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ID:IOTS Podcast

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The UK’s Prémièrẽ Infectious Disease Podcast. idiotspodcasting@gmail.com Notion prep notes here: t.ly/8DyqW www.buymeacoffee.com/idiotspod

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Lepra UK @leprauk.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

What is lymphatic filariasis (LF)? LF is a neglected tropical disease. Usually acquired in childhood, infection occurs when filarial parasites are transmitted to humans through mosquitoes causing hidden damage to the lymphatic system. ow.ly/EWa350ZcF8G #LF #IDSky #Mosquitoes

ID:IOTS Podcast @idiots-pod.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Well, it only took ‘em 2 years to get past Reviewer 2, but they did it & as we say in Scotland, ‘it’s Oot’! SNAP paper 1, available now. Congrats 2 Todd Lee, Steve Tong, Josh Davis & the rest. First dram of this bottle is in your honour! Slàinte!! #IDsky #SNAP #morelikePoocloxacillin

ID:IOTS Podcast @idiots-pod.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Addled by Ambisome? Not sure about Nystatin Never heard of Natamycin? Worry not; Jame and Alyssa are here to clear it all up Details here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/1... #idsky #microsky #infection #podcast

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Podcast Episode · ID:IOTS - Infectious Disease Insight Of Two Specialists · 26 May · 22min

ID:IOTS Podcast @idiots-pod.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

This is worth knowing, thanks @kasic.bsky.social ! Still hate quinolones though

ID:IOTS Podcast @idiots-pod.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Now this looks like an ep for thee About a drug that gets into your pee It’s known to treat crypto and also yeast It’s time to learn about flucytosine podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i... #idsky #microsky #podcast

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137. Flucytosine

Podcast Episode · ID:IOTS - Infectious Disease Insight Of Two Specialists · 27 April · 22min

ID:IOTS Podcast @idiots-pod.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Oi! Listen to the ID:IOTS Podcast? Like our crap? Well come support it on Patreon! Perks available! (Not many I'm busy) patreon.com/IDIOTS_pod?u... #idsky #microsky #infection #medicine #podcast

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ID:IOTS Podcast @idiots-pod.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Now this an episode, first of a triple About all the work of a lab called RIPL And we'd like to take minute now so sit right here And learn about all the horrible pathogens you now should fear New episode now live! #idsky #microsky podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...

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134. The Rare and Imported Pathogens Lab (RIPL)

Podcast Episode · ID:IOTS - Infectious Disease Insight Of Two Specialists · 16 March · 46m

ID:IOTS Podcast @idiots-pod.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

New episode! Alyssa and Jame are joined by Tihana Bicanic, to discuss the second great antifungal drug class, Echinocandins. Part 1 of 2! (this episode we discuss the old stuff, next episode we discuss Rezafungin) #idsky #microsky #fungi podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...

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132. Echinocandins Part 1: the old stuff

Podcast Episode · ID:IOTS - Infectious Disease Insight Of Two Specialists · 23 February · 38m

ID:IOTS Podcast @idiots-pod.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Consider this our post advertising the latest episode, ‘Biocide Bashing’, available now! Hold on to your Phallusocks ®️, this topic’s as scary as it gets! (That’ll make more sense after you listen) #IDsky #microsky #biocides #microbiotoxicity podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...

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131. Biocide Bashing

Podcast Episode · ID:IOTS - Infectious Disease Insight Of Two Specialists · 09/02/2026 · 45m

ID:IOTS Podcast @idiots-pod.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

“Always start with oral for a satisfying resolution”? “Use the mouth before things go south”? Everything I think of sounds naughty. I’ll work on it. Great poster, @drrossanarosa.bsky.social !

ID:IOTS Podcast @idiots-pod.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

OI YOU … Podcast on Azole Antifungals. Would be a shame if you reposted it to AAAAAAALLL your followers, and liked it and commented on what you thought of it below PLEASE DON’T DO THAT we hate popularity!! #IDsky #microsky #fungi podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...

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130. Azole Antifungals

Podcast Episode · ID:IOTS - Infectious Disease Insight Of Two Specialists · 26/01/2026 · 32m

ID:IOTS Podcast @idiots-pod.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Yeah yeah we all know what to do with Penicillin Allergy BUT: what about cephalosporin allergy? Bet you don’t know what to do about that! Well this week’s episode can help! Listen below, or on your podcast app… #IDsky #Microsky #infection #allergy podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...

