Tackling AMR at the Bedside: AMR in Hospitals

1. In this first deep dive, Bassetti discusses the changing landscape of antimicrobial resistance in hospitals and ICUs, the challenges of multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria, and the vulnerability of patients who are critically ill and immunocompromised. He explores how diagnosis, empiric therapy, and therapeutic monitoring influence outcomes and resistance.

Timestamps:

01:09 – Antimicrobial resistance trends

04:06 – Tackling sepsis

06:39 – Gram-negative threat

08:15 – Vulnerable populations

10:00 – Diagnosis and empiric therapy

12:14 – Dosing and pharmacokinetics

14:32 – Antibiotic allergies