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Infectious Disease Puscast #47 Feb 06, 2024

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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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Infectious Disease Puscast #46 Jan 24, 2024

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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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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 aureusin 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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Infectious Disease Puscast #45 Jan 10, 2024

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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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Infectious Disease Puscast #44 Dec 27, 2023

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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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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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Infectious Disease Puscast #43 Dec 15, 2023

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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 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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Infectious Disease Puscast #42 Nov 28, 2023

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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
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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Infectious Disease Puscast #41 Nov 13, 2023

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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.

Host: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong

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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)

Music is by Ronald Jenkees

Infectious Disease Puscast #40 Oct 31, 2023

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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)

Music is by Ronald Jenkees

Infectious Disease Puscast #39 Oct 23, 2023

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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)

Music is by Ronald Jenkees

Infectious Disease Puscast #38 Oct 06, 2023

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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)

Music is by Ronald Jenkees

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