thanks to my friend and colleague
@mbrito05.bsky.social
for the invite!
#GlobalHealth
@cudeptofmedicine.bsky.social
@uicpublichealth.bsky.social
DOM Grand Rounds this week! Topic: Chagas & NTDs – in the US
Huge thanks to my friend and colleague
@mbrito05.bsky.social
for the invite!
#GlobalHealth
@cudeptofmedicine.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Thrilled to have delivered the inaugural Sirus Naraqi, MD Memorial Lecture at
@uicpublichealth.bsky.social
DOM Grand Rounds this week! Topic: Chagas & NTDs – in the US
Huge thanks to my friend and colleague
@mbrito05.bsky.social
for the invite!
#GlobalHealth
@cudeptofmedicine.bsky.social
@uicpublichealth.bsky.social
DOM Grand Rounds this week! Topic: Chagas & NTDs – in the US
Huge thanks to my friend and colleague
@mbrito05.bsky.social
for the invite!
#GlobalHealth
@cudeptofmedicine.bsky.social
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Tested two different AI products with some medical advice. Prompt: "When people get shingles again, is it usually in the same location?"
OpenEvidence: Home run.
ChatGPT: Big whiff.
Plus, a chance to support the shingles vaccine -- so important! #IDSky blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-obser...
OpenEvidence: Home run.
ChatGPT: Big whiff.
Plus, a chance to support the shingles vaccine -- so important! #IDSky blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-obser...
When AI Gets the Medical Advice Wrong — and Right
A journalist recently reached out to ask about the shingles vaccine. We mostly talked through the usual topics — how common shingles is, why the vaccine works so well, and side effects. Plus, the whol...
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November 18, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Tested two different AI products with some medical advice. Prompt: "When people get shingles again, is it usually in the same location?"
OpenEvidence: Home run.
ChatGPT: Big whiff.
Plus, a chance to support the shingles vaccine -- so important! #IDSky blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-obser...
OpenEvidence: Home run.
ChatGPT: Big whiff.
Plus, a chance to support the shingles vaccine -- so important! #IDSky blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-obser...
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A new study found the Trump administration’s cuts to NIH grants disrupted more than 380 clinical trials, affecting over 74,000 participants.
The cuts disproportionately impacted trials on infectious diseases and minority communities.
The cuts disproportionately impacted trials on infectious diseases and minority communities.
Federal cuts upended clinical trials. A new study reveals the toll.
Grants for 383 clinical trials were terminated and the funding disruptions affected more than 74,000 trial participants, according to new research.
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November 17, 2025 at 11:00 PM
A new study found the Trump administration’s cuts to NIH grants disrupted more than 380 clinical trials, affecting over 74,000 participants.
The cuts disproportionately impacted trials on infectious diseases and minority communities.
The cuts disproportionately impacted trials on infectious diseases and minority communities.
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Great resource for parasitic testing options from @astmh.bsky.social while CDC services are offline.
ASTMH - Non-CDC Options for Molecular and Serologic Testing for Parasitic Diseases
Posted 19 March 2025
www.astmh.org
November 15, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Great resource for parasitic testing options from @astmh.bsky.social while CDC services are offline.
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Antibiotics disrupt gut/airway microbiomes across ages 🦠, amplifying both targeted and background resistance genes 🧬. Recovery remains especially poor in children 👶
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November 15, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Antibiotics disrupt gut/airway microbiomes across ages 🦠, amplifying both targeted and background resistance genes 🧬. Recovery remains especially poor in children 👶
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A multistep UTI-focused stewardship initiative reduced unnecessary treatment of asymptomatic presentations by 12% & improved adherence to UTI management guidelines.
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Impact of a multistep urinary tract infection-focused disease state stewardship initiative on the treatment of asymptomatic urinary presentations: a retrospective cohort study - Christian Tyler Pitcoc...
Background: Asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) is often overtreated, risking patient harm through unnecessary antimicrobial use and fostering antimicrobial resistan...
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November 11, 2025 at 9:07 PM
A multistep UTI-focused stewardship initiative reduced unnecessary treatment of asymptomatic presentations by 12% & improved adherence to UTI management guidelines.
