Communicable E13 - The Wild West of publishing today: predatory journals and how to deal with them
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. In this episode o...
4 Nov 202446min
Communicable E12 - The Nightmare Series, part 3: How to deal with vancomycin-resistant enterococci
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 traits that promot...
21 Okt 202457min
Communicable E11 - Nightmare series, part 2: How to deal with carbapenemase producers
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 pandrug resistanc...
7 Okt 20241h
Communicable E10 - Pipeline update: new antibiotics & other antimicrobials that you might actually use
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 breath of life throug...
23 Sep 202452min
Communicable E9 - Avian flu: an update
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 100 million birds ...
9 Sep 202450min
Communicable E8 - The Nightmare Series, part 1: How to deal with Candida auris
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 sets itself apart f...
26 Aug 202459min
Communicable E7 - Melioidosis goes global
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. Climate change i...
12 Aug 202452min
Communicable E6 - “Sneaky viruses”: an update on hepatitis B & C before World Hepatitis Day
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, just behind tubercul...
25 Juli 202454min
