ID:IOTS - Infectious Disease Insight Of Two Specialists

Access  Watch Reserve (IE the cool stuff) What are they? Where are they? WHO ARE THEY?  Listen on and find out! (Looking at the prep notes strongly advised for this one).  Support the show Support us on:  Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/cw/IDIOTS_pod BuyMeACoffee:  https://www.buymeacoffee.com/idiotspod Prep notes for completed episodes can be found here (Not all episodes have prep notes). If yo...

There's nothing new under the sun... except for these new antifungals which we will now educate you on!  One's an inhaled azole (OK not that new) One's sort of an echinocandin (shut up) Two are unpronounceable (but related to fungicides which we're using already) And Alyssa and Jame are joined by Dr Neil Stone, ID:IOTS Podcast Novel Antifungal Agent Correspondent, to guide you...

Callum was recently on the Primary Care Knowledge Boost podcast (https://pckb.org/), talking about what happens to microbiology specimens sent in to the lab. He did so well we thought we'd share it with you here! Enjoy...  Original podcast blurb here:  --- Doctors Lisa and Sara are joined by Medical microbiology and Infectious Diseases Consultant Dr Callum Mutch to follow the journey of a uri...

Process your Polyene Prescribing Paralysis by partaking in this proliferous podcast pondering on the particulars of these P-harmacological agents.*  *Alyssa had no part in the making of this podcast description.  Support the show Support us on:  Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/cw/IDIOTS_pod BuyMeACoffee:  https://www.buymeacoffee.com/idiotspod Prep notes for completed episodes can be found here...

Jame and Callum are joined by Christina Petridou. In this episode we give you an overview of ticks and the key infections they transmit..., but NOT Lyme disease. Some of the infections we DO cover include: Rickettsiosis (spotted fever group), relapsing fevers, anaplasmosis, ehrlichiosis, babesiosis, TBE & CCHF.  Not Lyme. THIS IS NOT A LYME DISEASE EPISODE.  Show notes (including lots of summa...

Flucytosine. A much maligned antifungal, consigned to adjuvant use in Cryptococcus...  WELL THAT CHANGES... well not today because the resistance barrier is shockingly low, but at least in 20m time you'll know all you need to about 5-FC!  Support the show Support us on:  Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/cw/IDIOTS_pod BuyMeACoffee:  https://www.buymeacoffee.com/idiotspod Prep notes for comple...

Lab containment levels 1-4 Safety cabinets 1-3 ACDP approved list of biological agents 2-4 Counterterrorism act  schedule 5 pathogens Cat A and Cat B transport  SAPO?! Confused? We're not surprised, but things will all become clear.... Once you listen to this masterclass from Dr Claire Gordon on all things biosafety and biosecurity from a UK lab perspective.  Support the show Support us on: ...

What could be more Rare Imported or Pathogenic than the Viral Haemorrhagic fevers?! Callum is joined again by Drs Claire Gordon and Amy Bellfield to talk all things VHF and HCID from the clinical lab perspective. We're sure you'll all be Very Happy Fans by the end of this one... Support the show Support us on:  Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/cw/IDIOTS_pod BuyMeACoffee:  https://www.bu...

Terbinafine! Griseofulvin! 2 weird antifungals that the dermatologists use much more than us!  But we here at the ID:IOTS Podcast love all our antifungal agents equally so here's an episode on literally everything you need to know about both these agents!  Support the show Support us on:  Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/cw/IDIOTS_pod BuyMeACoffee:  https://www.buymeacoffee.com/idiotspod Pre...

Now this an episode, first of a triple  About all the work of a lab called RIPL  And we'd like to take minute now so sit right here  And learn about all the horrible pathogens you now should fear Support the show Support us on:  Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/cw/IDIOTS_pod BuyMeACoffee:  https://www.buymeacoffee.com/idiotspod Prep notes for completed episodes can be found here (Not all epi...

Part 2 of 2 on Echinocandins!  Tihana Bicanic gives a masterclass on Rezafungin, its use now and in the future, and gives an update on the relevant clinical trials and studies you need to know to make you a Master Echinocandologist.  Alyssa and Jame are here too, but very much in receive-only mode. Listen in and find out why!  Notes for this episode are found here: https://idiots.notion.site/132-1...

Alyssa and Jame are joined by Tihana Bicanic, to discuss the second great antifungal drug class, Echinocandins.  Part 1 of 2! (this episode we discuss the old stuff, next episode we discuss Rezafungin in more detail).  Show note for this episode found here: https://idiots.notion.site/132-133-Echinocandins-2d76a1ea09d8811f800ad3a446c6726e (Note if you have any echo on the audio for this episode, tr...

BIOCIDES ARE COMING FOR YOU.  Find out what they are, what the benefits and harms they have, and what we can do to control their use in consumer products.  This was a fascinating, wide-ranging discussion on the use of agents that can affect the human/animal microbiome and environmental microbes, and the problems with trying to regulate them (in the UK at least). Hope you enjoy it.  Bios:  Natalie...

