CCO Infectious Disease Podcast

Syndromic Testing Podcast: Respiratory Infections

Episode Summary

Listen in to learn how rapid syndromic testing can enhance diagnosis of respiratory tract infections and how to apply best practices for diagnostic and antimicrobial stewardship in syndromic testing.

Episode Notes

Listen in as Michael Satlin, MD, MS, FIDSA,explores rapid syndromic testing for bloodstream infections and discusses how to apply best practices for diagnostic and antimicrobial stewardship in syndromic testing.

Topics covered include:

• Types of upper and lower respiratory infection panels
• Considerations for when to use respiratory syndromic testing
• How to use syndromic testing to guide both therapy escalation and de-escalation
• How syndromic testing fits in with traditional testing methods, such as culture, antimicrobial susceptibility testing, Gram stain, and BAL cell count 

Presenter:

Michael Satlin, MD, MS, FIDSA
Associate Professor of Medicine and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Weill Cornell Medicine
New York, New York

Link to full program: 
https://bit.ly/3UAB1oU

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