Podcasts about Vibrio

New Zealand researchers are warning climate change may mean an increase in bacteria infected seafood and the water itself. The group of waterborne bacteria called Vibrio can cause stomach bugs, infect cuts if you're swimming in it, and seafood containing the bacteria can also make you sick. The bacteria flourish in a warm environment. Science Leader at the NZ Institute for Public Health and Forensic Science, Nicola King, spoke to Lisa Owen.

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Fishhook injuries are common, surprisingly nuanced, and honestly a little intimidating until you've removed a few. In this first episode of our Minor Procedures series, we'll reel in the essentials of pediatric fishhook removal, helping you take the bait on four classic removal techniques, procedural planning, anesthesia strategies, and post-removal management. We'll discuss when to pull back, when to advance, when not to get hooked on a single technique, and how to avoid turning a simple procedure into the one that got away. Along the way we'll cover sedation, antibiotics, wound care, and practical pearls to help you land these cases with confidence. Learning Objectives Compare and select among the four major fishhook removal techniques based on hook characteristics, depth of penetration, and anatomic location. Apply evidence-based approaches to analgesia, anxiolysis, procedural sedation, and post-removal management for pediatric fishhook injuries. Identify situations requiring escalation of care, including ocular involvement, contaminated water exposure, tendon or joint involvement, and circumstances where routine management may not be sufficient. References Gammons MG, Jackson E. Fishhook removal. Am Fam Physician. 2001;63(11):2231-2236. Prats M, O'Connell M, Wellock A, Kman NE. Fishhook removal: case reports and a review of the literature. J Emerg Med. 2013;44(6):e375-e380. doi:10.1016/j.jemermed.2012.11.058 Doser C, Cooper WL, Ediger WM, et al. Fishhook injuries: a prospective evaluation. Am J Emerg Med. 1991;9(5):413-415. doi:10.1016/0735-6757(91)90204-w Transcript This episode used an AI-generated transcript created in Descript as an initial draft. The transcript was subsequently edited, expanded, and refined by the author with assistance from OpenAI's ChatGPT (GPT-5.5). Final editorial decisions and content responsibility remain with the author. Welcome to PEM Currents: The Pediatric Emergency Medicine Podcast. As always, I'm your host, Brad Sobolewski, and today we're gonna start a new series on minor procedures. These are the types of procedures that we perform all the time in the emergency department. They're not the subject of multicenter trials or big keynote lectures, but these are the things that patients and families remember, and trust me, they will remember them whether you do them well or not. First up, fishhook removal. So I'm hoping to reel in some listeners with this one, and so hopefully you'll take the bait, and by the end of this episode you'll understand exactly what angle I'm coming from. And hopefully I'm just not trying to make a bass of myself. So anyway, fishhook removal sounds really simple until you actually start doing it. There's not just one technique. There are four classic approaches, and I'll talk about them all, and which one you choose depends on the hook, whether there's a barb, how deep it is, where it's located, your personal experience with different techniques. Fishhook injuries in children are usually minor and most commonly involve the hands and head, though I've seen them stuck in other body parts as well. Most can be managed in the emergency department or urgent care setting with local anesthesia and basic equipment Of course, if there's concern for tendon involvement, joint penetration, neurovascular compromise, if it's anywhere near the eyeball, you should stop and rethink your plan. You know, so ortho, if it's embedded deeply in a joint, um, anything that involves the eye itself isn't necessarily an emergency department procedure, and I'm not talking about the eyebrow, I'm talking about the globe. Fortunately, that's very rare, but that's definitely an ophthalmology conversation. And so before you even think about removing, you need to understand the hook. Is this a single hook or is this a treble hook? A treble hook is a type of fishing hook that has three individual hooks and barbs arranged in a triangular formation, and they're all fused to a single shank and eye. The eye is where the line gets tied to the hook. Is it freshwater or saltwater? How long has it been there? Is it an old rusty one that was sitting in your garage? Was it underwater for a few hours and then it got hooked in the skin? And honestly, how cooperative is the kid gonna be? Because unlike actual fishing, this is one of the procedures where patience beats blunt force. So the simplest technique is retrograde removal. This is exactly what families think you're gonna do before you walk in the room. You know, just pull it out the way it went in. But that's not how hooks are designed. They have the barb. They're designed to stay in the fish. So most of the hooks that I've removed are barbed hooks, and so you can't just back them out. If you try to pull a hook out the way it came in, it's gonna catch and tug on the tissue, it's gonna lead to more pain, bleeding and tissue distortion and not really gonna get you anywhere. So just pulling it out doesn't work, and family probably would have already tried that at home. The technique I end up using most often is advance and cut. And it kind of sounds wrong the first time you explain it to a family because your solution to removing the hook is to continue to advance the hook, but mechanically, this makes the most sense. So you advance the point of the hook through the skin until the barb exits completely, then use either really good trauma shears or heavy wire cutters to cut the hook in between the shank and the barb. If it's in a location where you have, uh, enough room, I like to hold a hemostat real close to the skin, grabbing the hook. Then I cut near the barb, get the pointy part out of the way, remove the hemostats, and then back it through the skin. This is considered the most reliable technique, and in most reviews it's described as being nearly universally successful, even for larger hooks. In children, I think this needs to be the go-to technique because success matters. You just gotta get it done on the, the first attempt. Kids don't tolerate multiple failed attempts very well. Um, obvious downside is that you create a second puncture wound, but in practice, that puncture is usually controlled and much less traumatic than repeated unsuccessful pulling. Depending on where the skin's at, you may actually need to put a little bit of tension or pressure against the skin to get that hook to poke through. Ultimately, this advance and cut method is the one that you should spend the most time learning and teaching to your trainees. The string yank technique is the one that often is seen at summer camps and on YouTube videos. You loop string or heavy suture or even fishing line around the bend of the hook, apply downward pressure to the shank to disengage the barb, and then pull quickly in line with the shaft of the hook. When it works, it yanks it out almost instantly. That's why the YouTube videos are popular. One second there's a fishhook in the finger, and the next there isn't. The advantage is that this can sometimes just be performed without anesthesia and can even be done at home. The disadvantage is obvious if you work with children. This requires cooperation. Younger kids, anxious kids, a treble hook, something that's deeply embedded, like this isn't gonna work all that well, and it's, again, less reliable with bigger and deeply embedded hooks. The last technique is needle cover. This one gets less attention. It seems elegant, but in practice it's actually pretty hard to do, especially in smaller kid parts. You insert an 18-gauge needle alongside the entry tract until the bevel of that needle covers the barb, and then pull both out together The advantage is that you avoid creating a second puncture wound, and you can minimize tissue trauma. The disadvantage is it's really complex technically. Maintaining alignment of both the hook and needle can be tricky because they sort of like roll and move around. And if you want to do this one, it's probably easier for smaller and medium-sized hook rather than larger embedded or treble hooks. And as you might imagine in the literature, there's not really any randomized trials comparing these techniques. Most of what we know comes from prospective observational studies, case series, procedural experience, and expert review. Advance and cut seems to have the broadest success across scenarios. String yank does earn some points for field use and avoiding local numbing. Needle cover is hard to do, but if the parent is absolutely adamant that you don't create a second hole, then that's probably your best option. And as with any procedure, you should probably be facile in multiple techniques in case the first one doesn't work. You don't just want to stand there and flounder. Anyway, most fishhook removals in children can be done with local anesthesia alone. One percent Lido with or without epi is usually enough. Depending on the location, you may need to do a digital block or a field block instead of just injecting directly around the hook because local infiltration itself can distort the anatomy and actually make removal harder. So that's why I like blocking the digit or doing a little bit of a field block around it. If you have time, a topical anesthetic before local infiltration can be a nice gesture. LMX or EMLA can be really helpful, especially for really anxious kids or kids who are escalating before you even start setting up. They take about forty to sixty minutes. About forty-five minutes is probably ideal. So if you can get that put on in triage, that's actually a, a great technique. So if you know you're going to inject to numb to get the fishhook out, and you need a little bit of extra time to get child life or other personnel in the room, by all means, put a topical anesthetic there. It only absorbs into the outer two millimeters, but it'll help with the poke, not necessarily the burning that happens once the lidocaine is in the tissue. And now that we've talked about pain, I think it's also important to talk about anxiolysis. Most kids that have embedded fishhooks don't need full procedural sedation. If it's right next to the eye, like in the eyelid, then that might be beneficial, especially in a preschool-aged kid or younger. Plenty of them do need some anxiolysis. Um, intranasal or oral midazolam is probably, uh, the most popular option. It's got rapid onset in about twenty minutes, no IV, some amnesia. Recent pediatric data suggests that point four or point five milligrams per kilogram may perform better than lower doses, uh, for the intranasal. If you've got nitrous oxide, that's another nice option for cooperative kids. It provides anxiolysis and analgesia with rapid recovery and a very low rate of adverse respiratory events. Fishhook removal is actually one of those procedures where nitrous can feel disproportionately helpful because the procedure itself is often quick, and the hardest part is just reducing the fear and helping the kid hold still for about thirty to sixty seconds. I think ketamine still has a role. I alluded to when I might use that earlier. Occasionally, you walk into the room and then there's a deeply embedded treble hook, a really anxious child, a failed attempt prior to you being there. And ultimately, yes, IV procedural sedation with ketamine should be on the table, and it's as always an excellent option. And never, ever underestimate distraction. Hopefully, you work in a place where there are child life specialists because they are wonderful. They are magic. But you've got videos, you know, music, VR, parents. I mean, sometimes the difference between success and failure is a working iPad. And then finally, the question of antibiotics. So fishhook removal does not automatically equal a course of antibiotics. A prospective series of one hundred fishhook injuries found prophylactic antibiotics were unnecessary for uncomplicated soft tissue injuries that didn't involve the cartilage or tendon. So if you've got a contaminated wound, a delayed presentation, you know, it was already in an established infection, though I've never actually seen someone impale a fishhook into an area of cellulitis. There's tendon involvement, joint involvement, or, you know, gross water exposure. Well, then maybe consider antibiotics. Freshwater injuries do raise concern for organisms like Aeromonas. Saltwater injuries introduce concern for Vibrio species and occasionally Mycobacterium marinum enters the conversation or the tissue. Um, saltwater injuries are often treated with doxycycline plus a third-generation cephalosporin. You recognize the doxy decisions in younger children require some additional consideration. Freshwater injuries could push you towards broader Gram-negative coverage, but, but honestly, for most fishhook injuries, especially in healthy children, you're just dealing with skin flora. So once I get the hook out, I make sure there's no other retained foreign bodies, like little pieces of the hook or little pieces of the barb. I irrigate with saline or tap water, maybe a hundred mLs for a smaller hook, more for bigger hooks or grossly contaminated wounds. Make sure that there's full neurovascular function and normal range of motion. Antibiotic ointment, simple dressing, update their tetanus shot if it's not been within five years, and explain to the family that the good news is that this is really a forgiving injury most of the time. Once the hook is out, these generally heal really well. We don't need to suture them back up. We're not worried about long-term damage. Tell the parents to watch out for increasing redness, worsening pain, pus drainage, fever, or other systemic symptoms, trouble moving the area, especially if it was around a digit, you know, numbness or anything else that makes you concerned that infection has started instead of healing. Families will almost always ask jokingly when they can fish again. Honestly, usually pretty quickly. Just don't put the wound under water until it's healed, and don't stand directly behind whoever is casting. And now for some take-home points. Fishhook removal is a simple and straightforward procedure where technique really matters. You have to know what type of hook is embedded in the skin. Retrograde does work for superficial or barbless hooks, but most fishhooks that I've seen have barbs because they are designed to stay in the fish. Advance and cut is probably the most broadly successful technique. String yank works if you're a YouTuber. Needle cover is really, I think, only for those scenarios where the family does not want a second hole. It's really actually hard to do. Local anesthesia is enough for most kids, so injecting with lidocaine. If you have time, LMX or EMLA helps with the poke a little bit. Routine antibiotics are not usually necessary. And if there's ocular involvement or if it's in a joint, call an ophthalmologist or an orthopedist. Honestly, this is one of those procedures that's really satisfying once you get comfortable with it. I love doing it with our residents and trainees. Families come in expecting something dramatic, and by the time they leave, they're surprised by how straightforward it was. And I guarantee that this is a story that they will tell for years and years. And if you do a good job and make it a good experience and perhaps even a lighthearted one, they are going to remember that. And yeah, you'll be part of somebody's fishing story. So I hope you did enjoy this first episode on minor procedures. I'm gonna do additional ones like these along the way because, you know, I think that they don't get a lot of love when it comes to traditional education. If you've got any ideas for future procedures or topics, please send them my way. As the kids would say, like, rate, and review. If you leave a review on your favorite podcast site, that would really help other people discover the show. I podcast because I think it's a great way to teach, and I've been doing so since 2013. And yes, you can remove a fishhook. Don't let this straightforward procedure become the one that got away. For PEM Currents: The Pediatric Emergency Medicine Podcast, this has been Brad Sobolewski. See you next time.  

