Does Vertical Zika Transmission Occur With All Infected Pregnant Women?
September 27th 2016Pedro Fernando da Costa Vasconcelos, MD, PhD, director of WHO Collaborating Center for Arbovirus and Research, Evandro Chagas Institute, discusses whether or not all Zika-infected pregnant women will infect their fetuses.
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Do All Babies Congenitally Infected with Zika Develop Microcephaly?
September 25th 2016Pedro Fernando da Costa Vasconcelos, MD, PhD, director of WHO Collaborating Center for Arbovirus and Research, Evandro Chagas Institute, discusses the likelihood that fetuses congenitally infected with the Zika virus will develop related complications, such as microcephaly.
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Can Zika Evolve to Cause Other Complications?
September 23rd 2016Pedro Fernando da Costa Vasconcelos, MD, PhD, director of WHO Collaborating Center for Arbovirus and Research, Evandro Chagas Institute, discusses the possibility of the Zika virus evolving to cause other complications in the future.
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Identifying Pathogens for Targeted Therapy
September 10th 2016Kirk Hevener, PharmD, PhD, assistant professor of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences at Idaho State University, College of Pharmacy, explains how clinicians can identify pathogenic organisms to determine which narrow spectrum antibiotic to use for treatment.
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How Does Topoisomerase I Differ from a Quinolone Antibacterial?
September 6th 2016Kirk Hevener, PharmD, PhD, assistant professor of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences at Idaho State University, College of Pharmacy, explains the difference between topoisomerase I and quinolone antibacterials.
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How Stewardship Recommendations Can Drive Change in Patient Management
September 1st 2016Romney Humphries, PhD, D(ABMM), section chief of Clinical Microbiology at the University of California, Los Angeles, discusses how stewardship recommendations can drive change in how physicians manage their patients.
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Minimizing the Gap Between Clinical Trial Data and Real-world Outcomes
August 30th 2016Romney Humphries, PhD, D(ABMM), section chief of Clinical Microbiology at the University of California, Los Angeles, discusses the importance of minimizing the gap between clinical trial data and real world outcomes.
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How High is the Threat of Colistin-resistant Superbugs in Western Countries?
August 26th 2016Andrea Endimiani, MD, PhD, professor at the Institute for Infectious Diseases at the University of Bern, Switzerland, discusses how antibiotic stewardship can reduce the risk of antimicrobial-resistant superbugs.
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Why Do Some Buildings Have a Higher Legionella Prevalence Than Others?
August 25th 2016Otto Schwake, PhD, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Virginia Tech, lead researcher from the Flint Water Study team, explains why in Flint, Michigan, Legionella prevalence differed based on building size
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Elizabethkingia Outbreak Source Remains a Mystery
June 24th 2016During a session at the ASM Microbe 2016 conference on Monday, June 20, 2016, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officer presented data on the investigation of the Elizabethkingia anophelis outbreak that started in Wisconsin and spread to two other states.
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