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129. Penicillin allergy 3: CEPH FAST

Podcast Episode · ID:IOTS - Infectious Disease Insight Of Two Specialists · 12/01/2026 · 56m

ID:IOTS Podcast @idiots-pod.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

And here it is, Listeners Dearest The ID:IOTS Antibiotics Tier List Want to argue? Curse our names to God? Go right ahead; but sub to Pod And tell your friends about us, although It's likely it'll annoy them also podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...

ID:IOTS Podcast @idiots-pod.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Yo ho ho, 4 our listeners dearest We present an ABx tier list Ranking drugs from S to D In a manner so Christmassy So sit back relax & have a drink As we discourse in cladist think And if u rank a different way We forgive u this Christmas Day #idsky #microsky podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...

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128. Antibiotic tier list

Podcast Episode · ID:IOTS - Infectious Disease Insight Of Two Specialists · 25/12/2025 · 53m

ID:IOTS Podcast @idiots-pod.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Psst. Want to know everything you need to on Capnocytophagia? Got 15 minutes? Listen here. Free pun included! It’s a regular ‘Cap Friday’ deal! #idsky #microsky podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...

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ID:IOTS Podcast @idiots-pod.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

It’s World Antimicrobial Awareness Week! Did u know AMR might kill us all? @bsacandjac.bsky.social do: they partnered up with interested politicians to drive AMR up the UK's political agenda. How is what this episode is all about! Listen on! #IDsky #microsky #amr podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...

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World Antimicrobial Awareness Week: AMR and Politics

Podcast Episode · ID:IOTS - Infectious Disease Insight Of Two Specialists · 19/11/2025 · 42m

ID:IOTS Podcast @idiots-pod.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Survey on Enterococcus BSI RCT design: an opportunity to give your thoughts! BRITISH PEOPLE ONLY!!! (not sure why)

ID:IOTS Podcast @idiots-pod.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

It’s the end of Halloween But for those who want more frights Allow me to present this show On the dermatophytes #idsky #microsky #fungal #mould podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...

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123. Moulds: Dermatophytes

Podcast Episode · ID:IOTS - Infectious Disease Insight Of Two Specialists · 03/11/2025 · 31m

ID:IOTS Podcast @idiots-pod.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Epipocalypse, from the folks over at @pharmageddon.bsky.social , now on Kickstarter!!

ID:IOTS Podcast @idiots-pod.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

A rare ‘Jame on an episode about fungi’ appearance this week, as we discuss Aspergillus diagnosis & treatment with Dr Iain Page & Prof Darius Armstrong-James. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i... #idsky #microsky #fungisky #breakingthamould

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119. The Moulds: Aspergillus part 2, invasive and chronic disease

Podcast Episode · ID:IOTS - Infectious Disease Insight Of Two Specialists · 08/09/2025 · 41m

ID:IOTS Podcast @idiots-pod.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

The #BSMM annual meeting is next week in Norwich! Details here. Our Master of Moulds Alyssa will be there too! Tickets still available! #idsky #microsky #fungi

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Prof Cloutman-Green @girlymicro.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

It's finally happening The first Girlymicrobiologist book is coming! It Shouldn't Happen to a PhD Student: How to thrive, not just survive, during your PhD This is the book I wish someone had given me when I started my PhD Live to order (amazon depending) on 17/10/25 Pls share with yr networks

ID:IOTS Podcast @idiots-pod.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

#idsky I forgot to add hashtags. Oops.

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ID:IOTS Podcast @idiots-pod.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

A brilliant article on the real world impact of AMR. As time goes on I worry about this becoming a bigger part of ID clinical practice.

ID:IOTS Podcast @idiots-pod.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

KASIC Putting or another brilliant post on De-escalation of ABx with some brilliant references about how de-escalation is associated with BETTER OUTCOMES for patients! Let’s talk about this table though, as it’s been on my mind. 🪡

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ID:IOTS Podcast @idiots-pod.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Mero: AZTREONAM, what are you doing up here in Broad Spectrum? Aztreo: I treat Pseudomonas! Piptaz: yeah, *tobramycin* treats Pseudomonas Tobra: hey… Aztreo: I’m important for DTR Gram Negatives! Mero: yeah when your little friend Avibactam is with you Ceftazidime: that guy’s not so bad TBF

