Infectious Disease Puscast
A review of the infectious diseases literature from the previous two weeks.
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Infectious Disease Puscast #72
On episode #72 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 1/2/25 – 1/15/25.
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- Viral
- Human infection with a novel tickborne Orthonairovirus species in China(NEJM)
- Antiviral medications for treatment ofnonsevere influenza(JAMA Network: JAMA Internal Medicine)
- Xofluza (GoodRx)
- NoroSTATData Table (CDC Norovirus)
- The discovery of the 27-nm Norwalk virus: an historic perspective (JID)
- Why the “Ferrari of viruses” is surging through the northern hemisphere (Science)
- Bacterial
- Beta-lactams toxicity in the intensive care unit: an underestimatedcollateral damage?
- (Microorganims)
- What is the most effective antibiotic monotherapy for severe Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection? (CMI: Clinical Microbiology and Infection)
- Doxycycline postexposure prophylaxis and bacterial sexually tansmitted infections among individuals using HIV preexposure prophylaxis(JAMA Network: JAMA Internal Medicine)
- Fungal
- The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube)
- Epidemiology and prognostic factors associated with mold-positive blood cultures: 10-year data From a french prospective surveillance program (2012–2022) (CID)
- Parasitic
- Safety and efficacy of immunization with a late-liver-stage attenuated malaria parasite
- (NEJM)
- Dr. Glaucomflecken explains: late-liver-stage attenuated malaria vaccine (YouTube)
- Dr. Glaucomflecken X NEJM (YouTube)
- Albendazole–ivermectin co-formulation for the treatment of Trichuris trichiura and other soil-transmitted helminths: a randomised phase 2/3 trial (LANCET: Infectious Diseases)
- Miscellaneous
- A comparison of peripherally insertedcentral catheter materials(NEJM)
- Considering Islamic frameworks to infectious disease prevention (OFID)
Music is by Ronald Jenkees
Information on this podcast should not be considered as medical advice.
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Infectious Disease Puscast #71
On episode #71 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 12/19/24 – 1/1/25.
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- Viral
- Routine detection of viruses through metagenomics: where do we stand? (ASTMH)
- Rapid selection of HIV-2 capsid mutations in salvage therapy with Lenacapavir-containing regime (CID)
- Bacterial
- Ancient genomes reveal a deep history of treponemal disease in the Americas (Nature)
- The utility of Interferon-γ release assays in the diagnosis of tuberculosis in patients With cancer(Transplant Infectious Disease)
- A meta-analysis of Levofloxacin for contacts of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (NEJM Evidence)
- Tularemia— United States, 2011–2022 (CDC: MMWR)
- Incorporating incubation period distributions to precisely estimate the association between rainfall and Legionella infection (JID)
- Fungal
- The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube)
- Candida albicans recovered from persistent candidemia exhibit enhanced virulence traits (JID)
- Mapping the geographic distribution of dimorphic mycoses using a U.S. commercial insurance database (OFID)
- Comparative efficacy and safety of treatment regimens for Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in people living with HIV – A systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (CMI: Clinical Microbiology and Infection)
- Outbreak of Blastomycosis Among Paper Mill Workers — Michigan, November 2022–May 2023 (CDC: MMWR)
- Parasitic
- Acanthamoeba Infection in a hematopoietic cell transplant recipient: challenges in diagnosis, management, and source identification (Transplant Infectious Disease)
- Congenital toxoplasmosis: Fewer clinical signs at 3 years of age over the last 15 years but stable risk of materno-fetal transmission (CID)
- Miscellaneous
- Detection of prions in wild pigs (Sus scrofa) from areas with reported chronic wasting disease cases, United States (CDC Emerging Infectious Diseases)
- Addition of macrolide antibiotics for hospital treatment of community-acquired pneumonia (JID)
Music is by Ronald Jenkees
Information on this podcast should not be considered as medical advice.
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Infectious Disease Puscast #70
On episode #70 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 12/5/24 – 12/18/24.
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- Viral
- Epidemiology of Dengue— Puerto Rico, 2010–2024(CDC MMWR)
- Takeda Announces Voluntary Withdrawal of U.S. Biologics License Application (BLA) for Dengue Vaccine Candidate TAK-003(Takeda)
- Global health and economic burden of chikungunya from 2011 to 2020 (BMJ Global Health)
- Bacterial
- Biomarker-Guided Antibiotic Duration for Hospitalized Patients With Suspected Sepsis (JAMA Network)
- Say it ain’t Steno: a microbiology nudge comment leads to less treatment of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia respiratory colonization(Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology)
- Guidelines for the Prevention, Diagnosis, and Management of Urinary Tract Infections in Pediatrics and Adults(JAMA Network)
- Epidemiology and Outcomes of Antibiotic De-escalation in Patients with Suspected Sepsis in US Hospitals (CID)
- Effectiveness of ceftazidime–avibactam versus ceftolozane–tazobactam for multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections in the USA (CACTUS): a multicentre, retrospective, observational study (LANCET Infectious Diseases)
- Bedaquiline Monotherapy for Multibacillary Leprosy (NEJM)
- Fungal
- The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube)
- Histoplasmosis Associated With Bat Guano Exposure in Cannabis Grower (OFID)
- Parasitic
- TWiV 1175: A hitchiker’s guide to virology(microbeTV)
- Diverse RNA viruses of parasitic nematodes can elicit antibody responses in vertebrate hosts (Nature Microbiology)
- Neurocysticercosis school outbreak in Belgium (LANCET)
- Miscellaneous
- Maintenance of Certification: Is a Knowledge-Based Assessment Really Necessary? (CID)
- Living happily ever after? The hidden health risks of Disney princesses (BMJ)
- How to transport a polar bear, and other idiosyncrasies in providing emergency medical services in the Arctic (BMJ)
Music is by Ronald Jenkees
Information on this podcast should not be considered as medical advice.
