Episode 165: Antimicrobial Resistance: A Slow Pandemic – Part 1
This week, Jonathan is joined by Mark de Boer, Professor of Infectious Diseases at Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), the Netherlands, and the current president of the Dutch Working Party on Antibiotic Policy (SWAB). The pair explore the global scale of the “slow pandemic” of antimicrobial resistance, the learning curve of the COVID-19 pandemic, and how we can prepare for future infectious disease management. They also discuss disinformation, the importance of collaboration, and implications for patient care following prosthetic joint infection.
Use the following timestamps to navigate the topics in this episode:
(00:00)-Introduction
(02:27)-Why medicine and infectious diseases
(05:18)-The scale of antibiotic resistance
(09:52)-Antibiotics use in the food industry
(11:30)-International collaborations
(15:00)-Lessons learnt from hospitalised COVID-19 patients
(20:10)-Future infectious disease management and policy
(22:47)-Prosthetic joint infection
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