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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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Links for this episode 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

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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Links for this episode 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

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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Links for this episode 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

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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Links for this episode 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

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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Links for this episode 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

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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Links for this episode 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