The Lancet Microbe in conversation with

Feb 25 2025 17 ep. 22 mins 857
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Editors at The Lancet Microbe, in conversation with the journal’s authors, explore their latest research and its impact on people’s health, healthcare, and health policy.

A monthly audio companion to this open access journal, this podcast covers a broad range of topics, from using probiotics to reduce Staphylococcus aureus, to phage therapy and monitoring antimicrobial resistance using faecal metagenomes, and more.

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Susan Meiring, Vanessa Quan, and Nelesh Govender on bloodstream infections in neonates in South Africa

Feb 25 2025 24 mins  
Elena Dalla Vecchia of The Lancet Microbe speaks to Susan Meiring, Vanessa Quan, and Nelesh Govender about bloodstream infections in neonates at lower-tier South African hospitals. Read the full paper, Pathogen aetiology and risk factors for death among neonates with bloodstream infections at lower-tier South African hospitals: a cross-sectional study, at https://www.thelancet.com/

Laurence Armand-Lefevre and Luc Samison on surveillance of antimicrobial resistant Escherichia coli in humans, chickens, and the environment in Madagascar

Aug 05 2024 25 mins  
Rebecca Barksby of The Lancet Microbe speaks to Professor Laurence Armand-Lefevre and Professor Luc Hervé Samison about implementing the WHO Tricycle Protocol in Madagascar for the surveillance of extended-spectrum β-lactamase producing Escherichia coli in humans, chickens, and the environment. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370

Zoe Dyson and Philip Ashton on Salmonella enterica serotypes Typhi and Paratyphi A

Jul 09 2024 30 mins  
Elena Dalla Vecchia of The Lancet Microbe speaks to Dr Zoe Dyson and Dr Philip Ashton about the genomic characterisation of population diversity, antimicrobial resistance profiles, and transmission patterns of Salmonella enterica serotypes Typhi and Paratyphi A in Bangladesh, Nepal, and Malawi. Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.socia

Edwin Armitage, Saffiatou Darboe, and Lamin Jaiteh on Streptococcus pyogenes

May 24 2024 26 mins  
Elena Dalla Vecchia of The Lancet Microbe speaks to Edwin Armitage, Saffiatou Darboe, and Lamin Jaiteh about Streptococcus pyogenes carriage and transmission in households in The Gambia. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanmic/article/PIIS2666-5247(24)00046-6/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_lanmic Continue this conversation on social! Follow u

Martin Hoenigl on climate change and fungal diseases

Mar 27 2024 35 mins  
Rebecca Barksby of The Lancet Microbe speaks with Professor Martin Hoenigl about the impact of climate change and natural disasters on fungal diseases. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanmic/article/PIIS2666-5247(24)00039-9/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_lanmic Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsk

Nancy Chow on sporotrichosis

Mar 01 2024 21 mins  
Rebecca Barksby of The Lancet Microbe speaks to Dr Nancy Chow about sporotrichosis and discusses a genomic epidemiology study of this zoonotic fungal disease among people and cats in Brazil. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanmic/article/PIIS2666-5247(23)00364-6/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_lanmic Continue this conversation on social! Foll

Deborah Williamson and Michael Moso on detecting on-SARS-CoV-2 viruses from COVID-19 rapid antigen test devices

Feb 12 2024 19 mins  
Elena Dalla Vecchia of The Lancet Microbe speaks to Deborah Williamson and Michael Moso about non-SARS-CoV-2 respiratory viral detection from COVID-19 rapid antigen test devices. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanmic/article/PIIS2666-5247(23)00375-0/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_lanmic Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today

Kate Baker on harnessing genomics for antimicrobial resistance surveillance

Nov 23 2023 19 mins  
Rebecca Barksby of The Lancet Microbe speaks to Professor Kate Baker about the challenges, potential, and recommendations for using genomics to monitor antimicrobial resistance. Read the full Series: https://www.thelancet.com/series/amr-genomics?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_lanmic Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ htt

Erica Furhmeister on monitoring antimicrobial resistance using faecal metagenomes

Aug 02 2023 18 mins  
Rebecca Barksby of The Lancet Microbe talks to Dr Erica Furhmeister about monitoring antimicrobial resistance using faecal metagenomes. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanmic/article/PIIS2666-5247(23)00137-4/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_lanmic Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https:

Jie Zhou and Anika Singanayagam on their SARS-CoV-2 human challenge study

Jun 09 2023 19 mins  
Elena Dalla Vecchia of The Lancet Microbe speaks to Dr Jie Zhou and Dr Anika Singanayagam about their SARS-CoV-2 human challenge study. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanmic/article/PIIS2666-5247(23)00101-5/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_lanmic Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https: