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. 

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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)

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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.

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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)

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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.

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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)

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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.

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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)

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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.

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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)

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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.

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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)

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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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• 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.

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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)

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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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• 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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• 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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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 are 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)

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On episode #42 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 11/09 – 11/21/23.

Host: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong

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• Progress toward measles elimination (CDC)
• Slaying the troll of transplantation (TID)
• Association between the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio and adverse outcomes in children aged <2 years with RSV (JPIDS)
• Pre-exposure prophylaxis use history in people with antiretroviral resistance at HIV diagnosis (CID)
• Impact of the 2019 FDA guidance for uncomplicated UTI on treatment response rates (OFID)
• CDC Guidelines for the prevention and treatment of anthrax (CDC)
• Contemporary use of cefazolin for MSSA infective endocarditis (IJID)
• Is carbapenem therapy necessary for treatment of non-CTX-M ESBL-producing Enterobacterales bloodstream infections (CID)
• Infectious diseases consultation associated with reduced mortality in gram-negative Bacteremia (CID)
• Contemporary management of Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (CID)
• Tuning sterol extraction kinetics yields a renal-sparing polyene antifungal (Nature)
• Impact of in-house Candida auris PCR screening on admission on the incidence rates of surveillance and blood cultures with C. auris and associated cost savings (OFID)
• Human lobomycosis caused by Paracoccidioides loboi (EID)
• Molecular surveillance detects high prevalence of the neglected parasite Mansonella ozzardi (JID)
• Efficacy and safety of moxidectin compared with ivermectin against Strongyloides stercoralis infection in adults (The Lancet)
• Efficacy of bortezomib for treating anti-interferon-gamma autoantibody-associated adult-onset immunodeficiency (AOID) syndrome (CID)
• Investigational non-antibiotic therapeutics for infections in hematopoietic cell transplant recipients and patients with hematologic malignancies receiving cellular therapies (TID)
• Black box warning: large language models and the future of infectious diseases consultations (CID)

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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.

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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)

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On episode #41 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 10/26 - 11/08/23.

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• Intrinsic and effective severity of COVID-19 cases infected with the ancestral strain and Omicron BA.2 variant in Hong Kong (JID)
• Efficacy and safety of corticosteroid therapy for community-acquired pneumonia (CID)
• Hydrocortisone in severe community-acquired pneumonia (NEJM)
• Early oral antibiotic switch in Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia (CID)
• Outbreak of invasive Group A Streptococcus in children (PIDS)
• Inhaled amikacin to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia (NEJM)
• Assessing risk for complications in acute hematogenous osteomyelitis in children (JPIDS)
• Empirical antibiotic therapy in diabetic foot ulcer infection increases hospitalization(OFID)
• 2023 guideline on diagnosis and management of acute bacterial arthritis in pediatrics (JPIDS)
• Natural history of antibiotic-treated lower limb cellulitis (OFID)
• Missed opportunities for preventing congenital syphilis (CDC)
• Diverse clinical manifestations and challenges of mucormycosis (OFID)
• Malaria (The Lancet)
• Clinical characteristics and outcomes of Chagas disease (AJTMH) 
• Direct gloving vs hand hygiene before donning gloves in adherence to hospital infection control practices (JAMA)
• How I approach diarrhea in hematological transplant patients (TID)
• Innovating pediatric infectious diseases recruitment and training (JPIDS)

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On episode #40 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 10/13 – 10/25/23.

Host: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong

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• Sustained viral suppression with dolutegravir monotherapy over 192 weeks in patients starting combination antiretroviral therapy during primary HIV infection (CID)
• Dolutegravir monotherapy possibly boosted by highly active natural immunity (CID)
• Mpox neutralizing antibodies at 6 months from mpox infection or MVA-BN vaccination (The Lancet)
• Linezolid population pharmacokinetic model in plasma and cerebrospinal fluid among patients with tuberculosis meningitis (JID)
• Adjunctive dexamethasone for tuberculous meningitis in HIV-positive adults (NEJM)
• Cefepime vs piperacillin-tazobactam in adults hospitalized with acute infection (JAMA)
• Acute kidney injury with empirical antibiotics for sepsis (JAMA)
• Mycobacterium abscessus outbreak related to contaminated water among  ventilator-dependent residents of a pediatric facility (CDC)
• Trial of Vancomycin and Cefazolin as surgical prophylaxis in arthroplasty (NEJM)
• Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole significantly reduces the risk of nocardiosis in solid organ transplant recipients (CMI)
• Risk of hematologic cancers among individuals tested for Borrelia burgdorferi antibodies, and Borrelia burgdorferi seropositive individuals (CMI)
• In vitro susceptibility patterns for slowly growing non-tuberculous mycobacteria (JAC)
• Real-world use of mold-active triazole prophylaxis in the prevention of invasive fungal diseases (OFID)
• Fungal microbiota sustains lasting immune activation of neutrophils and their progenitors in severe COVID-19 (INI)
• Real-time dermoscopy of numerous mites crawling on the crusted scabies (CMI)
• The African eye worm: current understanding of the epidemiology, clinical disease, and treatment of loiasis (The Lancet)
• Decolonization in nursing homes to prevent infection and hospitalization (NEJM)
• Can chatbot artificial intelligence replace ID physicians in the management of bloodstream infections (CID)
• Nasal iodophor antiseptic vs nasal mupirocin antibiotic in the setting of chlorhexidine bathing to prevent infections in ICUs (JAMA)
• FDA Approves PENBRAYATM for the prevention of the five most common serogroups causing meningococcal disease in adolescents (Pfizer)

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On episode #39 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, recorded at IDWeek in Boston, Daniel and special host Priya Kodiyanplakkal review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 9/27 – 10/12/23.

