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Infectious Disease — a weekly podcast briefing of the most significant peer-reviewed infectious disease literature, synthesized from PubMed and delivered as ~10-minute audio. For practicing physicians. Generated by AudioScholar at audioscholar.cc. Indian-English narration.

  1. 5d ago

    This Week in Infectious Disease — Aug 14, 2026

    Welcome to This Week in Infectious Disease. This week we're covering 7 notable papers spanning diagnostic overreach and risk stratification, influenza prevention and transmission, and the practicalities of dosing and trial design. Let's dive in. We… This week's papers: 1. Quantitative PCR Bacterial Levels Cannot Distinguish Recurrent UTI from Other Non-infectious Urinary Symptoms — Clinical Infectious Diseases 2026 2. Evolution of Untreated Anal High-grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions in High-risk Men: A Prospective 5-year Clinical Follow-up in the ANRS-EP57-APACHES study — Clinical Infectious Diseases 2026 3. Whole genome sequencing of influenza virus transmission pairs confirms the efficacy of baloxavir in reducing household transmission — Clinical Infectious Diseases 2026 4. Influenza Vaccination and Symptom Burden in Ambulatory Patients with Confirmed Influenza: Evidence from Case-ascertained Household Transmission Studies — Clinical Infectious Diseases 2026 5. Low Cord Blood Titers Are Associated with Prolonged Maternal RSV Antibody Half-Lives in Preterm Infants — The Journal of Infectious Diseases 2026 6. Therapeutic Drug Monitoring of Aztreonam-Avibactam in Critically Ill Patients with CRKP Infections and Variable Renal Function: A Case Series — International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents 2026 7. Guiding principles for pragmatic randomised trials of tuberculosis treatments — The Lancet Infectious Diseases 2026 Listen at https://audioscholar.cc/episode/tjwm9qwxca

  2. Aug 9

    This Week in Infectious Disease — Aug 8, 2026

    Welcome to This Week in Infectious Disease. This week we're covering 10 notable papers spanning antimicrobial resistance — from new society guidance through to shifting molecular epidemiology and stewardship — plus global infectious disease trials in… This week's papers: 1. Infectious Diseases Society of America 2026 Guidance on the Treatment of Antimicrobial-Resistant Gram-Negative Infections — Clinical Infectious Diseases 2026 2. Evaluation of patient centred digital adherence technology for tuberculosis treatment outcomes: pragmatic randomised controlled trial — BMJ 2026 3. Iron or Multiple Micronutrient Powder Supplements With Malaria Chemoprevention in Rural Malawian Children: The IRMA Randomized Clinical Trial — JAMA 2026 4. The Effectiveness of Nirsevimab on Antibiotic Use in Children Using Target Trial Emulation — Clinical Infectious Diseases 2026 5. Clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients with bacteraemia caused by non-carbapenemase-producing, carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales — Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 2026 6. Changing molecular epidemiology and resistance patterns of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in California long-term acute care hospitals — The Journal of Infectious Diseases 2026 7. The effect of metformin on the pharmacokinetics of rifampicin, isoniazid, and pyrazinamide in adults with tuberculosis — Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 2026 8. Association between tazobactam-piperacillin exposure and the subsequent emergence in gram-negative rods: Findings from a single-institution cohort study — International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents 2026 9. Early prediction of carbapenem resistance phenotype in ICU-acquired Acinetobacter baumannii infection before susceptibility reporting: a temporally validated s… — International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents 2026 10. A Multistate Analysis of Longitudinal Care Outcomes Among People Newly Linked to Human Immunodeficiency Virus Care in Missouri — Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2026 Listen at https://audioscholar.cc/episode/dx7g6ecwyq

  3. Aug 2

    This Week in Infectious Disease — Aug 1, 2026

    Welcome to This Week in Infectious Disease. This week we're covering 10 notable papers spanning antiretroviral therapy and its metabolic consequences, the hard problems of bone, joint and central nervous system infections, drug safety and regimen sim… This week's papers: 1. Initial HIV Therapy for Adults and Treatment-Associated Weight Gain: The Opti-DOR Randomized Clinical Trial — JAMA 2026 2. A review of Bundibugyo virus and the 2026 outbreak: lessons for epidemic preparedness — The Lancet Infectious Diseases 2026 3. The Clean Margin in Diabetic Foot Osteomyelitis: Conceptual Appeal, Practical Uncertainty — Clinical Infectious Diseases 2026 4. Cerebrospinal Fluid Concentrations of Bedaquiline, Pretomanid, and Linezolid During Curative Treatment of Fluoroquinolone-Resistant Pre-Extensively Drug-Resist… — Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2026 5. Staphylococcus epidermidis implant-associated bone and joint infections: high rates of multiresistance associated with treatment failure — International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents 2026 6. Vonoprazan-Based Dual and Quadruple Therapy with Varying Duration for Helicobacter pylori Eradication: A Multicenter, Randomized Controlled Trial — International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents 2026 7. Pharmacogenomic Variability in Adolescents and Youth with Virologic Rebound While Receiving Injectable Cabotegravir/Rilpivirine: A Multi-case Series — International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents 2026 8. Risk stratification of voriconazole-induced hepatotoxicity through therapeutic drug monitoring combined with the albumin-bilirubin score: a multicenter retrosp… — International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents 2026 9. Evaluating the Effectiveness of Antivirals for COVID-19 in the Post-vaccine, Omicron Era: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis — Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2026 10. Individual-level Factors Associated With Acute Hospitalization After Medically Attended Acute Gastroenteritis and Norovirus Gastroenteritis in the United State… — Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2026 Listen at https://audioscholar.cc/episode/ezb65u6uqe

  4. Jul 19

    This Week in Infectious Disease — Jul 18, 2026

    Welcome to This Week in Infectious Disease. This week we're covering 6 notable papers spanning major clinical themes, including the optimization of treatment for opportunistic infections in vulnerable pediatric and adult populations, the evolving lan… This week's papers: 1. Empirical treatment with valganciclovir in infants living with HIV and hospitalised with severe pneumonia in Africa: a multicentre, open-label, factorial, rand… — Lancet (London, England) 2026 2. Comparator Choice in Helicobacter pylori Eradication: Tegoprazan-Amoxicillin Dual Therapy Versus an Optimized Bismuth-Containing Quadruple Therapy in a Randomi… — International journal of antimicrobial agents 2026 3. Evaluating Rapid Diagnostics for Severe Infections and Sepsis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis on behalf of the Hellenic Microbiological Society and the… — International journal of antimicrobial agents 2026 4. Cefiderocol non-susceptibility among carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales: Data from the 2024 Antimicrobial Testing Leadership and Surveillance (ATLAS) progra… — International journal of antimicrobial agents 2026 5. Characteristics of Mortality in HIV-negative Cryptococcosis Patients: Analysis of a Cohort of 743 Patients. — Open forum infectious diseases 2026 6. Potential Risks and Benefits of Low-Barrier Access and Monitoring for HIV Preexposure Prophylaxis: A Modeling Study. — The Journal of infectious diseases 2026 Listen at https://audioscholar.cc/episode/fzvfpzb3ey

  5. Jul 11

    This Week in Infectious Disease — Jul 10, 2026

    Welcome to This Week in Infectious Disease. This week we're covering eight notable papers spanning antimicrobial resistance strategies, viral prevention and treatment optimization, and clinical outcomes in vulnerable global populations. Let's dive in… This week's papers: 1. Temocillin versus carbapenems for bacteraemia due to third-generation cephalosporin-resistant Enterobacterales in Spain (ASTARTÉ): a multicentre, phase 3, open… — Lancet 2026 2. Virologic insights from the phase 3 REDPINE trial: remdesivir in renally impaired and immunocompromised patients with COVID-19. — Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2026 3. The Effect of Prevaccination Analgesics on Influenza Vaccine Immunogenicity and Effectiveness. — The Journal of infectious diseases 2026 4. HIV capsid inhibitors: Mechanisms, resistance, and therapeutic advances. — PLoS pathogens 2026 5. Protective effects of influenza B neuraminidase antibodies against symptomatic influenza virus infection. — The Journal of infectious diseases 2026 6. In-hospital and post-discharge mortality among infants with respiratory syncytial virus in rural Kenya: a 25-year retrospective cohort study. — The Lancet. Global health 2026 7. Safety evaluation of pretomanid, an anti-tuberculosis drug, for the treatment of pregnant and lactating women. — Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2026 8. Mechanisms involved in cefiderocol resistance in French clinical strains. — Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2026 Listen at https://audioscholar.cc/episode/sdbcwsrea9

