Host: Thomas M File, Jr. MD MSc MACP FIDSA FCCP

Guest: Marin H. Kollef, MD, FACP, FCCP

In this interview, Dr. Kollef will be discussing the importance of appropriate antibiotic therapy for infections due to gram-negative bacteria (GNB). He will also talk about the factors that go into antibiotic selection for patients with GNB infection and review the changing pattern of antibiotic resistance in GNB. Dr. Kollef is Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. Virginia E. and Sam J. Golman Chair in Respiratory Intensive Care Medicine, as well as Director of Critical Care Research and Respiratory Care Services at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis.