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168: Pasteurella: species, media, and more Dec 13, 2024

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Following the episode with Dr. Kelli Maddock, Luis decided to talk about his favorite organism: Pasteurella! This time Luis goes into more detail. What are some species of Pasteurella? Which animals are they found on? Which species are isolated from humans? This episode also covers media, biochemicals, diseases, and more.

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167: Talking AMR: Oxazolidinones Dec 06, 2024

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Luis and Andrea are back to talk antibiotics! This time they are joined by David Allen, an infectious diseases (ID) pharmacist to talk about another class : oxazolidinones. How familiar are you with this class? Have you performed testing on linezolid in the lab? Then you might be somewhat familiar. What is the mechanism of action? Intrinsic resistance? What organisms does this class have activity against? Tune in to find out.

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166: Pasteurella multocida: capsular groups and more Nov 29, 2024

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A Pasteurella multocida episode! In this episode Luis is joined by Dr. Kelli Maddock to talk about P. multocida. Kelli was a previous guest and this time returns to talk about the capsular types of P. multocida. What are these types? What diseases are associated with them? What about hemorrhagic septicemia? Kelli also talks about a model developed to look for hemorrhagic septicemia types of P. multocida using MALDI-TOF MS. Don't miss out on a great episode!

Link to Dr. Maddock's article: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167701224001799?via%3Dihub

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165: E. coli: NDM and PBP variants Nov 22, 2024

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As a new microbiologist sometimes terms like beta-lactams, beta-lactamases, or penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) can be confusing. Are you familiar with the New-Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase (NDM) and its variants? How many are there? How does this enzyme affect beta-lactam drugs?How about NDM-5? In this episode Luis is joined by Dr. Raneem Pallotta, an infectious diseases pharmacist. In the episode we go over these terms. Dr. Pallotta also talks about an NDM-producing E. coli that harbors PBP3 variants. How do these variants affect beta-lactam antibiotics? Tune in for a great episode.

Link to Dr. Pallotta's article: https://www.contagionlive.com/view/ndm-producing-e-coli-harboring-pbp-insert-variants-emerges-as-new-threat

Link to other articles:

https://bmcmicrobiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12866-017-1012-8

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5527577/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34800710/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32040179/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25634992/

https://www.idsociety.org/practice-guideline/amr-guidance/

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164: MicroClinUy (En Español/ In Spanish) Nov 20, 2024

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En este episodio en español, Luis conversa con la Dra. Verónica Seija. La Dra. Seija es especialista en microbiología y tiene un blog, redes sociales y un podcast donde habla sobre microbiología bajo el nombre MicroClinUY. ¿ Qué motivó a la Dra. a comenzar a hablar sobre microbiología? ¿Qué tipo de contenido encontramos en sus redes sociales y el podcast? ¿Dónde encuentran el podcast? Sintonizen y no se pierdan de una gran conversación.

Enlace al podcast: https://www.microclin.uy/podcast

Enlace a la página web de MicroClinUy: https://www.microclin.uy

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163: Talking AMR- Glycopeptides Nov 15, 2024

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Luis and Andrea return with a new episode of the AMR series. This time, they are joined by Dr. Nikunj Vyas, and they go over glycopeptides. Whether you are a microbiologist, provider or an ID pharmacist, you are familiar with vancomycin. What is the mechanism of action of glycopeptides? Is there intrinsic resistance? How does a difference in minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) affect treatment? Tune in to learn more.

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TBT: Veterinary Microbiology Nov 08, 2024

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🎙️ Throwback to a great episode!

Ever wondered what it's like to work in a veterinary diagnostic lab? What kind of training is needed—and can an MLS make the switch from human to animal diagnostics?

In this episode of Let's Talk Micro, Luis is joined by Kelli Maddock and Sarah Gefroh from the North Dakota State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory. Both are Medical Laboratory Scientists who transitioned from human to veterinary medicine.

They share insights on culturing veterinary specimens, antimicrobial guidelines, and what makes vet lab work both similar and uniquely different. Tune in to explore this fascinating side of the lab world!

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TBT: Biochemicals- catalase and coagulase Oct 24, 2024

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One of the very first—and still one of the most downloaded—episodes of Let's Talk Micro dives into biochemicals and how they help us identify bacteria in the clinical lab.

What are biochemicals, and why are they so important in Clinical Microbiology? In this episode, I introduce two of the most commonly used tests: catalase and coagulase. Learn how these simple yet powerful reactions help distinguish organisms and guide diagnostic workups in the lab.

This episode was originally published on June 24, 2021.

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TBT: Media Oct 17, 2024

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The first episode! Share it with students and peers, In it Luis talks about agar. What is agar? What do we use it for? Various types of agar are discussed like blood agar and MacConkey along with their uses.

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159: A novel microbicide for Neisseria gonorrhoeae Oct 10, 2024

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A microbicide for Neisseria gonorrhoeae? In this episode Luis is joined by Dr. María Rendón from the University of Arizona. Dr. Rendón joins the podcast to talk about a novel microbicide that was developed which has activity against N. gonorrhoeae . How does it work? Does it affect commensal Neisseria? What about methylation signatures? Tune in to learn more about this microbicide.

Link to articles referenced in episode:

http://microbialcell.com/researcharticles/2019a-so-microbial-cell/

https://www.cell.com/action/showPdf?pii=S1931-3128%2819%2930347-6

Link to study: https://journals.asm.org/doi/abs/10.1128/aac.00794-24?doi=10.1128/aac.00794-24

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