Infectious Disease Puscast

On episode #62 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 8/15/24 – 8/28/24.

Host: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong

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Links for this episode

• Viral
• Clinician Specialty and HIV PrEP Prescription Reversals and abandonments (JAMA Network: JAMA Internal Medicine)
• The association between adherence to antiretroviral therapy and viral suppression under dolutegravir-based regimens (JIAS Journal of the International AIDS Society)
• Dexamethasone in adults with viral meningitis (CMI Clinical Microbiology and Infection)
• Oropouche Virus Disease Among U.S. Travelers — United States, 2024 (MMWR)
• Oropouche fever, the mysterious threat (LANCET: Infectious Diseases)
• Bacterial
• High rates of Non-susceptibility to common oral antibiotics in Streptococcus pneumoniae clinical isolates (OFID)
• New York State Department of Health Directs Providers to Discontinue Use of Ciprofloxacin to Prevent Meningococcal Disease Due to Increasing Antimicrobial Resistance (NY State: Department of Health)
• Tularemia Associated with Harbor Seal Necropsy — Kitsap County, Washington, October 2023 (MMWR)
• FDA Marketing Authorization Enables Increased Access to First Step of Syphilis Diagnosis (FDA)
• Clinical impact of pleural fluid Streptococcus pneumoniae PCR testing in children with complicated pneumonia (CID)
• The Role of the Gut, Urine and Vaginal Microbiome on the Pathogenesis of Urinary Tract Infection (OFID)
• Fungal
• The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube)
• Two dose levels of once-weekly fosravuconazol