About a quarter of global greenhouse gas emissions come from the food system, but the public conversation about food and climate keeps getting stuck at the two ends of the chain — what farmers grow on one side, what consumers buy on the other. The middle of that chain — processing, packaging, distribution, storage — is where most of the practical climate levers actually live, and it is the part you almost never see. Brendan Niemira, Chief Science and Technology Officer at the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), wants us to look there. Brendan spent more than 25 years at the USDA Agricultural Research Service leading a team of 30-plus scientists developing non-thermal treatments — cold plasma, high-intensity light, irradiation — that kill foodborne pathogens on produce, meat, poultry, and shellfish without cooking the food. He stepped into the IFT role on December 1, 2025, and joins Sustainability In Your Ear to walk through IFT's new white paper, Food Science & Technology Solutions for Mitigating and Adapting to Climate Change, which lays out a roadmap covering circular bioeconomy practices, AI-enabled supply chain resilience, reusing food waste, precision fermentation, and cellular agriculture.Brendan describes food safety as a three-legged stool — exclusion, containment, and eradication — and notes that in a warming world the first leg is getting harder. Pathogens travel further, persist longer, and show up in places they didn't used to, with warming oceans already expanding Vibrio bacteria in shellfish that previously didn't carry them. That reframes food safety as climate adaptation work — and it lands at the moment when federal research capacity is being thinned out. The conversation then opens into the ultra-processed food debate, where IFT is pressing the case that nutritional quality, not processing intensity, should define dietary guidance, because pasteurized milk, shelf-stable beans, and a deep-fried snack cake are all "processed," and collapsing them into a single category hobbles the very technologies that extend shelf life and cut food waste. Brendan closes on the structural shift coming next: humans domesticated about 50 animal species over 25,000 years of agriculture, but precision fermentation — built on whole genome sequencing and metabolomics — opens up trillions of possible microbial community combinations, each able to turn side streams and waste streams into dairy proteins, vitamins, flocculants for water treatment, and food ingredients. Garbage in, gumdrops out, as he puts it. We're not there yet, but the trajectory is clear.To learn more about IFT's work and download the climate white paper, visit ift.org.Subscribe to Sustainability In Your Ear on iTunesFollow Sustainability In Your Ear on Spreaker, iHeartRadio, or YouTube

Dr. Joanne Passalacqua join's Jon to speak about the bacteria that could ruin not only your trip to the beach, but also your local raw bar! 

