Communicable E41: Diagnostic stewardship
In the last ten years, 'diagnostic stewardship' has emerged as a core principle of good clinical practice whose implementation impacts both the individual patient and public health at large. In this e...
30 Nov 20251h 2min
Communicable E40: AMR in conflict and crisis zones
It’s World AMR Awareness Week (WAAW) and we have prepared a special episode in light of that. In this week's Communicable, Navaneeth Narayanan and Thomas Tängdén host Aula Abbara (London, UK), Guido G...
16 Nov 202557min
Communicable E39: Dengue on the rise
Once confined to the tropics, dengue is spreading via its vector, the Aedes mosquito, to more temperate regions, causing increases in global morbidity, mortality and cost. In 2019, the WHO recognised ...
2 Nov 202556min
Communicable E38: Why do you have to be so complicated? The 2025 IDSA Complicated UTI Guidelines
In this episode of Communicable, Erin McCreary and Angela Huttner are joined by Barbara Trautner (St. Louis, USA) and Valéry Lavergne (Vancouver, Canada), the co-chairs and leading authors of the firs...
19 Okt 202548min
Communicable E37: 'Peer review is broken'
Contrary to popular belief, peer review has only recently become an integral step in scientific publishing. Currently seen by many as a badge of honour ensuring valid, innovative and honest research, ...
5 Okt 20251h 7min
Communicable E36: Finding BALANCE in antibiotic durations—the BALANCE trial
In this second-ever collaboration between SIDP’s Breakpoints and ESCMID’s Communicable podcasts, hosts Erin McCreary and Angela Huttner invite the two principal investigators and visionaries who spear...
19 Sep 20251h 9min
Communicable E35: From Ebola to COVID-19 — Graham and Kobinger on building vaccines
In this episode of Communicable, Angela Huttner and Erin McCreary invite two titans of vaccinology, Barney Graham (Atlanta, USA), former deputy director of the NIH NIAID Vaccine Research Center and ar...
7 Sep 202558min
Communicable E34: WHO's Fungal Priority Pathogens List
Fungal infections and disease have long been overlooked in terms of healthcare burden, with poor diagnostics and limited options for treatment and management. In 2022, the WHO published its first Fung...
24 Aug 202550min
