Dr Neil Stone
Infectious Diseases specialist doctor in London. Fungal disease researcher (UCL). Officially the 1st person to use word #Covid (according to the Oxford English Dictionary. Really). Personal views only.
- My specialist interest is serious fungal infection Yes seriously.. Did you know fungi kill nearly 4 MILLION people each year? I got to talk all about it with the "Pestpodden" podcast in Norway! 🇳🇴 podcasts.apple.com/no/podcast/p...
- Should doctors stay on Twitter /X? I argue YES @germhuntermd.bsky.social says...get OUT and join the X-odus... See what you think www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
- Reposted by Dr Neil Stone📣 Is there is value in staying on Twitter/X? @drneilstone.bsky.social may make you think again even if you did join the #Xodus & Ilan Schwartz @germhuntermd.bsky.social may make you think again if you didn't 🙏🏼 to both for this thoughtful pro-con #IDSky #MedSky www.cmi-comms.org/article/S295...
- Reposted by Dr Neil StoneNew pro/con perspective piece by @drneilstone.bsky.social & yours truly Joining the X-odus: Contrasting perspectives on whether infection specialists should leave X (formerly Twitter) That I'm sharing it here belies where I stand on the issue www.cmi-comms.org/article/S295... #IDSky
- I feel like medical professionals in the US are not doing enough to stand up to the madness led by RFK Jr that is destroying US health policy I'm not even American. I shouldn't be doing it.
- Reposted by Dr Neil StoneNew podcast from @RCPhysicians @drneilstone.bsky.social on all things mycology! player.rcp.ac.uk/podcasts/medic…
- Reposted by Dr Neil StoneMSGERC is seeking fungal infection cases (common or unusual) for Case of the Month. Do you have a case? Submit to be featured on DrFungus.org! Accepted cases from Early Career investigators will receive $250 and complimentary 1-year membership Questions may be directed to headquarters@msgerc.org
- When at a conference and there's a great talk and I want to speak to the presenter afterwards but someone gets in first and talks to them for aaages then I have to give up cos I need to go to something else. Happens to me every time!
- Reposted by Dr Neil Stone🧪 Detailed data viz NYT article, out today, on the extent of funding cuts at the National Science Foundation. This "broken pie chart" is neat & new to me: Powerfully shows the slowdown in new NSF awards across areas. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
- Reposted by Dr Neil StoneYesterday at ISHAM 2025, Danila Seidel explored how environmental extremes can spark fungal outbreaks 🌪️🌱 A powerful reminder of climate’s role in emerging mycoses. #ISHAM2025 #FungalOutbreaks #ClimateAndHealth #MedicalMycology
- Did you know..75% of wine has significant levels of azole antifungals in it? (German wine anyway) Potential consequences for driving resistance... #IDSky #ISHAM
- Reposted by Dr Neil StoneGreat to present feasibility study on AI to detect invasive pulmonary mould infections from CT scans at #BIASpring2025. Proof-of-concept but need to develop surrounding infrastructure to develop this and other AI projects within NHS. #IDSky @drneilstone.bsky.social
- 21% of patients with advanced HIV here in Brazil 🇧🇷 have a positive histoplasma antigen...that's a huge number #IDSky #ISHAM
- Global burden of histoplasmosis is growing But we don't know what to do with asymptomatic histoplasma antigen positivity #IDSky #ISHAM
- Terrific update on histoplasmosis by expert Antoine Adenis from Cayenne, French Guyana We are seeing more and more cases diagnosed in the UK in travellers to endemic areas. Easier to diagnose than ever before with new rapid tests. #ISHAM #IDsky @msgerc.bsky.social
- Great to be at the ISHAM 2025 @ISHAM_Mycology meeting at spectacular Iguazu, Brazil 🇧🇷! #IDSky #infectiousdiseases
- Reposted by Dr Neil StoneWe are in Iguazu, Brazil 🇧🇷..home of the famous waterfalls..for ISHAM 2025! One of the key mycology meetings in the calendar Follow for updates! #IDsky
- Do you know what have NEVER undergone randomised placebo controlled trials? All those supplements they try and sell you online
- Love the graphic Seems my post made the point We need to push back against anti vaccine nonsense!
