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The Canadian Breakpoint
Dr. Rupeena Purewal
Frequency: 1 episode/64d. Total Eps: 27

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🇨🇦 Canada - medicine
31/05/2025#88🇨🇦 Canada - medicine
30/10/2024#93🇨🇦 Canada - medicine
29/10/2024#43🇨🇦 Canada - medicine
28/10/2024#65🇨🇦 Canada - medicine
01/10/2024#75
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22. S3 Episode 2: mRNA
Season 3 · Episode 2
lundi 12 août 2024 • Duration 42:20
Dr. Rupeena Purewal welcomes Dr. Thomas Duchaine , Director of the McGill Center for RNA Sciences, to discuss mRNA.
21. S3 Episode 1: CLEAR Spotlight Review on IV Ceftobiprole
Season 3 · Episode 1
lundi 8 avril 2024 • Duration 28:54
Dr. Rupeena Purewal welcomes back Dr. George Zhanel, Medical Microbiologist in Winnipeg and Research Director for CARA, to expand on The CLEAR Registry and spotlight clear results for IV Ceftobiprole.
To join CLEAR, email Dr. Zhanel at ggzhanel@pcsinternet.ca
CARA www.can-r.com
Canadian IV Ceftobiprole Product Monograph: Product-Monograph-Zevtera.pdf (avirpharma.com)
Canadian collaborative AMR Awareness campaign: www.antibioticawareness.ca
Pan-Canadian Action on Antimicrobial Resistance: www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/publications/drugs-health-products/pan-canadian-action-plan-antimicrobial-resistance.html
12. S2 Episode 2: Molecular Diagnostics
Season 2 · Episode 2
jeudi 20 avril 2023 • Duration 44:54
Dr. Rupeena Purewal invites Dr. Marthe Charles, Medical Microbiologist and Infectious Diseases Specialist from Vancouver, BC to discuss new molecular diagnostics.
Link to some of the diagnostic tools discussed: bioMérieux | Pioneering Diagnostics (biomerieux.com)
11. S2 Episode 1: Canadian Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System Report 2022
Season 2 · Episode 1
jeudi 13 avril 2023 • Duration 45:53
Dr. Rupeena Purewal, Canadian Pediatric Infectious Diseases Physician from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, summarizes the CARSS report for 2022.
Find the full report here: Canadian Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System (CARSS) Report 2022 - Canada.ca
Pan-Canadian Action on Antimicrobial Resistance: www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/publications/drugs-health-products/pan-canadian-action-plan-antimicrobial-resistance.html
10. S1 Episode 10: Disseminated Gonorrhea Infections
Season 1 · Episode 10
mardi 6 décembre 2022 • Duration 41:29
Dr. Rupeena Purewal invites special guest Dr. David Alexander, PhD Microbiologist in Winnipeg, to discuss Disseminated Gonorrhea Infections.
9. S1 Episode 9: A Review of Dolutegravir dispersible tab
Season 1 · Episode 9
mardi 22 novembre 2022 • Duration 47:36
Dr. Rupeena Purewal invites special guest Dr. Jason Brophy, Infectious Diseases Pediatrician at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, to review Dolutegravir, an antiretroviral agent for the treatment of HIV.
Canadian Dolutegravir Product Monograph: tivicay.pdf (viivexchange.com)
8. S1 Episode 8: Complicated TB Cases
Season 1 · Episode 8
mardi 15 novembre 2022 • Duration 01:00:43
Dr. Rupeena Purewal invites special guest Dr. Mahli Brindamour, Pediatrician with the Saskatchewan TB Prevention and Control program, to discuss Complicated TB cases.
7. S1 Episode 7: Tuberculosis Guideline Update for Canada
Season 1 · Episode 7
jeudi 21 juillet 2022 • Duration 42:48
Dr. Rupeena Purewal invites special guest Dr. Rachel Dwilow, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Physician at Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba, to discuss the Tuberculosis Guideline Update for Canada.
6. S1 Episode 6: Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs
Season 1 · Episode 6
mardi 7 juin 2022 • Duration 47:46
Dr. Rupeena Purewal welcomes 2 special guests; Pediatric Infectious Diseases Specialist, Dr. Jason Newland in St. Louis as well as Pediatric Infectious Diseases Specialist, Dr. Michelle Mitchell in Milwaukee, to discuss the importance of Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs.
Canadian Antimicrobial Resistance Alliance (CARA): www.can-r.com
Canadian collaborative AMR Awareness campaign: www.antibioticawareness.ca
NCCID: www.nncid.ca
Pan-Canadian Action on Antimicrobial Resistance: www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/publications/drugs-health-products/pan-canadian-action-plan-antimicrobial-resistance.html
5. S1 Episode 5: Cytomegalovirus (CMV)
Season 1 · Episode 5
mardi 15 mars 2022 • Duration 40:48
Dr. Rupeena Purewal invites special guest Dr. Ari Bitnun, Professor of Pediatrics at University of Toronto, to discuss CMV in Canada.