@theAMRdoc

Clinical Scientist in microbiology. Interests: AMR; epidemiology of Gram-negatives; diagnostics for resistance detection. Views my own. @theamrdoc@mstdn.science

 London, United Kingdom
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Joined March 2021
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Come join us in @UKHSA’s Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare Associated Infections Reference Unit - the UK’s national reference laboratory for #AntimicrobialResistance beta.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/j…
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🆕💫Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Clinical Isolates of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia Isolates /Europe, Asia,Latin America (2018–2023) 1,287 clinical isolates 71 medical centres 🌎 Aztreonam-avibactam most active 99.5% Bactrim 95.6/96.3% S per CLSI/EUCAST ijidonline.com/article/S1201…

Antimicrobial susceptibility of clinical isolates of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia from Europe,...

Timely and appropriate empirical antimicrobial therapy is related to reduced mortality in patients with S. maltophilia infections. However, antimicrobial treatment selection is hindered by the number...

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New from @UKHSA AMRHAI Reference Unit and AMR & HCAI Division colleagues: A case of penicillin-resistant group B Streptococcus isolated from a patient in the UK academic.oup.com/jac/article… #AntimicrobialResistance

A case of penicillin-resistant group B Streptococcus isolated from a patient in the UK

AbstractObjectives. In England, group B streptococci (GBS; Streptococcus agalactiae) are considered universally susceptible to penicillin. Reports from Afr

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Stephanie Lo@stephlo_lo18 Nov 2024
The Sanger Prize Competition 2025 - calling for undergraduate students in LMICs The winner will be offered a 3month internship with travel, living and research expenses are all covered by the award. sanger.ac.uk/about/the-sange… #sangerinstitute

The Sanger Prize Competition 2025

Sanger Prize competiton 2025 for undergraduates interested in genomics, who are from low- and middle-income countries

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PUBLISHED: The 2023-24 English surveillance programme for antimicrobial utilisation and resistance (ESPAUR) report gov.uk/government/publicatio… Register to find out more about the findings in the report at the webinar we are hosting on 20th November: antibioticguardian.com/Meeti…
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🆕️🔥Narrative Review @CMIJournal Aztreonam and Avibactam Combination Therapy for Metallo-β-Lactamase-Producing Gram-Negative Bacteria #MBL #IDXposts clinicalmicrobiologyandinfec…
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The increasing report of NDM-producing E. coli isolates that are resistant to either aztreonam-avibactam and/or cefiderocol is major source of concern! Potent in-vitro activity of sulbactam-durlobactam against NDM-producing Escherichia coli #idxposts clinicalmicrobiologyandinfec…
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Detection, identification and quantification of #AntimicrobialResistance in river water undertaken by @UKHSA @EnvAgency and @TheQuadram gov.uk/government/publicatio…

Pilot surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in river catchments in England

A pilot approach to detection, identification and quantification of antimicrobial resistance in three selected river catchments in England.

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Come join us at the UK’s national reference lab for AMR and HCAIs - permanent AfC8b Clinical Scientist role leading Staph and Strep Service. Apply here: beta.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/j…
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Conor Meehan@con_meehan6 Sep 2024
We are running a massive online open course on AMR databases starting end of the month. Its completely free, study at your own pace and its ~15 hours overall over the 3 weeks (although you can finish any time in a year). Please spread in your networks! coursesandconferences.wellco…

Antimicrobial Databases and Genotype Prediction: Data Sharing and Analysis — 20240930

Learn how to effectively utilise antimicrobial resistance (AMR) genotype-phenotype databases to advance your research, clinical practice, and public health efforts

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Exciting times! A big paper I was involved in has dropped @NatureMicrobiol. 100 cases of phage therapy facilitated by a Belgian consortium showing 77.2% clinical improvement. I will go through the results below put please read 👇 nature.com/articles/s41564-0…

Personalized bacteriophage therapy outcomes for 100 consecutive cases: a multicentre, multination...

Nature Microbiology - Analysis of 100 consecutive personalized bacteriophage therapy cases supports the use of personalized and sometimes pre-adapted, bacteriophage preparations, often in...

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Join us for an interesting webinar on the challenge of manufacturing and procuring #antibiotics responsibly 🌍 📅5 June, 12-1pm BST 🔗Free registration: page.bsigroup.com/l/73472/20… @BSI_UK @ShionogiUS
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PLEASE SHARE We're hiring for a permanent HEO role within the AMRHAI Reference Unit! Details: healthjobsuk.com/job/v633452… #AntimicrobialResistance
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Responsibilities to include technical work in the in-vitro evaluation of: - novel antimicrobial - antimicrobial susceptibility testing kits - molecular testing kits/systems for detecting resistance determinants - or surveillance of antimicrobial resistance.
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RC of Pathologists@RCPath18 May 2024
We are delivering a 6-part Global Antimicrobial Resistance webinar series with speakers from the UK and countries around the world. If you would like to learn more about webinar 6 - Evaluating an Antimicrobial Stewardship Programme, please click here ow.ly/tJzS50RazYr

Evaluating an Antimicrobial Stewardship Programme - Global Webinar Series

Join us for our final webinar in our 6-part Global Antimicrobial Resistance webinar series.

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The updated Bacterial Priority Pathogens List features 15 families of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. To guide the development of new treatments to prevent #AntimicrobialResistance, it sorts them into priorities: 🚨 critical 🔴 high 🟠 medium More about the list and #AMR: bit.ly/4apqHoQ
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WHO publish their 2024 Bacterial Priority Pathogens List: who.int/news/item/17-05-2024… Where does your favourite pathogen sit? #AntimicrobialResistance
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What is UKHSA doing about antibiotic resistance?

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) occurs when medicines used to fight infections lose their effectiveness because the organisms they target – whether bacteria, fungi, viruses or parasites – have evolved...

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Alice Han@dralicehan27 Apr 2024
#IDTwitter I always thought of SUL-DUR as a 🦀 agent only. I’ve yet to see an NDM E. coli w/ PBP3 mutation, but I’m sure it’s just a matter of time b4 it pops up in Chicago Good to know that durlobactam may work @OncDPharmd @jpogue1 @ryankshields doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciae229
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In vitro-in vivo discordance in β-lactams activities against MBL producing Enterobacterales has been described 🔥Deciphering the Efficacy of β-Lactams in the Face of MBL Derived Resistance in Enterobacterales Supraphysiologic Zinc in Broth is the Culprit🔥 academic.oup.com/ofid/articl…

Deciphering the Efficacy of β-Lactams in the Face of Metallo-β-Lactamase-Derived Resistance in...

AbstractBackground. In vitro–in vivo discordance in β-lactams’ activities against metallo-ß-lactamase (MBL)-producing Enterobacterales has been described.

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