Katie Hopkins

Clinical Scientist in microbiology. Interests: AMR; epidemiology of Gram-negatives; diagnostics for resistance detection. Views my own. @[email protected]

[Katie Hopkins @theAMRdoc]

Come join us in @UKHSA’s Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare Associated Infections Reference Unit - the UK’s national reference laboratory for #AntimicrobialResistance

https://t.co/1OTRC6NbFl

[Antibiotic Steward Bassam Ghanem 🅱️C🆔🅿️🌟 @ABsteward]

🆕💫Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Clinical Isolates of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia Isolates /Europe, Asia,Latin America (2018–2023)
1,287 clinical isolates
71 medical centres 🌎
Aztreonam-avibactam most active 99.5%
Bactrim 95.6/96.3% S per CLSI/EUCAST
https://t.co/iFkoaLYdHJ

[Katie Hopkins @theAMRdoc]

@vivax74 @drtimothyli We get a number of requests for testing at the ref lab but reject the request with an explanatory report comment to hopefully put off further requests. There’s a lot of misunderstanding about use of the newer antibiotics despite these helpful tables…

[Katie Hopkins @theAMRdoc]

New from @UKHSA AMRHAI Reference Unit and AMR & HCAI Division colleagues:

A case of penicillin-resistant group B Streptococcus isolated from a patient in the UK https://t.co/dvvMGrhVc7

#AntimicrobialResistance

[Katie Hopkins @theAMRdoc]

@npjAMR @DrMerianneM @OnaNeo @DrWSchmidt

[Katie Hopkins @theAMRdoc]

@guwe33 Hopefully not long before we can add cefepime/taniborbactam to the list…

[Stephanie Lo @stephlo_lo]

The Sanger Prize Competition 2025 - calling for undergraduate students in LMICs

The winner will be offered a 3month internship with travel, living and research expenses are all covered by the award. https://t.co/ho1QSRTl5Q #sangerinstitute

[Diane Ashiru, PhD @DrDianeAshiru]

PUBLISHED: The 2023-24 English surveillance programme for antimicrobial utilisation and resistance (ESPAUR) report https://t.co/cyE1WCdprs

Register to find out more about the findings in the report at the webinar we are hosting on 20th November: https://t.co/PCrqcNYAfX

[Antibiotic Steward Bassam Ghanem 🅱️C🆔🅿️🌟 @ABsteward]

🆕️🔥Narrative Review @CMIJournal
Aztreonam and Avibactam Combination Therapy for Metallo-β-Lactamase-Producing Gram-Negative Bacteria #MBL #IDXposts
https://t.co/Npja2W9lp6

[Katie Hopkins @theAMRdoc]

@DrNeilStone Me too…

Kind regards
Kaite

[Katie Hopkins @theAMRdoc]

@drtimothyli @padstamundo Resistance to ceftolozane/tazobactam is an excellent marker for MBL in PsA yet no mention here…

[Antibiotic Steward Bassam Ghanem 🅱️C🆔🅿️🌟 @ABsteward]

The increasing report of NDM-producing E. coli isolates that are resistant to either aztreonam-avibactam and/or cefiderocol is major source of concern!
Potent in-vitro activity of sulbactam-durlobactam against NDM-producing Escherichia coli #idxposts
https://t.co/Gm1jXMxbaB

[Katie Hopkins @theAMRdoc]

Detection, identification and quantification of #AntimicrobialResistance in river water undertaken by @UKHSA @EnvAgency and @TheQuadram

https://t.co/4XQ2Z9G5pz

[Katie Hopkins @theAMRdoc]

Come join us at the UK’s national reference lab for AMR and HCAIs - permanent AfC8b Clinical Scientist role leading Staph and Strep Service.

Apply here: https://t.co/Hi43EiC31U

[Conor Meehan @con_meehan]

We are running a massive online open course on AMR databases starting end of the month. Its completely free, study at your own pace and its ~15 hours overall over the 3 weeks (although you can finish any time in a year). Please spread in your networks! https://t.co/n6LU8VDeTw

[Katie Hopkins @theAMRdoc]

@Cephamycin @ABsteward You can undertake interpretive reading of antibiograms but it requires testing quite a few agents.

[Katie Hopkins @theAMRdoc]

Carbapenemase detection is best via PCR or LFD but interpretive reading of antibiograms can help predict carbapenemase type #WAAW #AntimicrobialResistance https://t.co/igQMxmXpD9

[Dr. Sabrina Green, PhD @MotherOfPhage]

Exciting times! A big paper I was involved in has dropped @NatureMicrobiol.

100 cases of phage therapy facilitated by a Belgian consortium showing 77.2% clinical improvement. I will go through the results below put please read 👇

https://t.co/bZp80KtBvQ

[Global Antibiotic R&D Partnership (GARDP) @gardp_amr]

Join us for an interesting webinar on the challenge of manufacturing and procuring #antibiotics responsibly 🌍

📅5 June, 12-1pm BST
🔗Free registration: https://t.co/dKEyAIPSLd

@BSI_UK @ShionogiUS

[Katie Hopkins @theAMRdoc]

Responsibilities to include technical work in the in-vitro evaluation of:
- novel antimicrobial
- antimicrobial susceptibility testing kits
- molecular testing kits/systems for detecting resistance determinants
- or surveillance of antimicrobial resistance.

[Katie Hopkins @theAMRdoc]

PLEASE SHARE
We're hiring for a permanent HEO role within the AMRHAI Reference Unit!

Details: https://t.co/dexIJsSXsw

#AntimicrobialResistance