CMI Communications

06/09/2026

🎙️ Just published Communicable E62: the 'prose' and cons of the POET trial – early oral antibiotic switch for endocarditis

Hosted by Emily McDonald & Josh Davis with invited guests Henning Bundgaard and Sami El-Dalati 🌟

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In this episode of Communicable, Emily McDonald and Josh Davis host Henning Bundgaard and Sami El-Dalati for a discussion on early oral antibiotic switch for endocarditis, focusing on the POET tria...

03/09/2026

📣 New drops Mon 03 Sep!

Emily McDonald & Josh Davis are joined by Henning Bundgaard & Sami El-Dalati to revisit the POET trial and discuss the ‘prose’ and cons of early oral switch for as well as challenges of implementing new evidence against long-standing dogma.

23/08/2026

🎙️ Just published Communicable E61: We will make you love PK/PD, part 3

Hosted by Amy Legg, Rekha Pai Mangalore & Angela Huttner with invited guests Amanda Gwee & Sebastian Wicha 🌟

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In this episode of Communicable, Amy Legg (Brisbane, Australia), Rekha Pai Mangalore (Melbourne, Australia) & Angela Huttner (Geneva, Switzerland) return for the third part of the ‘We will make you love PK/PD’ series. The hosts are joined by two experts, Amanda Gwee (Melbourne, Australia) &...

21/08/2026

📣New drops Mon 24 Aug.

Amy Legg, Rekha Pai & Angela Huttner are back for the third part of the 'We will make you love PK/PD' series! Amanda Gwee & Sebastian Wicha join them to discuss model-informed precision dosing ( ) that can support individualised dosing decisions.
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11/08/2026

📣We rely more & more on for literature review

So how did 6 large language models compare to humans when extracting data from for a systematic review?

Not very well: overall concordance was 0.58-0.75.

https://www.cmi-comms.org/article/S2950-5909(26)00044-2/fulltext

09/08/2026

🎙️ Just published Communicable E60: Quarterly catch-up

Hosted by Emily McDonald and Erin McCreary 🌟

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In the second edition of 'Quarterly catch-up', CMI Communications editors Emily McDonald and Erin McCreary round-up the biggest news in infectious diseases and review clinical microbiology and infectious diseases studies published in the second quarter of 2026 [1-4]. From Pneumocystis jirovecii...

06/08/2026

📣 New drops Mon 10 Aug.

Emily McDonald & Erin McCreary host Quarterly catch-up to review new studies: when post-transplant is P*P likely to occur? How did procalcitonin do in the BALANCE trial? How did cefepime–nacubactam do vs imipenem in cUTI patients?

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30/07/2026

📣 In a prospective nationwide Danish cohort of adults with :

- fever was present at admission in only 39%

- early receipt (

26/07/2026

🎙️ Just published Communicable E59: 'Ask me anything' – EUCAST and CLSI leadership explain

Hosted by Nav Narayanan & Thomas Tängdén with invited guests EUCAST & CLSI leadership – Sören Gatermann, Christian Giske & Amy Mathers 🌟

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In this episode of Communicable, Nav Narayanan and Thomas Tängdén kick off the first 'Ask me anything' episode, inviting EUCAST and CLSI leadership Sören Gatermann, Christian Giske and Amy Mathers to answer questions from our listeners. Together, they discuss the roles and operations of both...

24/07/2026

📣 Q fever poses diagnostic and management challenges. This multinational position paper systematically assesses various countries' responses to outbreaks and provides recommendations for future management.



https://ow.ly/BoN650Zscmp