Bugs without Borders

<p>Microbe Mail recorded a collaborative episode with the ID:IOTS podcast. Jame, Callum and I talk about the challenge of multidrug resistant Gram negative bacterial infections, particularly from the perspective of a low- middle income setting, with poor access to the newer antimicrobial agents. </p><p>Callum is a medical microbiology and infectious diseases registrar working in Edinburgh, Scotland who has recently completed a medical education fellowship. Jame is an ex-Scottish newly Oxford, England, based infectious diseases and clinical pharmacology.</p><p>You can find Jame and Callum's podcast here: https://idiotspodcasting.buzzsprout.com/ </p><p>Links: </p><p>References:</p><ul><li><a href="https://academic.oup.com/jac/article/75/4/997/5701520%20" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Metallo-β-lactamase resistance in Enterobacteriaceae is an artefact of currently utilized antimicrobial susceptibility testing methods<strong>&nbsp;</strong></a></li><li><a href="https://sajid.co.za/index.php/sajid/article/view/453%20" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Best practices: Appropriate use of the new β-</a></li><li><a href="https://sajid.co.za/index.php/sajid/article/view/453%20" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">lactam/β-lactamase inhibitor combinations, ceftazidime-avibactam and ceftolozane-tazobactam in South Africa</a></li><li><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9181109/%20" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Colistin Monotherapy versus Colistin plus Meropenem Combination Therapy for the Treatment of Multidrug-Resistant&nbsp;<em>Acinetobacter baumannii</em>&nbsp;Infection: A Meta-Analysis</a></li><li><a href="https://www.idsociety.org/practice-guideline/amr-guidance/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">IDSA AMR Guidance</a> </li><li><a href="https://www.clinicalmicrobiologyandinfection.com/article/S1198-743X(21)00679-0/fulltext" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ESCMID Gram Negative Treatment Guidelines</a> </li></ul><br/><p>Visit the Microbe Mail <a hre