Host: Daniel Griffin and Priya Kodiyanplakkal

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• Survival from rabies in a young child from India (AJTMH)
• The perils of overly-sensitive viral load testing for persons living with HIV (OFID)
• Letermovir vs Valganciclovir for prophylaxis of Cytomegalovirus in high-risk kidney transplant recipients (JAMA)
• Frailty and survival in the 1918 influenza pandemic (PNAS)
• Adverse pregnancy outcomes among HIV-infected Women taking isoniazid preventive therapy during the first trimester (CID)
• Ceftobiprole for treatment of complicated Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (NEJM)
• Real-world application of oral therapy for infective endocarditis (CID)
• Efficacy and safety of sulbactam–durlobactam versus colistin for the treatment of patients with serious infections (The Lancet)
• Information delay of significant bloodstream isolates and patient mortality (CID)
• Critical appraisal beyond clinical guidelines for intra-abdominal candidiasis (CC)
• Update on outbreak of fungal meningitis among Americans who received epidural anesthesia at clinics in Mexico
• Increasing prevalence of artemisinin-resistant HRP2-negative malaria in Eritrea (NEJM)
• Gender differences in psychosocial determinants of hand hygiene among physicians (ICHE)

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On episode #38 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel reviews the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 9/14 – 9/27/23.

Host: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong

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• Features of Long COVID identified through immune profiling (Nature)
• Severity of influenza-associated hospitalizations by influenza type (The Lancet)
• Cefazolin for the treatment of CNS infections (CID)
• Rifampin based therapy for patients with Staphylococcus aureus native vertebral Osteomyelitis (CID)
• State of the management of infections caused by multidrug-resistant organisms (CID)
• Are contact precautions "essential" for the prevention of healthcare-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus? (CID)
• Impact of the sequential implementation of a pharmacy-driven methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) nasal-swab ordering policy and vancomycin 72-hour restriction protocol on standardized antibiotic administration ratio (ICHE)
• Update on outbreak of fungal meningitis among US residents who received epidural anesthesia at two clinics in Mexico (CID)
• Paratracheal abscess by plant fungus Chondrostereum purpureum (MMCR)
• Canadian Blood Services traceback investigation of a suspected case of transfusion-transmitted malaria (Transfusion)
• Strongyloides infection screening in transplant candidates (TID)
• The world of microbial odors (JID)

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On episode #37 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel reviews the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 8/31 – 9/13/23.

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• Association between varicella zoster virus and dementia (NS)
• Safety, efficacy, and immunogenicity of V160 vaccine in cytomegalovirus-seronegative women (The Lancet)
• Microorganisms detected in intussusception cases and controls in children (OFID)
• Clinician testing and treatment thresholds for management of UTIs (OFID)
• Clinical outcomes and management of NAAT-positive/toxin-negative Clostridioides difficile infection (CID)
• Associations of standard care, intrathecal antibiotics, and antibiotic impregnated catheters with cerebrospinal fluid shunt infection (JPIDS)
• Advances in asynchronous telemedicine call for increased antibiotic surveillance (CID)
• Two artificial tears outbreak-associated cases of extensively drug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa detected through whole genome surveillance (JID)
• Pre-XDR congenital TB in an extremely premature baby (CID)
• Emerging Roles of (1→3)-β-D-glucan in cerebrospinal fluid for detection and therapeutic monitoring of fungal diseases (CID)
• Outbreak of locally acquired mosquito-transmitted malaria (CDC)
• Complexity of infectious diseases compared to other cognitive medical subspecialties (OFID)
• Risk of opportunistic infections associated with long-term glucocorticoid therapies in adults (CID)

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On episode #36 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel reviews the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 8/17 – 8/30/23.

Host: Daniel Griffin

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• Detection of rotavirus in respiratory specimens from children aged under 2 years hospitalized for acute gastroenteritis (JID)
• Risk of Bell's palsy following SARS-CoV-2 infection (CMI)
• Evaluation and management of diabetes-related foot infections (CID)
• Impact of mandatory infectious disease specialist approval on Clostridioides difficile infection rates and testing appropriateness (CID)
• Role of cerebral imaging on diagnosis and management in patients with suspected infective endocarditis (CID)
• Identifying effective durations of antibiotic therapy for the treatment of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales bloodstream infections (CID)
• Impact on clinical outcome of follow-up blood cultures and risk factors for persistent bacteraemia (CMI)
• State-of-the-art review: Neurosyphilis (CID)
• Oritavancin compared to the standard of care for treatment of non-endovascular gram-positive bloodstream Infections (OFID)
• How to approach suppressive antibiotic therapy following debridement, antibiotics, and implant retention for prosthetic joint infection (CID)
• 2023 Duke-International Society for cardiovascular infectious diseases criteria for infective endocarditis (CID)
• Adjunctive diagnostic studies completed following detection of candidemia in children (JPIDS)
• Oral lipid nanocrystal amphotericin b for cryptococcal meningitis (CID)
• Efficacy of 23 commonly used liquid disinfectants against Candida auris (IC&HE)
• Burrow ink test for scabies (NEJM)
• Evolution of partial resistance to artemisinins in malaria parasites in Uganda (NEJM)
• Human neural larva migrans caused by Ophidascaris robertsi ascarid (EID)

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On episode #35 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel reviews the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 8/3 – 8/16/23.

Host: Daniel Griffin

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• Powassan virus encephalitis: a tertiary center experience (CID)
• Diagnostic accuracy of hospital antibiograms in predicting the risk of antimicrobial resistance in Enterobacteriaceae isolates (CID)
• Timely diagnosis of incubating syphilis infections using Treponema pallidum (CID)
• Impact of rapid identification and stewardship intervention on coagulase-negative Staphylococcus bloodstream infection (OFID)
• Natural antibodies mediate protection against Acinetobacter baumannii respiratory infections (JID)
• Risk of misleading conclusions in observational studies of time-to-antibiotics and mortality in suspected sepsis (CID)
• Cryptococcal meningitis in young, immunocompetent patients (OFID)
• Experimental acquisition, maintenance, and transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) (JID)
• Clinical characteristics and prognosis of pediatric Phthirus pubis coinfestation of the eyelashes and scalp hairs (AMJTMH)
• Prognostic significance of Lymphocyte Subpopulations for ICU-acquired Infections in sepsis patients (JHI)

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On episode #34 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel reviews the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 7/20 – 8/2/23.

