
Let's Talk ID
Let's Talk ID is a podcast by the Infectious Diseases Society of America, featuring discussions with experts on a range of topics related to infectious diseases including antimicrobial resistance, ID diagnostics and outbreaks such as COVID-19, Ebola and measles. Episodes on IDSA’s guidelines are also available.*The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.
Latest episodes

Feb 21, 2020 • 24min
Coronavirus: Keeping Healthcare Workers Safe (Feb. 21, 2020)
This week, IDSA speaks with Drs. Krutika Kuppalli of Stanford University, Julie Vaishampayan, FIDSA of Stanislaus County Public Health, & Susan Kline of University of Minnesota about the latest COVID-19 news, including new findings from a China CDC paper and important steps to keep healthcare workers safe while preventing transmission.

Feb 14, 2020 • 24min
Coronavirus: Public Risk (Feb. 14, 2020)
IDSA speaks with Drs. Elisa Choi of Harvard Medical School, Amesh Adalja of Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security & Adeel Butt of Weill Cornell Medicine about the latest COVID-19 response efforts, public risk here and abroad, & the effects of recent travel restrictions.

Feb 7, 2020 • 28min
Coronavirus: An Update with the CDC (Feb. 7, 2020)
IDSA’s Coronavirus Expert Panel, Dr. Daniel Lucey, FIDSA, Dr. Matthew Zahn, and CDC's Dr. Tim Uyeki & Dr. Satish Pillai share what you need to know about COVID-19.

Nov 9, 2019 • 21min
Community-acquired Pneumonia: Diagnosis and Treatment of Adults
The Infectious Diseases Society of America's Guideline Update Podcast provides concise summaries of the most important IDSA guidelines. This episode discusses the Diagnosis and Treatment of Adults with Community-acquired Pneumonia - An Official Clinical Practice Guideline of the American Thoracic Society and Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2019 For the full version of the guidelines presented, please go to www.idsociety.org or see the full article in Am J Respir Crit Care Med Vol 200, Iss 7, pp e45–e67, Oct 1, 2019 Presented by: Neil Skolnik, M.D., Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Associate Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, Abington Jefferson Health Joshua P. Metlay, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Apr 30, 2019 • 23min
Asymptomatic Bacteriuria: IDSA Guideline Update
The Infectious Diseases Society of America'sGuideline Update: Concise summaries of the most important IDSA guidelines. This episode discusses the 2018 Clinical Practice Guidelines for Asymptomatic Bacteiuria. For the full version of the guidelines presented, please go to www.idsociety.org or see the full article in Clinical Infectious Diseases 2018. Presented by: Neil Skolnik, M.D., Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Associate Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, Abington Jefferson Health Lindsay Nicolle, M.D., Professor Emeritus, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba and Consultant in Adult Infectious Diseases at the Health Sciences Centre and Winnipeg Regional Health Authority

Jan 8, 2019 • 20min
Influenza: IDSA Guideline Update
The Infectious Diseases Society of America'sGuideline Update: Concise summaries of the most important IDSA guidelines. This episode discusses the 2018 Update of the Clinical Practice Guidelines on Diagnosis, Treatment, Chemoprophylaxis, and Institutional Outbreak Management of Seasonal Influenza. For the full version of the guidelines presented, please go to www.idsociety.org or see the full article in Clinical Infectious Diseases 2018. Presented by: Neil Skolnik, M.D., Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Associate Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, Abington Jefferson Health Andrew T. Pavia, M.D. The George and Esther Gross Presidential Professor at the University of Utah, Chief of the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Utah, Salt Lake City.

Dec 1, 2018 • 18min
Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT): IDSA Guideline Update
The Infectious Diseases Society of America'sGuideline Update: Concise summaries of the most important IDSA guidelines. This episode discusses the 2018 Clinical Practice Guidelines for Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT). For the full version of the guidelines presented, please go to www.idsociety.org or see the full article in Clinical Infectious Diseases 2018. Presented by: Neil Skolnik, M.D., Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Associate Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, Abington Jefferson Health Anne H. Norris, M.D., Medical Director, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center Infectious Diseases Specialty Clinic, Associate Professor of Clinical Medicinein the Division of Infectious Diseases, Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Feb 15, 2018 • 22min
C. Difficile Infection 2017 IDSA Guideline Update
The Infectious Diseases Society of America's Guideline Update provides concise summaries of the most important IDSA guidelines. This podcast discusses the Clinical Practice Guidelines for Clostridium difficile Infection in Adults and Children: 2017 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) published in Clinical Infectious Diseases. For details of the guidelines presented, please go to www.idsociety.org or see the full article in Clinical Infectious Diseases 2018. Presented by: Neil Skolnik, M.D., Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College,Thomas Jefferson University, Associate Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, Abington Jefferson Health L. Clifford McDonald, MD, Associate Director for Science, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia

Nov 24, 2017 • 33min
The Managment of Chronic Pain in Patients Infected with HIV
The Infectious Diseases Society of America's Guideline Update provides concise summaries of the most important IDSA guidelines. This podcast discusses the 2017 IDSA Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Managment of Chronic Pain in Patients Infected with HIV. For details of the guidelines presented, please go to www.idsociety.org or see the full article in Clinical Infectious Diseases 2017. Presented by: Neil S. Skolnik, M.D., Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, Associate Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, Abington Jefferson Health R. Douglas Bruce, M.D., Chief of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center and Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut

Nov 3, 2017 • 32min
2017 IDSA Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Infectious Diarrhea
The Infectious Diseases Society of America's Guideline Update: Concise summaries of the most important IDSA guidelines. This podcast discusses the 2017 IDSA Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Infectious Diarrhea. For details of the guidelines presented, please go to www.idsociety.org or see the full article in Clinical Infectious Diseases 2017. Presented by: Neil S. Skolnik, M.D., Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, Associate Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, Abington Jefferson Health Andi L. Shane, M.D,, MPH, MSc, Associate Professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia Larry Pickering, M.D. is Adjunct Professor of Pediatrics at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia, is past senior advisor to the director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases of the CDC and past Executive Secretary of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). He is editor of five editions the AAP Red Book; co-editor of the four editions of Principles and Practice of Pediatric Infectious Diseases.