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  • 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.

    Host: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong

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    Links for this episode 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)

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  • 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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    Links for this episode 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)

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  • 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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    Links for this episode 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)

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  • 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.

    Host: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong

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    Links for this episode 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)

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  • 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.

    Host: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong

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    Links for this episode 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)

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  • 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.

    Host: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong

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    Links for this episode 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)

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  • 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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    Links for this episode 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)

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  • 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.

    Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong

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    Links for this episode 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
  • 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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    Links for this episode 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)

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  • 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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    Links for this episode 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)

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  • 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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    Links for this episode 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)

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  • 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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    Links for this episode 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)

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  • 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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    Links for this episode 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)

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  • 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.

    Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong

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    Links for this episode 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)

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  • 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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    Links for this episode 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)

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  • 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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    Links for this episode 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)

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  • 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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    Links for this episode 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)

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  • 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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    Links for this episode 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)

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  • 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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    Links for this episode 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)

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  • On episode #44 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Sara reviews the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 12/8 – 12/20/23.

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    Links for this episode 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)

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