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Matters Microbial #126: Squid Eggs Come With Antifungal Frosting March 24, 2026 Today Dr. Spencer Nyholm, Professor in the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of Connecticut, and Director of the Professional Science Master's Program in Microbial Systems Analysis, joins the Quality Quorum to discuss his research group's work exploring how some squid have harnessed microbes to protect their eggs against pathogens! Host: Mark O. Martin Guest: Spencer Nyholm Subscribe: Apple Podcasts, Spotify Become a patron of Matters Microbial! Links for this episode Here is an overview of coral reef symbioses. The website for the famed Microbial Diversity course at the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole—a superb and life changing experience for any microbial scientist. An extremely fun video by Ed Yong (featuring Dr. Ned Ruby and Dr. Margaret McFall-Ngai) about the Euprymna scolopes – Vibrio fischeri symbiosis. Prior #MattersMicrobial podcasts related to Euprymna scolopes symbioses from Dr. Ruth Isenberg, Dr. Mark Mandel, and Dr. Margaret McFall-Ngai.  The website for Dr. Ruby and Dr. McFall-Ngai which is so very worth your time. An overview of the power of confocal laser microscopy. The Clasi-FISH technique developed by Dr. Jessica Mark Welch (who also was on this podcast, here). The mass spectrometry approach to learning about small bioactive molecules, used by Dr. Marcy Balunas (who also was on this podcast, here). The concept of lightsheet microscopy. Dr. Nyholm discussed his article during the podcast, an overall review of the squid-Vibrio symbiosis. Dr. Nyholm discussed this article during the podcast, from his research team, describing how accessory nidemental gland microbes can protect squid eggs from fungal attack. Dr. Nyholm discussed this article during the podcast, from his research team, describing the development of the accessory nidemental gland and its microbiota. Dr. Nyholm discussed this article during the podcast, describing early work from his research team (including a former undergraduate student of mine!),  exploring the microbes associated with the ANG.   Concerns about fungal disease and global climate change, described by Dr. Arturo Casadevall (who was on this podcast, here). Searching for BGCs (biosynthetic gene clusters) in hopes of finding antimicrobial compounds. A link to Dr. Nyholm's faculty webpage. A link to Dr. Nyholm's laboratory group webpage. Intro music is by Reber Clark Send your questions and comments to mattersmicrobial@gmail.com

In this episode, I sit down with Dan Worrell of Fallen Pine Oyster Farm to talk about what it really takes to grow Maryland's saltiest oyster—and why clean, healthy water is the ultimate brag. We dig into what makes an oyster salty, how salinity, location, and water quality shape flavor, and why oysters are one of the clearest indicators of a healthy Chesapeake Bay. Dan shares what goes into buying an oyster farm, the reality of transitioning into a fixer-upper aquaculture operation, and the challenges (and rewards) of building something sustainable on the water. We also get into the science and business side of oysters—water quality monitoring, the Chesapeake Bay report, and the very real threats oyster farmers face, including diseases like MSX and Vibrio. Dan breaks down how farmers manage risk while still delivering a safe, high-quality product. Beyond the farm, we talk about selling oysters at festivals versus restaurants, what happens when you crack open a shell and find a pea crab, and how different markets shape the way oysters are grown, graded, and sold. This conversation is part oyster nerd-out, part business lesson, and part love letter to clean water—because when it comes to oysters, the water tells the truth.   https://www.fallenpineoyster.com/  

Welcome to the PRESSURISED version of episode 63, just the science, none of the waffle PRESSURISED: Bioluminescent Symbiosis with Margaret McFall-Ngai | The Deep-Sea Podcast | Episode 63   Our guest this month is Dr. Margaret McFall-Ngai, an animal physiologist and biochemist who is a staff researcher at Carnegie Institution for Science's Division of Biosphere Sciences and Engineering, with her lab stationed at the California Institute of Technology in Biology and Biological Engineering. Dr. McFal-Ngai talks us through her work on the stable beneficial relationship between the Hawaiian bobtail squid (Euprymna scolopes) and its partner, the luminous bacterium Vibrio fischeri. Although technically not a deep-sea species, this relationship and its details might help us understand how deep-sea life creates bioluminescence and the possible life cycle impacts for the creatures involved.    Glossary Crypt - The chambers within the squid's light organ.   Support the show The podcast is self-sustaining (just) thanks to our lovely listeners. Thom and Alan take no money for the show. All money is put back into running it. Here's a link to our page on how to support us, from the free options to becoming a patron of the show. We want to say a huge thank you to those patrons who have already pledged to support us: Sophie Bagshaw Laura Check out our podcast merch here!   Feel free to get in touch with us with questions or your own tales from the high seas on: podcast@deepseapod.com We'd love to actually play your voice, so feel free to record a short audio note on our brand new answerphone! https://www.speakpipe.com/deepseapodvoicemail Thanks again for tuning in; we'll deep-see you next time!   Find out more Social media BlueSky: @deepseapod.com Twitter: @DeepSeaPod Instagram: @deepsea_podcast   Keep up with the team on social media Twitter:  Alan - @Hadalbloke Thom - @ThomLinley  Instagram:  Thom - @thom.linley  Inkfish - @inkfishexpeditions BlueSky: Thom @thomaslinley.com  Alan @hadalbloke   Reference list Interview Links A lasting symbiosis: how the Hawaiian bobtail squid finds and keeps its bioluminescent bacterial partner A lasting symbiosis: how Vibrio fischeri finds a squid partner and persists within its natural host   Credits Logo image: Dr. Margaret McFall-Ngai Theme: Hadal Zone Express by Märvel

Episode Summary In our newest episode, Bioluminescent Symbiosis, we speak with Dr. Margaret McFall-Ngai, an animal physiologist and biochemist about her work with the Hawaiian bobtail squid (Euprymna scolopes) and its partner, the luminous bacterium Vibrio fischeri. McFall-Ngai provides a great synopsis of how this stable beneficial relationship not only creates light, and supports the bobtail maturation, but can also help us understand what could be going on in the light organs of deep-sea animals.     Check out our lovely new website where you can find more detailed notes, images and links to the wider reading.     In this episode… Welcome back to the Deep-Sea Podcast, your punk take on all things deep sea!    The Professor is jetsetting as always, back in Edinburgh after a stint getting all the equipment ready in the Canary Island and is now happily being confused with professional racecar drivers. He will be back in Perth shortly to celebrate the Deep-Sea center paper publishing streak and reconnect with his Capybara spirit animal.    Thom is being called out in New Zealand Parliament, for all the right reasons, and he spent some Deep-Sea conference time in China, avoiding typhoons and pondering science ideas.    We are also celebrating 300,000 podcast downloads of the podcast, and appreciate our fans immensely!    Our guest this month is Dr. Margaret McFall-Ngai, an animal physiologist and biochemist who is a staff researcher at Carnegie Institution for Science's Division of Biosphere Sciences and Engineering, with her lab stationed at the California Institute of Technology in Biology and Biological Engineering. Dr. McFal-Ngai talks us through her work on the stable beneficial relationship between the Hawaiian bobtail squid (Euprymna scolopes) and its partner, the luminous bacterium Vibrio fischeri. Although technically not a deep-sea species, this relationship and its details might help us understand how deep-sea life creates bioluminescence and the possible life cycle impacts for the creatures involved.    In the news, get ready for updates on: Plenty of Science and Art collaboration news including a new collective, social media feeds and an opportunity for scientists to connect with artists.  Toxic Yellow worms, bright pink snailfish, and chewbacca corals. An immensely important treaty ratification with worldwide impact.  Headteeth, yes you read that right. ‘ On the Discord, we've been busy with: Bobtail squid fostercare New Boardgame recommendations Needle felting New community papers and a Juicy Booty Starfish   Support the show The podcast is self-sustaining (just) thanks to our lovely listeners. Thom and Alan take no money for the show. All money is put back into running it. Here's a link to our page on how to support us, from the free options to becoming a patron of the show. We want to say a huge thank you to those patrons who have already pledged to support us: Sophie Bagshaw Laura Check out our podcast merch here!   Feel free to get in touch with us with questions or your own tales from the high seas on: podcast@deepseapod.com We'd love to actually play your voice, so feel free to record a short audio note on our brand new answerphone! https://www.speakpipe.com/deepseapodvoicemail Thanks again for tuning in; we'll deep-see you next time!   Find out more Social media BlueSky: @deepseapod.com Twitter: @DeepSeaPod Instagram: @deepsea_podcast   Keep up with the team on social media Twitter:  Alan - @Hadalbloke Thom - @ThomLinley  Instagram:  Thom - @thom.linley  Inkfish - @inkfishexpeditions BlueSky: Thom @thomaslinley.com  Alan @hadalbloke   Reference list News  Links from Friends of the Show: Skype a Scientist Products | Support Skype a Scientist with the Squid Facts shop! Deep Sea Biology Society ArtSea Matchmaking Project Unseen Ocean Collective. Unseen Ocean Collective (@unseenoceancollective) • Instagram photos and videos https://bsky.app/profile/unseenocean.bsky.social Swedish Biodiversity Symposium, 21 - 23 October 2025 Deep Sea Art + Science Feed on Blue Sky   News Deep-Sea Worm Produces Orpiment, a Toxic Yellow Pigment Used in Historical Art | Scientific American Mānoa: Chewbacca coral: New deep-sea species spotted in waters off Hawai‘i, Mariana Trench | University of Hawaii News Nations ratify the world's first treaty to protect international waters Ghost sharks grow teeth on their heads to mate | ScienceDaily Descriptions of Three Newly Discovered Abyssal Snailfishes (Liparidae) from the Eastern Pacific Ocean   Discord Updates Applying Deep Learning to Quantify Drivers of Long-Term Ecological Change in a Swedish Marine Protected Area Diatoms | Board Game | BoardGameGeek Juicy Booty Starfish   Join our Patreon to get access to the Discord   Interview Links A lasting symbiosis: how the Hawaiian bobtail squid finds and keeps its bioluminescent bacterial partner A lasting symbiosis: how Vibrio fischeri finds a squid partner and persists within its natural host   Credits Logo image: Dr. Margaret McFall-Ngai Theme: Hadal Zone Express by Märvel

