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Infectious Disease Puscast

Vincent Racaniello

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Frequency: 1 episode/14d. Total Eps: 111

A review of the infectious diseases literature from the previous two weeks.

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🇨🇦 Canada - naturalSciences
20/08/2026
#44
🇬🇧 Great Britain - naturalSciences
20/08/2026
#66
🇩🇪 Germany - naturalSciences
20/08/2026
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20/08/2026
#27
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19/08/2026
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19/08/2026
#46
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18/08/2026
#100
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18/08/2026
#49
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18/08/2026
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Infectious Disease Puscast #61

Episode 61

Tuesday, August 20, 2024 • Duration 42:17

On episode #61 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 8/1/20 - 8/14/24.

Host: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong

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Viral
nPEP quick guide (AIDS Education & Training Center Program)
Coformulated Bictegravir/Emtricitabine/Tenofovir Alafenamide PREP after sexual assault (OFID)
Adopting Early Testing for Perinatal Hepatitis C (Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society)
Bacterial
Lower Rates of Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Infection in Patients on Hemodialysis Receiving Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole Melioidosis Prophylaxis (OFID)
Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole for Staphylococcus Aureus Bacteremia Prophylaxis in Patients on Hemodialysis (OFID)
Human monocytotropic ehrlichiosis(PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases)
Human granulocytotropic anaplasmosis (PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases)
Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus Probiotics for Preterm Infants (JAMA Network: JAMA Pediatrics)
Rapid Implementation of Blood Culture Stewardship (CID)
BD BACTEC Blood Culture Bottle Shortage - (IDSA)
Fungal
The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube)
Clinical characteristics and mortality risks among critically ill patients with culture-proven coccidioidomycosis(OFID)
Poor Clinical and Microbiologic Outcomes in C. auris Bloodstream Infection (CID)
Parasitic
Soap is lethal for Schistosoma mansoni cercariae (PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases)
Treatment of uncomplicated hepatic cystic echinococcosis (Cochrane Library)
Blood exposure to Babesia microti(Cambridge Core)
Miscellaneous
Absence of Cerebrospinal Fluid Pleocytosis in Encephalitis (CID)
Encephalitis due to Infection with Normocellular Cerebrospinal Fluid (CID)
Podoconiosis and mental health (PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases)

Music is by Ronald Jenkees

Information on this podcast should not be considered as medical advice.

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Infectious Disease Puscast #60

Episode 60

Tuesday, August 6, 2024 • Duration 48:08

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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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
guidelines for antimicrobial resistant gram-negative infections (IDSA)

Infectious Disease Puscast #51

Episode 51

Tuesday, April 2, 2024 • Duration 40:53

On episode #51 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 3/13 – 3/27/24.

Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong

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Viral
The oral antiviral obeldesivir protects NHPs against Sudan ebolavirus (Science)
Monoclonal antibody therapy to treat Ebola virus disease (Curr Opinion Vir)
Opinion of anti-Sudan ebolavirus antiviral therapy (Science)
Management of norovirus in solid organ and hematopoietic stem cell transplants (Transplant ID)
Bacterial
Bacteremia from urinary source in hospitalized adults with asymptomatic bacteriuria?(JAMA)
UTI research reference standards (Lancet Infectious Diseases)
Aspiration (CHEST)

Infectious Disease Puscast #50

Episode 50

Tuesday, March 19, 2024 • Duration 35:37

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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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)

Infectious Disease Puscast #49

Episode 49

Tuesday, March 5, 2024 • Duration 40:23

On episode #49 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 2/14 – 2/27/24.

Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong

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Viral
HIV Cure? (NEJM)
The effects of HIV-1 antigen-expanded specific T-Cell therapy and vorinostat on persistent infection (JID)
The burden of HMPV and influenza associated hospitalizations in adults (JID)
Bacterial
Length of antibiotic therapy among the hospitalized with uncomplicated pneumonia (Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology)
Guideline on therapies for some gastrointestinal diseases (Gastroenterology)

Infectious Disease Puscast #48

Episode 48

Wednesday, February 21, 2024 • Duration 44:42

On episode #48 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 1/31 – 2/13/24.

Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong

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Viral
Infectious attenuated tetravalent Butanatan-Dengue vaccine (NEJM)
Kids with severe disease following first and second dengue virus infection (Nature)
Oropouche fever outbreak in Latin America (Lancet Infectious Diseases)
CMV mRNA vaccine knocks out gB/MF59 vaccine (JID)
Acyuclovir-resistant mucocutaneous HSV in immunocompromised patients (OFID)
Bacterial
Dalbavancin for (OFID)

Infectious Disease Puscast #47

Episode 47

Tuesday, February 6, 2024 • Duration 40:00

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 Nafcillin/Oxacillin for MSSA treatment (OFID)

Infectious Disease Puscast #46

Episode 46

Wednesday, January 24, 2024 • Duration 36:49

On episode #46 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 1/4 – 1/17/24.

Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong

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Comparing the performance of three models incorporating weather data to forecast dengue epidemics (JID)
Elucidating the impacts of climate on dengue transmission through mathematical models (JID)
Infants receiving a single dose of nirsevimab to prevent RSV do not have evidence of enhanced disease in their second RSV season (JPIDS)
Patient perspectives on solid organ transplantation from donors with hepatitis C viremia to recipients without hepatitis C viremia (OFID)
Oral Beta-Lactams, Fluoroquinolones, or Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole for definitive treatment of uncomplicated or species bacteremia from a urinary source (OFID)

Infectious Disease Puscast #45

Episode 45

Wednesday, January 10, 2024 • Duration 45:07

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 treatment for endocarditis (JACAMR)

Infectious Disease Puscast #44

Episode 44

Wednesday, December 27, 2023 • Duration 37:09

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

Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong

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Mpox and chickenpox co-infection (J Inf Dis)
Corticosteroids for postherpetic neuralgia (Coch Data Syst Rev)
Dengue incidence and mortality in Bangladesh (J Inf Dis)
ACORN trial vancomycin and piperacillin-tazobactam (Open For Inf Dis)
Models for infection risk in children with cancer (J Clin Oncol)
Salmonella outbreak from cantaloupes (CDC)
Pediatric antimicrobial stewardship programs ( Ped Inf Dis Soc)
MRSA nasal swab PCR assay (J Ped Inf Dis Soc)

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