CCO Infectious Disease Podcast

CRE-ating Success: How I Use Rapid Diagnostic Tests to Manage Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacterales Bacteremia

Episode Summary

Hear Julie Ann Justo, PharmD, MS, FIDSA, BCPS, share her approach to treating CRE infections through a patient case, including a review of the changing epidemiology of CRE, contributing mechanisms of resistance, and current IDSA guidance recommendations based on the latest data.

Episode Notes

In this podcast, Julie Ann Justo, PharmD, MS, FIDSA, BCPS, discusses treatment of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) infections, including:

• Burden of CRE infections in the United States
• Mechanisms of resistance
• Changing epidemiology
• Use of rapid diagnostic tests
• IDSA guidance recommendations, including supporting data
• Approach to designing treatment regimens, including weighing patient- and infection-related factors

Faculty:

Julie Ann Justo, PharmD, MS, FIDSA, BCPS
Clinical Pharmacist Lead – Infectious Diseases
Inpatient Pharmacy
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, New Hampshire

Link to full program: 
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Link to downloadable infographic: 
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