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Infectious Disease Puscast #69
On episode #69 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Sara reviews the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 11/21 – 12/4/24.
Host: Sara Dong
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- Viral
- Antiretroviral Drugs for Treatment and Prevention of HIV in Adults(JAMA Network)
- Human Parvovirus B19 Infections Among Pregnant Persons — Minnesota, January–September 2024 (CDC MMWR)
- Maribavir for refractory cytomegalovirus infection (with or without resistance) in solid organ transplant recipients (Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation)
- Bacterial
- Choosing Wisely: Effectiveness and Safety of Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Close Contacts of InvasiveGroup A Streptococci Infection (CID)
- Resurgence of pediatric Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections in Southeast Texas, Nov 2023-June 2024 (Journal of Pediatrics Infectious Diseases Society)
- Fungal
- The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube)
- Alternative Pneumocystis Pneumonia Prophylaxis in Solid Organ Transplants(Transplant Infectious Disease)
- Mortality in chronic pulmonary aspergillosis: a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis (LANCET: Infectious Diseases)
- Parasitic
- Waterborne Disease Outbreaks Associated with Splash Pads — United States, 1997–2022
- (CDC MMWR)
- Miscellaneous
- Skin Color Representation in Infectious Disease Textbooks (OFID)
Music is by Ronald Jenkees
Information on this podcast should not be considered as medical advice.
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Infectious Disease Puscast #68
On episode #68 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel reviews the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 11/7 – 11/20/24.
Host: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong
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- Viral
- Comparative Emergence of Maribavir and Ganciclovir Resistance in a Randomized Phase 3 Clinical Trial for Treatment of Cytomegalovirus Infection (JID)
- Yellow fever breakthrough infections after yellow fever vaccination: a systematic review and meta-analysis (LANCET Microbe)
- Serological evidence of natural exposure to rabies in rural populations in Gabon (PLoS Neglecgted Tropical Diseases)
- Bacterial
- Azithromycin Exposure in a 10-Day Window of Myocardial Infarction and Short- and Long-Term Outcomes (JACC Advances)
- Antibiotic Treatment for 7 versus 14 Days in Patients with Bloodstream Infections (NEJM)
- The Long and Winding Road: Three-year Mortality Following Prescription of Multi-drug Antibiotic Treatment for Mycobacterium avium complex Pulmonary Disease in United States Medicare Beneficiaries with Bronchiectasis (OFID)
- Oral Versus Intravenous Antibiotic Therapy for Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia or Endocarditis (CID)
- Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriales in solid organ transplant recipients (American Journal of Transplantation)
- Fungal
- The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube)
- Adaptation of Candida albicans to specific host environments by gain-of-function mutations in transcription factors(PLoS Pathogens)
- Diagnostic Test Accuracy of the Fungitell Serum (1→3)-β-D-Glucan Assay for the Diagnosis of Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (CMI: Clinical Microbiology and Infection)
- Do patients with candidemia need an ophthalmologic examination? (OFID)
- Parasitic
- Progress Toward Global Dracunculiasis (Guinea Worm Disease) Eradication (CDC MMWR)
- The gut microbiota is essential for Trichinella spiralis—evoked suppression of colitis (PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases)
- Symptomatic Entamoeba dispar Infections Among Men Who Have Sex With Men, New York City, 2018control (OFID)
- Angiostrongylus cantonensis Meningoencephalitis in Three Pediatric Patients in Florida, USA (Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society)
- Miscellaneous
- Snake phobia among the general population of Tamil Nadu, India(PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases)
- Remote Practice of Infectious Diseases Through Telemedicine: Improving Access for Patients and Appeal for Physicians (OFID)
- Gauging Medical Students’ Interests in Infectious Diseases (CID)
- Shaping the Future of Infectious Diseases: The Journey to Promote Value, Opportunity, and Positive Messaging (OFID)
Music is by Ronald Jenkees
Information on this podcast should not be considered as medical advice.
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Infectious Disease Puscast #67
On episode #67 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel reviews the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 10/24 – 11/6/24.
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Links for this episode
- Viral
- Microbial dynamics and pulmonary immune responses in COVID-19 secondary bacterial pneumonia(Nature)
- Bacterial
- Implementation of a Pharmacist-Driven Vancomycin Area Under the Concentration-Time Curve Monitoring Program Using Bayesian Modeling in Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OFID)
- Rifaximin prophylaxis causes resistance to the last-resort antibiotic daptomycin (Nature)
- Oral Versus Intravenous Antibiotic Therapy for Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia or Endocarditis(CID)
- Fungal
- The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube)
- Notes from the Field: Trichophyton mentagrophytes Genotype VII — New York City, April–July 2024 (CDC MMWR)
- Evaluation of Crushed Posaconazole Delayed Release Tablets in Lung Transplant Recipients(Transplant Infectious Disease)
- Parasitic
- Outcomes of kidney transplant recipients exposed to Chagas disease under Benznidazole prophylaxis(Transplant Infectious Disease)
- Fake Aristotle Fakely Rails Against Fighting Inequality (Sententiae Antiquae)
- Need for a paradigm shift in soil-transmitted helminthiasis control (PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases)
- Miscellaneous
- IDSA Advocacy Results in Big Win for ID in 2025 Final Medicare Rule (IDSA)
Music is by Ronald Jenkees
Information on this podcast should not be considered as medical advice
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Infectious Disease Puscast #66
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.
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- 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.
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Infectious Disease Puscast #65
On episode #65 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 9/26 – 10/7/24.
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- Viral
- Exploring viral respiratory coinfections: Shedding light on pathogen interactions
- (PLoS Pathogens)
- Bacterial
- ACG Clinical Guideline: Treatment of Helicobacter pylori Infection (American Journal of Gastroenterology)
- A multivalent mRNA-LNP vaccine protects against Clostridioides difficile infection
- (Science)
- The evidence base for the optimal antibiotic treatment duration of upper and lower respiratory tract infections: an umbrella review (LANCET: Infectious Diseases)
- Population Pharmacokinetic Modeling of Cefepime, Meropenem, and Piperacillin-Tazobactam in Patients With Cystic Fibrosis(JID)
- Establishment of Amblyomma maculatum Ticks and Rickettsia parkeri in the Northeastern United States (Emerging Infectious Diseases)
- DETICKT (DETICKT)
- Early Oral Step-Down Versus Continued Intravenous Antibiotic Treatment of Complicated Intra-Abdominal Infection(Surgical Infections)
- Fungal
- The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube)
- Candida auris: A focused review for emergency clinicians (American Journal of Emergency Medicine)
- Parasitic
- Ivermectin-based mass drug administration for scabies in northern India: a single-arm community intervention trial (OFID)
- Miscellaneous
- Out-BREAK! : An IDWeek 2023 escape room to break out of the educational mold (OFID)
Music is by Ronald Jenkees
Information on this podcast should not be considered as medical advice.
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Infectious Disease Puscast #64
On episode #64 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 9/14 – 9/25/24.
Host: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong
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- Viral
- Outcomes of Intravenous Immunoglobulin treatment of immunocompromised patients with viral respiratory infections (Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology)
- Comparative Emergence of Maribavir and Ganciclovir Resistance for Treatment of Cytomegalovirus Infection (JID)
- Antibody persistence and safety of a live-attenuated chikungunya virus vaccine up to 2 years after single-dose administration in adults in the USA (LANCET Infectious Disease)
- Bacterial
- Determinant of 30-Day Mortality of Pulmonary Legionellosis (OFID)
- Donor-derived bartonellosis in Solid Organ Transplant recipients (American Journal of Transplantation)
- An Opt-Out Emergency Department Screening Intervention Leads to Major Increases in Diagnosis of Syphilis (OFID)
- Fungal
- The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube)
- Fungal disease week (CDC)
- Bridging Echinocandin with Azole antifungal Therapy On Prevention Of Invasive Candidiasis Post Lung Transplantation (OFID)
- Early Introductions of Candida auris Detected by Wastewater Surveillance, Utah, USA, 2022–2023 (Emerging Infectious Diseases)
- Parasitic
- Toxoplasma gondii Infection of Alzheimer’s Disease Mice Reduces Brain Amyloid Density Globally and Regionally (JID)
- Miscellaneous
- Effect of Social Distancing Caused by Heavy Snowfall on Seasonal Influenza Epidemic in a Local Region in Japan (Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal)
Music is by Ronald Jenkees
Information on this podcast should not be considered as medical advice.
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Infectious Disease Puscast #63
On episode #63 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 8/29/24 – 9/13/24.
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- Viral
- Postacute Sequelae of COVID (PASC or Long COVID): An Evidenced-Based Approach (OFID)
- A New Orthonairovirus Associated with Human Febrile Illness (NEJM)
- Farmed fur animals harbour viruses with zoonotic spillover potential(Nature)
- A Cross-Sectional Evaluation of the Virtual Outpatient Management of People With Mpox (OFID)
- A randomized, placebo-controlled, dose-escalation phase I/II multicenter trial of low-dose cidofovir for BK polyomavirus nephropathy (Transplant Infectious Disease)
- A Decade of Chronic Norovirus Infection Surveillance at the NIH Clinical Research Center: Clinical Characteristics, Molecular Epidemiology, and Replication (JID)
- Bacterial
- FDA clears newLyme disease test (CIDRAP)
- Lyme ImmunoBlot Receives FDA Clearance(Accesswire)
- The Utilization Of Echocardiography In Children With Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia (Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society)
- Duration of antibiotic therapy for multidrug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa pneumonia: is shorter truly better?(BMC Infectious Diseases)
- Short Versus Long Antibiotic Duration in Streptococcus pneumoniae Bacteremia (OFID)
- FDA Marketing Authorization Enables Increased Access to First Step of Syphilis Diagnosis
- FDA)
- Clinical impact of pleural fluid Streptococcus pneumoniae PCR testing in children with complicated pneumonia (CID)
- Duration of antibiotic therapy for multidrug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa pneumonia: is shorter truly better? (BMC Infectious Diseases)
- Short Versus Long Antibiotic Duration in Streptococcus pneumoniae Bacteremia (OFID)
- Fungal
- The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube)
- Incidence and risk factors for invasive fungal infections in patients initiating TNF-alpha inhibitors for inflammatory bowel disease and rheumatoid arthritis (CID)
- Parasitic
- Intestinal helminth infection impairs vaccine-induced T cell responses and protection against SARS-CoV-2 in mice(Science Translational Medicine)
- Miscellaneous
- Successful Treatment of Refractory Cutaneous Protothecosis With MAT2203, an Oral Lipid Nanocrystal Formulation of Amphotericin B (OFID)
- The Impact of Infectious Diseases Scholarly Mentorship on Subsequent Infectious Disease Fellowship Application (CID)
Music is by Ronald Jenkees
Information on this podcast should not be considered as medical advice.
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Infectious Disease Puscast #62
On episode #62 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 8/15/24 – 8/28/24.