Host: Daniel Griffin

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• FDA approves first treatment for molluscum contagiosum (FDA)
• Identifying children likely to benefit from antibiotics for Acute Sinusitis (JAMA)
• Impact of metagenomic next-generation sequencing of plasma cell-free DNA testing in patients with suspected infectious diseases (OFID)
• Impact of infectious diseases consultation in patients with candidemia at a multisite healthcare system (OFID)
• Relapsing babesiosis with molecular evidence of resistance to certain antimicrobials commonly used to treat Babesia microti infections (OFID)
• Seroprevalence of Chagas disease among people of Latin American descent (AJTMH)
• Malaria transmission-blocking vaccines Pfs230D1-EPA and Pfs25-EPA in Alhydrogel in healthy Malian adults (The Lancet)
• The human blood fluke, Schistosoma mansoni, harbors bacteria throughout the parasite's life cycle (JID)
• Health care provider knowledge regarding Alpha-gal syndrome (CDC)

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On episode #33 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel reviews the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 7/6 – 7/19/23.

Host: Daniel Griffin

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• Early antiretroviral therapy not associated with higher cryptococcal Meningitis mortality in people with HIV in high-income countries (CID)
• Implementing a rapid Antiretroviral therapy program using starter packs for emergency department patients diagnosed with HIV infection (OFID)
• Efficacy of a clinical decision rule to enable direct oral challenge in patients with low-risk Penicillin allergy (JAMA)
• Infectious diseases consultation associated with reduced mortality in gram-negative bacteremia (CID)
• Positive impact of [18F]FDG-PET/CT on mortality in patients with Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia explained by immortal time bias (CID)
• Azithromycin for bacterial watery diarrhea (JID) 
• Periprosthetic joint infection: current clinical challenges (CID)
• Old World medieval Treponema pallidum complex treponematosis (JID)
• Clinical Impact of polymerase chain reaction–based Aspergillus and Azole resistance detection in invasive aspergillosis (CID)
• Superior accuracy of Aspergillus plasma cell-free DNA PCR over serum galactomannan for the diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis (CID)
• Tafenoquine co-administered with dihydroartemisinin–piperaquine for the radical cure of Plasmodium vivax malaria (The Lancet)
• Doubling of cyclosporiasis cases partially attributable to a salad kit (CDC)
• Efficacy and safety of adjunctive corticosteroids in the treatment of severe community-acquired pneumonia (BMC)

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On episode #32 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 6/21 – 7/4/23.

Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong

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• Clinical characteristics and outcomes among travelers with severe dengue (AIM)
• Phase 3 randomized trial of Bulevirtide in chronic hepatitis D (NEJM)
• Increased peripheral inflammation associated with structural brain changes and reduced blood flow in virologically controlled people with HIV (JID)
• Sustained viral suppression with dolutegravir monotherapy over 192 weeks in HIV patients (CID)
• Side-by-side comparative study of the immunogenicity of the intramuscular and intradermal rabies post-exposure prophylaxis regimens in suspected RABV exposed individuals (CID)
• Reliability of admission procalcitonin testing for capturing bacteremia across the sepsis spectrum (CCM)
• Early discontinuation of antibiotics in patients admitted with clinically suspected serious infection but negative cultures (OFID)
• Short-course therapy for urinary tract infections in children (JAMA)
• Autochthonous Leprosy in the United States (NEJM)
• Management of pediatric pneumonia (CID)
• Added value of (1,3)-β-D-glucan for the diagnosis of Invasive candidiasis in ICU patients (Infection)
• Selection for insecticide resistance can promote Plasmodium falciparum infection in Anopheles (PLOS Pathogens)
• Locally acquired malaria cases identified in the US (CDC)
• Nanoplasmonic amplification in microfluidics enables accelerated colorimetric quantification of nucleic acid biomarkers from pathogens (NN)

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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.

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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)

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On episode #31 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 6/8 – 6/20/23.

Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong

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• Relative effectiveness of the cell-based quadrivalent influenza vaccine in preventing cardiorespiratory hospitalizations (OFID)
• Evaluation of Oseltamivir used to prevent hospitalization in outpatients with influenza (JAMA)
• Pan-ebolavirus monoclonal antibody cocktail provides protection against Ebola and Sudan viruses (JID)
• Inappropriate antibiotic prescribing and its determinants among outpatient children in low-and middle-income countries (PLOS)
• IDSA 2023 Guidance on the treatment of antimicrobial resistant gram-negative infections (IDSA)
• Evaluating antimicrobial duration for gram-negative bacteremia in patients with neutropenia (TID)
• Antibiotic myths for the ID clinician (CID)
• Dalbavancin for the treatment of acute bacterial skin and skin structure infection in patients with obesity or Diabetes (OFID)
• Global differences in the management of S. aureus bacteremia (CID)
• Clinical risk Scores to Predict Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole, Fluoroquinolone, Nitrofurantoin, and Cephalosporin non-susceptibility among outpatient episodes of complicated UTI among adults (OFID)
• Continuous vs intermittent meropenem administration in critically ill patients with sepsis (JAMA)
• Current pyuria cutoffs promote inappropriate UTI diagnosis in older women (CID)
• Paenibacillus infection as a novel cause of sepsis in term neonates with high risk of sequelae in Uganda (CID)
• Antimicrobial for 7 or 14 Days for febrile urinary tract infection in men (CID)
• Candida auris‒associated hospitalizations (EID)
• Fatal invasive mold infections after transplantation of organs recovered from drowned donors (EID)

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On episode #30 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 5/24 – 6/7/23.

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• Foodborne illness outbreaks at retail food establishments (CDC)
• Donor-derived fulminant herpes simplex virus hepatitis after liver transplantation (TID)
• High-dose influenza vaccine is associated with reduced mortality among older adults with breakthrough influenza (CID)
• Letermovir vs valganciclovir for prophylaxis of cytomegalovirus in high-risk kidney transplant recipients (JAMA)
• Association between combination antibiotic therapy as opposed as monotherapy and outcomes of ICU patients with pneumonia (CC)
• Safety of Streptococcus pyogenes vaccines (CID)
• Meningococcal ACWYX conjugate vaccine in 2 to 29 year olds (NEJM)
• Orthopaedic surgical management of pressure-ulcer related pelvic osteomyelitis (OFID)
• On culture and blood cultures (CMI)
• Benchmarking of outpatient pediatric antibiotic prescribing (JPIDS)
• Outbreak of suspected fungal meningitis in US patients who underwent surgical procedures under epidural anesthesia (CDC)
• Risk of systemic fungal infections after exposure to wildfires (The Lancet)
• Giardia duodenalis and dysentery in Iron Age Jerusalem (Parastiology)
• Community water fluoridation levels to promote effectiveness and safety in oral health (CDC)

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On episode #29 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 5/11 – 5/23/23.

