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CRE-ating Success: How I Use Rapid Diagnostic Tests to Manage Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacterales Bacteremia
Episode 357

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

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.

Decera Clinical Education Infectious Disease Podcast · Julie Ann Justo PharmD MS FIDSA BCPS

December 7, 202315m 53s

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Show 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

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