Matters Microbial #113: Microbes That Swim, Swarm, Stand Up—and ‘Walk' October 24, 2025 Today Dr. Joshua Shrout, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences at the University of Notre Dame joins the #QualityQuorum to discuss the work of his research team on sociomicrobiology. This includes how bacteria sense a surface, move together in groups, and communicate with one another.   Host: Mark O. Martin Guest: Joshua Shrout Subscribe: Apple Podcasts, Spotify Become a patron of Matters Microbial! Links for this episode Here is a wonderful video about the late great Dr. Esther Lederberg.  Here is another article on that same subject. Here is an article about prodigiosin synthesis and Serratia marcescens.   An introduction to the concept of sociomicrobiology. An overview of bacterial swarming.  Here is a wonderful swarming video. An overview of bacterial swimming in liquid. An article about group/social motility in Myxococcus. A fine video explaining the amazing bacterial flagellar motor. An article about Vibrio parahaemolyticus and swarming. An overview of quorum sensing. Bacteria cultivated in the laboratory undergo mutational changes during “domestication.”  Pigments produced by Pseudomonas, including pyoverdin and pyocyanin. An article from Dr. Shrout's laboratory group describing interactions between Pseudomonas and Enterococcus described in this episode. The Type IV pili-based motility system. An article from Dr. Shrout's laboratory describing how Pseudomonas can “walk” on one pole during swarming. Here is a video from Dr. Shrout's laboratory showing Pseudomonas “walking” on their poles. An overview video of the Shrout laboratory's research interests. Dr. Shrout's faculty website. Dr. Shrout's truly beautiful research website. There are wonderful microbial videos there.  Very much worth your time. Intro music is by Reber Clark Send your questions and comments to mattersmicrobial@gmail.com

We chat with Dr. Spencer Nyholm about the symbiotic relationship between the Hawaiian Bobtail Squid and the bioluminescent bacteria Vibrio fischeri (now called Aliivibrio fischeri), and how they use bacteria to protect their eggs. If you liked our interview with Dr. Nishiguchi, you'll also love this episode!

TWiM reveals a Vibrio as the causative agent of sea star wasting disease, and using microcolony-seq to uncover phenotypic inheritance from single cells. Hosts:  Michael Schmidt and Michele Swanson Guest: Mark O. Martin Become a patron of TWiM.   Links for this episode: Agent of sea star wasting disease (Nat Ecol Evol) Sea star wasting mystery solved (Nat Ecol Evol) Phenotypic inheritance from single cells (Cell) Music used on TWiM is composed and performed by Ronald Jenkees and used with permission. Send your microbiology questions and comments to twim@microbe.tv

Originally aired on September 21st, 2025. On this episode, Doug talks about Vibrio infections, and what to do if it happens to you. He also speaks to Captain James Plaag about catching tarpon, and much more.

Published September 11, 2025 In this episode of “Answers From the Lab,” host Bobbi Pritt, M.D., chair of the Division of Clinical Microbiology at Mayo Clinic, and William Morice II, M.D., Ph.D., CEO and president of Mayo Clinic Laboratories, discuss troublesome organisms making headlines. Together, they explore:Vibrio vulnificus (01:09): How people get this “flesh-eating” bacteria, how it affects patients, and a recent case that brought it into the spotlight.Staying safe (03:44): Discover when to seek medical attention and how knowledge can protect you as Vibrio vulnificus bacterium becomes more prevalent. New World screwworm (06:50): How this parasitic infection damages human tissue, how it was previously eradicated, and why it's making the news again. ABCs of protection (12:16): A simple reminder to avoid exposure, use bug spray, and wear protective clothing to shield against hazardous organisms.Laboratory as first line of defense (13:34): Laboratorians have a critical role in identification and monitoring broader trends when these types of cases arise. ResourcesA-Zs for prevention and exposure risks

U.S. scientists believe they've at last solved the mystery of what killed more than 5 billion sea stars. A strain of the bacterium Vibrio pectenicida has been attacking the sea stars—often known as starfish—in a decade-long epidemic on the West Coast of North America. Marine researchers have been searching for the cause of what has become known as sea star wasting disease since large numbers of them perished in 2013 from Mexico to Alaska. The epidemic has devastated more than 20 species and continues today. Worst hit was a species called the sunflower sea star, which lost around 90% of its population in the outbreak's first five years. The bacterium has also infected shellfish, according to a study published in the journal Nature Ecology and Evolution. Alyssa Gehman, senior author and marine disease ecologist at the Hakai Institute, says the die-out was a gruesome affair. "So sea stars, when they're looking healthy, have sort of puffy arms, they're straight out, they might curl like turn a bit. But when they're sick, they start to sort of like curl back on themselves, so they look very twisty. They get lesions, so you can see what the lesion looks like on their surface. Then their arms actually fall off and walk away. So it's pretty noticeable when it happens. And that first disease outbreak in particular, it hit sunflower stars which they are, they seem to be our most susceptible ones, and we sort of had the huge losses. So they're now listed as critically endangered. We've lost over 90% of their population from Mexico to Alaska, which is over 5 billion sea stars, might be over 6 billion, it's so many," says Gehman. It took more than a decade for researchers to identify the cause of the disease, with many false leads and twists and turns along the way. Having identified the cause of the epidemic, scientists now have a better shot at intervening to help sea stars, a scientist said. That's not only important for sea stars themselves, but for entire Pacific ecosystems, because healthy sea stars gobble up excess sea urchins. This article was provided by The Associated Press.

This hour, Don Dubuc talks about the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources announcing anglers can fish red snapper 7 days a week this fishing season, gives an update on Vibrio vulnificus, and shares post-Katrina fishing stories. Then, Don gets field reports from Robbie Campo, Campo's Marina, and Daryl Carpenter, Reel Screamers Guide Service.

On today's show, Don Dubuc talks about the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources announcing anglers can fish red snapper 7 days a week this fishing season, gives an update on Vibrio vulnificus, shares post-Katrina fishing stories, gives a sneak peek at the Tigers in the Wild episode featuring LSU defensive tackle Jacobian Guillory, and tells the tale of four Bad Boys who shot and de-tailed eight alligators while frogging. Then, Don gets field reports from Robbie Campo, Campo's Marina, Daryl Carpenter, Reel Screamers Guide Service Capt. Mike Gallo, Angling Adventures of Louisiana, Brendon Bayard, and Capt. Ryan Lambert, President of Cajun Fishing Adventures.