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• Harmonie phase IIIb study trial results of nirsevimab against RSV lower respiratory tract infection hospitalization for infants (ESPID)
• Mogamulizumab for treatment of HTLV-1 associated Myelopathy/Tropical Spastic Paraparesis (IDSA)
• Revised protocol for secondary prevention of congenital cytomegalovirus infection with valaciclovir (IDSA)
• Increase in false positive fourth generation HIV tests in patients with COVID-19 (CID)
• Implementation of an antibiotic stewardship initiative in a large urgent care network (JAMA)
• Clindamycin + vancomycin versus linezolid for treatment of necrotizing soft tissue infection (OFID)
• Assessing empiric antimicrobial therapy with the dundee classification for skin and soft tissue infections (OFID)
• Combination of amoxicillin 3000mg and probenecid vs 1500mg amoxicillin monotherapy for treating syphilis in patients with HIV (CID)
• The sympathetic nervous system is necessary for development of CD4+ T cell memory following Staphylococcus aureus infection (JID)
• Efficacy and safety of sulbactam-durlobactam versus colistin for the treatment of patients with infections caused by Acinetobacter baumannii-calcoaceticu complex (The Lancet)
• First reported US cases of tinea caused by Trichophyton indotineae (CDC)
• How to use direct microscopy for diagnosing fungal infections (CMI)
• Limited Cutaneous Leishmaniasis as Ulcerated Verrucous Plaque on leg (EID)
• Can Ivermectin kill Sarcoptes scabiei during the molting process? (PLOS)
• The Infectious Diseases Specialist, at risk of extinction (JID)
• Ticks harbor and excrete chronic wasting disease prions (NIH)

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On episode #28 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 4/26 – 5/10/23.

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• Unprecedented outbreak of West Nile Virus (CDC)
• Approval of first RSV vaccine approved for individuals 60 years and older (FDA)
• FDA approves orally administered fecal microbiota product for the prevention of recurrence of C-difficile (FDA)
• Using thermal imaging to track cellulitis (OFID)
• Burden of Typhoid and Paratyphoid fever in India (NEJM)
• Early switch to oral antimicrobials in brain abscess (CMI)
• Considering vancomycin alternatives for pediatric methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (JPIDS)
• Navigating treatment options for Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii-calcoaceticus complex infections (CID)
• 2023 Duke-ISCVID criteria for infective Endocarditis (CID)
• Molecular characterization of Candida auris outbreak isolates in Qatar from COVID-19 patients (CMI)
• Amplicon sequencing reveals complex infection in infants congenitally infected with Trypanosoma cruzi (JID)
• Impact of Sequestration on Artemisinin-Induced Parasite Clearance in Plasmodium falciparum Malaria (CID)
• Advances in artificial intelligence for infectious disease surveillance (NEJM)

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On episode #27 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the previous two weeks, 4/13 – 4/25/23.

Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong

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• Prevalence, clinical severity, and seasonality of Adenovirus 40/41, Astrovirus, Sapovirus, and Rotavirus among children with moderate-to severe diarrhea (CID)
• Antibiotic-prescribing practices for management of childhood diarrhea in 3 sub-Saharan African countries (CID)
• Drivers of decline in diarrhea mortality (CID)
• Breastfeeding among people with HIV in North America (CID)
• Wearable sensor-based detection of Influenza in presymptomatic and asymptomatic individuals (JID)
• Emergence of erythromycin-resistant invasive group a Streptococcus (EID)
• Piperacillin-Tazobactam compared With Cefoxitin as antimicrobial prophylaxis for pancreatoduodenectomy (JAMA)
• VE303 for prevention of recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection (JAMA)
• Geographic patterns of antimicrobial susceptibilities for Bacteroides species worldwide (IJAA)
• Intravenous to oral antibiotic switch therapy among patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia (CID)
• Clinical impact of syndromic molecular point-of-care testing for gastrointestinal pathogens in adults hospitalized with suspected gastroenteritis (The Lancet)
• Treatment of pulmonary mucormycosis with adjunctive nebulized amphotericin B (Mycoses)
• Giardia detection and codetection with other enteric pathogens in children in the vaccine impact on diarrhea in Africa (CID)
• Feasibility of training community health workers to use smartphone-attached microscopy for point-of-care visualization of soil-transmitted helminths (AJTMH)
• Compassionate use of bacteriophages for failed persistent infections (OFID)

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On episode #26 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the previous two weeks, 3/30 – 4/12/23.

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• Fatal rabies infection with failure of post-exposure prophylaxis following a zoonotic exposure (CID)
• Bivalent perfusion F vaccine in pregnancy to prevent RSV in infants (NEJM)
• Adeno-associated virus type 2 in US children with severe hepatitis (Nature)
• Genomic investigations of unexplained hepatitis in children (Nature)
• Antiretroviral treatment of HIV/AIDS during pregnancy (JAMA)
• Rapid PCR for respiratory viruses reduces time to result and improves clinical care (JOI)
• Postexposure doxycycline to prevent bacterial sexually transmitted infection (NEJM)
• Survey on antimicrobial resistance genes of used probiotic bacteria (EURO)
• Structured immune work-up in healthy children with episode of severe bacterial infection (JID)
• Antibiotic prescribing in U.S. nursing homes (JID)
• Syndromic panel testing among patients with infectious diarrhea (OFID) 
• Early predictors of infected pancreatic necrosis in severe pancreatitis (DD)
• Management of nontuberculous mycobacteria in lung transplant cases (ERJ)
• Impact of extended-infusion piperacillin-tazobactam (Infectious Medicine)
• Camber Pharmaceuticals issues nationwide recall of atovaquone oral suspension due to potential Bacillus cereus contamination (FDA)
• Cluster of Blastomycosis among neighborhood residents (CDC)
• Risk factors for late-onset Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in liver transplant recipients (IJID)
• Hyponatremia predicts cryptococcal meningitis and mortality in HIV-Positive asymptomatic individuals with cryptococcal antigenemia (OFID)
• Investigation of donor-derived Strongyloides stercoralis infection in multiple solid organ transplant recipients (TID)
• Promising new malaria vaccine for kids approved in Ghana (AP)

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On episode #25 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the previous two weeks, 3/23 – 3/29/23.

