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The 50th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC) got underway in Boston on Sunday, and we are fortunate that videos of the press conferences are being webcast live and archived via uStream.
You can visit MicrobeWorld for a complete schedule and links to the embedded videos.
There are (as of this writing) 7 videos available for viewing, with 3 more expected tomorrow.
Topics include:
What Big Pharma Wants and What Small Biotech Can Offer
Antimicrobial-Resistant Pathogens: An Emerging Pediatric Threat
Hand washing Survey Results
Emerging Issues in Infectious Disease
A Role for Statins in Infectious Disease?
Community-associated MRSA: Why is it spreading so quickly?
Is the Era of Bacterial Culture Ending?
Weird Bugs, Weird Places: The Microbial Risks of Taking a Shower
The big `buzz’ topic right now, of course, is the emergence of NDM-1 (New Dehli metallo-beta-lactamase-1). This is a newly discovered gene that can spread via a plasmid to a variety of bacteria, conveying to them multi-drug resistance.
The panel discussing NDM-1 includes Professor Timothy Walsh (see NDM-1: Professor Timothy Walsh On Losing The Darwinian Battle), the lead author on the Lancet article last month that has sparked so much concern, along with Johann Pitout and Patrice Nordmann.
While it may be months or even years before the full impact of this type of antibiotic resistance is felt, the shared concern expressed by the panelists should serve as a wake up call for viewers.
WATCH NDM-1: The New Superbugs
Kudos to ICAAC for making these videos available online.
I’ve only had time to watch the one presentation, but hope to view several more over the next couple of days.
Related Post:
- ECDC: Multidrug Resistant Infections Increasing In Europe
- CHP: Review Of NDM-1 In Hong Kong
- Referral: McKenna On Resistant Gonorrhea
- Study: Antimicrobial Prescribing Practices During The 2009 Pandemic
- ECDC Response Plan To Multi-Drug Resistant Gonorrhea
- WHO: Urgent Action Needed On Resistant Gonorrhea
- Referral: McKenna Times Four
- HPA: Healthcare-Associated Infection (HCAI) Survey
- FDA Statement On Azithromycin & Cardiovascular Risks
- NEJM: Cardiovascular Risks Of Taking Azithromycin
- Video: Maryn McKenna On Antibiotic Resistance
- ECDC Comment On Drug Resistant TB In India
- Get Smart About Antibiotics Week
- CDDEP: Mapping Resistance
- NDM-1: One Year Later
- The Global Spread Of Drug Resistant Salmonella
- Study: Prior Antibiotic Use & MRSA In Children
- ECDC: Defining Bacterial Drug Resistance
- IDSA: Educational Guidelines Lower Antibiotic Use
- Going, Going, Gonorrhea
- The Path Of Increased Resistance
- Updating Hong Kong’s Scarlet Fever Outbreak
- When Old Bacteria Learns New Tricks
- Study: Sub-Therapeutic Antibiotic Exposure Drives Resistance
- UK: `New MRSA’ Strain Spreading
- Study: Weighing The Risks Of MRSA Colonization
- Study: MRSA In Waste Water Treatment Plants
- The Flight Of The Bacterial Intruder
- McKenna On MRSA Pneumonia Cluster In Maryland
- CIDRAP: MRSA Pneumonia Suspected In Calvert County Flu Cluster
- McKenna: Man Vs. MRSA
- The Passing Parade Of 2011 – Pt. 2
- Study: Kids, Pandemic H1N1 & MRSA Co-Infection
- World MRSA Day: October 1st, 2011
- Study: Hospital Uniforms And Bacteria
- Fomite to Fingers To Face: A Triple Play Combination
- Study: Prior Antibiotic Use & MRSA In Children
- Coffee, Tea, or MRSA?
- UK: `New MRSA’ Strain Spreading
- Firefighters & MRSA Revisited
- Good Night, Sleep Tight, Don’t Let The Drug Resistant Bedbugs Bite
- The Other Reason Not To Abuse Antibiotics
- The Biohazard In Your Butcher’s Case
- MRSA: It’s Got Seasonality
- The Long And The Short Of It
- Firefighters & Paramedics At Greater Risk Of MRSA
- NDM-1 Updates From India
- Study: HAIs, Universal Surveillance, & MRSA
- A Conversation With Maryn McKenna
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