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Back to SearchSusceptibility Testing for Aztreonam with Ceftazidime-Avibactam
Episode 68
The combination of aztreonam with ceftazidime-avibactam is increasingly used for treatment of antimicrobial-resistant Gram-negative bacilli. Clinical…
2 years, 11 months ago
Hispanic Leadership in Vaccine Sciences With Dr. Maria Elena Bottazzi (AAC ed.)
Episode 67
Recorded at ASM Microbe 2023, Cesar has a conversation with Dr. Maria Elena Bottazzi about the role of minority women in science and discovery, the j…
3 years ago
Updates on Testing for Vaginitis/Vaginosis (JCM ed.)
Episode 66
As many of you are likely aware, May is recognized as Women's Health Care Month by the National Cervical Cancer Coalition, and this year, the CDC has…
3 years, 1 month ago
Management of Difficult to Treat HSV and CMV Infections (AAC ed.)
Episode 65
As the number of immunocompromised patients rise in our hospitals, the presentation of severe infections caused by HSV and CMV are rising. Most impor…
3 years, 2 months ago
Susceptibility Testing for Piperacillin-Tazobactam (JCM ed.)
Episode 64
Susceptibility testing for piperacillin-tazobactam has undergone rapid evolution, largely driven by some surprising results from the MERINO trial, wh…
3 years, 3 months ago
Antimicrobial Resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae (AAC ed.)
The Center of Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC) has categorized emergent resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae as an "urgent" public health problem…
3 years, 3 months ago
Avoiding HIV False Positives (JCM ed.)
Episode 62
We can probably all agree that any false positive test result is bad, but I think it's safe to say that some false positives, like a false positive H…
3 years, 4 months ago
Discussing β-lactamase/β-lactamase inhibitors (AAC Ed.)
Episode 61
Novel β-lactamase/β-lactamase inhibitors have become critical drugs to combat the most resistant Gram-negative infections. A series of new compounds …
3 years, 5 months ago
Molecular Testing for Periprosthetic Joint Infections (JCM ed.)
Episode 60
The applications of large multiplex panels for detection of pathogens have greatly expanded in the past several years. Initial tests were for detecti…
3 years, 5 months ago
An Update on COVID-19 Therapeutics (AAC ed.)
Episode 59
COVID-19 continues to pose major problems in the winter in the USA. Infections and hospitalizations are increasing and there is a fear of emergence o…
3 years, 6 months ago