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Infectious Disease Puscast #57 Jun 25, 2024

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On episode #57 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 6/6 – 6/19/24.

Host: Daniel Griffin

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Viral
Is letermovir or valganciclovir better to prevent CMV in kidney transplant recipients (JID)
CMV antiviral therapy (GoodRx)
Prevalence of and risk for CMV reactivation during COVID-19 pneumonia (PLoS One)
Sofosbuvir off-label yellow fever treatment (OFID) Bacterial
Preventing resistant gram negative bacteria through beta-lactam de-escalation in sepsis patients (CID)
Competing risk analysis, survival analysis that aims to correctly estimate marginal probability of an event (Columbia University)
Continuous or intermittent b-lactam infusion for critical sepsis (JAMA Network)
Prolonged vs Intermittent Infusions of β-Lactam Antibiotics in Adults With Sepsis or Septic Shock (JAMA Network)
Phoenix sepsis score and risk in children with cancer (JAMA Network)
New recognized spotted fever group Rickettsia in Northern California (Emerging Infectious Diseases)
Screening for mycobacterium tuberculosis (Transplant Infectious Disease) Fungal
Potential sexual transmission of Tinea pubogenitalis from TMWII (JAMA Dermatology)
Household transmission of tinea infection (OFID)
Drug-resistant oral candidiasis in HIV infected patients (BMC Infectious Disease) Parasitic
Handheld digital microscope for rapid and comprehensive screening for urogenital and gastrointestinal schistosomiasis (American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene)
Scorecard approach to eliminate onchocerciasis (Am J Trop Med Hyg) Miscellaneous
Association between antibiotic receipt and provider rating (OFID)
Infectious diseases and infection control prevention strategies when on ECMO (Perfusion)

Music is by Ronald Jenkees

Infectious Disease Puscast #56 Jun 13, 2024

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On episode #56 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 5/28 – 6/5/24.

Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong

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Viral
Rapid detection of chikungunya virus in patient and mosquito samples assays (CMI)
Adenovirus and cytomegalovirus specific adoptive T cell therapy for blood transplant and HIV infection (Transplant Infectious Disease)
Bacterial
Burkholderia pseudomallei: switch from melioidosis to latency (American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene)
Meningococcal Disease circulation during Umrah Pilmgrimage (MMWR Early Release)
Dosing and treatment of suppressive antimicrobial therapy against orthopedic implant infections (Jone of Bone and Joint Infection)
CDC guidelines for post STD exposure doxycycline admininstration (MMWR)
Fungal
The last of Us (Wikipeida)
Lower (1,3)-beta-d-glucan sensitivity and in vitro levels in Candida auris and parapsilosis strains (CMI)
Auto-brewery syndrome in absence of alcohol consumption (Canadian Medical Association Journal)
Television debut of auto-brewery syndrome (Vulture)
Parasitic
Asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum parasitemia associates with subclinical inflammation (PIDS)
Clinical characteristics and outcomes of strongyloidiasis (American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene)
Tafenoquine treatment: relapsing babesiosis (CID)
Miscellaneous
Medical librarians for infectious diseases rounding teams (OFID)

Music is by Ronald Jenkees

Infectious Disease Puscast #55 May 28, 2024

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On episode #55 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 5/9 – 5/27/24.

Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong

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Viral
Highly pathogenic H5N1 in US dairy cattle and 2 human cases (MMWR)
Developing novel treatments for acute COVID-19 should address long COVID (JID)
Reactivation of inherited HHV 6B in transplant recipient (JID)
Bacterial
Suppressive antibiotic therapy after DAIRfor acute periprosthetic joint infections (OFID)
Piperacillin-tazobactam vs cefepime for sepsis treatment (JAMA Internal Medicine)
Are the new diagnostic algorithms for pulmonary tuberculosis more sensitive? (OFID)
Social factors associated with congenital syphilis (CID)
Oral vancomyin treatment influences Clostridioides difficile recurrence in patients on concurrent systemic antibiotics
Association between infectious diseases consultation and morality in Gram negative infected patients (CID)
Fungal
Not washing your hands: fluconazole-resistant Candida parapsilosis epidemiology (OFID)
Retrospective case series: how Candida auris blood infections effect left ventricular assist devices (OFID)
Trichophyton indotineae: clinical course, suspectibility and genome sequence (JAMA Dermatology)
Screening serum for cryptococcal antigen in liver transplant recipients (OFID)
Parasitic
US outbreak of human trichinellosis (MMWR)
Plague-ing the Pawlowsky glands of human body lice and transmission by bite(PLoS Biology)
Miscellaneous
Global change drivers and risk of infectious disease (Nature)
ID specialists should care about ventilation (CMI)

Music is by Ronald Jenkees

Infectious Disease Puscast #54 May 14, 2024

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On episode #54 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 4/25 – 5/8/24.

Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong

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Viral
Dengue: mother and child (American Economic Journal)
Dairy farm worker and high path avian influenza A (H5N1) (NEJM)
Respiratory virus pre and post transplant outcomes in children (CID)
Bictegravir for HIV suppression during pregnancy (CID)
Bacterial
Group A Streptococcus pharyngitis: rapid diagnostic & antimicrobial stewardship (Pediatric ID Consult)
Scrub typhus : Masquerade of disaster (OFID)
One size fits all for UTI predictions? (CID)
Infections of durable and acute mechanical circulatory support devices (Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation)
Fungal
Crypto hosts for cryptococcal disease (NEJM)
Parasitic
Sampling for cutaneous Leishmaniasis (OFID)
Skin monoclonal anti-Malaria antibody therapy (NEJM)
Miscellaneous
Origin of antimicrobial therapy (CID)
Microneedle patches for MR (measles and rubella) vaccination (LANCET)

Music is by Ronald Jenkees

Infectious Disease Puscast #53 Apr 30, 2024

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On episode #53 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 4/11 – 4/24/24.

Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong

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Viral
Reasons for what we do for routine respiratory pathogens (Journal of Hospital Medicine)
Acute cardiac events due to RSV infection (JAMA Internal Medicine)
Antiretroviral drugs and weight change (CID)
What do antibiotics do for acute lower respiratory tract infection (Journal of General Internal Medicine)
Guidelines for managing BK polyomavirus in kidney transplantation (Transplant)
Bacterial
Understanding Yersinia enterocolitica epidemiology(OFID)
Medtronic duet external ventricular drain infections(MMWR)
Who is more expensive daptomycin or vancomycin (OFID)
Fungal
Coccidioidomycosis related hospital visits (Emerging Infectious Diseases)
Parasitic
Leech in oropharynx of a 2-year old leads to anemia (AJTMH)
The real use of ivermectin: treatment of strongyloidiasis (AJTHM)
Miscellaneous
Sporadic CJD in hunters? (Neurology)
Where are all the infectious disease doctors? (OFID)
Not interested in infectious diseases? Seriously! (CID)

Music is by Ronald Jenkees

Infectious Disease Puscast #52 Apr 16, 2024

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On episode #52of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 3/28 – 4/10/24.

Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong

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Winter vomiting disease (Open Forum Inf Dis)
Ceftriaxone-Resistant Gonorrhea — China, 2022 (MMWR)
Give me five days of antibiotics (JPIDS)
Where did this come from (JPIDS)
Differentiating cellulitis from pseudocellulitis (JAMA Derm)
FLIR One Pro
Neonatal Elizabethkingia anophelis meningitis from the water reservoir of automated infant milk dispenser (Eurosurveill)
d-Mannose for Prevention of Recurrent UTI Among Women (JAMA Int Med)
Oral vaccine for UTI potential alternative to antibiotics (Eurek!Alert)
Oral vaccine for UTI trials BJUI one and BJUI two and NEJM
NLRP3 inflammasome activation and type I interferon signaling predispose to necrotizing fasciitis (Cell Rep Med)
Candida deep sternal wound infections: a consequence of antibiotic use? (OFID)
Candida auris in US Correctional Facilities (Emerg Inf Dis)
Scedosporiosis and lomentosporiosis: difficult-to-treat rare mold infections (Clin Micr Rev)
Meeting the consultation surge (OFID)

