ID:IOTS - Infectious Disease Insight Of Two Specialists

Exploring the importance of bioavailability in antibiotics for effective treatment. Factors in choosing the right antibiotic, drug absorption in the gastrointestinal tract, and the significance of bioavailability. Contrasting oral and IV antibiotic administration routes, and optimizing administration for better stewardship and patient care.

In this final episode of the Nobbling the Nonfermentors mini-series, Jame and Callum discuss the (mostly historical) pathogen Burkholderia mallei, causative agent of Glanders. We did it. We got to the end. Nonfermentors... Nobbled.  Support the showQuestions, comments, suggestions to idiotspodcasting@gmail.com or on Bluesky @idiots-pod.bsky.socialPrep notes for completed episodes can be found here (Not all episodes have prep notes).If you are enjoying the podcast please leave a review on your preferred podcast app!Feel like giving back? Donations of caffeine gratefully received!https://www.buymeacoffee.com/idiotspod

Post-publication, Callum and Jame give a little extra information on the SABATO trial in its final form compared to it's pre-publication state. Final article here:Efficacy and safety of an early oral switch in low-risk Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection (SABATO): an international, open-label, parallel-group, randomised, controlled, non-inferiority trial, Kaasch, Achim J Valiente, Adoración et al. Lancet Infect Dis. 2024 Jan 17:S1473-3099(23)00756-9.PMID: 38244557.https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(23)00756-9 Support the showQuestions, comments, suggestions to idiotspodcasting@gmail.com or on Bluesky @idiots-pod.bsky.socialPrep notes for completed episodes can be found here (Not all episodes have prep notes).If you are enjoying the podcast please leave a review on your preferred podcast app!Feel like giving back? Donations of caffeine gratefully received!https://www.buymeacoffee.com/idiotspod

JOURNAL CLUB, YO, IT’S A SABATO!!!Join Jame and Callum as we travel back in time to when we recorded this deep dive into the SABATO trial pre-print, now peer-reviewed and published in the Lancet ID!In the next episode we'll give a little update as to how the final article differs from the preprint (not much). We also talked about in our FIS Highlights Episode 3. We loved this trial and we hope you’ll all give it a read, it’s well worth it! Article here:Efficacy and safety of an early oral switch in low-risk Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection (SABATO): an international, open-label, parallel-group, randomised, controlled, non-inferiority trial, Kaasch, Achim J Valiente, Adoración et al. Lancet Infect Dis. 2024 Jan 17:S1473-3099(23)00756-9. PMID: 38244557.https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(23)00756-9 Support the showQuestions, comments, suggestions to idiotspodcasting@gmail.com or on Bluesky @idiots-pod.bsky.socialPrep notes for completed episodes can be found here (Not all episodes have prep notes).If you are enjoying the podcast please leave a review on your preferred podcast app!Feel like giving back? Donations of caffeine gratefully received!https://www.buymeacoffee.com/idiotspod

In this penultimate episode in the Nobbling the Nonfermentors mini-series, Jame and Callum discuss the regionally important neglected tropical disease Melioidosis, caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei.This episode was based disproportionately on the following article, and we extend our thanks to the authors for thoughfully publishing it so close to us wanting to do a podcast episode on Melioid!Meumann, E.M., Limmathurotsakul, D., Dunachie, S.J. et al. Burkholderia pseudomallei and melioidosis. Nat Rev Microbiol (2023).https://www.melioidosis.info/Link to prep notes here. Support the showQuestions, comments, suggestions to idiotspodcasting@gmail.com or on Bluesky @idiots-pod.bsky.socialPrep notes for completed episodes can be found here (Not all episodes have prep notes).If you are enjoying the podcast please leave a review on your preferred podcast app!Feel like giving back? Donations of caffeine gratefully received!https://www.buymeacoffee.com/idiotspod

