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Back to SearchThe Launch of ASM Case Reports Journal
Episode 88
The American Society for Microbiology is launching a new journal, ASM Case Reports. The journal is already accepting submissions and will begin publi…
1 year, 8 months ago
Heteroresistance: Mechanisms, Diagnosis and Clinical Implications
Episode 87
Heteroresistance is a phenomenon that has been well characterized for many years. However, we are only now starting to understand its mechanistic bas…
1 year, 9 months ago
Microbiology in the Headlines: H5N1 in Dairy Cattle, The Plague, Measles, Neosporin and more!
Episode 86
Join Dr. Ben Pinsky and Dr. Greg Berry as they dissect recent news stories, including the USDA's testing for H5N1 in ground beef and a surprising bub…
1 year, 10 months ago
The Global Preclinical Antibacterial Pipeline
Episode 85
The pipeline of antibiotic discovery is a major necessity due to the continuous evolution of resistance to currently used antimicrobials. This pipeli…
1 year, 11 months ago
Turning the Output of the Microbiology Laboratory Into Gold
Episode 84
The European alchemists of the 12th century sought to find the philosopher's stone, a substance that would transmute base metals, such as lead, into …
2 years ago
Training in Antimicrobial Resistance: Gaps and Opportunities
Episode 83
Antimicrobial resistance is a priority public health problem with complex roots and connotations. However, due to a lack of focus on this topic, rese…
2 years, 1 month ago
10 Years of Rhodococcus: Clinical Trends and Susceptibility Profiles
Episode 82
Rhodococcus infections are uncommon, however they can cause serious disease in certain patients. There are a number of challenges though when dealing…
2 years, 2 months ago
Why Phage Therapy May Fail
Episode 81
Phage therapy has gained a lot of traction but the challenges created by this approach have not been properly assessed at a big scale. We often read …
2 years, 3 months ago
Is Lophomonas a Pathogen?
Episode 80
The protozoan Lophomonas has been reported to be a pathogen of humans in a large number of case reports and case series. Most of these case reports d…
2 years, 4 months ago
Treatment of Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis
Episode 79
Tuberculosis is one of the most deadly infectious diseases that still causes significant burden of disease, particularly in the developing world. Th…
2 years, 5 months ago