Join experts in antimicrobial agents and resistance (AAR) for a discussion on the latest issues impacting the field. Each quarter, panelists will gather for a 1-hour virtual panel discussion on a predetermined topic.

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Next Session: CLSI, EUCAST and Their Impact on Microbiology, Part 2—April 27, 2026, 10 a.m. ET

This is a follow-up session the January 2026 webinar about how the European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (EUCAST) and the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) develop guidelines for antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST). The panel will further explore more topics that impact CLSI and EUCAST. Topics include the increased dosing of antibiotics and their impact on susceptibility testing, the impact and limitations of rapid AST, testing of cefidericol and special media and further discussion on genomics in the microbiology lab. The panel will also discuss poor performance of certain commercial susceptibility tests, emerging mechanisms of resistance, how to validate new beta-lactam beta-lactamase inhibitor combinations, regulating laboratory-determined tests, testing tuberculous and non-tuberculous mycobacteria, Zosurabalpin and integrating AI in the microbiology laboratory.

Panelists

• Rafael Cantón, Ph.D., Clinical Data Coordinator of EUCAST, Head of Clinical Microbiology Department, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal-IRYCIS, Spain.
• Romney Humphries, Ph.D., D(ABMM), M(ASCP), Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Medical Director of the Microbiology Laboratory, Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
• Gunnar Kahlmeter, M.D., Founder and Architect of EUCAST, EUCAST Contributor.
• Amy Mathers, M.D., D(ABMM), Professor of Medicine and Pathology, Associate Director of Clinical Microbiology, University of Virginia School of Medicine.
• Erika Matuschek, Ph.D., EUCAST Technical Data Coordinator, Head of EUCAST Development Laboratory (EDL), Clinical Microbiology, Växjö Hospital.
• Patricia (Trish) Simner, Ph.D., D(ABMM), Director of the Clinical Micro Molecular Laboratory, Mayo Clinic.

Moderators

• Robert Bonomo, M.D., Associate Chief of Staff for Academic Affairs at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.
• María Mojica, M.S., Ph.D., Senior Instructor, VAMC Center for Antimicrobial Resistance and Epidemiology, Case Western Reserve University.

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