Host: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong
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- Viral
- Clinician Specialty and HIV PrEP Prescription Reversals and abandonments (JAMA Network: JAMA Internal Medicine)
- The association between adherence to antiretroviral therapy and viral suppression under dolutegravir-based regimens (JIAS Journal of the International AIDS Society)
- Dexamethasone in adults with viral meningitis (CMI Clinical Microbiology and Infection)
- Oropouche Virus Disease Among U.S. Travelers — United States, 2024 (MMWR)
- Oropouche fever, the mysterious threat (LANCET: Infectious Diseases)
- Bacterial
- High rates of Non-susceptibility to common oral antibiotics in Streptococcus pneumoniae clinical isolates (OFID)
- New York State Department of Health Directs Providers to Discontinue Use of Ciprofloxacin to Prevent Meningococcal Disease Due to Increasing Antimicrobial Resistance (NY State: Department of Health)
- Tularemia Associated with Harbor Seal Necropsy — Kitsap County, Washington, October 2023 (MMWR)
- FDA Marketing Authorization Enables Increased Access to First Step of Syphilis Diagnosis (FDA)
- Clinical impact of pleural fluid Streptococcus pneumoniae PCR testing in children with complicated pneumonia (CID)
- The Role of the Gut, Urine and Vaginal Microbiome on the Pathogenesis of Urinary Tract Infection (OFID)
- Fungal
- The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube)
- Two dose levels of once-weekly fosravuconazole versus daily itraconazole in combination with surgery in patients with eumycetoma in Sudan (LANCET Infectious disease)
- Parasitic
- Usefulness of real-time PCR for urogenital schistosomiasis in preschool children in Angola (PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases)
- Helminth infection driven gastrointestinal hypermotility alterations in smooth muscle instead of enteric neurons (PLoS Pathogens)
- Die-off reaction of Demodex mites after treating demodicosis with oral ivermectin (JAAD case reports)
- Miscellaneous
- Prevalence of carbapenem-resistant gram negative bacteria among neonates suspected for sepsis in Africa (BMC Infectious Diseases)
- New era of targeted clinical guidelines: IDSA (CID)
- Defining the landscape of educational experiences in transplant infectious diseases (OFID)
Music is by Ronald Jenkees
Information on this podcast should not be considered as medical advice.
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Infectious Disease Puscast #61
On episode #61 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 8/1/20 - 8/14/24.
Host: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong
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- Viral
- nPEP quick guide (AIDS Education & Training Center Program)
- Coformulated Bictegravir/Emtricitabine/Tenofovir Alafenamide PREP after sexual assault (OFID)
- Adopting Early Testing for Perinatal Hepatitis C (Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society)
- Bacterial
- Lower Rates of Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Infection in Patients on Hemodialysis Receiving Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole Melioidosis Prophylaxis (OFID)
- Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole for Staphylococcus Aureus Bacteremia Prophylaxis in Patients on Hemodialysis (OFID)
- Human monocytotropic ehrlichiosis(PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases)
- Human granulocytotropic anaplasmosis (PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases)
- Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus Probiotics for Preterm Infants (JAMA Network: JAMA Pediatrics)
- Rapid Implementation of Blood Culture Stewardship (CID)
- BD BACTEC Blood Culture Bottle Shortage - (IDSA)
- Fungal
- The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube)
- Clinical characteristics and mortality risks among critically ill patients with culture-proven coccidioidomycosis(OFID)
- Poor Clinical and Microbiologic Outcomes in C. auris Bloodstream Infection (CID)
- Parasitic
- Soap is lethal for Schistosoma mansoni cercariae (PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases)
- Treatment of uncomplicated hepatic cystic echinococcosis (Cochrane Library)
- Blood exposure to Babesia microti(Cambridge Core)
- Miscellaneous
- Absence of Cerebrospinal Fluid Pleocytosis in Encephalitis (CID)
- Encephalitis due to Infection with Normocellular Cerebrospinal Fluid (CID)
- Podoconiosis and mental health (PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases)
Music is by Ronald Jenkees
Information on this podcast should not be considered as medical advice.
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Infectious Disease Puscast #60
On episode #60 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 7/18/20 – 7/31/24.
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- Olympics
- Swimming in the Seine (NYTimes)
- Viral
- Twice-Yearlylenacapavir or Daily F/TAF for HIV Prevention in Cisgender Women (NEJM)
- Consensus definitions of Cytomegalovirus Infection and Disease in Transplant Patients (CID)
- The recombinant shingles vaccine is associated with lower risk of dementia (Nature Medicine)
- Association of the incidence of postherpetic neuralgia with early treatment intervention of herpes zoster (International Journal of Infectious Diseases)
- Bacterial
- Updated guidelines for antimicrobial resistant gram-negative infections (IDSA)
- Put the Vanc Down, Flip it and Reverse it: Comparison of vancomycin and daptomycin (OFID)
- Durations of antibiotic treatment for acute otitis media and variability in prescribed durations (Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society)
- Fungal
- Adjunctive single-dose liposomal amphotericin to prevent cryptococcal meningitis in people with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)–associated cryptococcal antigenemia and low plasma cryptococcal antigen (CrAg) titers(CID)
- Stagonospora cutaneous infection in a kidney transplant recipient: First human case (Transplant Infectious Disease)
- European Study of cerebral aspergillosis treated with Isavuconazole: an EFISG study (CID)
- Parasitic
- Rollout of world’s second malaria vaccine begins in Ivory Coast (Healio)
- Executive summary: Evaluation and management of delusional infestation(CID)
- Parasitic contamination of soil in the Southern United States (ASTMH)
- Miscellaneous
- The potential benefits of delaying seasonal influenza vaccine selections for the northern hemisphere: A retrospective modeling study in the United States (JID)
Music is by Ronald Jenkees
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Infectious Disease Puscast #59
On episode #59 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 7/3/20 – 7/17/24.