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A global health journal with an all-female executive leadership team! ✨
@plosglobalpublichealth.org continues to push the boundaries with today's announcement of Prof. Manuela De Allegri joining @ckyobutungi.bsky.social as a co-editor-in-chief & @juliarobinson.bsky.social as Exec Editor
@plosglobalpublichealth.org continues to push the boundaries with today's announcement of Prof. Manuela De Allegri joining @ckyobutungi.bsky.social as a co-editor-in-chief & @juliarobinson.bsky.social as Exec Editor
November 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
A global health journal with an all-female executive leadership team! ✨
@plosglobalpublichealth.org continues to push the boundaries with today's announcement of Prof. Manuela De Allegri joining @ckyobutungi.bsky.social as a co-editor-in-chief & @juliarobinson.bsky.social as Exec Editor
@plosglobalpublichealth.org continues to push the boundaries with today's announcement of Prof. Manuela De Allegri joining @ckyobutungi.bsky.social as a co-editor-in-chief & @juliarobinson.bsky.social as Exec Editor
Love to share our fruitful collaboration with our Peruvian scientists in the Amazon #GlobalHealth @cudivofid.bsky.social @cudeptofmedicine.bsky.social @annalsofim.bsky.social
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Polymerase Chain Reaction–Confirmed Oropouche Virus Disease in Loreto, Perú: A Case Series From December 2023 Through September 2024 | Annals of Internal Medicine
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November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Love to share our fruitful collaboration with our Peruvian scientists in the Amazon #GlobalHealth @cudivofid.bsky.social @cudeptofmedicine.bsky.social @annalsofim.bsky.social
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🆕🔥State-of-the-Art Review with 🌟s @trubianojason.bsky.social : Antibiotic Allergy—A Multidisciplinary Approach to Delabeling #idsky
url: academic.oup.com/cid/article/...
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November 6, 2025 at 8:09 PM
🆕🔥State-of-the-Art Review with 🌟s @trubianojason.bsky.social : Antibiotic Allergy—A Multidisciplinary Approach to Delabeling #idsky
url: academic.oup.com/cid/article/...
url: academic.oup.com/cid/article/...
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pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC... cool study done by @andhen25.bsky.social and collaborators assessing the use of voriconazole vs isavuconazole for invasive aspergillosis in a population outside of a controlled environment (i.e. RCT).
Voriconazole versus isavuconazole for invasive aspergillosis: a retrospective analysis in a medically insured U.S. population (2017–2020)
While isavuconazole (ISA) has demonstrated non-inferiority to voriconazole (VCZ) for invasive aspergillosis (IA) in clinical trials, real-world comparisons are limited. To compare treatment completion, adverse events, hospitalizations, and ...
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October 30, 2025 at 8:59 PM
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC... cool study done by @andhen25.bsky.social and collaborators assessing the use of voriconazole vs isavuconazole for invasive aspergillosis in a population outside of a controlled environment (i.e. RCT).
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Meta-analysis (7 studies, n=1685): Cefazolin vs. ASPs for MSSA endocarditis — similar efficacy, lower 30-day mortality (OR 0.49, 95% CI 0.29–0.83), and fewer adverse events. Supports cefazolin as a viable alternative
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Comparative effectiveness of cefazolin versus antistaphylococcal penicillins in methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus infective endocarditis: a systematic review of observational studies - Lau...
Background: Methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) is a leading cause of infective endocarditis (IE), associated with high morbidity and mortality...
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October 28, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Meta-analysis (7 studies, n=1685): Cefazolin vs. ASPs for MSSA endocarditis — similar efficacy, lower 30-day mortality (OR 0.49, 95% CI 0.29–0.83), and fewer adverse events. Supports cefazolin as a viable alternative
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📈 Retrospective time-series study (2014–2019, Mysuru, India):
Rising temperature, humidity, and monsoon rainfall were linked to increased Salmonella bacteraemia.
Findings suggest climate–infection interplay with implications for AMR trends.
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Rising temperature, humidity, and monsoon rainfall were linked to increased Salmonella bacteraemia.
Findings suggest climate–infection interplay with implications for AMR trends.
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October 28, 2025 at 1:10 PM
📈 Retrospective time-series study (2014–2019, Mysuru, India):
Rising temperature, humidity, and monsoon rainfall were linked to increased Salmonella bacteraemia.
Findings suggest climate–infection interplay with implications for AMR trends.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Rising temperature, humidity, and monsoon rainfall were linked to increased Salmonella bacteraemia.
Findings suggest climate–infection interplay with implications for AMR trends.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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🚨study from Bolivia: A novel PCR platform—Orange G3 TBC—shows comparable accuracy to GeneXpert Ultra for TB diagnosis (sensitivity = 90%, specificity = 97%). Its biosafe, low-resource–friendly design could expand TB testing access in endemic settings.
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Diagnostic accuracy of the novel and biosafe molecular assay Orange G3 TBC compared to GeneXpert for tuberculosis diagnosis in resource-limited settings - Juan Carlos Garberi, Gabriel Estryk, Richard ...