  6. Jul 4

    This Week in Infectious Disease — Jul 3, 2026

    Welcome to This Week in Infectious Disease. This week we are covering ten notable papers spanning three broad themes: optimizing antibiotic selection, dosing, and duration in bacteremia and focal infections; improving screening and diagnostic strateg… This week's papers: 1. Antibiotic Treatment Duration for Uncomplicated Monomicrobial Enterococcal Bloodstream Infection: A Multicenter Target Trial Emulation. — Clinical Infectious Diseases 2026 2. A review of the randomized clinical trial results from the Staphylococcus aureus network adaptive platform (SNAP) meticillin-susceptible (MSSA) and penicillin-… — The Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 2026 3. Reconsidering ambiguous language in infectious disease consult recommendations. — Clinical Infectious Diseases 2026 4. Incidence and factors associated with subtherapeutic cefazolin levels among patients with severe infections. — The Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 2026 5. Phone-based screening versus home-based screening after tuberculosis in India (TB Aftermath): a multicentre, open-label, randomised, controlled, non-inferiorit… — The Lancet. Global Health 2026 6. Defining Success and Failure In Prosthetic Joint Infections: A Meta-epidemiologic Study Toward A Core Outcome Set. — Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2026 7. Vancomycin Penetration into Intra-abdominal Compartments: Site Concentration Disparities and Implications for Dose Optimization in Gram-Positive Infections. — International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents 2026 8. Larger Blood Volume Increases Detection of Fastidious Mycobacteria and Fungi in Blood Culture. — Clinical Infectious Diseases 2026 9. Optimizing Hepatitis C Virus Antibody Testing Strategy and Setting: Results From a Large Real-World Screening Program. — Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2026 10. Expert consensus on case definitions in human loiasis: a Delphi study. — The Lancet. Infectious Diseases 2026 Listen at https://audioscholar.cc/episode/mn2rud2y2n

  7. Jun 26

    This Week in Infectious Disease — Jun 25, 2026

    Welcome to This Week in Infectious Disease. This week we're covering 10 notable papers spanning global outbreak modeling and vector dynamics, novel therapeutic strategies for chronic viral and bacterial infections, and emerging diagnostic and environ… This week's papers: 1. Size of the 2026 Ebola outbreak and risk of cross-border spillover from Bundibugyo virus in Ituri Province, DR Congo, and its implications for preparedness: a… — The Lancet. Infectious diseases 2026 2. The origin, history, and resistance architecture of an invasive urban malaria mosquito in Africa. — Science 2026 3. A Streptomyces megacluster encodes synergistic biotin-targeting antibiotics. — Nature 2026 4. Prevalence and epidemiological patterns of Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection in sub-Saharan Africa, 1964-2025: Systematic review, meta-analyses, and meta-regress… — PLoS medicine 2026 5. Klebsiella genus as driver of human disease: from infections to non-communicable disorders. — Nature reviews. Microbiology 2026 6. FDG-PET/CT Demonstrates Superior Detection of Multiorgan Involvement in Paracoccidioidomycosis Compared with Conventional Staging. — Clinical infectious diseases 2026 7. WHO estimates of the global, regional, and national disease burden of nine foodborne chemicals, 2000-21: an updated data synthesis. — The Lancet. Global health 2027 8. Phase 3 Results of Bepirovirsen Treatment for Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection. — The New England journal of medicine 2026 9. Effectiveness of the BNT162b2 LP.8.1-adapted SARS-CoV-2 vaccine against COVID-19-associated hospitalisation and death: a Danish nationwide cohort study. — The Lancet. Infectious diseases 2026 10. An anaerobic pathogen rewires host metabolism to fuel oxidative growth in the inflamed gut. — Cell 2026 Listen at https://audioscholar.cc/episode/3pv2rstvvb

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Infectious Disease — a weekly podcast briefing of the most significant peer-reviewed infectious disease literature, synthesized from PubMed and delivered as ~10-minute audio. For practicing physicians. Generated by AudioScholar at audioscholar.cc. Indian-English narration.