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• Blocking NS3–NS4B interaction inhibits dengue virus in non-human primates (Nature)
• First evidence of locally acquired Dengue infection (CDC)
• Respiratory viral infections in recipients of cellular therapies (OFID)
• Evolving Japanese encephalitis situation in Australia (JTM)
• Attainment of target antibiotic levels by oral treatment of left-sided infective endocarditis (CID)
• Utility of PCR vs serology based testing in immunocompromised patients with Bartonella (OFID)
• Source-associated mobile genetic elements to identify zoonotic coli infections (OneHealth)
• The risk of urinary tract infection in vegetarians and non-vegetarians (Nature)
• Hydrocortisone in severe community acquired pneumonia (NEJM)
• Adjunctive dexamethasone treatment in adults with Listeria monocytogenes meningitis (The Lancet)
• Worsening spread of Candida auris in the United States (AIM)
• Origin, resistance, and spread of the emerging human fungal pathogen Candida auris (PLOS)
• Emergence of Candida auris (mBio)
• Invasive aspergillosis in liver transplant recipients (Transplant ID)
• Trends in reported babesiosis cases (CDC)
• PCR assay for diagnosis of tick-borne infections in children (OFID)
• Molecular evidence of widespread benzimidazole drug resistance in Ancylostoma caninum (PLOS)
• Emphasis of diversity, equity and inclusion on U.S Adult Infectious Disease Fellowship program websites (JID)

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On episode #24 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the previous two weeks, 3/1 – 3/22/23.

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• Re-emergence of Parechovirus: 2017-2022 national trends of detection in CSF (OFID)
• Screening and testing for hepatitis B virus infection (CDC)
• Changing epidemiology of carbapenemases among carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacterales (OFID)
• Comparison of a short vs long-course antibiotic therapy for ventilator-associated pneumonia (eClinicalMedicine)
• The impact of timing of infectious disease consultation for Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (CID)
• Intravenous doxycycline, azithromycin, or both for severe scrub typhus (NEJM)
• Cronobacter sakazakii infections in two infants linked to powdered infant formula and breast pump equipment (CDC)
• Piperacillin/tazobactam vs cefepime or carbapenems for cefoxitin-non-susceptible bacteraemia in immunocompromised patients (JAC)
• Positive impact of [18F) FDG-PET/CT on mortality in patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (CID)
• Association of antibody immunity with cryptococcal antigenemia and mortality in a South African cohort with advanced HIV (CID)
• Practical guide to antifungal susceptibility testing (JPIDS)
• Risk of COVID-19 associated pulmonary aspergillosis based on corticosteroid duration in ICU patients (OFID)
• Emergence and Persistence of Candida auris in Western New York with no epidemiologic links (OFID)

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On episode #23 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the previous two weeks, 2/16 – 2/28/23.

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• Association between cytomegalovirus infection and tuberculosis disease (JID)
• In-depth virological and immunological characterization of HIV-1 cure after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (Nature)

• Algorithm-based Clostridioides difficile testing as a tool for antibiotic stewardship(CMI)

• Clinical utility of nasal surveillance swabs in ruling-out MRSA infections in children (JPIDS)
• Antimicrobial for 7 or 14 days for febrile UTI in men (CID)
• Treatment strategy for rifampin-susceptible TB (NEJM)
• Current pyuria cut-offs promote inappropriate UTI diagnosis in older women (CID)
• Efficacy of doxycycline for mild-to-moderate community-acquired pneumonia in adults (CID)
• Hospitalizations for unspecified mycoses and implications for fungal disease burden estimates (OFID)
• Invasive mold infections following Hurricane Harvey (OFID)
• Cryptococcal meningitis and clinical outcomes in persons with HIV (CID)
• Rapid range shifts in African Anopheles mosquitoes over the last century (Biology Letters)
• Neuroangiostrongyliasis: Rat lungworm invades Europe (ASTMH)
• Balamuthia mandrillaris encephalitis presenting as a symptomatic focal hypodensityin an immunocompromised patient (OFID)
• Low rates of antibiotics prescribed during telehealth primary-care visits persisted during COVID19 (ICHE)

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On episode #22 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the previous two weeks, 2/2 – 2/15/23.

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• Influence of rapid influenza diagnostic testing on clinician decision-making for patients with acute respiratory infection (CID)
• Outbreak of extensively drug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa (CDC)
• Epidemiology and clinical outcomes of non-HACEK gram-negative infective endocarditis (OFID)
• Azithromycin to prevent sepsis or death in women planning a vaginal birth (NEJM)
• Clinical significance of concomitant bacteruria in patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (EJCM)
• Health disparities in hemodialysis associated Staph aureus bloodstream infections (CDC)
• Sequential oral antibiotic in uncomplicated Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (CMI)
• Genome-wide analysis of transposon mobility in the human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus deneoformans (PNAS)
• Prevalence of ocular candidiasis and Candida endophthalmitis in patients with candidemia (CID)
• Prevalence of Ocular Complications in candidemia (CID)
• Rapid and spontaneous post-partum clearance of Plasmodium falciparum (JID)
• Adoption and utilization of social media among adult and pediatric infectious diseases divisions and fellowship programs (OFID)
• Canine detection of chronic wasting disease in laboratory and field settings (Prion)

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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.

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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)

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On episode #21 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the previous two weeks, 1/18/23 – 2/1/23.