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- Reposted by Dr Neil StoneThank you very much to @drneilstone.bsky.social for your very inspiring talk this morning about the scientific presence on social medias at #escmidglobal2025. You have been heard, this is my first message on Bluesky. Let’s see how it goes 🙂
- Reposted by Dr Neil Stone📍Arrived later than I’d hoped and challenges with watching 📱live on the app, but 🤩 really enjoying this discussion with @angelahuttner.bsky.social @drneilstone.bsky.social Dr. Hofer and Dr. Joseph @escmid.bsky.social #ESCMID #ESCMID2025 #ESCMIDglobal #ESCMIDglobal2025 #IDsky
- Reposted by Dr Neil StoneAnd that’s a wrap on the road to publications session! @angelahuttner.bsky.social @anniejoseph.bsky.social @drneilstone.bsky.social @hoferu.bsky.social @oana-sandulescu.bsky.social #ESCMIDGlobal
- Reposted by Dr Neil Stone@drneilstone.bsky.social shares some of the hate posts he receives on X. “I can handle the #trolls. Many are just bots.” (There are bot farms that do this!) #ESCMIDGlobal #IDSky #MedSky
- The publishing model has to change Big journals make BILLIONS on margins unheard of in any other business @oana-sandulescu.bsky.social @hoferu.bsky.social @angelahuttner.bsky.social @anniejoseph.bsky.social @escmid.bsky.social #escmidglobal2025
- Now we have @anniejoseph.bsky.social discussing the peer review process Reminding us we are in the city of Semmelweiss who's ideas about infection control were ridiculed He was right! #escmidglobal2025
- Reposted by Dr Neil StoneNow it’s @drneilstone.bsky.social talking about social media and medicine. “Bluesky is the dominant platform now.” He said it. We will get him over to Bluesky for good! 💪🏼😉😁 #ESCMIDGlobal #IDSky #MedSky
- Reposted by Dr Neil StoneAnother great talk! @drneilstone.bsky.social discusses how social media can serve you & communicate your research! Some great slides breaking down an effective posting strategy! 🚀 #ESCMIDGlobal #IDSky #clinmicro
- Great tip here If you aren't sure if a journal is legit or not, look it up on the DOAJ website #escmidglobal2025 @hoferu.bsky.social
- Next up in our session is Lancet ID editor @hoferu.bsky.social telling us how to avoid the trap of predatory journals @oana-sandulescu.bsky.social @anniejoseph.bsky.social @angelahuttner.bsky.social @escmid.bsky.social
- Next up in our session is Lancet ID editor @hoferu.bsky.social telling us how to avoid the trap of predatory journals @oana-sandulescu.bsky.social @anniejoseph.bsky.social @angelahuttner.bsky.social @escmid.bsky.social
- Join us in Hall 5 at #ESCMIDGLOBAL2025!
- Rise and shine and come join us in Hall 5 for a great start to the last day of #ESCMIDGlobal 2025! A fantastic line-up of journal editors will share insight on publication processes and peer-review. @cmicomms.bsky.social @escmid.bsky.social @angelahuttner.bsky.social @hoferu.bsky.social
- Great opening by @angelahuttner.bsky.social in our session on guiding you through the publication process here at #escmidglobal2025 in Vienna. I'll be speaking about social media later!
- Do not miss this: Ursula @hoferu.bsky.social is going to go after predatory publishers and @anniejoseph.bsky.social is going to fix our broken #peerreview system! 💪 Hall 5 (A) #IDSky
- Reposted by Dr Neil StoneHere we go! Session starting in Hall 5 now... @cmicomms.bsky.social @drneilstone.bsky.social
- Do not miss this: Ursula @hoferu.bsky.social is going to go after predatory publishers and @anniejoseph.bsky.social is going to fix our broken #peerreview system! 💪 Hall 5 (A) #IDSky
- Reposted by Dr Neil StoneLuis Ostrosky at #ESCMIDGlobal: NATURE-US—120 pts with candidemia failing 1st-line tx. High mortality despite combo salvage tx. Many more highlights today in antifungals, diagnostics & antimicrobial stewardship. #InfectiousDiseases #NATUREUS
- Reposted by Dr Neil StoneThe organization's reports discuss the small number of newly approved treatments, the limited, late-stage antifungal pipeline, and challenges around diagnostics for this class of infections. #IDsky #Medsky
- Reposted by Dr Neil Stone📣Just published📣 Trends in sources and volumes of clinical cultures with C. auris 🍄 327 cultures Volumes ⬆️ each yr Blood cultures were the most common specimen but overall share ⬇️ Soft tissue/🦴 had the largest ⬆️ in recent yrs TY @ajicjournal.bsky.social 💕 #IDSky www.ajicjournal.org/article/S019...
