On this day last year, the SNAP trial started recruitment. 12 months on, more than 450 participants have joined the study, already making it the second largest clinical trial for Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections in the world.
The SNAP trial includes all age groups because people of all ages.
A summary of how Staphylococcus aureus and penicillin have been instrumental in both the success and failure of one another since they met. Carly Botheras (PhD Candidate, Geelong Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases, Barwon Health)
Amy Legg (Clinical Pharmacist) and Prof Marc Scheetz (Professor of Pharmacy and Pharmacology at Midwestern University) explain one of the proposed SNAP substudies involving novel urinary biomarkers.