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• The impact of cold temperature in the pattern of influenza virus infection (OFID)
• Janssen to discontinue Phase 3 Mosaico HIV vaccine clinical trial (JNJ)
• Randomized trial of vaccines for Zaire Ebola virus disease (NEJM)
• PD-1 blockade and lenalidomide combination therapy for Epstein-Barr virus infection (CMI)
• Outcomes of Daptomycin plus Ceftaroline vs alternative therapy for persistent MRSA bacteremia (IJAA)
• Detection of a novel strain of multidrug-non-susceptible Neisseria gonorrhoeae (The Lancet)
• Impact of a device to reduce blood culture contamination and false-positive central-line bloodstream infections (ICHE)
• Addition of anaerobic coverage for treatment of biliary tract infections (JAC)
• High dose Cefepime vs Carbapenems for bacteremia caused by Enterobacterales(OFID)
• Assessing the diagnostic performance of IGRAs for Mycobacterium tuberculosis (CID)
• Infective endocarditis after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (JACC)
• Discordant clinical and microbiological outcomes are associated with late clinical relapse in clinical trials for complicated UTIs (CID)
• Real-world use of bezlotoxumab and fecal microbiota transplantation for the treatment of Cdiff (OFID)
• Blastomycosis in New England (OFID)
• Management of invasive candidiasis in hematopoietic cell transplant recipients (TCT)
• Short course of Antifungal therapy in patients with uncomplicated Candida Bloodstream infection (OFID)
• Parasites and childhood stunting (Cell)
• Comparing complication rates of midline catheter vs. PICC line (OFID)
• Novel prion strain as the cause of chronic wasting disease in a moose (EID)
• Agreement of respiratory viruses' detection between nasopharyngeal swab and bronchoalveolar lavage in adults with pneumonia (CMI)

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On episode #20 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the previous two weeks, 1/4/23 – 1/17/23.

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• Neuroinvasive West Nile infection in solid organ transplant recipients (TID)
• Clinical markers of post-Chikungunya chronic inflammatory joint disease (PLOSNTD)
• Cholera outbreak in Haiti (CDC)
• Legionella bononiensis isolated from a hotel water in Nothern Italy (MS)
• Contemporary pharmacotherapies for nontuberculosis mycobacterial infections (IDT)
• Defining the optimal duration of therapy for hospitalized patients with UTIs and Bacteremia (CID)
• Fidaxomicin to prevent recurrent Clostridioides difficile (JAC)
• Evaluating predictive value of resected proximal bone margins in Diabetic Foot Osteomyelitis(OFID)
• Postoperative inflammation and fever after elective aortic valve and aortic root replacement (OFID)
• Fungal nomenclature: managing change is the name of the game (OFID)
• Clinical microbiology laboratories should use nomenclature based on current taxonomy (JCM)
• Race and ethnicity: risk factors for fungal infections (PLOS)
• Mosquito net use in early childhood and survival to adulthood in Tanzania (NEJM)
• Probiotic for pathogen-specific Staphylococcus aureus decolonisation in Thailand (The Lancet)

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On episode #19 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the previous two weeks, 12/22/22 – 1/3/23.

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• Burden of postinfectious symptoms after Acute Dengue (EID)
• Maribavir for CMV treatment in the real world (OFID)
• 24-Week all-oral regimen for Rifampin-Resistant Tuberculosis (NEJM)
• Beta lactam allergy association with surgical site infections (JPIDS)
• Effect of Macrolides on mortality in Bacteremic Pneumonia (CID)
• Association of repeated blood cultures with mortality in adult patients with Gram-Negative Bacilli Bacteremia (OFID)
• Evaluating predictive value of surgical resected proximal bone margins in Diabetic foot Osteomyelitis with clinical outcomes (OFID)
• Burden of serious Fungal Infections in India (OFID)
• Bartonella quintana transmitted by head lice (CID)
• Balamuthia mandrillaris Granulomatous Amoebic Encephalitis (JPIDS)
• Detecting Leishmania in dogs (PLOS NTD)
• Primer on home infusion administration methods (OFID)
• Biomarkers of infection or sepsis at the bedside (ICM)
• Implementation roadmap for establishing remote infectious disease specialist support in resource-limited settings (OFID)
• Perceptions and reality of antimicrobial prescribing during the transition to comfort measures (OFID)
• Can the future of ID escape the inertial dogma of its past? (OFID

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On episode #18 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the previous two weeks, 12/9/22 – 12/21/22.

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• Human Rabies in Texas, 2021 (CDC)
• Human rabies despite post-exposure prophylaxis (The Lancet)
• The Qatar FIFA World Cup 2022 and camel pageant championships increase risk of MERS-CoV transmission and global spread (The Lancet)
• An update on eukaryotic viruses revived from ancient permafrost (bioRx)
• Colistin monotherapy vs combination therapy for carbapenem-resistant organisms (NEJM)
• Outcomes of Ceftriaxone vs antistaphylococcal Penicillins or Cefazolin for definitive therapy of Methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (OFID)
• Salmonella enteritidis cardiovascular implantable electronic device infection (OFID)
• Evaluation of serotonin syndrome with Linezolid and serotonergic agents at an academic medical center (OFID)
• Preemptive antifungal therapy for the prevention of invasive candidiasis following gastrointestinal surgery for Intra-abdominal infections (CID)
• Risk factors and outcomes of invasive aspergillosis in kidney transplant recipients (CID)
• Predictive performance of gram staining of catheter tips for Candida catheter-related bloodstream infections (OFID)
• Integrative genetic manipulation of Plasmodium cynomolgireveals multidrug resistance-(JID)
• Clinical characteristics of patients with calcified parenchymal neurocysticercosis and perilesional edema (OFID)
• Impact of sequestration on artemisinin-induced parasite clearance in Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Africa (CID)
• Factors contributing to delayed academic advancement of women in infectious diseases (OFID)
• Characterization of problematic alcohol use among physicians (JAMA)
• Alpha-gal syndrome in the ID clinic (OFID)
• Efficacy and safety of Azithromycin vs placebo to treat lower respiratory tract infections associated with low procalcitonin (The Lancet)

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On episode #17 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the previous two weeks, 11/24/22 – 12/8/22.

