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MIC: More Infection Chat

British Infection Association

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Frequency: 1 episode/28d. Total Eps: 13

The British Infection Association's podcast, incorporating the Journal of Infection and Clinical Infection in Practice

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https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11310630/
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Anaerobic antibiotic use in the elderly and the Scottish infection workforce

Thursday, September 17, 2026 • Duration 01:02:08

In this podcast we discuss antibiotic effects on pathobiont carriage in the elderly with Egi Vasil and Professor Geraint Rogers. Followed by a discussion with Dr Paul Robertson about the infection workforce in Scotland.

Read the paper about antibiotic effects here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016344532600099X

And the paper about the Scottish infection workforce here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590170226000919

Thanks for listening to MIC! Feedback is appreciated, email us at journalpodcast@britishinfection.org

Our logo was kindly created by Gabriella Petruso; check out her website at www.gabriellapetruso.com

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Deciphering who index cases are in influenza outbreaks, and thinking about rashes in immunocompromised individuals

Monday, August 17, 2026 • Duration 51:27

In this podcast we discuss household transmission of influenza with Dr Sarah Cox and Dr Julia Bennett. We also discuss rashes in immunocompromised individuals with Dr Sarah Clifford and Dr Naomi Bulteel.

Read the Influenza study here https://www.journalofinfection.com/article/S0163-4453(26)00073-3/fulltext

Cohen study in South Africa looking at household transmission https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(21)00141-8/fulltext

The work their group has been doing on COVID was also recently published https://academic.oup.com/jpids/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/jpids/piag061/8738471?redirectedFrom=fulltext&login=false

The article on rashes in immunocompromised people in CLIP: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S259017022500113X

HIV and Leprosy review https://doi.org/10.1016/j.det.2010.08.016

Global Health Observatory https://www.who.int/data/gho

Thanks for listening to MIC! Feedback is appreciated, email us at journalpodcast@britishinfection.org

Our logo was kindly created by Gabriella Petruso; check out her website at www.gabriellapetruso.com

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How can we improve PJI outcomes? And concentrating on improving Amikacin dosing

Friday, July 17, 2026 • Duration 45:54

This month we discuss Amikacin target attainment with Dr Michael Osthoff, and PJI outcomes with Dr Rami Sommerstein

The Amikacin article is here https://www.journalofinfection.com/article/S0163-4453(26)00035-6/fulltext

The PJI article from JOI an be read here https://www.journalofinfection.com/article/S0163-4453(26)00014-9/fulltext

Patient Reported Outcome measures, one study that explored this https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38723046/

ASAP study looking at vancomycin for prophylaxis in arthroplasty https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2301401

Thanks for listening to MIC! Feedback is appreciated, email us at journalpodcast@britishinfection.org

Our logo was kindly created by Gabriella Petruso; check out her website at www.gabriellapetruso.com

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What should our infection workforce look like: discussing the new Infection Prevention and Management UK Report

Friday, June 19, 2026 • Duration 32:36

In this episode we talk about the future of the infection profession in the UK, what's done well and what could be done better. With two authors of the report, Dr Sarah Logan and Dr Amy Belfield.

View the report here https://www.his.org.uk/media/tjco1mlz/workforce-report-final.pdf

Read Chris Whitty's 371 page report on Infections here (or just the executive summary!) https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/chief-medical-officers-annual-report-2025-infections

Pegasus-for more detail read here https://www.longtermresilience.org/reports/ten-things-we-want-to-see-from-exercise-pegasus/

Thanks for listening to MIC! Feedback is appreciated, email us at journalpodcast@britishinfection.org

Our logo was kindly created by Gabriella Petruso; check out her website at www.gabriellapetruso.com

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COVID-19 Vaccine allergy, and Improving Leptospirosis diagnostics

Friday, May 22, 2026 • Duration 55:46

We discuss COVID-19 vaccination allergy clinics with Dr Karla Berry and Dr Rebecca Sutherland, and optimisation of leptospirosis diagnostics with Dr David Haake.

COVID 19 vaccination clinics paper can be read here
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590170225001207

The Leptospirosis diagnostics paper is here
https://www.journalofinfection.com/article/S0163-4453(25)00275-0/fulltext

Dr Haake's paper on Reunion and Mayotte ecology can be found here
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11310630/

One commercially available multiplex PCR panel (BioFire) evaluation can be read about here
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9420791/

Thanks for listening to MIC! Feedback is appreciated, email us at journalpodcast@britishinfection.org

Our logo was kindly created by Gabriella Petruso; check out her website at www.gabriellapetruso.com

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Persistent candidaemia, why does it happen; and a new Meningoencephalitis reference guide

Wednesday, April 22, 2026 • Duration 52:28

In this episode we discuss a study looking at persistent candidaemia (based on the Candida III study), as well a new quick reference guide on Meningoencephalitis.

