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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.

    Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong

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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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  • 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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    Links for this episode Treatment for first cytomegalovirus infection post-hematopoietic cell transplant (CID) Mortality among children aged
  • 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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    Links for this episode Progress toward measles elimination (CDC) Slaying the troll of transplantation (TID) Association between the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio and adverse outcomes in children aged
  • 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.

    Host: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong

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    Links for this episode 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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    Links for this episode 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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    Links for this episode 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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    Links for this episode 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.

    Host: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong

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    Links for this episode 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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    Links for this episode 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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    Links for this episode 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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    Links for this episode 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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    Links for this episode 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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    Links for this episode 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 #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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    Links for this episode 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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