Rossana Rosa

@drrossanarosa

Infectious Diseases physician, IP, stewie R💗R💗— Doodler ✏️🖍️🎨 Garra catracha🇭🇳 in Atlantic 🇨🇦| Married into Arsenal and Minnesota Sports fandom 🥰⚽️🏈⚾️

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Rossana Rosa@drrossanarosa· 1d

A mini zine about My Infectious Diseases Life Issue #32- the kitchen sink strategy, logistics, you know who you are, nightmares, movie binging from the ICU #IDSky #MedSky #zine

On Monday, I brought everything I’ve got
On Tuesday, I tried to focus on things I can’t control

On Wednesday, somethings never change
On Thursday, they called them chain so necessary for a recent

On Friday, movie watching was a sign of source control

Rossana Rosa@drrossanarosa· 2d

Everything is a zoonosis! Drawing/listing challenge! #46- Llama Nice and handy article ➡️ pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC... #IDSky #VetSky #MedSky

A cute drawing of a llama and some zoonoses associated with them

Rossana Rosa@drrossanarosa· 8d

A mini zine about My Infectious Diseases Life Issue #31- Not locked away, war, party plans, old ladies, diagnosis matrix #IDSky #MedSky #zine

Rossana Rosa@drrossanarosa· 12d

Posted to my IG and wished @jonathanrydermd.bsky.social was there to tag you 😏 #IDSky #MedSky

Rossana Rosa@drrossanarosa· 15d

A mini zine about My Infectious Diseases Life Issue #30- Vacation edition! No insights. Maybe still worried about spores… #IDSky #MedSky #graphicmedicine

Rossana Rosa@drrossanarosa· 20d

Everything is a zoonosis! Drawing/listing challenge. #45- Wallaby Because @pharmageddon.bsky.social asked for it 😇 Very comprehensive resource found here: arwh.org/wp-content/u... #IDSky #VetSky #MedSky

A cute photo of a Wallaby and zoonoses associated with them

Rossana Rosa@drrossanarosa· 22d

A mini zine about My Infectious Diseases Life Issue #29- me rasgo las vestiduras!, that first photo, barely making it, courage, still believing #IDSky #MedSky #zine #graphmed

On Monday, I despaired over C diff
On Tuesday, we rejoiced together, and left difficult conversations for another day

On Wednesday, it was Wednesday

On Thursday, j’etais courageous et vous avez ete patient

On Friday, I chose to believe that blue skies are coming

Rossana Rosa@drrossanarosa· 29d

A mini zine about My Infectious Diseases Life Issue #28- stats, just being, life imitates art?, tactics, making it visible #IDSky #MedSky #AMSSky

Rossana Rosa@drrossanarosa· Jul 12

A mini zine about My Infectious Diseases Life Issue #27 - queen for a day, with Telemundo in spirit, reset and replay, the inevitable… #IDSky #MedSky

Rossana Rosa@drrossanarosa· Jul 5

A mini zine about My Infectious Diseases Life Issue #26- struggles, trends, irises, spores and forests #IDSky #MedSky

On Monday, you asked a question that I struggle to answer, but

On Tuesday, I saw a trend that
On Wednesday, allowed me to have Hope

On Thursday, I said the word “spores” too many times
On Friday, I saw you emerge from a dark forest

Rossana Rosa@drrossanarosa· Jun 28

A mini zine about My Infectious Diseases Life Issue #25- RoRo rising, problematics will be problematic, tables turned, time to pop, don’t hate Teams #IDSky #MedSky #zine

Monday— I knew we would be about rising

Tuesday- my problematic fave gave me problems

Wednesday- I myself was a cat needing herding

Thursday - it was time to pop some delusional bubbles

Rossana Rosa@drrossanarosa· Jun 22

Everything is a zoonosis! Drawing/listing challenge #44- Kangaroo This case report was quite the read 🤯 www1.health.gov.au/internet/mai... #IDSky #VetSky

A cute drawing of a kangaroo and some zoonoses associated with them

Rossana Rosa@drrossanarosa· Jun 21

A mini zine about My Infectious Diseases Life Issue #24- a haze, some you win, some you lose, even more herding, not enough expletives #IDSky #MedSky #zine

Cover My Infectious Diseases Life, Issue #24

On Monday, was there on Monday? I wouldn’t know as I was put out of commission by a virus. No antibiotics needed.

On Tuesday, I score one against H pylori

On Wednesday, H pylori scored one against me

On Thursday, there was more cat-herding to do

On Friday- F U Candida. F.U.