In this Episode, Callum reflect on his recent runaway success passing the FRCPath Part 2, passes on some tips and tricks for the exam, and then we talk about what 3 antibiotics we would take with us to a Desert Island (that has all pathogens and environments where you would find said pathogens, so not just a desert apparently). 'Prepping to Pass' episodes mentioned: 40, 42, 43 & 50.The Table and Links mentioned in this episode can be found here: https://idiots.notion.site/70-Reflections-on-Part-2-2023-a193fd830c9b4d6c9381107471fcdbca Support the showQuestions, comments, suggestions to idiotspodcasting@gmail.com or on Bluesky @idiots-pod.bsky.socialPrep notes for completed episodes can be found here (Not all episodes have prep notes).If you are enjoying the podcast please leave a review on your preferred podcast app!Feel like giving back? Donations of caffeine gratefully received!https://www.buymeacoffee.com/idiotspod

How do you think about antibiotics?This Christmas we give the best gift of all: no puns in an episode.Join Jame and Callum as they talk about a method for thinking about and explaining antibiotics.Here are the show notes for this episode: https://idiots.notion.site/69-Choosing-an-antimicrobial-4e7446a91ff6413aa14924a2ba905ffa  Support the showQuestions, comments, suggestions to idiotspodcasting@gmail.com or on Bluesky @idiots-pod.bsky.socialPrep notes for completed episodes can be found here (Not all episodes have prep notes).If you are enjoying the podcast please leave a review on your preferred podcast app!Feel like giving back? Donations of caffeine gratefully received!https://www.buymeacoffee.com/idiotspod

Did you think the  evidence base for Stenotrophomonas was bad? Well allow  us to introduce you to Burkholderia cepacia complex!BCC is pretty niche but a key pathogen in people living with cystic fibrosis. We talk through the (very) limited treatment options and evidence base for this difficult bug.Prep notes for this episode here: https://idiots.notion.site/68-Burkholderia-cepacia-complex-7bba8a7c74df490cb2e91d087a3cdb2a Support the showQuestions, comments, suggestions to idiotspodcasting@gmail.com or on Bluesky @idiots-pod.bsky.socialPrep notes for completed episodes can be found here (Not all episodes have prep notes).If you are enjoying the podcast please leave a review on your preferred podcast app!Feel like giving back? Donations of caffeine gratefully received!https://www.buymeacoffee.com/idiotspod

Callum and Jame wrap up their thoughts on the recent FIS conference.  Support the showQuestions, comments, suggestions to idiotspodcasting@gmail.com or on Bluesky @idiots-pod.bsky.socialPrep notes for completed episodes can be found here (Not all episodes have prep notes).If you are enjoying the podcast please leave a review on your preferred podcast app!Feel like giving back? Donations of caffeine gratefully received!https://www.buymeacoffee.com/idiotspod

Join Jame, Callum and Pals for a discussion on some highlights from FIS 2023: https://microbiologysociety.org/event/full-events-listing/federation-of-infection-societies-fis-conference.htmlMentioned in episode:ESCMID brain abscess guidelines: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1198743X23003993# ORAL study protocol: https://trialsjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13063-021-05783-8 ACBLM/ALM: https://www.acb.org.uk/Pathology networks: https://www.england.nhs.uk/pathology-networks/UCLH/HTD: https://www.uclh.nhs.uk/our-services/find-service/tropical-and-infectious-diseasesuclh.parasitologyspr@nhs.net Review article on anti-fungal resistance and global health: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41579-022-00720-1NITCAR website: https://nitcollaborative.org.uk/wp/ Support the showQuestions, comments, suggestions to idiotspodcasting@gmail.com or on Bluesky @idiots-pod.bsky.socialPrep notes for completed episodes can be found here (Not all episodes have prep notes).If you are enjoying the podcast please leave a review on your preferred podcast app!Feel like giving back? Donations of caffeine gratefully received!https://www.buymeacoffee.com/idiotspod