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Communicable takes on hot topics in infectious diseases and clinical microbiology. Hosted by the editors of CMI Communications, the open-access journal of ESCMID, the European Society of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases.
- Indexed episodes, last 90 days
- 6
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- Sep 20, 2026
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- Jul 12, 2026
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Communicable E63: Does oseltamivir harm critically ill patients? The REMAP-CAP results (opens the original)
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At the Critical Care Reviews meeting in Belfast in June this year, REMAP-CAP investigators presented results suggesting that oseltamivir may be harmful in critically ill patients with influenza, upending a long-standing clinical practice in intensive care [1]. In this fourth collaboration between SIDP’s Breakpoints and ESCMID’s Communicable podcasts, hosts Erin McCreary and Josh Davis are joined by Steve Webb (Monash University), senior REMAP-CAP investigator and 'godfather of adaptive trial des
Communicable E62: The 'prose' and cons of the POET trial – early oral antibiotic switch for endocarditis (opens the original)
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In this episode of Communicable , Emily McDonald and Josh Davis host Henning Bundgaard and Sami El-Dalati for a discussion on early oral antibiotic switch for endocarditis, focusing on the POET trial, led by Bundgaard, and its clinical impact seven years after the results were first published in 2019 [1]. The episode also covers the ‘prose’ and cons of early oral switch therapy, as well as broader challenges of implementing new evidence in practice when it goes against long-standing dogma. Refer
Communicable E61: We will make you love PK/PD, part 3 (opens the original)
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In this episode of Communicable , Amy Legg (Brisbane, Australia), Rekha Pai Mangalore (Melbourne, Australia) & Angela Huttner (Geneva, Switzerland) return for the third part of the ‘We will make you love PK/PD’ series. The hosts are joined by two experts, Amanda Gwee (Melbourne, Australia) & Sebastian Wicha (Hamburg, Germany), to dive into an important application of PK/PD: model-informed precision dosing (MIPD), and how it allows for more informed, individualised dosing decisions. The episode a
Communicable E60: Quarterly catch-up (August 2026 edition) (opens the original)
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In the second edition of 'Quarterly catch-up', CMI Communications editors Emily McDonald and Erin McCreary round-up the biggest news in infectious diseases and review clinical microbiology and infectious diseases studies published in the second quarter of 2026 [1-4]. From Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in solid-organ-transplant recipients to a double-blind randomised controlled trial reporting a new antibiotic for complicated urinary tract infections, Erin and Emily highlight four articles the
Communicable E59: 'Ask me anything' – EUCAST and CLSI leadership explain (opens the original)
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In this episode of Communicable , Nav Narayanan and Thomas Tängdén kick off the first 'Ask me anything' episode, inviting EUCAST and CLSI leadership Sören Gatermann, Christian Giske and Amy Mathers to answer questions from our listeners. Together, they discuss the roles and operations of both organisations, similarities and differences between EUCAST and CLSI, how breakpoints and guidance documents are developed, set the record straight about the 'I' category, explain which data inform breakpoin
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