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- Viral
- The potential interrelationship of coronary artery disease -herpes zoster (OFID)
- Bacterial
- Pharmacokinetics of intravenous antibiotics into the infected pleural space (Thorax)
- Are gas emissions from microbiology cultures significant contributes to global warming?(OFID)
- Is combination treatment of ampicillin and gentamicin right for Listeria monocytogenes infection (Infection)
- Screening organ donors and monitoring recipients for Bartonella quintana (OFID)
- Neglected Tropical Disease: Rocky Mountain spotted fever (PLoS Pathogen)
- Updated guidelines for antimicrobial resistant gram-negative infections (IDSA)
- Fungal
- Are fungal pathogenssmarter than we are? (microbeTV)
- What influences the waning of antibodies during cryptococcal meningitis? (JID)
- Parasitic
- Artificial Intelligence for filariasis diagnosis and monitoring (PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases)
- Is artificial intelligence the end of filariasis? (PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
- Miscellaneous
- APACHE II severity of disease classification system (GlobalRxPh)
- Clinical practice guideline for complicated intra-abdominal infections (CID)
- Procalcitonin or C-reactive protein guided antimicrobial discontinuation to treat sepsis (Critical Care Medicine)
- The “plague” of plague for the Neolithic population (Nature)
Music is by Ronald Jenkees
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Infectious Disease Puscast #58
On episode #58 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 6/20 – 7/3/24.
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- Viral
- Drink more coffee, reduces risk for SARS-C0V-2 infection (Cell & Bioscience)
- Cannabis, tobacco…smoking in general NOT good for preventing COVID-19 (JAMA Network OPEN)
- EBV and KSHV caused HIV associated cancers and lymphoproliferative disorders (Clinical Microbiology Reviews)
- Where in the CNS can dolutegravir, tenofovir, lamivudine and efavirenz be found? (JID)
- Therapeutic management of Varicella-Zoster virus meningitis (OFID)
- Bacterial
- Carbapenem use in extended-spectrum cephalosporin-resistant Enterobacterales infections (LANCET Infectious Diseases)
- IDSA guidelines (Columbia University)
- Guideline-Concordant Therapy for community-acquired pneumonia in the Hospitalized Population (OFID)
- Interpretive Criteria piperacillin/tazobactam susceptibility test for Enterobacterales (CID)
- FDA approval forCAPVAXIVE (FDA)
- 21 valent pneumococcal vaccine approved (Nature Reviews drug discovery)
- Antimicrobial resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates (JAMA Network Open)
- Broad-spectrum antibiotic use for suspected community-onset sepsis (JAMA Network Open)
- Fungal
- The Last of Us ( Wikipedia)
- Challenges to vaccinating against coccidioidomycosis (OFID)
- Cryptococcosis: the story (OFID)
- Pneumocystis pneumonia: clinical spectrum, prophylaxis and delayed treatment (Intensive Care Medicine)
- Improve utilization of 1,3 β-D-glucan Testing(OFID)
Music is by Ronald Jenkees
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Infectious Disease Puscast #57
On episode #57 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 6/6 – 6/19/24.
Host: Daniel Griffin
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- Viral
- Is letermovir or valganciclovir better to prevent CMV in kidney transplant recipients (JID)
- CMV antiviral therapy (GoodRx)
- Prevalence of and risk for CMV reactivation during COVID-19 pneumonia (PLoS One)
- Sofosbuvir off-label yellow fever treatment (OFID)
Bacterial - Preventing resistant gram negative bacteria through beta-lactam de-escalation in sepsis patients (CID)
- Competing risk analysis, survival analysis that aims to correctly estimate marginal probability of an event (Columbia University)
- Continuous or intermittent b-lactam infusion for critical sepsis (JAMA Network)
- Prolonged vs Intermittent Infusions of β-Lactam Antibiotics in Adults With Sepsis or Septic Shock (JAMA Network)
- Phoenix sepsis score and risk in children with cancer (JAMA Network)
- New recognized spotted fever group Rickettsia in Northern California (Emerging Infectious Diseases)
- Screening for mycobacterium tuberculosis (Transplant Infectious Disease)
Fungal - Potential sexual transmission of Tinea pubogenitalis from TMWII (JAMA Dermatology)
- Household transmission of tinea infection (OFID)
- Drug-resistant oral candidiasis in HIV infected patients (BMC Infectious Disease)
Parasitic - Handheld digital microscope for rapid and comprehensive screening for urogenital and gastrointestinal schistosomiasis (American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene)
- Scorecard approach to eliminate onchocerciasis (Am J Trop Med Hyg)
Miscellaneous - Association between antibiotic receipt and provider rating (OFID)
- Infectious diseases and infection control prevention strategies when on ECMO (Perfusion)
Music is by Ronald Jenkees
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Infectious Disease Puscast #56
On episode #56 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 5/28 – 6/5/24.
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- Viral
- Rapid detection of chikungunya virus in patient and mosquito samples assays (CMI)
- Adenovirus and cytomegalovirus specific adoptive T cell therapy for blood transplant and HIV infection (Transplant Infectious Disease)
- Bacterial
- Burkholderia pseudomallei: switch from melioidosis to latency (American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene)
- Meningococcal Disease circulation during Umrah Pilmgrimage (MMWR Early Release)
- Dosing and treatment of suppressive antimicrobial therapy against orthopedic implant infections (Jone of Bone and Joint Infection)
- CDC guidelines for post STD exposure doxycycline admininstration (MMWR)
- Fungal
- The last of Us (Wikipeida)
- Lower (1,3)-beta-d-glucan sensitivity and in vitro levels in Candida auris and parapsilosis strains (CMI)
- Auto-brewery syndrome in absence of alcohol consumption (Canadian Medical Association Journal)
- Television debut of auto-brewery syndrome (Vulture)
- Parasitic
- Asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum parasitemia associates with subclinical inflammation (PIDS)
- Clinical characteristics and outcomes of strongyloidiasis (American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene)
- Tafenoquine treatment: relapsing babesiosis (CID)
- Miscellaneous
- Medical librarians for infectious diseases rounding teams (OFID)
Music is by Ronald Jenkees
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Infectious Disease Puscast #55
On episode #55 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 5/9 – 5/27/24.
Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong
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- Viral
- Highly pathogenic H5N1 in US dairy cattle and 2 human cases (MMWR)
- Developing novel treatments for acute COVID-19 should address long COVID (JID)
- Reactivation of inherited HHV 6B in transplant recipient (JID)
- Bacterial
- Suppressive antibiotic therapy after DAIRfor acute periprosthetic joint infections (OFID)
- Piperacillin-tazobactam vs cefepime for sepsis treatment (JAMA Internal Medicine)
- Are the new diagnostic algorithms for pulmonary tuberculosis more sensitive? (OFID)
- Social factors associated with congenital syphilis (CID)
- Oral vancomyin treatment influences Clostridioides difficile recurrence in patients on concurrent systemic antibiotics
- Association between infectious diseases consultation and morality in Gram negative infected patients (CID)
- Fungal
- Not washing your hands: fluconazole-resistant Candida parapsilosis epidemiology (OFID)
- Retrospective case series: how Candida auris blood infections effect left ventricular assist devices (OFID)
- Trichophyton indotineae: clinical course, suspectibility and genome sequence (JAMA Dermatology)
- Screening serum for cryptococcal antigen in liver transplant recipients (OFID)
- Parasitic
- US outbreak of human trichinellosis (MMWR)
- Plague-ing the Pawlowsky glands of human body lice and transmission by bite(PLoS Biology)
- Miscellaneous
- Global change drivers and risk of infectious disease (Nature)
- ID specialists should care about ventilation (CMI)
Music is by Ronald Jenkees
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Infectious Disease Puscast #54
On episode #54 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 4/25 – 5/8/24.
Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong
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- Viral
- Dengue: mother and child (American Economic Journal)
- Dairy farm worker and high path avian influenza A (H5N1) (NEJM)
- Respiratory virus pre and post transplant outcomes in children (CID)
- Bictegravir for HIV suppression during pregnancy (CID)
- Bacterial
- Group A Streptococcus pharyngitis: rapid diagnostic & antimicrobial stewardship (Pediatric ID Consult)
- Scrub typhus : Masquerade of disaster (OFID)
- One size fits all for UTI predictions? (CID)
- Infections of durable and acute mechanical circulatory support devices (Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation)
- Fungal
- Crypto hosts for cryptococcal disease (NEJM)
- Parasitic
- Sampling for cutaneous Leishmaniasis (OFID)
- Skin monoclonal anti-Malaria antibody therapy (NEJM)
- Miscellaneous
- Origin of antimicrobial therapy (CID)
- Microneedle patches for MR (measles and rubella) vaccination (LANCET)
Music is by Ronald Jenkees
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Infectious Disease Puscast #53
On episode #53 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 4/11 – 4/24/24.
Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong
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- Viral
- Reasons for what we do for routine respiratory pathogens (Journal of Hospital Medicine)
- Acute cardiac events due to RSV infection (JAMA Internal Medicine)
- Antiretroviral drugs and weight change (CID)
- What do antibiotics do for acute lower respiratory tract infection (Journal of General Internal Medicine)
- Guidelines for managing BK polyomavirus in kidney transplantation (Transplant)
- Bacterial
- Understanding Yersinia enterocolitica epidemiology(OFID)
- Medtronic duet external ventricular drain infections(MMWR)
- Who is more expensive daptomycin or vancomycin (OFID)
- Fungal
- Coccidioidomycosis related hospital visits (Emerging Infectious Diseases)
- Parasitic
- Leech in oropharynx of a 2-year old leads to anemia (AJTMH)
- The real use of ivermectin: treatment of strongyloidiasis (AJTHM)
- Miscellaneous
- Sporadic CJD in hunters? (Neurology)
- Where are all the infectious disease doctors? (OFID)
- Not interested in infectious diseases? Seriously! (CID)
Music is by Ronald Jenkees
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Infectious Disease Puscast #52
On episode #52of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 3/28 – 4/10/24.
Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong
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- Winter vomiting disease (Open Forum Inf Dis)
- Ceftriaxone-Resistant Gonorrhea — China, 2022 (MMWR)
- Give me five days of antibiotics (JPIDS)
- Where did this come from (JPIDS)
- Differentiating cellulitis from pseudocellulitis (JAMA Derm)
- FLIR One Pro
- Neonatal Elizabethkingia anophelis meningitis from the water reservoir of automated infant milk dispenser (Eurosurveill)
- d-Mannose for Prevention of Recurrent UTI Among Women (JAMA Int Med)
- Oral vaccine for UTI potential alternative to antibiotics (Eurek!Alert)
- Oral vaccine for UTI trials BJUI one and BJUI two and NEJM
- NLRP3 inflammasome activation and type I interferon signaling predispose to necrotizing fasciitis (Cell Rep Med)
- Candida deep sternal wound infections: a consequence of antibiotic use? (OFID)
- Candida auris in US Correctional Facilities (Emerg Inf Dis)
- Scedosporiosis and lomentosporiosis: difficult-to-treat rare mold infections (Clin Micr Rev)
- Meeting the consultation surge (OFID)
Music is by Ronald Jenkees
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Infectious Disease Puscast #51
On episode #51 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 3/13 – 3/27/24.
Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong
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- Viral
- The oral antiviral obeldesivir protects NHPs against Sudan ebolavirus (Science)
- Monoclonal antibody therapy to treat Ebola virus disease (Curr Opinion Vir)
- Opinion of anti-Sudan ebolavirus antiviral therapy (Science)
- Management of norovirus in solid organ and hematopoietic stem cell transplants (Transplant ID)
- Bacterial
- Bacteremia from urinary source in hospitalized adults with asymptomatic bacteriuria?(JAMA)
- UTI research reference standards (Lancet Infectious Diseases)
- Aspiration pneumonia (CHEST)
- Household transmission of Strep A (JID)
- Antimicrobial dosing recommendations for obese patients (Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy)
- Syphilis testing (MMWR)
- Predictors of morality from streptococcal bacteremia (CID)
- Fungal
- Invasive candidiasis (Nat Rev Disease Primer)
- Climate change and natural disasters impact on fungal infections (Lancet Microbe)
- Parasitic
- Nasal flushing and Acanthamoeba infection (Emerging Infectious Diseases)
- Miscellaneous
- Vaccination guidelines for adults with cancer (Journal of Clinical Oncology)
- Do multiplexed molecular diagnostic tools impact treatment for children with acute gastroenteritis? (CID)
Music is by Ronald Jenkees
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Infectious Disease Puscast #50
On episode #50 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 2/28 – 3/12/24.