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of going to the beach with a Vibrio vulnificus alert. Dr. Don - not risky

In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin with Vincent Racaniello discusses outbreaks of Vibrio vulnificus and Legionnaire's disease in Harlem, the role of the American Association of Pediatrics defining immunization practices, before Dr. Griffin deep dives into recent statistics on RSV, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infections, the Wasterwater Scan dashboard, effective of the high and low does influenza vaccines, association Gullian-Barre syndrome with RSV vaccination, guidelines for using RSV vaccines, whether or not the NB.1.8.1 should be included in the fall 2025 vaccines, where to find PEMGARDA, long COVID treatment center, where to go for answers to your long COVID questions, vascular aging after COVID-19 and contacting your federal government representative to stop the assault on science and biomedical research. Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Department of Public Health alerts public to rare Vibrio vulnificus bacteria in coastal waters (Mass.gov) Legionnaires' Disease: In Harlem (NYC Health) Ivermectin to Control Malaria (NEJM) AAP has been leading voice on childhood vaccine recommendations since 1930s (American Academy of Pediatrics) The American Academy of Pediatrics Releases Its Own Evidence-Based Immunization Schedule (American Academy of Pediatrics) Wastewater for measles (WasterWater Scan) Measles cases and outbreaks (CDC Rubeola) Weekly measles and rubella monitoring (Government of Canada) Health Ministry says unvaccinated 18-month-old dies of measles (Times of Israel) Ten countries in the Americas report measles outbreaks in 2025 (PAHO: Pan American Health Organization) Measles (WHO) Get the FACTS about measles (NY State Department of Health) Measles vaccine recommendations from NYP (jpg) Measles (CDC Measles (Rubeola)) Measles vaccine (CDC Measles (Rubeola)) Presumptive evidence of measles immunity (CDC) Contraindications and precautions to measles vaccination (CDC) Measles (CDC Measles (Rubeola)) Adverse events associated with childhood vaccines: evidence bearing on causality (NLM) Measles Vaccination: Know the Facts (ISDA: Infectious Diseases Society of America) Deaths following vaccination: what does the evidence show (Vaccine) Influenza: Waste water scan for 11 pathogens (WastewaterSCan) US respiratory virus activity (CDC Respiratory Illnesses) Respiratory virus activity levels (CDC Respiratory Illnesses) Weekly surveillance report: clift notes (CDC FluView) Relative effectiveness of high-dose versus standard-dose influenza vaccine against hospitalizations and mortality according to frailty score (JID) FDA-CDC-DOD: 2025-2046 influenza vaccine composition (FDA) RSV: Waste water scan for 11 pathogens (WastewaterSCan) US respiratory virus activity (CDC Respiratory Illnesses) ENFLONSIA: novel drug approvals 2025 (FDA) RSV-Network (CDC Respiratory Syncytial virus Infection) Vaccines for Adults (CDC: Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection (RSV)) Evaluation of Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) following Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Vaccination Among Adults 65 Years and Older (FDA) Economic Analysis of Protein Subunit and mRNA RSV Vaccination in Adults aged 50-59 Years (CDC: ACIP) Evidence to Recommendations Framework (EtR): RSV Vaccination in Adults Aged 50–59 years (CDC: National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases) Waste water scan for 11 pathogens (WastewaterSCan) COVID-19 deaths (CDC) Respiratory Illnesses Data Channel (CDC: Respiratory Illnesses) COVID-19 national and regional trends (CDC) COVID-19 variant tracker (CDC) SARS-CoV-2 genomes galore (Nextstrain) Antigenic and Virological Characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 Variant BA.3.2, XFG, and NB.1.8.1 (biRxiV) Where to get pemgarda (Pemgarda) EUA for the pre-exposure prophylaxis of COVID-19 (INVIYD) Infusion center (Prime Fusions) CDC Quarantine guidelines (CDC) NIH COVID-19 treatment guidelines (NIH) Drug interaction checker (University of Liverpool) Paxlovid (Pfizer) Infectious Disease Society guidelines for treatment and management (ID Society) Molnupiravir safety and efficacy (JMV) Convalescent plasma recommendation for immunocompromised (ID Society) What to do when sick with a respiratory virus (CDC) Managing healthcare staffing shortages (CDC) Steroids,dexamethasone at the right time (OFID) Anticoagulation guidelines (hematology.org) Daniel Griffin's evidence based medical practices for long COVID (OFID) Long COVID hotline (Columbia : Columbia University Irving Medical Center) The answers: Long COVID Accelerated vascular ageing after COVID-19 infection: the CARTESIAN study (European Heart Journal) Reaching out to US house representative Letters read on TWiV 1246 Dr. Griffin's COVID treatment summary (pdf) Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks! Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your questions for Dr. Griffin to daniel@microbe.tv Content in this podcast should not be construed as medical advice.

This hour, Don Dubuc has a Bad Boy of the Week doubleheader and talks about some Vibrio vulnificus remedies. Then, Don gets field reports from Capt. Mike Gallo, Angling Adventures of Louisiana, Lance Burgos, and Capt. Ryan Lambert, President of Cajun Fishing Adventures.

In episode 318 of Brown Water Banter, we sit down with Wyatt Dunaway, Coastal Monitoring Coordinator for the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ).

AP's Lisa Dwyer reports on an increase in flesh eating bacterial infections.

This hour, Don Dubuc talks about where you can find double shad rigs, gag grouper, and Vibrio vulnificus is still a major caution. Then, Don pays a special tribute to Theophile Bourgeois. Also, Don gets field reports from Robbie Campo, Campo's Marina, and Daryl Carpenter, Reel Screamers Guide Service.

On today's show, Don Dubuc pays tribute to Theophile Bourgeois. Then, Don talks about talks about where you can find double shad rigs, gag grouper, Vibrio vulnificus is still being a major caution, and incentive to sign up for the CCA Star, and more. Also, Don gets field reports from Robbie Campo, Campo's Marina, Daryl Carpenter, Reel Screamers Guide Service, Capt. Mike Gallo, Angling Adventures of Louisiana, Butch Ridgedell, and Capt. Ryan Lambert, President of Cajun Fishing Adventures.

How 5 billion sea stars died is a story that shook marine ecosystems along North America's Pacific coast. This episode dives into the groundbreaking discovery of the bacterium Vibrio pectenicida, the pathogen responsible for sea star wasting disease, which decimated up to 90% of sunflower sea stars. We explore how the loss of these predators caused sea urchin populations to explode, leading to widespread kelp forest destruction, and what new recovery strategies—such as captive breeding, probiotics, and climate monitoring—could mean for the species and the habitats they support. By understanding the science and the solutions, we can help restore balance to one of the ocean's most important coastal ecosystems. Link to article: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/science/sea-stars-disease-vibrio-pectenicida.html Join the Undertow: https://www.speakupforblue.com/jointheundertow Connect with Speak Up For Blue Website: https://bit.ly/3fOF3Wf Instagram: https://bit.ly/3rIaJSG TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@speakupforblue Twitter: https://bit.ly/3rHZxpc YouTube: www.speakupforblue.com/youtube      

This hour, Don Dubuc talks about the continuing threat of vibrio vulnificus. Then we get field reports from Capt. Mike Gallo, Angling Adventures of Louisiana, Capt. Eric Muhoberac, Louisiana Kayak Company, and Capt. Ryan Lambert, President of Cajun Fishing Adventures.

Hoy, Jorge Laborda nos lleva hasta la costa del Pacífico norteamericano, donde miles de millones de estrellas de mar han desaparecido desde 2013 a causa de una enfermedad misteriosa. Ahora, los científicos han identificado al culpable: una bacteria del género Vibrio que literalmente “derrite” sus tejidos. Esta devastadora epidemia ha llevado al borde de la extinción a la estrella girasol y ha provocado un colapso ecológico en los bosques submarinos. Por su parte, Ángel Rodríguez Lozano nos invita a viajar mucho más atrás en el tiempo, al mundo de los dinosaurios, donde un equipo de investigadores ha analizado la química del esmalte dental de fósiles de hasta 150 millones de años. Gracias a este análisis, han logrado reconstruir la concentración de CO₂ en la atmósfera durante el Jurásico y el Cretácico, que resultó ser mucho mayor que la actual.

Hoy, Jorge Laborda nos lleva hasta la costa del Pacífico norteamericano, donde miles de millones de estrellas de mar han desaparecido desde 2013 a causa de una enfermedad misteriosa. Ahora, los científicos han identificado al culpable: una bacteria del género Vibrio que literalmente “derrite” sus tejidos. Esta devastadora epidemia ha llevado al borde de la extinción a la estrella girasol y ha provocado un colapso ecológico en los bosques submarinos. Por su parte, Ángel Rodríguez Lozano nos invita a viajar mucho más atrás en el tiempo, al mundo de los dinosaurios, donde un equipo de investigadores ha analizado la química del esmalte dental de fósiles de hasta 150 millones de años. Gracias a este análisis, han logrado reconstruir la concentración de CO₂ en la atmósfera durante el Jurásico y el Cretácico, que resultó ser mucho mayor que la actual.