- The 14 day paradigm for antibiotics first bloodstream infection is long since dead. The BALANCE trial is another nail in its coffin #IDSky www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
- Reposted by Dr Neil StoneLooking for a research assistant post in London? 🤔 Interested in how anti-cytokine auto-antibodies are associated with immune dysfunction and disease during ageing? 🎯 Then do consider applying for this exciting post 👇 #ImmunoSky #IDSky @uclmedsci.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
- Reposted by Dr Neil StoneWhat a wonderful venue to have a conference dinner at - and to see some old pals @drneilstone.bsky.social @neleshg.bsky.social - looking forward to some exciting fungal resistance talks tomorrow at #FungalUpdate2025
- Always a pleasure to be at Fungal Update/ Mycology 2025 in central London
- Anna Selmecki shows us how the adaptable Candida pathogen can quickly generate drug resistance gene copy number variations to overcome antifungal efficacy. @youngecmm.bsky.social @ishamycology.bsky.social #mycology2025
- Reposted by Dr Neil StoneMexico has never been considered having autochthonous cases of Blastomycosis (even more surprisingly near Mexico city). This is probably telling us a new niche for Blasto has been brewing for some time now or we haven’t looked into it deeper #IDsky @msgerc.bsky.social @ishamycology.bsky.social
- Pleased to share an unususal case of disseminated cutaneous Blastomycosis we saw in the UK in a returning traveller to Mexico #IDSky www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
- Pleased to share an unususal case of disseminated cutaneous Blastomycosis we saw in the UK in a returning traveller to Mexico #IDSky www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
- JD Vanc-omycin
- I see ESCMID spam email season is upon us
- I often get asked why I bother challenging disinformation and engaging with anti science anti vaccine conspiracy theory nutcases. Well - not enough of us did that. And now they are in power.
- My engagement on X has increased exponentially recently 95% is with the general public as I try and combat disinformation and misinformation Here I come for professional updates. So a completely different focus.
- I come here for updates in my field but Im still on X trying to fight disinformation. That site has been largely abandoned by serious scientists and nonsense about vaccines and more spreads like wildfire largely unchecked and unchallenged.
- Reading yet another invitation to review a journal article
- Candida auris found on LOCUSTS! Maybe it was spread by insects? #IDSky www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
- When junior colleagues start off by saying "this is probably a stupid question but..." it invariably turns out to be an EXCELLENT question
- Reminder that The Lancet themselves (and the very same editor) published the most infamous and impactful piece of medical misinformation ever..the fraudulent and scientifically worthless Wakefield paper claiming to link MMR vaccine with autism. The damage done continues to this day.
- The spread of health misinformation and disinformation poses a serious threat to public health. How can we respond to the danger and combat the tide of misinformation and disinformation to protect public health? Find out more in our latest Editorial: tinyurl.com/mtf95p25
- Meet Professors Rogan and Gibson, specialists in pseudoscience
- Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major threat to human health. Bur it's GROSSLY under reported This study showed 4% of ALL deaths at a major London hospital were actually caused AMR but NONE were on the death certificate as cause of death.
- #AMR is a risk to antibiotic failure & death, but if this happens, do we record it on death certificates? Our centre data = NO! 👉In 1 year, 4% of deaths were AMR-attributed & NONE were recorded on death certificates!👈 Need to quantify this better to increase awareness! #IDSky @jac-amr.bsky.social
- I've been reposted by @georgetakei.bsky.social ! Ive made it