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- Viral
- Measles….and more measles (JPIDS)
- Need for new mumps vaccine (PIDJ)
- Cabotegravir and rilpivirine for those infected with HIV (JAMA)
- Genetic susceptibility to astrovirus diarrhea (OFID)
- 10 years after hepatitis E vaccination (Lancet)
- Tecovirimat for improvement of mpox symptoms (OFID)
- Bacterial
- Clinical care for tick-borne disease affected by paging clinicians serological results (AJTHM)
- Metabolomics of nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease (JID)
- Predicting risk of infectious endocarditis in those with Staphylococus aureus bacteraemis (JID)
- Fungal
- Response to invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (OFID)
- Parasitic
- Postsurgical outcomes due to hippocampal sclerosis (AJTHM)
- Miscellaneous
- What does the neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio mean in elderly with severe sepsis and diabetes mellitus (BMC Geriatrics)
- Impact of learning from Febrile podcast for infectious diseases (OFID)
Music is by Ronald Jenkees
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Infectious Disease Puscast #49
On episode #49 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 2/14 – 2/27/24.
Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong
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- Viral
- HIV Cure? (NEJM)
- The effects of HIV-1 antigen-expanded specific T-Cell therapy and vorinostat on persistent infection (JID)
- The burden of HMPV and influenza associated hospitalizations in adults (JID)
- Bacterial
- Length of antibiotic therapy among the hospitalized with uncomplicated pneumonia (Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology)
- Guideline on fecal microbiota–vased therapies for some gastrointestinal diseases (Gastroenterology)
- Guideline on fecal microbiota–based therapies for recurrent C diff (CIDRAP)
- Reduced vancomycin susceptibility in Clostridioides difficile (CID)
- Fungal
- Histoplasmosisin non-HIV population (OFID)
- Parasitic
- Plasmodium falciparum under the host’s Immune radar(JID)
- Did you hear Artemether-lumefantrine is recommended for uncomplicate malaria CID)
- Miscellaneous
- Uncompensated work in academic infectious diseases, seriously? (CID)
- Invasive mosquito Anopheles stephensi, Ghana (Emerging Infectious Diseases)
Music is by Ronald Jenkees
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Infectious Disease Puscast #48
On episode #48 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 1/31 – 2/13/24.
Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong
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- Viral
- Infectious attenuated tetravalent Butanatan-Dengue vaccine (NEJM)
- Kids with severe disease following first and second dengue virus infection (Nature)
- Oropouche fever outbreak in Latin America (Lancet Infectious Diseases)
- CMV mRNA vaccine knocks out gB/MF59 vaccine (JID)
- Acyuclovir-resistant mucocutaneous HSV in immunocompromised patients (OFID)
- Bacterial
- Dalbavancin for vertebral osteomyelitis (OFID)
- Severe vibrio vulnificus infections (MMWR)
- Demystifying UTIs in the era of antibiotic resistance (PLoS Pathogens)
- Syphilis testing recommendations (MMWR)
- Doxycycline vs azithromycin for scrub typhus (BMC Infectious Diseases)
- REALLY drug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa outbreak(CID)
- Fungal
- SUBA or conventional itraconazole for treatment of endemic mycoses (OFID)
- Fluconazole resistant Candida (CDC)
- Are you in the hospital too long after being treated with echinocandin for your Candidemia or invasive Candidiasis (OFID)
- Nasopharyngeal swab or lower respiratory tract specimen for Pneumocystis jirovecii diagnosis (OFID)
- Global guideline for cryptococcosis diagnosis and management (Lancet Infectious Disease)
- Parasitic
- Toxoplasma IgG positivity associates with increase mortality (AJTMH)
- Miscellaneous
- How well did infectious diseases fellows match (JID)
- Back to the future of the physician-scientist in infectious diseases (JID)
- Full or not infectious disease training (JID)
Music is by Ronald Jenkees
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Infectious Disease Puscast #47
On episode #46 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 1/18 – 1/31/24.
Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong
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- Viral
- Reinfection by Zika via genome diversity and antibody response (EID-Emerging Infectious Disease)
- People with HIV should breast/chest feed (CID)
- Norovirus GII in the water (PLoS Water)
- Herpes zoster and duloxetine premedication for neuralgia (CID)
- Bacterial
- SABATO: early oral switch trial (Lancet)
- Guideline for concordant antibiotic therapy to treat community-acquired pneumonia (Chest)
- Ceftriaxon with or without Nafcillin/Oxacillin for MSSA treatment (OFID)
- Ceftriaxone to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia trial (Lancet)
- Azithromycin part of routine well-infant visits (NEJM)
- Burkholderia pseudomallei in Mississippi(NEJM)
- Cefiderocol red wine urine syndrome in children (Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal)
- Fungal
- InsuranceClaims equals blastomycosis Incidence (EID)
- Antimicrobial stewardship for coccidioidomycosis in endemic region (OFID)
- Endemic mycosesafter solid organ transplantation (OFID)
- Parasitic
- Headbobbing trematoda (CMI)
- Miscellaneous
- Suspected hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (JPIDS)
- BioFire FilmArray for real-life assessment of hospitalized respiratory illness (JID)
- Clinical microbiology conferences gender and geography (Lancet)
- Is the toilet really the greatest sanitation invention? (AJICJ)
Music is by Ronald Jenkees
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Infectious Disease Puscast #46
On episode #46 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 1/4 – 1/17/24.
Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong
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- Comparing the performance of three models incorporating weather data to forecast dengue epidemics (JID)
- Elucidating the impacts of climate on dengue transmission through mathematical models (JID)
- Infants receiving a single dose of nirsevimab to prevent RSV do not have evidence of enhanced disease in their second RSV season (JPIDS)
- Patient perspectives on solid organ transplantation from donors with hepatitis C viremia to recipients without hepatitis C viremia (OFID)
- Oral Beta-Lactams, Fluoroquinolones, or Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole for definitive treatment of uncomplicated Escherichia coli or Klebsiella species bacteremia from a urinary source (OFID)
- Discontinuation of contact precautions for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a pediatric healthcare system (JPIDS)
- Oral linezolid compared with benzathine PCN G for treatment of early syphilis in adults (The Lancet)
- Model-informed precision dosing improves outcomes in patients receiving vancomycin for gram-positive infections (OFID)
- The Xpert MTB/RIF cycle threshold value predicts M.tuberculosis transmission to close contacts (CID)
- Efficacy and safety of a structured de-escalation from antipseudomonal β-lactams in bloodstream infections due to Enterobacterales (The Lancet)
- Oral antibiotics for treatment of Gram negative bacteremia in solid organ transplant recipients (CID)
- Dematiaceous fungal keratitis with tentacles mimicking Pythium Keratitis (Jama)
- Verification, analytical sensitivity, cost-effectiveness, and comparison of four Candida auris screening methods (OFID)
- Tafenoquine-Atovaquone combination achieves radical cure and confers sterile immunity in experimental models of human babesiosis (JID)
- Relapsing babesiosis with molecular evidence of resistance to certain antimicrobials commonly used to treat Babesia microti infections (OFID)
- Understanding parental leave policies in ID fellowship (OFID)
- What’s hot this year in ID clinical science (CID)
Music is by Ronald Jenkees
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Infectious Disease Puscast #45
On episode #45 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 12/20/23 – 1/3/24.
Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong
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- Notes coming soon
- Bacterial
- Change in oral PrEP affect kidney function (OFID)
- Preventing STIs in women (NEJM)
- Revising antibiotic and STI trials (NEJM)
- Treatment for pediatric febrile UTIs (Pediatrics)
- Burkholderia pseudomallei in Mississippi (NEJM)
- Acute kidney injury and gentamicin treatment for endocarditis (JACAMR)
- Pacemakers for Lyme disease patients (OFID)
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa update and must have references (CMI)
- Fungal
- Definining optimal dose liposomal amphotericin B for Candida auris (JID)
- Cryptococcus neoformans and HIV serology (OFID)
- Global emergence of Candida auris (OFID)
- Novel anti-cancer therapeutics and fungal biology (PLoS Pathogens)
- Parasitic
- Second malaria vaccine prequalified (WHO)
- Seasonal vaccination against malaria in children (Lancet ID)
- Toxoplasma gondii treatement guidelines for patients with haematological malignancies (Lancet ID)
- Miscellaneous
- Eye infection review (NEJM)
- Diagnosing children with gastroenteritis using molecular testing (CID)
- Are hospital coffee machines pathogenic (BMJ)
- Putting down the fluoroquinolone (CID)
Music is by Ronald Jenkees
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Infectious Disease Puscast #44
On episode #44 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Sara reviews the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 12/8 – 12/20/23.
Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong
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- Mpox and chickenpox co-infection (J Inf Dis)
- Corticosteroids for postherpetic neuralgia (Coch Data Syst Rev)
- Dengue incidence and mortality in Bangladesh (J Inf Dis)
- ACORN trial vancomycin and piperacillin-tazobactam (Open For Inf Dis)
- Models for infection risk in children with cancer (J Clin Oncol)
- Salmonella outbreak from cantaloupes (CDC)
- Pediatric antimicrobial stewardship programs ( Ped Inf Dis Soc)
- MRSA nasal swab PCR assay (J Ped Inf Dis Soc)
- Invasive meningococcal disease (Open For Inf Dis)
- Probiotics for recurrent UTI (Clin Inf Dis)
- Preservation fluid contamination and kidney transplant patients (Transpl Inf Dis)
- Mechanism of zinc prevention of candidiasis (Sci Transl Med)
- Risk factors for invasive fungal infection (Open For Inf Dis)
- Genetic variants associated with S. mansoni worm burden (PLoS NTD)
- Chagas disease GI manifestations (Am J Trop Med Hyg)
- Wolbachia in Aedes aegypti in Colombia (PLoS NTD)
Music is by Ronald Jenkees
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Infectious Disease Puscast #43
On episode #43 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Sara reviews the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 11/22 – 12/06/23.
Host: Sara Dong
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- Treatment for first cytomegalovirus infection post-hematopoietic cell transplant (CID)
- Mortality among children aged 5 years living with HIV who ae receiving antiretroviral treatment (CDC)
- Boostability after single-visit pre-exposure prophylaxis with rabies vaccine (The Lancet)
- Alarming trends in dengue incidence and mortality in Bangladesh (JID)
- Update on cardiovascular implantable electronic device infections and their prevention, diagnosis, and management (Circulation)
- SCCM/IDSA guidelines for evaluating new fever in adult patients in the ICU (IDSA)
- Risk factors for serogroup B meningococcal disease among college students (OFID)
- Comparison of Adjuvant Clindamycin vs Linezolid for severe invasive Group A Streptococcal skin and soft tissue infections (OFID)
- State of the art reviews: Persistent enterococcal bacteremia (CID)
- Billirud Mill Blastomycosis outbreak (MM)
- Primaquine radical cure in patients with P.falciparum malaria in areas co-endemic for P falciparum and P vivax (The Lancet)
- Microbiology, public health, and the murals of Diego Rivera (CID)
Music is by Ronald Jenkees