ID:IOTS Podcast @idiots-pod.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Ceftriaxone: I’m a big broad spectrum boy. I cover Staph aureus, Strep, & Enterobacterales! Cotrimoxazole: MRSA? Cef: No Cotrim: ESBL? Cef: No Cotrim: CPE? Cef: No Cotrim: PCP? Cef: No. That’s not even a bacteria, no drug could cover all that Cotrim: okay. What do I know. I’m only MEDIUM SPECTRUM

ID:IOTS Podcast @idiots-pod.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Ah yes, the famously medium-spectrum doxycycline. It only covers Staphylococci Pneumococci Beta haemolytic Streptococci Actinomyces Mycoplasma Chlamydophila Legionella H.influenzae Moraxella catarrhalis ESBL E.coli UTI Pseudomonas UTI(maybe!) Burkholderia pseudomallei Vibrio H.pylori 1/2

ID:IOTS Podcast @idiots-pod.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

I’ll get my coat. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

AI designs new superbug-killing antibiotics for gonorrhoea and MRSA

Two new potential drugs have been designed by AI to kill drug-resistant bacteria, in a major Massachusetts Institute of Technology study.

ID:IOTS Podcast @idiots-pod.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

3 things inevitable in life. Death… Taxes… And the Federation of Infection Societies annual meeting in December 2025, book your registration now!!!

ID:IOTS Podcast @idiots-pod.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

#IDsky The Infectious Disease Brad Boy himself, @bradspellberg.bsky.social , has an updated Oral vs IV table, now including the Plague (Y really) and Lyme! Link here: www.bradspellberg.com/oral-antibio...

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Oral Antibiotic RCTs | mysite

ID:IOTS Podcast @idiots-pod.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

THE YEASTY BOYZ* ARE BACK! Callum and Alyssa wrap up the yeasts by discussing the rare ones: Malassezia! Rhodotorula! Trichosporon! Saccharomyces! CRAP PUNS GALORE! THIS POD HAS IT ALL!! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i... #IDsky #microsky #yeast #fungi *Girlz can be Boyz too

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116 The yeasts: Malassezia, Rhodotorula, Trichosporon, Saccharomyces

Podcast Episode · ID:IOTS - Infectious Disease Insight Of Two Specialists · 04/08/2025 · 37m

ID:IOTS Podcast @idiots-pod.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Callum and Alyssa did this episode without me, which I’ll never forgive them for, but I can’t deny this episode is a cracker. ID:IOTS podcast episode on PCP out now! Another episode on Cotrim dosing will be released ‘shortly’* #IDSky #Microsky #fungi #PCP #PJP #Pneumocystis *I’M GETTING TO IT

ID:IOTS Podcast @idiots-pod.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

Interesting update for Rx CAP from the USA: -USS can be used for Dx rather than CXR if ppl are experienced enough -ABx: 5d or less for nonsevere, 5+ for severe -Steroids for Severe CAP. Shorter Is Better continues to spread!

ID:IOTS Podcast @idiots-pod.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Good question! #idsky #microsky 🪡 Co-amoxiclav is generally dosed in the UK as follows: PO: 500mg Amox / 125mg Clavulanate IV: 1000mg Amox / 200mg Clavulanate Both 8-hourly. This gives you differing ratios of Amox to Clav (4:1 for PO, 5:1 for IV). What gives?

ID:IOTS Podcast @idiots-pod.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

LIVE, from ASM Microbe 2025, an episode from Editors in Conversation on Static v Cidal ABx mythbusting starring @bradspellberg.bsky.social ! No doubt he listened to our episode 58. Mythbusting Cidal vs Static, & wanted to spread the word. One assumes. #idsky #microsky overcast.fm/+AAkR9-FA5Vw

Static vs Cidal Antibiotics: Concepts Revisited — Editors in Conversation

A common description of antibiotic action aims to classify them between “bactericidal” or “bacteriostatic”. Although these phenomena have robust in vitro foundations, the clinical translation of these...

ID:IOTS Podcast @idiots-pod.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Last day for abstract submission to FIS 2025! Be advised!

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ID:IOTS Podcast @idiots-pod.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

PODCAST DROP! This week Callum & Alyssa talk to Jeremy Day about Cryptococcus! Overview & diagnostics this week, treatment next week. Enjoy! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i... #idsky #idtwitter #microsky #infection #fungi

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113. The yeasts: Cryptococcus part 1, overview and diagnosis

Podcast Episode · ID:IOTS - Infectious Disease Insight Of Two Specialists · 07/07/2025 · 45m

ID:IOTS Podcast @idiots-pod.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

The UK’s most Palatable infectious disease podcast. I like it!

