Anti-infective webinars

Perspectives on the clinical use of antibiotics for difficult to treat pathogens in patients with cystic fibrosis

Presented by: Professor John E Moore, CF Consultant Microbiologist Northern Ireland Regional Adult Cystic Fibrosis Centre, Belfast City Hospital.
Content Summary: 1. Understand the microbiology in treating complicated chest infections in CF patients.
2. Update on treatment options for MDR gram-negatives in respiratory.

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The role of an AMS pharmacist in the management of Gram negative infections

Presented by: Frances Garraghan, Antimicrobial Stewardship Pharmacist, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust.
Content Summary: 1. Patient centred antimicrobial stewardship.
2.Co-ordinating multi-disciplinary decisions and monitoring patient outcomes.

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Unexpected outcomes? Two case studies of difficult-to-treat gram-negative infections

Presented by: Dr Kavita Sethi, Consultant Microbiologist and lead clinician at Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust and Honorary Clinical Lecturer at the University of Leeds.
Professor Ignacio Martin-Loechesis, Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine at St James’s Hospital and Professor at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
Content summary: Presentations on two clinical case studies from the UK and Ireland in the use of VABOREM^®(meropenem/vaborbactam).

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Positioning quinolones to support infection management in Scotland

Presented by: Professor John E Moore, CF Consultant Microbiologist, Northern Ireland Regional Adult Cystic Fibrosis Centre, Belfast City Hospital.
Dr John Cunniffe, Consultant Microbiologist, Countess of Chester NHS Foundation Trust, Cheshire.

Content Summary: 1. In July 2022 SMC published their assessment on QUOFENIX (delafloxacin) for treatment of ABSSSI (for full guidance click here delafloxacin (Quofenix) (scottishmedicines.org.uk).
2. The potential role of a quinolone in assisting early discharge with patients with complex SSTI.

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