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Communicable E14 - Substandard and falsified antimicrobials: what is their effect on patients and on AMR?

Communicable E14 - Substandard and falsified antimicrobials: what is their effect on patients and on AMR?

Episode 14 · · 52:00

Substandard and falsified (SF) antimicrobials are a neglected global health problem and have been implicated as drivers of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Substandard medicines are a...

Communicable E13 - The Wild West of publishing today: predatory journals and how to deal with them

Communicable E13 - The Wild West of publishing today: predatory journals and how to deal with them

Episode 13 · · 46:22

The market of predatory publishing is as lucrative as it is unethical. Predatory journals are disguised as legitimate entities, and prey on both early-career academics and the naïve....

Communicable E12 - The Nightmare Series, part 3: How to deal with vancomycin-resistant enterococci

Communicable E12 - The Nightmare Series, part 3: How to deal with vancomycin-resistant enterococci

Episode 12 · · 57:01

Enterococci are commensal microbes, part of the healthy microflora populating the human gut. But they are also opportunistic pathogens and notorious nosocomial agents with intrinsic ...

Communicable E11 - Nightmare series, part 2: How to deal with carbapenemase producers

Communicable E11 - Nightmare series, part 2: How to deal with carbapenemase producers

Episode 11 · · 01:00:22

Carbapenemase producers are a nightmare for clinicians. Not only are they resistant to carbapenems, a last resort β-lactam antibiotic, they are notorious for developing multidrug and...

Communicable E10 - Pipeline update: new antibiotics & other antimicrobials that you might actually use

Communicable E10 - Pipeline update: new antibiotics & other antimicrobials that you might actually use

Episode 10 · · 52:37

On the verge of a post-antibiotic reality, there is an urgent clinical need for new antibiotics. Luckily, new candidates are in the pipeline and older agents are getting a second bre...

Communicable E9 - Avian flu: an update

Communicable E9 - Avian flu: an update

Episode 9 · · 50:25

The current H5N1 avian flu outbreak in poultry and dairy cows in the US has raised the alarm on bird flu and its transmission risk across species. At present, the virus has infected ...

Communicable E8 - The Nightmare Series, part 1: How to deal with Candida auris

Communicable E8 - The Nightmare Series, part 1: How to deal with Candida auris

Episode 8 · · 59:24

Only known to us since 2008, Candida auris is an emerging fungal pathogen spreading quickly around the world; alarmingly, it is most commonly found in healthcare settings. C. auris s...

Communicable E7 - Melioidosis goes global

Communicable E7 - Melioidosis goes global

Episode 7 · · 52:08

Once considered endemic only to tropical and subtropical climates such as Southeast Asia and northern Australia, melioidosis is expanding to non-endemic areas such as the southern US...

Communicable E6 - “Sneaky viruses”: an update on hepatitis B & C before World Hepatitis Day

Communicable E6 - “Sneaky viruses”: an update on hepatitis B & C before World Hepatitis Day

Episode 6 · · 54:06

Responsible for 1.3 million deaths and 2.2 million new infections per year, viral hepatitis is the second leading cause of morbidity and mortality amongst all infectious diseases, ju...

Communicable E5 - Beauty is in the 'I' of the beholder: EUCAST updates

Communicable E5 - Beauty is in the 'I' of the beholder: EUCAST updates

Episode 5 · · 38:31

The ‘I’ (intermediate susceptibility) in a EUCAST-guided antibiogram never meant impending resistance to your antibiotic. It was never meant to make you find the one ‘S’ (invariably ...

Communicable E4 - The BLING-3 trial & continuous beta-lactam infusion: should these results change your practice?

Communicable E4 - The BLING-3 trial & continuous beta-lactam infusion: should these results change your practice?

Episode 4 · · 44:52

Hosts Angela Huttner & Erin McCreary welcome Prof. David Paterson (Singapore) and Prof. Josh Davis (Newcastle, Australia) to discuss the design and results of the BLING-3 trial, whic...

Communicable E3 - The new WHO Priority Pathogens List: which bugs to target first?

Communicable E3 - The new WHO Priority Pathogens List: which bugs to target first?

Episode 3 · · 42:58

What are WHO's most wanted bacterial pathogens in 2024? Hosts Angela Huttner & Oana Sandulescu welcome guests Dr. Hatim Sati of the World Health Organisation (WHO) and Dr. Erin Duffy...

Communicable E2 - Phage therapy: does it work and will we have access?

Communicable E2 - Phage therapy: does it work and will we have access?

Episode 2 · · 54:00

In this episode, hosts Josh Davis (Newcastle, Australia) and Angela Huttner (Geneva, Switzerland) interview the phage ‘microbiologist-clinician duo’, Drs. Shawna McCallin and Lorenz ...

Communicable E1 - Late-breaker clinical trial results from ESCMID Global 2024: Should they change your practice?

Communicable E1 - Late-breaker clinical trial results from ESCMID Global 2024: Should they change your practice?

Episode 1 · · 58:02

CMI Communications editors Angela Huttner, Marc Bonten, and Erin McCreary discuss late-breaker clinical trials presented at ESCMID Global (ECCMID) in Barcelona, providing insights in...