Rossana Rosa@drrossanarosa· Jun 17

I will do great things at work today: #IDSky

Rossana Rosa@drrossanarosa· Jun 15

A mini zine about My Infectious Diseases Life Issue #23- selflessness, (un)certainty, resilience, politics, mystery! (with posting delays due to sickness) #IDSky #MedSky #zine

Monday- seflessness
Tuesday- (un)certainty

Wednesday- resilience
Thursday- politics

Rossana Rosa@drrossanarosa· Jun 11

Even though Honduras is not at the World Cup, la Garra Catracha siempre está presente 🥰⚽️ #IDSky #LatinSky #MedSky

Rossana Rosa@drrossanarosa· Jun 8

And here’s boomonia, or ghost pneumonia, whatever you call it, you know it when *see* it 😂👻… @pharmageddon.bsky.social @empiricgame.bsky.social #IDSky #MedSky #AMSSky

Rossana Rosa@drrossanarosa· Jun 7

A mini zine about My Infectious Diseases Life Issue #22– running, landscaping, still going, taxonomy entries, monsters #IDSky #MedSky #graphicmedicine #zine

Issue #22 of My Infectious Diseases Life

On Monday, you told me you can run for an hour… Perhaps you’ve left TB behind

On Tuesday, you showed me a photo of your koi pond, and I understood what health means

On Wednesday, you told me how you didn’t die, you live

On Thursday, the term “ghost pneumonia” was born

On Friday, a monster somewhere brought up monsters elsewhere

Rossana Rosa@drrossanarosa· Jun 6

I felt a profound sadness reading this report. Perhaps because it’s “only” 3 patients, two of whom died… perhaps because one can see all the connections between them… perhaps because the faults in the system can be identified … 1/x www.cambridge.org/core/product... #IDSky

Donor derived and nosocomial-acquired Candida auris transmission involving solid organ transplant recipients

Outbreak could be traced to a donor with unspeciated yeast and environmental persistence due to ineffective cleaning

Rossana Rosa@drrossanarosa· Jun 3

Everything is a zoonosis! Drawing/listing challenge. #43- Hedgehog It’s great to google “zoonoses associated with hedgehogs” and the first hit is and EID article titled “Hedgehog zoonoses” 💓 pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC... #IDSky #VetSky #MedSky

A cute drawing of a hedgehog and some zoonoses associated with them

Rossana Rosa@drrossanarosa· May 31

A mini zine about My Infectious Diseases Life Issue #21- Maritimers unite against AMR!, seeing y’all just get back to life… #IDSky #MedSky #graphicmedicine #zine

On Monday, I travel to join folks from across the Maritime fighting AMR

On Tuesday, anchor, they brought together, physicians, biologist, pharmacist, epidemiologist, public partners, veterinarians, policy makers,

On Wednesday my drive back was full of ideas from anchor! And some good C diff listening

On Thursday, and on Friday, I had the joy of seeing former patients of mine now out and about going on with their lives

Rossana Rosa@drrossanarosa· May 29

Everything is a zoonosis! Drawing/listing challenge. #42- Long-tailed pygmy rice rat Needs no introduction in 2026… but in case you didn’t know, it’s the vector for Andes virus (hantavirus). Don’t judge my green blob too harshly 🫣, watercolors are hard 😅 #IDSky

A cute drawing of a long-tailed pygmy rice rat

Rossana Rosa@drrossanarosa· May 29

@uwidfellowship.bsky.social — look who came to visit my deck yesterday evening 🦝😅 It wasn’t even dark!!! #IDSky

Rossana Rosa@drrossanarosa· May 24

A mini zine about My Infectious Diseases Life Issue #20- spring, wisdom, horror and more horror #IDSky #MedSky

The cover of my Infectious Diseases life issue number 20

On Monday, like that for spring, the joy of spring, a call, brought the joy of collaboration

On Tuesday, I summoned all my wisdom to say “patient is you must have… After just one dose of ceftriaxone”
On Wednesday, streptococcus pyogenes continued to scare the shit out of me

On Thursday, I witnessed the revenge of the mast cells

On Friday, the horror continued with strep plus staph

Rossana Rosa@drrossanarosa· May 22

Happy ID Pharmacists Day!! Throughout my career I’ve been lucky to work alongside fabulous ID Pharmacists. I have learned from you, laughed with you, cried with you, and grown as a clinician (and human being!) because of you. #IDPharmacistsDay #BeyondTheRx #IDSky #PharmSky #AMSSky

Rossana Rosa@drrossanarosa· May 20

So many updates to antibiotic treatment durations! But maybe chocolate and stickers can help us spread the word and change prescribing practices? 🥰🍫 We are fortunate to have @firstlineorg.bsky.social app for access to our guidelines 😇 #IDSky #AMSSky #PharmSky #MedSky

A photo of the stickers and chocolate we gave out today w the CAP updates

Rossana Rosa@drrossanarosa· May 17

A mini zine about My Infectious Diseases Life Issue #19- the present is never a ghost, thinking more than the machine, sería picheo?, graduated with honors, not even youth was enough #IDSky #MedSki #zine

On Monday, TB was not a thing of the past

On Tuesday, two stewardesses’ heads were better than

On Wednesday, a call left me, wondering if I was being duped or onto a breakthrough

On Thursday someone graduated from clinic: you’re cured!

Rossana Rosa@drrossanarosa· May 10

A mini zine about My Infectious Diseases Life Issue #18- Scarlett letters, party!, hope, horses and scorched abdomens #IDSky #MedSky #zine

A mini zini about my Infectious Diseases life. Issue number 18.

On Monday, I pondered about the Scarlet letters We give people over the things that we give to people.

On Tuesday, I celebrated my way
On Wednesday, Hope Springs anew in an email

On Thursday, I was hearing zebras when it was in fact, a horse dressed like a zebra

On Friday, he has no fury like a pancreas scorned

Rossana Rosa@drrossanarosa· May 6

Let me tell you, some days… #IDSky