Editors in Conversation Podcast
1) What Makes a Great Mini-review? (JCM ed.)
The Journal of Clinical Microbiology has a great tradition of publishing mini-reviews on topics that are important to the clinical microbiology community. Minireviews provide “up to the minute” update...Show More
2) Emerging Technologies for Rapid Phenotypic AST of Clinical Isolates of Bacteria (JCM ed.)
Antimicrobial resistance is one of the largest threats to global public health, compromising all other advances in modern medicine. At the forefront of detecting AMR is the clinical laboratory. Howe...Show More
3) The Rise of Measles (AAC ed.)
Measles is becoming an important public health problem and it is important to recognize and understand the origins of this problem and how it can affect the population of our country. At the same time...Show More
4) Meet the New Editor in Chief of the Journal of Clinical Microbiology
With Alex’s departure to new pastures, which include things like being the incoming President of ASM, we now have a new JCM Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Romney Humphries! Dr. Humphries is currently Director ...Show More
5) Static vs Cidal Antibiotics: Concepts Revisited
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...Show More
6) Updated FDA Recognition of CLSI Breakpoints (JCM ed.)
Oversight and guidance for performing antibiotic susceptibility testing can be bewildering. There is an alphabet soup of agencies and bodies involved: FDA, CLSI, and USCAST, to name a few here in the ...Show More
7) Management of Pneumonia: Past, Present and Future
In the last decade, there have been major changes in the approach of the treatment of pneumonia, in particular, with the availability of new diagnostic tools. Additionally, new drugs have been approve...Show More
8) Show Me the Light! Uv Light for Cyclospora
Picture this, you wake up one morning with nausea, body aches, abdominal pain, and despite sleeping all night, you are exhausted. You then find yourself running to the restroom with watery and somewha...Show More
9) Best Papers in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2024
The past year in Clinical Microbiology, as seen through the lens of the Journal of Clinical Microbiology. Four JCM editors have each selected a paper they consider to be among the “best” we published ...Show More
10) Best Papers of AAC, 2024
2024 was a very active year on research in antimicrobial resistance, highlighted by an impactful and high level political declaration to combat antimicrobial resistance by the United Nations. In this ...Show More