Jame and Callum are joined by Dr Fiona McGill, lead author of the 2016 Joint Specialist Societies Meningitis Guidelines.

Listen to hear an overview of the epidemiology, presentation, diagnosis and management of both bacterial and viral meningitis in the UK.

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 HO HO HO, MERRY FISMAS!!!

On the Third & Final Pod of FISmas these ID:IOTS have for you… 6 golden topics! Listen to hear about:
1. Personalised approach to invasive fungal infection
2. Agricultural anti-fungals and One Health
3. Candida auris
4. NTM standards of care
5. Narrative reporting
6. Fluoroquinolones and the MHRA warnings
 

Jame and Callum attended the Federation of Infection Societies 2024 annual meeting in  Liverpool; here they share their reflections on the sessions  they attended on:  a wide mix of topics

We hope these episodes have been ADVENTatious to your learning.

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HO HO HO, MERRY FISMAS!!!

On the Second Pod of FISmas these ID:IOTS have for you… an all-enveloping, capsidating update on the High Consequence Infectious Diseases, measles, RSV and other viruses that you ‘R naught’ going to want to skip! 

Jame and Callum attended the Federation of Infection Societies 2024 annual meeting in  Liverpool; here they share their reflections on the sessions  they attended on: Viral pathogens

Final episode on fungi etc. coming soon!

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HO HO HO, MERRY FISMAS!!!

On the First Pod of FISmas these ID:IOTS have to you… a terrifying update on the Antibiotic Apocalypse!

Jame and Callum attended the Federation of Infection Societies 2024 annual meeting in  Liverpool; here they share their reflections on the sessions  they attended on: Bacteria and Antimicrobial resistance.

Episodes on viruses, fungi etc. coming soon!

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Jame regales Callum with tales of his online adventure to the BSAC OPAT conference. Listen in to hear some updates on: implementation of OVIVA; subcutaneous antibiotics; and the BSAC OPAT good practice guidelines

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WAAW! This week, to celebrate World AMR Awareness Week, Callum is Joined by Andrew, Fran, Jo and Simon from the Scottish Antimicrobial Prescribing Group.

Listen in to hear all about SAPG and their important work, plus we discuss WAAW and what you can do to help tackle AMR.

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Have you ever looked at your microbiology lab report and wondered "What does resistant mean anyway?"

We're sure you have (and if you haven't you should have)! And conveniently we've recorded this podcast episode to explain how it all works! We talk through the definition of S, I & R, plus some explanation on the science behind these letters.

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They're new, they're weird, and we don't use them very much (or at all), but that won't stop your favourite ID:IOTS sounding off on these novel tetracyclines!

In this episode we discuss: An overview of the 3 drugs, including spectrum & penetrance; pharmacokinetics; EUCAST breakpoints; resistance mechanisms; and the recommendations for use in the IDSA DTR Gram Negative guidelines 2024.

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In which Jame talks about the rationale for IVOS, evidence base for the pros and cons, and then finishes by giving the UK oral switch criteria an absolute rinsing.

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Moraxella means more moronic puns from Jame&Callum. A short episode for some short rods. Listen to hear about this coccobacillus, how to identify it in the lab and what sort of clinical syndromes it causes.

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