CMI Communications

08/03/2026

🎙️ Just published Communicable E48: International Women's Day - are infections & AMR really different in women?
Hosted by Erin McCreary & Annie Joseph w/ invited guests Esmita Charani (South Africa) & Annette Westgeest (Netherlands)

Listen on : https://share.transistor.fm/s/cc75e63e

06/03/2026

📣 New CLARITY articles on the GAMECHANGER trial
The second article by Erin McCreary & Ahmad Mourad examines -inferiority trials more generally, providing a concise guide to their indications, strengths and weaknesses

CMI CommunicationsVolume 3, Issue 1, March 2026, 105175CommentaryReframing success: lessons on noninferiority trials from GAME CHANGERAuthor links open overlay panelAhmad Mourad 1 2, Erin K. McCreary 3Show moreAdd to MendeleyShareCitehttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmicom.2026.105175Get rights and content...

06/03/2026

📣 New CLARITY articles by Erin McCreary & Ahmad Mourad are out to help us understand the GAMECHANGER trial & The first notes a mortality signal among metallo-β-lactamase–producing infections...

CMI CommunicationsVolume 3, Issue 1, March 2026, 105174CommentaryHow do we win? The GAME CHANGER trialAuthor links open overlay panelErin K. McCreary a, Ahmad Mourad bShow moreAdd to MendeleyShareCitehttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmicom.2026.105174Get rights and contentUnder a Creative Commons licenseOp...

05/03/2026

📣 New drops Monday, 9 March! In celebration of International Women's Day , Erin McCreary and Annie Joseph host Esmita Charani (South Africa) and Annette Westgeest (Netherlands) for a special discussion on the impacts of s*x and gender in the AMR and ID space. Tune in Monday 🎙️

04/03/2026

📣 Alejandro Posadas, the Argentine behind posadasii, was the son of Spanish emigrants. He identified C. posadasii in the wounds of a cavalry soldier, and died of at 32.

CMI CommunicationsVolume 3, Issue 1, March 2026, 105172Commentary: The Person Behind the Name SeriesCoccidioidomycosis: The brief life and enduring impact of Alejandro PosadasAuthor links open overlay panelLuz Rocio Chamorro Correa 1, Bernardo Guerra Tenório 2, Bridget M. Barker 3, Cristina Cantero...

26/02/2026

📣 Person behind the name

Riichi Sakazaki identified Enterobacter sakazakii, a cause of neonatal sepsis

The genus was renamed Cronobacter after Cronos, the Greek god who devoured his children to prevent their supplanting him

CMI CommunicationsVolume 3, Issue 1, March 2026, 105157CommentaryOf titans and taxonomy: The naming of Cronobacter sakazakiiAuthor links open overlay panelSaied Ali a b, Fidelma Fitzpatrick a bShow moreAdd to MendeleyShareCitehttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmicom.2025.105157Get rights and contentUnder a....

25/02/2026

📣 How much evidence do we really have for (val)ganciclovir dosing for prophylaxis or infection?

Anne-Grete Märtson, Erin McCreary et al expose the weak underpinnings of current recommendations and practice.

CMI CommunicationsVolume 3, Issue 1, March 2026, 105171Commentary: Standing on the Shoulders of Imperfect Humans Series(Val)ganciclovir dosing for cytomegalovirus: revisiting the 2005 Wiltshire et al. pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic targetAuthor links open overlay panelErin K. McCreary 1 2 3, Navane...

22/02/2026

🎙️ Just published Communicable E47: Drawing the line: the writing, reach and limits of guidelines
Hosted by Angela Huttner & Erin McCreary w/ invited guests Pranita Tamma (USA) & Benedikt Huttner (Switzerland)

Listen on : https://share.transistor.fm/s/a0513ed3

19/02/2026

In this 3rd collaboration between SIDP Breakpoints & ESCMID’s Communicable, Erin McCreary & Angela Huttner host Pranita Tamma (USA) & Benedikt Huttner (WHO, Switzerland) to discuss & guidance, offering a behind-the-scenes look into their development, reach - and limits.

12/02/2026

📣 What is a ?

It's something you should probably use for culture-negative prosthetic joint infections. Local antibiograms alone can be misleading.

This WISCA showed that doxycycline + a fluoroquinolone offer best coverage for

Prosthetic joint infections (PJIs) are now routinely treated with oral antibiotics, but selecting empiric regimens is challenging, including for treat…

08/02/2026

🎙️ Just published Communicable E46: Steroids for pneumocystis pneumonia

Hosted by Nav Narayanan & Josh Nosanchuk

w/ invited guests Virginie Lemiale, Elie Azoulay & Emily McDonald

Listen on : https://share.transistor.fm/s/0066901c

05/02/2026

📣 New drops Mon 9 Feb! Nav Narayanan & Josh Nosanchuk host Virginie Lemiale and Elie Azoulay, who led the PIC trial, and Emily McDonald to discuss the utility of adjunctive steroid therapy for pneumocystosis in HIV- individuals. Tune in Monday 🎙️