Flustered by fluconazole?  An ignoramus on itraconazole and isavuconazole? Puzzled by Posa? VEXED BY VORI?  Never fear: You can be amazed at the Azoles, just learn how to use 'em right! That's what this episode's all about! Alyssa and Jame UNITE in the first of our episodes on antifungal drugs!  Support the show Support us on:  Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/cw/IDIOTS_pod BuyMeAC...

AKA Penicillin Allergy 3: Delabel Hard With A Vengeance A departure from our semi-annual penicillin allergy episode: one on cephalosporin allergy!  Jame and Callum are joined by Fionnuala Cox to discuss Cephalosporin allergy in general, and the CEPH-FAST risk assessment tool in particular.  Ever wanted to know how to deal with cephalosporin allergy? Listen on!  Paper here:  Cox F, Vogrin S, Sulliv...

Yo ho ho, for our listeners dearest We present an antibiotics tier list  Ranking drugs from S to D In a manner oh so Christmassy So sit back relax and have a drink  As we discourse in cladist think And if you rank a different way We'll forgive you this Christmas day.  Proper episodes next year. See you in 2026!  Support the show Support us on:  Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/cw/IDIOTS_pod...

In which Callum and Jame discuss Brucellosis, named after a Scottish feminist, a disease hard to diagnose but easy to treat, as long as the treatment works which it may not. Listen on!  Support the show Support us on:  Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/cw/IDIOTS_pod BuyMeACoffee:  https://www.buymeacoffee.com/idiotspod Prep notes for completed episodes can be found here (Not all episodes have prep...

It's the best pun Cal's ever done, and I don't say that lightly, son. Here's an episode on Capnocytophagia!  Support the show Support us on:  Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/cw/IDIOTS_pod BuyMeACoffee:  https://www.buymeacoffee.com/idiotspod Prep notes for completed episodes can be found here (Not all episodes have prep notes). If you are enjoying the podcast please leave a r...

It’s World Antimicrobial Awareness Week! And did you know AMR might kill us all? The British Society of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy do, and they’ve partnered up with interested politicians to drive AMR up the political agenda. But how?  Jame is joined by Dr Helen Callaby, Dr Nick Brown and Dr Danny Chambers MP to discuss the workings of the UK’s All Party Parliamentary Group on AMR, the BSAC parlia...

Sporotrichosis Mycetoma Chromoblastomycosis ...Entomophthorales. Let's face it: you don't know anything about these diseases.  That's OK: neither do Callum or Alyssa. That's why we've got a guest! Dr David Chandler is a Consultant Dermatologist, BSMM member and is a member of the Global Mycetoma Working Group. Listen on for everything you need to know about chronic subcuta...

Alyssa and Callum talk all things dermatophytes and Tinea: Tinea capitis – scalp, hair Tinea corporis – trunk, limbs (ringworm) Tinea manuum/pedis - palms and soles (athlete’s foot) Tinea cruris - groin (jock itch) Tinea barbae - beard area and neck Tinea faciale - face Tinea unguium / onychomycosis - nails What does  Anthropophilic mean and how do you pronounce it? Tune in to find out. Show notes...

Alyssa and Callum are joined by Dr Neil Stone to talk all things Rare, Invasive, and Mouldy. Specifically Fusarium spp., as well as Scedosporium spp. and Lomentospora prolificans.   Heard of these before? No? Well listen in to find out what they are, and why they matter Show notes for this episode here: https://idiots.notion.site/122-Moulds-Rare-invasive-moulds-af70fc26e81043669c2bf3ef17c14b6c?pvs...

Callum and Alyssa are joined by Dr Dora Corzo-Leon to discuss all things Mucorales and Mucormycosis. Listen in to hear about: Taxonomy (and why it is confusing) Pathogenesis Risk factors  Clinical syndromes Diagnostics Treatment Show notes for this episode here: https://idiots.notion.site/121-Moulds-Mucorales-c2343d4588ea4dd19c54de538fd7fe22?pvs=74  Support the show Support us on:  Patreon:  https...

Jame is joined by Chloe from BioMerieux to discuss clinical decision support systems and their application in Microbiology & Infectious Disease! What are they, how do they work, and what are the potential applications in antimicrobial stewardship? Listen on for details!  Note: This episode was produced in collaboration with BioMérieux. An honorarium received from them will be donated directly...

Callum and Jame are joined by Iain and Darius to talk through the clinical aspects of managing Aspergillosis with a particular focus on the most severe disease. Listen in to hear about current challenges around the management of both invasive and chronic Aspergillosus. Notes for this episode here: https://idiots.notion.site/118-Moulds-Aspergillus-ce3ba58d045b47b18d9641b56559c6f5?pvs=74 Support the...