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32 people around the Gulf South have been infected and 8 have died this year from a flesh-eating bacteria. We check in with Dr. Fred Lopez, Professor of Medicine in the Section of Infectious Diseases at LSU Health New Orleans, about what Vibrio is and what you need to know.

This hour, Don Dubuc warns of the Vibrio vulnificus, a flesh-eating bacterium. Also Don talks about the new law that allows firearms to be carried while frogging. Then, we get field reports from Robbie Campo, Campo's Marina, and Daryl Carpenter, Reel Screamers Guide Service.

On today's show, Don Dubuc warns of the Vibrio vulnificus, a flesh-eating bacterium. Also Don talks about the new law that allows firearms to be carried while frogging. Then, we get field reports from Robbie Campo, Campo's Marina, Daryl Carpenter, Reel Screamers Guide Service, Capt. Mike Gallo, Angling Adventures of Louisiana, Lance Burgos, and Capt. Ryan Lambert, President of Cajun Fishing Adventures.

Mokslininkai tiria tūkstančių ar net milijonų metų senumo ledą, ieškodami užuominų apie besikeičiantį planetos klimatą. Tyrėjai juokauja, kad darbas kartais primena Indianos Džounso misiją.Arboristė Inga Gaidelytė Markevičienė papasakos apie tai, kad sodininkavimas yra ne tik laimės šaltinis, bet ir leidžia skanauti savo užsiaugintą derlių: uogas, daržoves. Šalia to, balkone karaliauja ir įvairios gėlės, vietą randa ir iš kelionių parsivežti augalai, akmenys.Lietuva – jūrinė valstybė. Tačiau ar tai – tik skambus šūkis, ar realus situacijos atspindys? Tam, kad vadintis jūrine valstybe, neužtenka tik geografinės padėties, sako specialistai. Tikra jūrinė valstybė turi turėti ir savo laivyną, ir savo jūrininkus. Ar ateityje jų nepritrūks?Klaipėdoje tęsiasi 66-oji Jūros šventė.Vasarą pakilus jūros paviršiaus temperatūrai, Europos ligų prevencijos ir kontrolės centras atkreipia dėmesį į sezoninę riziką, kurią kelia Vibrio bakterijos.Ved. Paulius Selezniovas

Oysters can be risky to eat raw, but what microbes are actually responsible? Is there more to it than just chance? In this episode, I talk with Dr. Rachel Diner, Assistant Professor at the University of Memphis researching aquatic microbes, to find out.Here, we discuss the hidden world of bacteria in oysters, exploring the roles these organisms play in the environment and their impact on human health. Our conversation digs into the complexities of Vibrio bacteria and the environmental conditions that influence their prevalence, but it's also full of practical advice.Listen to the episode to learn how there's a lot more to the story when it comes to oysters and the bacteria they harbor.Topics covered in this episode:How Rachel got interested in microbiology and became an Assistant Professor researching aquatic microbes at the University of MemphisHow we get sick from oysters and what microbes are involvedCan you tell if oysters will make you sick from smelling them?How does Vibrio get into oysters?How much Vibrio will make us sick?The roles of Vibrios in the environmentHow environmental factors (water temperature, salinity, and nutrient levels) influence the prevalence and virulence of microbes in oyster populationsAre there certain times of year when it's safer to eat oysters? (Only months that end in R)Rachel's advice as a microbiologist when it comes to oystersMicrobiology misconceptionsShifts in the field of non-model systems' microbiomesAt-home microbiology activity: Winogradsky columns (learn some helpful tips on running these columns)JOYFUL MICROBE SHOW NOTES: https://joyfulmicrobe.com/oyster-microbiology-rachel-diner/AT-HOME MICROBIOLOGY ACTIVITY: https://joyfulmicrobe.com/winogradsky-column/JOYFUL MICROBE TWITTER: https://twitter.com/joyfulmicrobe/JOYFUL MICROBE INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/justineldees/SUPPORT JOYFUL MICROBE: https://ko-fi.com/joyfulmicrobe/

Virüsler, bakteriler yaz sıcağında hasta ediyor. Kovid yeniden uyandı, yeni varyantlar hangileri? Belirtiler değişti mi? Aşılılarla aşısızlar arasında bir fark var mı? Avrupa'da kızamık vakaları neden arttı? Türkiye'yi tehdit eden bir durum var mı? Baltık denizinini Vibrio bakterisi Türkiye kıyılarında görülmeye başlandı, peki nasıl hasta ediyor? Enfeksiyon Hastalıkları Uzmanı Prof. Dr. İftahar Köksal'a sorduk.

What's really lurking in our waters—and are we being told the truth? In this explosive kickoff to Rush to Reason, Dr. Kelly Victory and Steve House join John Rush to question the latest media alarm over Vibrio infections. Is this just another case of public health fear-mongering, or a subtle push for a climate change agenda? Could the endless warnings actually be causing Americans to tune out real dangers? And what about weather manipulation—are recent floods in Texas just nature, or something more controlled? The conversation is just getting started, and the questions raised may challenge everything you've been told. That same spirit of skepticism carries into the next segment, where the topic shifts to another hot-button issue: the shingles vaccine. Is it really necessary? Dr. Kelly Victory weighs in with a surprising take—explaining why she doesn't recommend it for most people, despite widespread promotion. Could lifestyle changes and immune-boosting supplements like zinc and vitamin D be more effective than a controversial vaccine with serious side effects? The discussion takes a sharp turn into deeper waters as the hosts uncover what may be a pharmaceutical coup against RFK Jr.—a man challenging Big Pharma, the vaccine industry, and the very foundations of modern healthcare. Is he a dangerous disruptor… or exactly what America needs? Don't miss this heated exchange that asks: Who really controls our health system—and why are they so afraid of change? That question becomes even more urgent in the following segment, where the spotlight widens to reveal how Big Pharma, the food industry, and government bureaucracy have all conspired—knowingly or not—to create a broken, one-size-fits-all system. Disruptors like RFK Jr. are shaking that system to the core, but are they being silenced for it? The hosts debate the real impact of figures like RFK and Elon Musk, from vaccine policy to political reform, and expose how corporate influence shapes both medicine and food. Plus, find out why a simple pre-packaged meal program sparked outrage—and why RFK defended it anyway. Are we witnessing the unraveling of institutional control… or just another round of political theater? Either way, it's a conversation you can't afford to miss. Find out more at https://rushtoreason.com.

