Dr. So reviews prosthetic joint infections, focusing on epidemiology, risk factors, classification, pathogenesis, and responsible microorganisms. The also discusses pre-operative evaluation. She touches upon the distinction between operative strategies, including singe stage and two stage procedures. Lastly, she discusses prevention in these patients. Stay in touch! Download our app on the Itunes store or find us below: Subscribe to our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/IDPodcasts Visit us on our webpage: http://www.idpodcasts.net/USF_ID_Podc... Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ID-Podcasts-... Tweet to us: https://twitter.com/idpodcasts

Dr. Akoghlanian reviews several modern studies useful in the diagnosis of infectious diseases. In addition to blood cultures, Dr. Akoghlanian discusses urinary antigens, PCR/NAAT assays, multiplex panels, and Maldi-Tof/Mass Spectroscopy. Dr. Akoghlanian also speculates on future developments in infectious diseases diagnostics. Stay in touch! Download our app on the Itunes store or find us below: Subscribe to our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/IDPodcasts Visit us on our webpage: http://www.idpodcasts.net/USF_ID_Podc... Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ID-Podcasts-... Tweet to us: https://twitter.com/idpodcasts

Dr. So reviews the phenomenon of beta lactam hypersensitivity. She discusses the different types of drug hypersensitivity, explains the risks for cross-reactivity between beta-lactams, touches upon strategies to avoid adverse drug reactions, and reviews penicillin and cephalosporin allergy testing. She closes by mentioning the ways that antimicrobial stewardship programs can address drug allergies. Stay in touch! Download our app on the Itunes store or find us below: Subscribe to our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/IDPodcasts Visit us on our webpage: http://www.idpodcasts.net/USF_ID_Podc... Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ID-Podcasts-... Tweet to us: https://twitter.com/idpodcasts

Dr. Toney discusses the phenomenon of mass extinctions occuring over the history of life on our planet, and how it is believed we are currently in the sixth worldwide extinction. He speculates on its relevance in the context of human pathogens such as Clostridium difficile, multidrug resistant gram negative enteric bacteria, and on the persistance of gut microbiota. He closes by discussing potential future therapies for human diseases given the waning antimicrobial agent options we currently have to treat them. Stay in touch! Download our app on the Itunes store or find us below: Subscribe to our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/IDPodcasts Visit us on our webpage: http://www.idpodcasts.net/USF_ID_Podc... Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ID-Podcasts-... Tweet to us: https://twitter.com/idpodcasts

Dr. Pettigrew takes us on a journey through the history of infectious diseases discovery. Starting off in ancient Greece, he then catapults forward into the renaissance and then on to the 19th and 20th centuries to understand where the modern practice of infectious diseases originated. From a lecture originally recorded in May, 2017. Stay in touch! Download our app on the Itunes store or find us below: Subscribe to our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/IDPodcasts Visit us on our webpage: http://www.idpodcasts.net/USF_ID_Podc... Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ID-Podcasts-... Tweet to us: https://twitter.com/idpodcasts

Dr. Manuel Castro presents an update on the effects that climate change is having on infectious diseases as we approach the end of the second decade of the new millennium. He covers the impact that a warming climate is having on ecosystems that breed infectious pathogens as well as the vectors that carry them. Stay in touch! Download our app on the Itunes store or find us below: Subscribe to our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/IDPodcasts Visit us on our webpage: http://www.idpodcasts.net/USF_ID_Podc... Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ID-Podcasts-... Tweet to us: https://twitter.com/idpodcasts

Dr. Quilitz discusses the risk factors behind neutropenic fever. He then discusses prominent bacterial, fungal, and viral pathogens which cause infections in the immunocompromised cancer patient. Lastly, he discusses antimicrobial options to prevent or treat opportunistic infections in these patients. Stay in touch! Download our app on the Itunes store or find us below: Subscribe to our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/IDPodcasts Visit us on our webpage: http://www.idpodcasts.net/USF_ID_Podc... Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ID-Podcasts-... Tweet to us: https://twitter.com/idpodcasts