The Canadian Breakpoint

Dr. Rupeena Purewal, Canadian pediatric infectious diseases physician from Saskatoon, welcomes Dr. David Engman, medical microbiologist from Northwestern University, to discuss the MeMED BV Test.

Dr. Rupeena Purewal Welcomes Dr. Amrita Bahrat and Dr. Wallis Rudnick to discuss AMR Net here in Canada. For more information about AMR Net and to access their antimicrobial resistance trends among clinical isolates from blood and urine, visit:

Overview: The Antimicrobial Resistance Network (AMRNet) — Canada.ca

Human clinical data: The Antimicrobial Resistance Network (AMRNet) — Canada.ca

Contact AMRNet:

National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada

1015 Arlington Street

Winnipeg, MB R3E 3P6

Email: [email protected]

Related links

• Information on antimicrobial use and antimicrobial resistance in foodborne bacteria along the food chain can be found on the Canadian Integrated Program for Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance (CIPARS) website.
• The Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program (CNISP) monitors healthcare-associated infections at participating acute-care hospitals across Canada.
• The Canadian Antimicrobial Resistance Alliance (CARA) is a research group dedicated to the study of medical microbiology/infectious diseases issues with special interest in infections caused by antimicrobial resistant pathogens as well as antimicrobial usage in Canada.
• Information on Canada’s updated 2025 Antimicrobial Resistant Priority Pathogen list can be found here: Canada's priority antimicrobial-resistant pathogens - Canada.ca.
• The full article describing the 2025 AMR Priority Pathogen list can be found here: Canada’s 2025 AMR priority pathogens: Evidence-based ranking and public health implications | PLOS One.
• An evaluation of the strengths and limitations of current Canadian AMR surveillance systems in detecting and monitoring high-risk pathogens identified in 2025 can be found here: AMR surveillance in Canada: Insights from the 2025 Priority Pathogen List | PLOS One.

For this episode Dr. Rupeena Purewal welcomes Dr. Nathan Kuppermann and Dr. Brett Burstein to discuss how to risk stratify febrile infants.

For more information on the JAMA Article, visit: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/article-abstract/2848168

For this episode Dr. Rupeena Purewal welcomes Dr. Camille Hamula to introduce us to the BCID2 (blood culture identification) Panel.

For more information visit BIOFIRE® Blood Culture Identification 2 Panel | Pioneering Diagnostics

For this episode Dr. Rupeena Purewal welcomes Melissa Kucey, antimicrobial stewardship and infectious diseases pharmacist with the SHA Antimicrobial Stewardship Program in Regina, to discuss Procalcitonin.

Dr. Rupeena Purewal is LIVE at the 2025 AMR Symposium in Toronto visiting with all of you! For this LIVE episode we welcome Dr. Kanchana Amuratunga to discuss The Public Health Agency of Canada’s AMR Task Force and the Pan Canadian Action Plan. For more information visit:

Canada’s AMR Task Force an Introduction to Canada’s Amr Advisory Group

Pan-Canadian Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance - Canada.ca

IDSA All Practice Guidelines: A-Z List

Firstline - Antimicrobial Stewardship Mobile App

For this episode we go LIVE from The Quay in Toronto at the 2025 AMR Symposium.

"Canadian Sepsis Strategies; Optimizing Patient Management with AMS and Equity"

Dr. Rupeena Purewal discusses the National Sepsis Action Plan with Dr. Kali Barrett and Ms. Fatima Sheikh, Ph.D.(c). (Sepsis Canada)

Dr. Rupeena Purewal is LIVE at the 2025 AMR Symposium in Toronto visiting with all of you! For this LIVE episode we welcome Dr. Peter Daley to discuss Canbuild AMR in Newfoundland. For more information visit:

Canbuild AMR Audit and Feedback

Dr. Rupeena Purewal is LIVE at the 2025 AMR Symposium in Toronto visiting with all of you! For this LIVE episode we welcome Harpa Isfeld-Kiely from the NCCID to promote CAN AMS and other NCCID initiatives. For more information visit:

National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases – Centre de collaboration nationale des maladies infectieuses

CAN AMS! – National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases

AMR – Building AMR awareness together

AMR: Combat Antimicrobial Resistance

Dr. Rupeena Purewal is LIVE at the 2025 AMR Symposium in Toronto visiting with all of you! For this LIVE episode we welcome cystic fibrosis patient and advocate Huda Razzak from Montreal to discuss antimicrobial resistance in cystic fibrosis. For more information visit:

We’re changing the cystic fibrosis story.

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