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Episode Summary Afreenish Amir, Ph.D., Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Project Director at the National Institute of Health in Pakistan, highlights significant increases in extensively drug-resistant typhoid and cholera cases in Pakistan and discusses local factors driving AMR in Asia. She describes the development and implementation of a National Action Plan to combat AMR in a developing country, emphasizing the importance of rational antimicrobial use, surveillance and infection control practice. Ashley's Biggest Takeaways AMR is a global and One Health issue. Pakistan has a huge disease burden of AMR. Contributing factors include, but are not limited to, overcrowding, lack of infection control practices, poor waste management practices and over-the-counter prescription practices. Promoting the rational use of antimicrobials is imperative at all levels—from tertiary care to primary care practitioners. Typhoid and cholera are high-burden infections in Pakistan, with typhoid being a year-round issue and cholera being seasonal. A holistic approach, involving various sectors and disciplines, is necessary in order to address the global AMR threat. Amir highlights the need for better communication and collaboration to bridge gaps and build trust between different organizations. Featured Quotes: I've been working at the National Institutes of Health for the last 7 years now. So, I've been engaged in the development and the implementation of the national action plan on AMR, and that gave me the opportunity to explore the work in the field of antimicrobial resistance. Reality of AMR in Pakistan [Pakistan] is an LMIC, and we have a huge disease burden of antimicrobial resistance in the country right now. A few years back, there was a situational analysis conducted, and that has shown that there is presence of a large number of resistant pathogens within the country. And National Institutes of Health, they have started a very standardized surveillance program based upon the global antimicrobial use and surveillance system back in 2017. And [those datasets have] generated good evidence about the basic statistics of AMR within the country. So, for example, if I talk about the extensively drug-resistant typhoid, typhoid is very much prevalent in the country. Our data shows that in 2017 there were 18% MDR typhoid cases through the surveillance data. And in 2021 it was like 60%. So that has shown that how the resistance has increased a lot. A number of challenges are associated with this kind of a thing, overcrowded hospitals, poor infection prevention and control (IPC) measures. So, there is AMR within the country—there's a huge burden—and we are trying to look for the better solutions.  Local Factors Driving AMR Bacteria, they do not know the borders. We have a close connection with the other Asian countries, and we have a long border connected with the 2 big countries, which are Afghanistan and India and Bangladesh and China. So, we see that it's not limited to 1 area. It's not regional. It's also a history of travel. When the people travel from one area to the other, they carry the pathogen as a colonizer or as a carrier, and they can infect [other] people. So, it's really connected, and it's really alarming as well. You never know how the disease is transmitted, and we have the biggest example of COVID—how things have spread from 1 country to the other, and how it has resulted in a massive pandemic. AMR is similar. We have seen that it's not limited to 1 region. We are part of this global community, and we are contributing somehow to the problem. First, I'll talk about the health care infrastructure. We do have the capacities in the hospitals, but still, there's a huge population. Pakistan is a thickly populated country. It's a population of around 241 million. And with the increasing population, we see that the infrastructure has not developed this much. So now the existing hospitals are overcrowded, and this has led to poor infection control practices within the hospitals. The staff is not there. In fact, ID consultants are not available in all the hospitals. Infection control nurses are not available in all the hospitals. So, this is one of the main areas that we see, that there is a big challenge. The other thing that can contribute is the poor waste management practices. Some of the hospitals—private and public sectors—they are following the waste management guidelines—even the laboratories. But many of the hospitals are not following the guidelines. And you know that AMR is under one health. So, whatever waste comes from the hospital eventually goes to the environment, and then from there to the animal sector and to the human sector. [Another big] problem that we are seeing is the over-the-counter prescription of antimicrobials. There is no regulation available in the country right now to control the over-the-counter prescription of antibiotics. They are easily available. People are taking the antibiotics without a prescription from the doctors, and the pharmacist is giving the patients any kind of medicine. And either it is effective/not effective, it's a falsified, low-quality antibiotic for how long in duration antibiotic should be taken. So, there are multiple of things or reasons that we see behind this issue of AMR. Rational Use of Antimicrobials It is a complex process how we manage this thing, but what we are closely looking at in the country right now is that we promote the rational use of antimicrobials at all levels—not only at the tertiary care levels, but also at the general practitioner level. They are the first point of contact for the patients, with the doctors, with the clinicians. So, at this point, I think the empirical treatment needs to be defined, and they need to understand the importance of this, their local antibiograms, what are the local trends? What are the patterns? And they need to prescribe according to those patterns. And very recently, the AWaRE classification of WHO, that is a big, big support in identifying the rational use of antimicrobials—Access, Watch and Reserve list—that should be propagated and that should be understood by all the general practitioners. And again, I must say that it's all connected with the regulations. There should be close monitoring of all the antibiotic prescriptions, and that can help to control the issue of AMR. National Action Plan on AMR So, when I joined NIH, the National Election plan had already been developed. It was back in 2017, and we have a good senior hierarchy who has been working on it very closely for a long period of time. So, the Global Action Plan on AMR, that has been our guiding document for the development of the national action plan on AMR, and we are following the 5 strategic objectives proposed in the global action plan. The five areas included: The promotion of advocacy and awareness in the community and health care professionals. To generate evidence through the data, through the surveillance systems. Generation of support toward infection prevention and control services IPC. Promoting the use of antimicrobials both in the human sector and the animal sector, but under the concept of stewardship, antimicrobial consumption and utilization. Invest in the research and vaccine and development. So, these are some of the guiding principles for us to develop the National Action Plan, and it has already been developed. And it's a very comprehensive approach, I must say. And our institute has started working on it, basically towards recreating awareness and advocacy. And we have been successful in creating advocacy and awareness at a mass level. Surveillance We have a network of Sentinel surveillance laboratories engaged with us, and they are sharing the data with NIH on a regular basis, and this is helping NIH to understand the basic trends on AMR and what is happening. And eventually we plan to go towards this case-based surveillance as well, but this is definitely going to take some time because to make people understand the importance of surveillance, this is the first thing. And very recently, the Institute and country has started working towards the hospital acquired infection surveillance as well. So, this is a much-needed approach, because the lab and the hospital go hand in hand, like whatever is happening in the lab, they eventually reach the patients who are in the hospitals. Wastewater surveillance is the key. You are very right. Our institute has done some of the work toward typhoid and cholera wastewater surveillance, and we were trying to identify the sources where we are getting these kinds of pathogens. These are all enteric pathogens. They are the key source for the infection. And for the wastewater surveillance mechanism, we can say that we have to engage multiple stakeholders in this development process. It's not only the laboratory people at NIH, but we need to have a good epidemiologist. We need to have all the water agencies, like the public health engineering departments, the PCRWR, the environmental protection agencies who are working with all these wastewater sites. So, we need to connect with them to make a good platform and to make this program in a more robust fashion. Pathogens and Disease Burdon For cholera and typhoid within Pakistan, I must say these are the high burden infections or diseases that we are seeing. For typhoid, the burden is quite high. We have seen a transition from the multidrug-resistant pathogens to the extensively drug-resistant pathogens, which now we are left with only azithromycin and the carbapenems. So, the burden is high. And when we talk about cholera, it is present in the country, but many of the times it is seasonal. It comes in during the time of the small zone rains and during the time of floods. So, every year, during this time, there are certain outbreaks that we have seen in different areas of the country. So, both diseases are there, but typhoid is like all year long—we see number of cases coming up—and for cholera, it's mainly seasonal. Capacity Building and ASM's Global Public Health Programs Capacity building is a key to everything, I must say, [whether] you talk about the training or development of materials. I've been engaged with ASM for quite some time. I worked to develop a [One Health] poster in the local language to create awareness about zoonotic diseases. So, we have targeted the 6 zoonotic diseases, including the anthrax, including the Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever and influenza. And we have generated a very user-friendly kind of layout in the local language, trying to teach people about the source of transmission. What are the routes of transmission, if we talk about the CCHF? And then how this can be prevented. So, this was one approach. And then I was engaged with the development of the Learnamr.com. This is online platform with 15 different e-modules within it, and we have covered different aspects—talking about the basic bacteriology toward the advanced, standardized methods, and we have talked about the national and global strategies [to combat] AMR, One Health aspects of AMR, vaccines. So, it's a huge platform, and I'm really thankful to ASM for supporting the program for development. And it's an online module. I have seen that there are around more than 500 subscribers to this program right now, and people are learning, and they are giving good feedback to the program as well. We keep on improving ourselves, but the good thing is that people are learning, and they are able to understand the basic concepts on AMR. Links for This Episode: Experts Discuss One Health in Pakistan: Biosafety Education Inside and Outside the Lab.  Explore ASM's Global Public Health Programs.  Download poster about zoonotic disease in English or Urdu.  Progress on the national action plan of Pakistan on antimicrobial resistance (AMR): A narrative review and the implications.  Global diversity and antimicrobial resistance of typhoid fever pathogens: insights from 13,000 Salmonella Typhi genomes.  Wastewater based environmental surveillance of toxigenic Vibrio cholerae in Pakistan.  Point Prevalence Survey of Antimicrobial Use in Selected Tertiary Care Hospitals of Pakistan Using WHO Methodology: Results and Inferences.  Overcoming the challenges of antimicrobial resistance in developing countries.  Take the MTM listener survey! 