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• Antiretroviral drugs for treatment and prevention of HIV infection in adults (JAMA)
• Outcomes of short versus long duration of antibiotic therapy for residual osteomyelitis in diabetic foot infection (Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy)
• Rectal culture-based versus empirical antibiotic prophylaxis to prevent infectious complications in men undergoing transrectal prostate biopsy (CID)
• Outbreak of Burkholderia stabilis infections associated with contaminated nonsterile multiuse ultrasound gel (CDC)
• Factors associated with receiving longer than recommended therapy among culture-negative pulmonary tuberculosis patients (OFID)
• Seasonality of healthcare-associated Stenotrophomonas maltophilia (ASHE)
• Rezafungin versus caspofungin for treatment of candidaemia and invasive candidiasis (The Lancet)
• Characteristics of antifungal utilization for hospitalized children in the United States (ASHE)
• Cutaneous blastomycosis presenting as a nonhealing wound (NIH)
• Evaluation of the diagnostic accuracy and clinical utility of fungla profile (OFID)
• Parasitic infection increases risk-taking in a social, intermediate host carnivore (Nature)
• Efficacy and safety of acoziborole in patients with human African trypanosomiasis caused by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense (The Lancet)
• Simple nodular cutaneous Leishmaniasis caused by Autochthonous Leishmania orientalis (AJTMH)
• Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases (NEJM)

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On episode #16 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the previous two weeks, 11/9/22 – 11/23/22.

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• Recommendations of the advisory committee on immunization practices for measles, mumps, rubella (CDC)
• Bacteremia with anaerobic bacteria and association with colorectal cancer (CID)
• Factors impacting the yield of image-guided biopsy in native vertebral osteomyelitis (OFID)
• Development of a clinical prediction score to inform tuberculosis treatment among children with HIV (OFID) 
• First detection and molecular identification of Rickettsia massiliae, a human pathogen (PLOS)
• Short-course vs long-course antibiotic therapy for children with nonsevere community-acquired pneumonia (JAMA)
• The timing of preoperative urinary tract infection influences the risk of prosthetic joint infection following primary total hip and knee arthroplasty (JOA)
• Recurrent candidemia: trends and risk factors among persons residing in 4 US States (OFID)
• Spread of Sporothrix spp through respiratory droplets from infected cats (Medical Mycology)
• Comparison of mold active triazoles as primary antifungal prophylaxis in patients with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia (CID)
• Geographic distribution of dimorphic mycoses in the United States (CID)
• Knowledge, experiences, and practices of women affected by female genital schistosomiasis in rural Madagascar (PLOS NTDs)
• Dynamic immune profile in French Toxoplasmosis patients 
• White-Tailed deer are susceptible to the agent of classical sheep scrapie after experimental oronasal exposure (JID)
• The Lanzhou Brucella Leak: The largest laboratory accident in the history of Infectious Diseases (CID)

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On episode #15 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the previous two weeks, 10/27/22 – 9/9/22.

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• Clinical presentation and severity of adenovirus detection alone vs adenovirus co-detection with other respiratory viruses in US children (JPID)
• Effectiveness of different antimicrobial strategies for staphylococcal prosthetic joint infection (OFID)
• Clinical impact of ceftriaxone resistance in E. coli bloodstream infections (OFID) 
• Adjunctive Gentamicin and Rifampin in staphylococcal prosthetic valve Endocarditis (OFID)
• Diagnostic performance of physician gestalt for bacteremia in patients in the process of being admitted with suspected infection (OFID)
• Effectiveness of quinolone prophylaxis in pediatric acute leukemia and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (OFID)
• Risk factors for Vancomycin drug reaction with Eosinophilia and Systemic symptoms syndrome (JAMA)
• Prospective evaluation of the fungitell 1>3 beta-d-glucan assay as a diagnostic tool for invasive fungal disease (Wiley)
• Safety and efficacy of a monoclonal antibody against malaria in Mali (NEJM)
• Hospitalizations associated with strongyloidiasis in the United States (CID) 
• Prophylactic benznidazole treatment fails to prevent Trypanosoma cruzi infection in dogs (PLOS NTD)
• Baker's dozen of top antimicrobial stewardship intervention publications for hospitalized patients (OFID)
• Baker's dozen of top antimicrobial stewardship intervention publications in non-hospital care settings in 2021 (OFID)
• Medical student debt and the US ID workforce (CID)

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On episode #14 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the previous two weeks, 10/13/22 – 10/26/22.

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• Relative Effectiveness of cell-based versus egg-based quadrivalent Influenza vaccines in adults (OFID)
• Oral is the new iv. challenging decades of Blood and Bone Infection Dogma (American Journal of Medicine)
• The burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in the WHO European region in 2019 (The Lancet)
• What is the appropriate dose, route and duration of antibiotic therapy for pediatric acute hematogenous osteomyelitis? (JPIDS)
• How generalizable are Randomized Controlled Trials in Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia? (CID)
• Current treatments against mucormycosis and future directions (PLOS)
• The Effect of regularly dosed Acetaminophen vs no Acetaminophen on renal function in Plasmodium knowlesi Malaria (IDSA)
• The value of metagenomic next-generation sequencing in Leishmaniasis diagnosis (OFID)
• AmBisome monotherapy and combination AmBisome–Miltefosine therapy for the treatment of Visceral Leishmaniasis in patients coinfected With HIV (CID)
• Does Calcified Neurocysticercosis affect migraine characteristics and treatment responsiveness? (ASTMH)
• Association between personal ambient carbon dioxide level monitoring and incidence of Tuberculosis infection (CID)
• Change in the perception of oral antibiotics among medical students (OFID)
• Impact of antivenom administration on the evolution of cutaneous lesions in loxoscelism (PLOS)

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On episode #13 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the previous two weeks, 9/29/22 – 10/12/22.

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• Efficacy and safety of switching to Dolutegravir/Lamivudine versus continuing Tenofovir Alafenamide (CID)
• Antibiotic combinations reduce Staphylococcus aureus clearance (Nature)
• Cholera Vaccine: Recommendations of the advisory committee on immunization practices (CDC)
• Detection of Treponema pallidum DNA during early syphilis stages (CID)
• Association between toxoplasmosis and bipolar disorder (Journal of Psychiatry)
• The efficacy of soap against schistosome cercariae (PLOS NTD)
• Recurrent ESBL Escherichia coli urosepsis in a pediatric renal transplant patient (NIH)
• After action review of the response to an outbreak of Lassa fever in Sierra Leone (PLOS NTD)

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On episode #12 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the previous two weeks, 9/15/22 – 9/28/22.

