Superbugs & You
Episodes
Cancer and AMR: A Roundtable Discussion
22 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
<p>Listen to a recording of our roundtable webinar on the impact of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in cancer care. Experts discuss recent resear...
From Farm to Label: Antimicrobials and One Health
16 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
<p>One Health is a concept that recognizes this interconnection and emphasizes the need for collaborative approaches to solving the issue of ant...
Finding a Second Wind: Cystic Fibrosis
09 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
<p>Antimicrobials are the cornerstone of modern medicine, and this is especially true for patients with cystic fibrosis. People with CF rely on ...
Arrivederci AMR: Italy and the G7 Presidency
02 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
<p><strong>Season 4 of Superbugs and You is here!</strong></p> <p>Episode 14:&nbsp;This year, Italy leads the Presid...
Oh, $@%!: Drug-resistant Shigella
26 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
<p>Health officials around the world are sounding the alarm on a highly infectious bacteria causing extensively drug-resistant infections. <e...
Vaccines and the Vulnerable: The Race to End Typhoid
21 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
<p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Over the past decade, several strains (types) of <em>Salmonella typhi</em> have become resistant to...
Fighting for the Future: Neonatal Sepsis
14 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
<p>Despite great improvements in mortality for children under 5, sepsis remains a leading cause of death in young children. The highest incidenc...
Fungus Among Us: Resistant Candida auris
07 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
<p>Around the world, the multidrug resistant and pan-resistantfungus&nbsp;<em>Candida auris</em> has caused outbreaks in healthc...
Phage Against the Routine: Resistant Acinetobacter
28 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
<p>Defined as an “urgent” AMR threat by the US CDC, resistant <em>Acinetobacter baumanii </em>cause deadly infections and are...
Bonus Episode: Fungal Disease Awareness Week
17 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
<p>Join us for a sneak peak of Season 3 of Superbugs and You by listening to a portion of our interview with Dr. Tom Chiller, Chief of the Mycot...
The Clap Claps Back: Resistant Gonorrhea
10 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
<p>Neisseria gonorrhoeae is the second most common bacterial sexually transmitted infection in the world, and it has become a superbug. It has d...
Silent Superheroes: Antibiotics in the Fight Against Cancer
03 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
<p>In this episode, we will explore the ways that antimicrobial resistance impacts treatment for some of the most vulnerable patients, such as t...
When Antibiotics Cause Harm: C. difficile
27 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
<p>Clostridioides difficile (also known as C. diff or CDI) can cause deadly diarrhea. It is the most common healthcare-associated infection in t...
In the Locker Room and the Hospital: MRSA
21 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
<p>Methicillin-resistant&nbsp;<em>S. aureus</em>&nbsp;(MRSA) is found in the community and in healthcare systems. According ...
A Future Foretold: Antimicrobial Resistance and COVID-19
15 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
<p>In this final episode of Season 1,&nbsp;we discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted strategies to address antimicrobial resistance....
Resistance That Spreads Through the Air: Tuberculosis
08 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
<p>In this episode, we discuss the global issue of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis or TB. Our guests in this episode will describe living with ...
Stalking the Silent Killer: Sepsis
01 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
<p>In this episode, we discuss sepsis and the challenge of an infection caused by a drug-resistant microorganism. Our guests describe the long-t...
A Global Problem Close to Home: Gram-negative Infections
24 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
<p>In this episode we discuss the global impact of multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacterial infections. Our guests in this episode will descr...