The Candida III sub-analysis study can be accessed here
https://www.journalofinfection.com/article/S0163-4453(25)00229-4/fulltext

Read more about Candida IV here
https://www.ecmm.info/working-groups/2219/

The IQRG meningitis/encephalitis article is here
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590170225001190

A higher resolution copy here
https://www.britishinfection.org/application/files/1117/3615/0506/Investigation_of_Meningitis_and_Encephalitis.pdf

And other IQRGs can be accessed on the BIA’s website
https://www.britishinfection.org/guidance/published-guidelines

UK SMI B27 for investigation of CSF
https://www.rcpath.org/static/004f2dc9-81cb-4aa9-b26f2dfce68a9921/UK-SMI-B-27i62-Investigation-of-cerebrospinal-fluid-October-2025.pdf

Cochrane meta-analysis for steroids is here
https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD004405.pub5/full

And Dr Fiona McGill's previous guidelines on meningitis from 2016 is herehttps://www.journalofinfection.com/article/S0163-4453(16)00024-4/fulltextAnd the UK 2017 audit of the guidelines mentioned is worth a read https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/12/7/e062698

Clinical and genomic surveillance of listeriosis in Japan, and delving into a novel treatment for Enterovirus encephalitis

Season 1 · Episode 6

Thursday, March 19, 2026 • Duration 45:12

You can read the article on listeriosis surveillance in Japan here: An 11-year multicentre clinical and genomic surveillance of listeriosis across Japan - Journal of Infection

And the case report on novel treatment of Enterovirus encephalitis here: Novel treatment of enterovirus encephalitis associated with B-cell depleting therapy - ScienceDirect

Contact the encephalitis MDT at uclh.nhnn.encephalitismdt1@nhs.net (for NHS use only)

And for the metagenomics service's website https://www.gosh.nhs.uk/wards-and-departments/departments/laboratory-medicine/laboratory-database/metagenomics/

Thanks for listening to MIC! Feedback is appreciated, email us at journalpodcast@britishinfection.org

Our logo was kindly created by Gabriella Petruso; check out her website at www.gabriellapetruso.com

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Understanding immune ageing in untreated HIV slow progressors, and a novel treatment in NTM infections

Season 1 · Episode 5

Thursday, February 19, 2026 • Duration 37:12

You can read the article on immune aging among untreated HIV slow progressors here: Evidence of greater immune aging among untreated HIV slow progressors than antiretroviral-controlled people living with HIV - ScienceDirect

And the article on thermal therapy for NTM infections here: Bringing the heat to non-tuberculous mycobacterial infections: a comprehensive review inspired by a striking case of successful treatment - ScienceDirect

Thanks for listening to MIC! Feedback is appreciated, email us at journalpodcast@britishinfection.org

Our logo was kindly created by Gabriella Petruso; check out her website at www.gabriellapetruso.com

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How has Haemolytic Uraemic Syndrome and STEC epidemiology changed? And trainee matters: looking at the recent survey outcomes

Thursday, January 15, 2026 • Duration 33:04

You can read the article on the epidemiology of Haemolytic Uraemic Syndrome here https://www.journalofinfection.com/article/S0163-4453(25)00145-8/fulltext

And the workforce survey of Infection Trainees is here https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590170225001153

Thanks for listening to MIC! Feedback is appreciated, email us at journalpodcast@britishinfection.org

Our logo was kindly created by Gabriella Petruso; check out her website at www.gabriellapetruso.com

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How to get published in scientific journals (with the editors of the Journal of Infection, and Clinical Infection in Practice)

Season 1 · Episode 3

Thursday, December 11, 2025 • Duration 39:00

In this episode we ask the experts (Professor Robert Read and Professor Martyn Wiselka, editors of the JOI and CLIP respectively) about how to get published in academic journals. We discuss about how journal articles can better reflect the patients we are treating, the impact of AI and Open Access, and even found out what research they are interested in. You can also find out what will make the world collapse, and how to slice salami.

Those papers were:

COVID-19 vaccination in patients at higher risk of anaphylaxis: A safe and pragmatic approach https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590170225001207?dgcid=rss_sd_all

Safety, Efficacy, and Immunogenicity of a Salmonella Paratyphi A Vaccine

http://nejm.org/doi/abs/10.1056/NEJMoa2502992

And Professor Read’s first Journal of Infection article in 1989 on EBV https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S016344538991150X?via%3Dihub

Thanks for listening to MIC! Feedback is appreciated, email us at journalpodcast@britishinfection.org

Our logo was kindly created by Gabriella Petruso; check out her website at www.gabriellapetruso.com

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