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• Use of long-acting cabotegravir plus rilpivirine for people living with HIV-1 (HIV Medicine)
• Effectiveness of different antimicrobial strategies for staphylococcal prosthetic joint infection (OFID)
• Antibiotic Treatment Duration in Pseudomonas aeruginosa ventilator associated pneumonia (CID)
• Polymicrobial Foot Infection Patterns are common & associated With treatment failure (OFID)
• Faecal microbiota transplantation for first or second C. difficile infection (EarlyFMT) 
• Impact of Enterococcus faecalis endocarditis treatment on risk of relapse (CID)
• Comparison between culture-positive and culture-negative septic shock in patients (NIH)
• Evaluation of serum mucorales PCR for the diagnosis of Mucormycoses (CID)
• Humanized transgenic mice are resistant to chronic wasting disease prions from Norwegian reindeer and moose (JID)
• Dentist's visits and risk of brain abscess (CID)

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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.

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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)

On episode #11 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the previous two weeks, 9/1/22 - 9/14/22.

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• Post-Ebola symptoms infection (CID)
• Legionella identified as cause of cluster of pneumonia cases (PAHO)
• Frequency of exposure to antibiotics for enteropathogenic bacteria among young children (PNAS)
• Should Linezolid replace Clindamycin as the adjunctive antimicrobial of choice in Toxic Shock Syndrome (CID)
• Treatment with a three-drug regimen for Pulmonary Tuberculosis (OFID)
• The skip phenomenon in Staphylococcus Aureus Bacteremia (Science Direct)
• The relationship between antibiotic agent and mortality in patients with Febrile Neutropenia (OFID)
• Antibiotic indications and appropriateness in the pediatric intensive care unit (CID)
• Clinical features and treatment outcomes of Pulmonary Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex (OFID)
• Outcomes of partial oral antibiotic treatment for complicated S. Aureus Bacteremia in drug users (CID)
• Short-versus long-course antibiotic treatment for uncomplicated vancomycin-resistant enterococcal bacteraemia (CMI)
• Infectious Disease Consults of Pseudomonas aeruginosa bloodstream infection and impact on health outcomes (OFID)
• Paracoccidioidomycosis: current status and future trends (Clinical Microbiology)
• Comparative outcomes of Candida Auris Bloodstream Infections (CID)
• Efficacy and immunogenicity of R21/Matrix-M vaccine against clinical Malaria (The Lancet)
• Leishmaniasis: Diagnosis and Treatment in the United States (JPIDS)
• Malaria Surveillance — United States, 2018 (CDC)
• Anti-bacteriophage immunity in phage therapy (JID)
• Improving understanding and utilization of the antibiogram among medical residents (Cambridge) 

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On episode #10 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the previous two weeks, 8/17/22 – 8/31/22.

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• Tomato flu outbreak (Ped Inf Dis)
• Rabies vaccination of dogs (PLoS NTD)
• Repeat revision TKR (Arch Orthopedic Trauma Surg)
• Cat scratch fever (Open Forum Inf Dis)
• Treatment of post transplant asymptomatic bacteruria (Transplant Inf Dis)
• Shorter antibiotic courses in immunocompromised (Clin Micro Inf)
• Risk of cardiovascular implantable electronic device infection (Open For Inf Dis)
• Diagnosis of leprosy and cerebral coenurosis (Open For Inf Dis)
• Enterococcus central line infection (Eur J Clin Micr Inf Dis)
• Treatment of otitis media (J Pediatrics)
• Fungal infections in US (CDC)
• Surveillance for fungal infections US (CDC)
• Cryptococcal antigenemia in AIDS (Clin Inf Dis)
• Intestinal parasites in medieval UK (Int J Paleopathology)
• Nephrotoxicity of vancomycin (Clin Inf Dis)
• Administration of beta-lactam before vancomycin (Clin Inf Dis)
• Early beta-lactam catches the germ (Clin Inf Dis)
• Machines that help machines help patients (Curr Clin Oncol)
• In-person vs telemedicine (Open For Inf Dis)
• Impact of COVID-19 on community hospital acquired infections (Clin Inf Dis)

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On episode #9 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the previous two weeks, 8/4/22 – 8/17/22.

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• Zoonotic henipavirus in febrile patients in China (NEJM)
• Role of prospective monitoring, pre-emptive and prophylactic therapy for human Herpesvirus-6 after stem cell transplantation (OFID)
• Tuberculosis outbreak in the USA linked to bone graft product (Lancet ID)
• Surgical and medical management of Diabetic Foot Osteomyelitis (OFID)
• Increase in Pediatric Intracranial Infections during COVID-19 Pandemic (CDC)
• Incidence of Acute Chest Syndrome in children with Sickle Cell Disease following Pneumococcal vaccine (JAMA)
• Antibiotic resistance genes in the gut microbiota of mothers (Nature Microbiology)
• Clinical characteristics, health care utilization, and outcomes among patients for Invasive Mold Disease (OFID)
• Low-Dose subcutaneous/intravenous Monoclonal Antibody to prevent Malaria (NEJM)
• Revisiting practice of the treatment of Toxoplasmic Encephalitis
• Phase two trial of oral fexinidazole in adults with chronic indeterminate Chagas disease (CID)
• Half of human pathogenic diseases can be aggravated by climate change (Nature)
• The Impact of standardized infectious diseases consultation on Postsplenectomy care and outcomes
• Potential value and patient confidentiality implications of infectious disease clinician peer consultations via social media (OFID)

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On episode #8 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the previous two weeks, 7/21/22 – 8/3/22.

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• Pediatric hepatitis linked to infection with two viruses (BMJ) 
• Protection duration of Yellow Fever vaccination (CID)
• Impact of CSF panel on duration of treatment (OFID)
• Cluster of Parechovirus infections in infants (MMWR)
• Molecular ecology and risk factors for Escherichia coli (Journal of Antimicrobial Therapy) 
• Melioidosis endemic in areas of the Mississippi gulf coast (CDC)
• Early switch from intravenous to oral antibiotics in infections (OFID)
• Duration of therapy and the use of Quinolone/Rifampin-Based regimens for joint infections (OFID)
• Efficacy of Doxycycline for mild-to-moderate community-acquired Pneumonia in adults (CID)
• Effectiveness of a Vancomycin dosing protocol (Cambridge Core)
• Outcomes of Fungemia in patients receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (IDSA) 
• Malaria transmission intensity likely modifies RTS, S/AS01 efficacy (IDSA)
• Ultrashort course antibiotics for suspected pneumonia (CID)

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