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Matters Microbial #78: An EXTREME Close Up of the Squid-Vibrio Symbiosis February 13, 2025 Today, Dr Ariane Briegel, Professor and head of the Integrative Structural Cell Biology research unit at the Institut Pasteur in Paris, France, joins the #QualityQuorum to discuss some of the exciting findings of her research group studying how bacteria and the ever-popular Hawaiian bobtail squid work together at a  molecular level—using cutting-edge cryo-electron  tomography! Host: Mark O. Martin Guest: Ariane Briegel Subscribe: Apple Podcasts, Spotify Become a patron of Matters Microbial! Links for this episode The (somewhat venerable) “The Eighth Day of Creation” discussed in this episode. A lovely article about the much missed Dr. Esther Lederberg.  Here is another I much enjoyed.  A website devoted to Dr. Esther Lederberg. A fun video reminder of the symbiosis between Vibrio fischeri and Euprymna scolopes.   A review of cryo-electron tomography as applied to the study of bacterial structures. A book coauthored by Dr. Briegel on the use of this technology to study cell-microbe interactions. A video on the topic of cryo-electron tomography. Another video by Dr. Briegel on this topic.   An earlier episode of #MattersMicrobial with Dr. Briegel. An article by the Moore Foundation that supports the work of Dr. Briegel. A article describing how cryo-EM can be applied to whole organisms, like roundworms.   Research websites for collaborators on this project, Dr. Edward Ruby and Dr. Margaret McFall-Ngai. Dr. Briegel's laboratory website. Dr. Briegel's academic website. Intro music is by Reber Clark Send your questions and comments to mattersmicrobial@gmail.com

They're back! Infectious Diseases Clinicians and show hosts Drs. Vivian Vega and Jackie Sherbuk reflect on the last few weeks since Episode 4. In the face of devastating storm surge from Hurricane Helene, and severe wind and flooding from Hurricane Milton, the Tampa Bay Area and its medical centers experienced a back to back punch, separated by only two weeks. This left some hospitals flooded, beaches seriously eroded, streets filled with debris, power outages lasting as much as 5-7 days, and countless people with immersed or damaged homes. Vivian and Jackie open the show by discussing how their lives were affected by evacuation orders, "hurricane call," and the stress of--in the words of a local weatherman--"stalking the turtle." That is, stressfully following daily hurricane forecasts without knowing if its slowly changing track would take it over the Tampa Bay Area. Now that the storms have passed, the recovery will likely take weeks to months. And diseases directly related to storm waters and flooding, such as Vibrio vulnificus and mosquito-borne illnesses, will likely be on the rise. Next, as Florida begins to experience cooler weather in the wake of the storms, the duo go on to discuss the coming respiratory virus season. First, acknowledging the renewed thread of COVID-19, Vivian reviews the "alphabet soup" of influenza virus strains, how to decipher the H's and N's of flu season, and what is meant by "antigenic shift" and "angenic drift." For some historical context, the Drs. Vega and Sherbuk review the 1918 outbreak of the "Spanish Flu" in Philadelphia related to a War Bonds parade. And they then move on to discuss the impact of RSV in both babies and adults during the fall respiratory virus season. Fortunately, an RSV vaccine is available. Also covered are non-pharmacologic interventions to avoid the spread of respiratory infections, such as mask wearing, handwashing, and isolating yourself if you are sick. Lastly, the show closes with some recent ID news about Pertussis (Whooping cough), continuing Listeria outbreaks from meat products, and the McDonalds Quarter Pounder outbreak related to slivered onions. Dr. Vega would like to give a special thank you to her good friend Mr Job Meiller for his musical contributions for our podcast. Thanks also to Dr. Ana Velez, our artistic contributor, for her painting used in our episode thumbnail.

On episode #66 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 10/8 – 10/23/24. Host: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of Puscast! Links for this episode Viral Prevalence of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and HPV Type Distribution in Penile Samples in Young Men in Denmark: Results 10 Years After Implementation of a Girls-Only HPV Vaccination Program (JID) Primary Care Guidance for Providers of Care for Persons With Human Immunodeficiency Virus: 2024 Update by the HIV Medicine Association of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (CID) Bacterial Adjunctive linezolid versus clindamycin for toxin inhibition in β-lactam-treated patients with invasive group A streptococcal infections in 195 US hospitals from 2016 to 2021: a retrospective cohort study with target trial emulation (LANCET: Infectious Diseases) Time to turn off the toxins: adjuvant suppression of group A streptococcus (LANCET: Infectious Diseases) Comparing rates of recurrent infection for first occurrence of Clostridioides difficile between tapered oral vancomycin and standard vancomycin: a retrospective, propensity matched cohort study(Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology) Evaluation of primary oral vancomycin prophylaxis against C. difficile infection during autologous stem cell transplantation (OFID) Oral Vancomycin to Prevent C. difficile in Stem Cell Transplant Recipients: The last frontier in antimicrobial prophylaxis (OFID) First Report of a Fatal Septicemia Case Caused by Vibrio metoecus: A Comprehensive Functional and Genomic Study (JID) Fungal The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube) A global chromoblastomycosis strategy and development of the global chromoblastomycosis working group(PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases) Epidemiological and clinical features of a large blastomycosis outbreak at a paper mill in Michigan (CID) Do morphogenetic switching and intraspecies variation enhance virulence of Candida auris? (PLoS Pathogens) Parasitic Beyond Human Babesiosis: Prevalence and Association of Babesia Coinfection with Mortality in the United States, 2015–2022: A Retrospective Cohort Study (OFID) New WHO guidelines for treating rhodesiense human African trypanosomiasis: expanded indications for fexinidazole and pentamidine (LANCET: Infectious Diseases) Miscellaneous Social and Environmental Benefitsof Pediatric Infectious Disease Telemedicine (Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society) Music is by Ronald Jenkees Information on this podcast should not be considered as medical advice.

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating fish in the Olympic Village. Dr. Don - not risky

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating escovitch that has been held at room temperature for 12 hours. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - not risky

A different source of global warming, signs of a continentwide tradition of human sacrifice, and a virus that attacks the cholera bacteria   First up on the show this week, clearer skies might be accelerating global warming. Staff Writer Paul Voosen joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss how as air pollution is cleaned up, climate models need to consider the decrease in the planet's reflectivity. Less reflectivity means Earth is absorbing more energy from the Sun and increased temps.   Also from the news team this week, we hear about how bones from across Europe suggest recurring Stone Age ritual killings. Contributing Correspondent Andrew Curry talks about how a method of murder used by the Italian Mafia today may have been used in sacrifices by early farmers, from Poland to the Iberian Peninsula.   Finally, Eric Nelson, an associate professor at the University of Florida's Emerging Pathogens Institute, joins Sarah to talk about an infectious bacteria that's fighting on two fronts. The bacterium that causes cholera—Vibrio cholerae—can be killed off with antibiotics but at the same time, it is hunted by a phage virus living inside the human gut. In a paper published in Science, Nelson and colleagues describe how we should think about phage as predator and bacteria as prey, in the savanna of our intestines. The ratio of predator to prey turns out to be important for the course of cholera infections.   This week's episode was produced with help from Podigy.   About the Science Podcast   Authors: Sarah Crespi; Paul Voosen; Andrew Curry   Episode page: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.zhgw74e Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, it's Necrogamy and Flesh-Eating Bacteria! Join us as we explore two bizarre and unsettling topics that are both intriguing and horrifying. First, we venture into the obscure world of Necrogamy, a macabre practice that defies conventional norms. Discover the shocking details of the laws in France that permit unions between the living and the deceased. Is it love beyond the grave or just a morbid curiosity? Tune in as we unravel the haunting truths behind this peculiar phenomenon. Then, we'll explore the terrifying realm of Vibrio vulnificus, a deadly bacterium that thrives in the murky waters of our planet. Learn about the gruesome consequences of a Vibrio vulnificus infection, including the dreaded flesh-eating bacteria. The stories we share will send shivers down your spine, making you think twice about eating raw shellfish or taking that next swim in the ocean. The Box of Oddities, where we explore the darkest corners of human curiosity and nature's most horrifying surprises. Subscribe now and prepare for a rollercoaster of the bizarre and the unsettling!

In this episode, it's Necrogamy and Flesh-Eating Bacteria! Join us as we explore two bizarre and unsettling topics that are both intriguing and horrifying. First, we venture into the obscure world of Necrogamy, a macabre practice that defies conventional norms. Discover the shocking details of the laws in France that permit unions between the living and the deceased. Is it love beyond the grave or just a morbid curiosity? Tune in as we unravel the haunting truths behind this peculiar phenomenon. Then, we'll explore the terrifying realm of Vibrio vulnificus, a deadly bacterium that thrives in the murky waters of our planet. Learn about the gruesome consequences of a Vibrio vulnificus infection, including the dreaded flesh-eating bacteria. The stories we share will send shivers down your spine, making you think twice about eating raw shellfish or taking that next swim in the ocean. The Box of Oddities, where we explore the darkest corners of human curiosity and nature's most horrifying surprises. Subscribe now and prepare for a rollercoaster of the bizarre and the unsettling! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices