#99 – Don’t be CRABby: Acinetobacter baumannii review

#99 – Don’t be CRABby: Acinetobacter baumannii review

Author: Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists June 28, 2024 Duration: 1:08:08

Drs. Yohei Doi and Emily Heil join Dr. Erin McCreary to dive into one of the most requested topics from our listeners and something that is consistently confusing in clinical practice: Acinetobacter baumannii! Hear from experts on their experience with treating this tricky organism and their thoughts on best approaches when you are presented with CRAB.   Listen to Breakpoints on iTunes, Overcast, Spotify, Listen Notes, Player FM, Pocket Casts, TuneIn, Blubrry, RadioPublic, or by using our RSS feed: https://sidp.pinecast.co/ 

References:

  1. SNAP doi:10.1128/mbio.02759-2
  2. ATTACK doi:10.1016/S1473-3099(23)00184-6
  3. CRAB among COVID patients: doi:10.1093/jac/dkad042

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