ID:IOTS Podcast @idiots-pod.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

The ID:IOTS podcast doesn’t have a nerdy card game about antibiotics, but i like to think of it did, it’d be like @empiricgame.bsky.social .

ID:IOTS Podcast @idiots-pod.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Endocarditis Endocardupdate available now! (Actually last week I forgot to post). Part 1 is live on the feed, part 2 available next week! We go over ESC 2023 guidance, Wikiguidelines, diagnostics, our favourite Duke criteria, and MORE! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i... #idsky #microsky

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111. An Exasperating Expansion on Endocarditis, Part 1

Podcast Episode · ID:IOTS - Infectious Disease Insight Of Two Specialists · 11/06/2025 · 39m

ID:IOTS Podcast @idiots-pod.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

NEW PODCAST ALERT … And it’s not even ours! @firstcallid.bsky.social have a new show, The Host Response. It’s 3 episodes in, 3-8mins in length and I’m really enjoying the episodes so far! Give it a listen: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

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The Host Response: A FirstcallID Podcast

Medicine Podcast · The Host Response is a clinically focused, practical podcast exploring Infectious Diseases and critical topics in medical practice. Designed for learners at all stages—from students...

ID:IOTS Podcast @idiots-pod.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Callum and Alyssa are BACK! With. Candida-do attitude, they round off our Candida mini series by discussing C.auris, and Candida resistance mechanisms. Wear clean underwear. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i... #IDSky #microsky #yeasts #theYeastyBoys #breakingthemould

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110. The yeasts: Candida part 3, C. auris and Candida resistance

Podcast Episode · ID:IOTS - Infectious Disease Insight Of Two Specialists · 26/05/2025 · 55m

ID:IOTS Podcast @idiots-pod.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

I have to say, is great to have the SUL-FAST score available to use, but the quoted Skin ADR rates of 8% are completely unknown to me; I hand out cotrimoxazole like it’s a sweetie, and I can’t think when I last had a patient get a rash. I suspect these reported rates are for PCP dosing Cotrim…

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Antibiotic Steward 🅱️C🆔🅿️🌟 @absteward.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

A brilliant title that flips the classic quote to reflect how the practice of medicine evolves. This article pushes back against IV dogma in bone & joint infections, spotlighting the solid evidence for oral therapy. A much-needed shift—one I fully stand behind #idsky

ID:IOTS Podcast @idiots-pod.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

IT’S CANDIDA MONTH!!!* Today Callum & Alyssa discuss the Candida genus (or is it 17 Genuses/Genii/whatever), from epidemiology to treatment. Superficial this week, invasive next week! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i... *On our podcast, nowhere else #IDSky #microsky #fungi

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108. The yeasts: Candida part 1, overview and superficial candidiasis

Podcast Episode · ID:IOTS - Infectious Disease Insight Of Two Specialists · 12/05/2025 · 45m

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Antibiotic Steward 🅱️C🆔🅿️🌟 @absteward.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

The most anticipated RCT in ID 🔥SNAP RCT🔥The largest RCT 2 date in SA bactermia N:1341 Cefazolin Vs ASPs ((flu)cloxacillin) for MSSA bacteremia Cefazolin is non-inferior (90d mortality)& less AKI than ASPs A practice-changer RCT that must change the guidelines #ESCMIDGlobal #IDSky

ID:IOTS Podcast @idiots-pod.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

EUCAST update session at #escmidglobal You'll be glad to hear that our Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing mini-series... Was correct! Some extra insights today: 1. Need 3 MIC distributions to set a (T)ECOFF and 5 to set an ECOFF. 2. ECOFF does not always correlate to breakpoints.

ID:IOTS Podcast @idiots-pod.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Oh I forgot to post. WE’RE AT #ESCMIDGlobal / #ECCMID / whatever they’re calling it these days! Come see Callum talk about the podcast today, 1445, Arena 1!!!

ID:IOTS Podcast @idiots-pod.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Your wish is our command! In this week’s episode, Alyssa & Callum discuss the essentials of fungal diagnostics with Professor Malcolm Richardson. Half of them anyway. It’s a 2-parter. See you next week! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i... #IDSky #microsky

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104. Fungal Diagnostics part 1: Microscopy, Culture & Identification techniques

Podcast Episode · ID:IOTS - Infectious Disease Insight Of Two Specialists · 07/04/2025 · 51m