Music is by Ronald Jenkees

Infectious Disease Puscast #51 Apr 02, 2024

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

Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong

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Viral
The oral antiviral obeldesivir protects NHPs against Sudan ebolavirus (Science)
Monoclonal antibody therapy to treat Ebola virus disease (Curr Opinion Vir)
Opinion of anti-Sudan ebolavirus antiviral therapy (Science)
Management of norovirus in solid organ and hematopoietic stem cell transplants (Transplant ID)
Bacterial
Bacteremia from urinary source in hospitalized adults with asymptomatic bacteriuria?(JAMA)
UTI research reference standards (Lancet Infectious Diseases)
Aspiration pneumonia (CHEST)
Household transmission of Strep A (JID)
Antimicrobial dosing recommendations for obese patients (Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy)
Syphilis testing (MMWR)
Predictors of morality from streptococcal bacteremia (CID)
Fungal
Invasive candidiasis (Nat Rev Disease Primer)
Climate change and natural disasters impact on fungal infections (Lancet Microbe)
Parasitic
Nasal flushing and Acanthamoeba infection (Emerging Infectious Diseases)
Miscellaneous
Vaccination guidelines for adults with cancer (Journal of Clinical Oncology)
Do multiplexed molecular diagnostic tools impact treatment for children with acute gastroenteritis? (CID)

Music is by Ronald Jenkees

Infectious Disease Puscast #50 Mar 19, 2024

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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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Viral
Measles….and more measles (JPIDS)
Need for new mumps vaccine (PIDJ)
Cabotegravir and rilpivirine for those infected with HIV (JAMA)
Genetic susceptibility to astrovirus diarrhea (OFID)
10 years after hepatitis E vaccination (Lancet)
Tecovirimat for improvement of mpox symptoms (OFID)
Bacterial
Clinical care for tick-borne disease affected by paging clinicians serological results (AJTHM)
Metabolomics of nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease (JID)
Predicting risk of infectious endocarditis in those with Staphylococus aureus bacteraemis (JID)
Fungal
Response to invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (OFID)
Parasitic
Postsurgical outcomes due to hippocampal sclerosis (AJTHM)
Miscellaneous
What does the neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio mean in elderly with severe sepsis and diabetes mellitus (BMC Geriatrics)
Impact of learning from Febrile podcast for infectious diseases (OFID)

Music is by Ronald Jenkees

Infectious Disease Puscast #49 Mar 05, 2024

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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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Viral
HIV Cure? (NEJM)
The effects of HIV-1 antigen-expanded specific T-Cell therapy and vorinostat on persistent infection (JID)
The burden of HMPV and influenza associated hospitalizations in adults (JID)
Bacterial
Length of antibiotic therapy among the hospitalized with uncomplicated pneumonia (Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology)
Guideline on fecal microbiota–vased therapies for some gastrointestinal diseases (Gastroenterology)
Guideline on fecal microbiota–based therapies for recurrent C diff (CIDRAP)
Reduced vancomycin susceptibility in Clostridioides difficile (CID)
Fungal
Histoplasmosisin non-HIV population (OFID)
Parasitic
Plasmodium falciparum under the host's Immune radar(JID)
Did you hear Artemether-lumefantrine is recommended for uncomplicate malaria CID)
Miscellaneous
Uncompensated work in academic infectious diseases, seriously? (CID)
Invasive mosquito Anopheles stephensi, Ghana (Emerging Infectious Diseases)

Music is by Ronald Jenkees

Infectious Disease Puscast #48 Feb 21, 2024

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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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Viral
Infectious attenuated tetravalent Butanatan-Dengue vaccine (NEJM)
Kids with severe disease following first and second dengue virus infection (Nature)
Oropouche fever outbreak in Latin America (Lancet Infectious Diseases)
CMV mRNA vaccine knocks out gB/MF59 vaccine (JID)
Acyuclovir-resistant mucocutaneous HSV in immunocompromised patients (OFID)
Bacterial
Dalbavancin for vertebral osteomyelitis (OFID)
Severe vibrio vulnificus infections (MMWR)
Demystifying UTIs in the era of antibiotic resistance (PLoS Pathogens)
Syphilis testing recommendations (MMWR)
Doxycycline vs azithromycin for scrub typhus (BMC Infectious Diseases)
REALLY drug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa outbreak(CID)
Fungal
SUBA or conventional itraconazole for treatment of endemic mycoses (OFID)
Fluconazole resistant Candida (CDC)
Are you in the hospital too long after being treated with echinocandin for your Candidemia or invasive Candidiasis (OFID)
Nasopharyngeal swab or lower respiratory tract specimen for Pneumocystis jirovecii diagnosis (OFID)
Global guideline for cryptococcosis diagnosis and management (Lancet Infectious Disease)
Parasitic
Toxoplasma IgG positivity associates with increase mortality (AJTMH)
Miscellaneous
How well did infectious diseases fellows match (JID)
Back to the future of the physician-scientist in infectious diseases (JID)
Full or not infectious disease training (JID)

Music is by Ronald Jenkees

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