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) remains a global public health priority, with 10.5 million new cases and 1.5 million deaths reported in 2023. Current diagnostic m...
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October 22, 2025 at 12:47 PM
🚨study from Bolivia: A novel PCR platform—Orange G3 TBC—shows comparable accuracy to GeneXpert Ultra for TB diagnosis (sensitivity = 90%, specificity = 97%). Its biosafe, low-resource–friendly design could expand TB testing access in endemic settings.
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Excellent comprehensive review on #Syphilis just published in #JAMA. An old disease and a powerful mimic. Interpreting syphilis serologies and how to treat is probably one of the consult questions ID physicians get the most.
#IDSky #MedSky
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#IDSky #MedSky
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Syphilis: A Review
This review summarizes the epidemiology, clinical manifestations, staging, and diagnosis of syphilis.
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October 16, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Excellent comprehensive review on #Syphilis just published in #JAMA. An old disease and a powerful mimic. Interpreting syphilis serologies and how to treat is probably one of the consult questions ID physicians get the most.
#IDSky #MedSky
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#IDSky #MedSky
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In a survey of 128 HIV care workers, negative attitudes toward people who use drugs were strongly linked to lower acceptance of harm reduction practices. Acceptance varied by site, race, and experience—pointing to structural and training gaps.
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Attitudes of HIV healthcare Provider Attitudes Towards PWH who use Drugs and acceptance of harm reduction strategies: a cross-sectional study - Rabab F. M. Ahmed, Robert W. S. Coulter, M. Reuel Friedm...
Background: Negative attitudes toward people who use drugs (PWUD) can hinder their engagement in healthcare and contribute to poor clinical outcomes. While harm...
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October 15, 2025 at 1:02 PM
In a survey of 128 HIV care workers, negative attitudes toward people who use drugs were strongly linked to lower acceptance of harm reduction practices. Acceptance varied by site, race, and experience—pointing to structural and training gaps.
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Systematic review/meta-analysis (2013–2024, n=23,319): In febrile neutropenia after chemotherapy, bloodstream infections were 59% Gram-negative, 39.7% Gram-positive, and 2.5% fungal.
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October 10, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Systematic review/meta-analysis (2013–2024, n=23,319): In febrile neutropenia after chemotherapy, bloodstream infections were 59% Gram-negative, 39.7% Gram-positive, and 2.5% fungal.
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Six of the nine Nobel Prize winners this year work in the U.S.
Three of the six were born outside the U.S., which is the pattern most years. No country has benefited more from welcoming immigrants from around the world.
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Three of the six were born outside the U.S., which is the pattern most years. No country has benefited more from welcoming immigrants from around the world.
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The official website of the Nobel Prize - NobelPrize.org
The Nobel Prize rewards science, humanism and peace efforts. This is one of the central concepts in the will of Alfred Nobel, and it also permeates the outreach activities that have been developed for...
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October 8, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Six of the nine Nobel Prize winners this year work in the U.S.
Three of the six were born outside the U.S., which is the pattern most years. No country has benefited more from welcoming immigrants from around the world.
www.nobelprize.org
Three of the six were born outside the U.S., which is the pattern most years. No country has benefited more from welcoming immigrants from around the world.
www.nobelprize.org
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Bureaucratic delays and chronic underfunding are hallmarks of doing science in Global South countries. And we hear about such challenges often. New report documenting how scientists in countries like Kenya and India navigate such challenges. Lots of tips here and a vision for a collaborative future
October 8, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Bureaucratic delays and chronic underfunding are hallmarks of doing science in Global South countries. And we hear about such challenges often. New report documenting how scientists in countries like Kenya and India navigate such challenges. Lots of tips here and a vision for a collaborative future
Reposted by Andres Henao, MD PhD FIDSA
The Clade IIb #mpox 🌍 outbreak exposed major gaps in evidence for antivirals 💊, vaccine equity 💉, and surveillance. This review maps the path toward targeted, evidence-based treatments and prevention✨
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October 7, 2025 at 1:13 PM
The Clade IIb #mpox 🌍 outbreak exposed major gaps in evidence for antivirals 💊, vaccine equity 💉, and surveillance. This review maps the path toward targeted, evidence-based treatments and prevention✨
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September 28, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere, it's up to you...Chikungunya in my home town. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/n...
Mosquito-Borne Illness Rarely Seen in U.S. Is Suspected on Long Island
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September 26, 2025 at 10:24 AM
If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere, it's up to you...Chikungunya in my home town. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/n...