Infectious Disease Puscast #28
05/30/23 • 32 min
On episode #28 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 4/26 – 5/10/23.
Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong
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Links for this episode- Unprecedented outbreak of West Nile Virus (CDC)
- Approval of first RSV vaccine approved for individuals 60 years and older (FDA)
- FDA approves orally administered fecal microbiota product for the prevention of recurrence of C-difficile (FDA)
- Using thermal imaging to track cellulitis (OFID)
- Burden of Typhoid and Paratyphoid fever in India (NEJM)
- Early switch to oral antimicrobials in brain abscess (CMI)
- Considering vancomycin alternatives for pediatric methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (JPIDS)
- Navigating treatment options for Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii-calcoaceticus complex infections (CID)
- 2023 Duke-ISCVID criteria for infective Endocarditis (CID)
- Molecular characterization of Candida auris outbreak isolates in Qatar from COVID-19 patients (CMI)
- Amplicon sequencing reveals complex infection in infants congenitally infected with Trypanosoma cruzi (JID)
- Impact of Sequestration on Artemisinin-Induced Parasite Clearance in Plasmodium falciparum Malaria (CID)
- Advances in artificial intelligence for infectious disease surveillance (NEJM)
Music is by Ronald Jenkees
On episode #28 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 4/26 – 5/10/23.
Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong
Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email
Become a patron of Puscast!
Links for this episode- Unprecedented outbreak of West Nile Virus (CDC)
- Approval of first RSV vaccine approved for individuals 60 years and older (FDA)
- FDA approves orally administered fecal microbiota product for the prevention of recurrence of C-difficile (FDA)
- Using thermal imaging to track cellulitis (OFID)
- Burden of Typhoid and Paratyphoid fever in India (NEJM)
- Early switch to oral antimicrobials in brain abscess (CMI)
- Considering vancomycin alternatives for pediatric methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (JPIDS)
- Navigating treatment options for Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii-calcoaceticus complex infections (CID)
- 2023 Duke-ISCVID criteria for infective Endocarditis (CID)
- Molecular characterization of Candida auris outbreak isolates in Qatar from COVID-19 patients (CMI)
- Amplicon sequencing reveals complex infection in infants congenitally infected with Trypanosoma cruzi (JID)
- Impact of Sequestration on Artemisinin-Induced Parasite Clearance in Plasmodium falciparum Malaria (CID)
- Advances in artificial intelligence for infectious disease surveillance (NEJM)
Music is by Ronald Jenkees
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Infectious Disease Puscast #27
On episode #27 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the previous two weeks, 4/13 – 4/25/23.
Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong
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Links for this episode- Prevalence, clinical severity, and seasonality of Adenovirus 40/41, Astrovirus, Sapovirus, and Rotavirus among children with moderate-to severe diarrhea (CID)
- Antibiotic-prescribing practices for management of childhood diarrhea in 3 sub-Saharan African countries (CID)
- Drivers of decline in diarrhea mortality (CID)
- Breastfeeding among people with HIV in North America (CID)
- Wearable sensor-based detection of Influenza in presymptomatic and asymptomatic individuals (JID)
- Emergence of erythromycin-resistant invasive group a Streptococcus (EID)
- Piperacillin-Tazobactam compared With Cefoxitin as antimicrobial prophylaxis for pancreatoduodenectomy (JAMA)
- VE303 for prevention of recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection (JAMA)
- Geographic patterns of antimicrobial susceptibilities for Bacteroides species worldwide (IJAA)
- Intravenous to oral antibiotic switch therapy among patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia (CID)
- Clinical impact of syndromic molecular point-of-care testing for gastrointestinal pathogens in adults hospitalized with suspected gastroenteritis (The Lancet)
- Treatment of pulmonary mucormycosis with adjunctive nebulized amphotericin B (Mycoses)
- Giardia detection and codetection with other enteric pathogens in children in the vaccine impact on diarrhea in Africa (CID)
- Feasibility of training community health workers to use smartphone-attached microscopy for point-of-care visualization of soil-transmitted helminths (AJTMH)
- Compassionate use of bacteriophages for failed persistent infections (OFID)
Music is by Ronald Jenkees
Next Episode
Infectious Disease Puscast #29
On episode #29 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 5/11 – 5/23/23.
Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara DongSubscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email
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Links for this episode- Harmonie phase IIIb study trial results of nirsevimab against RSV lower respiratory tract infection hospitalization for infants (ESPID)
- Mogamulizumab for treatment of HTLV-1 associated Myelopathy/Tropical Spastic Paraparesis (IDSA)
- Revised protocol for secondary prevention of congenital cytomegalovirus infection with valaciclovir (IDSA)
- Increase in false positive fourth generation HIV tests in patients with COVID-19 (CID)
- Implementation of an antibiotic stewardship initiative in a large urgent care network (JAMA)
- Clindamycin + vancomycin versus linezolid for treatment of necrotizing soft tissue infection (OFID)
- Assessing empiric antimicrobial therapy with the dundee classification for skin and soft tissue infections (OFID)
- Combination of amoxicillin 3000mg and probenecid vs 1500mg amoxicillin monotherapy for treating syphilis in patients with HIV (CID)
- The sympathetic nervous system is necessary for development of CD4+ T cell memory following Staphylococcus aureus infection (JID)
- Efficacy and safety of sulbactam-durlobactam versus colistin for the treatment of patients with infections caused by Acinetobacter baumannii-calcoaceticu complex (The Lancet)
- First reported US cases of tinea caused by Trichophyton indotineae (CDC)
- How to use direct microscopy for diagnosing fungal infections (CMI)
- Limited Cutaneous Leishmaniasis as Ulcerated Verrucous Plaque on leg (EID)
- Can Ivermectin kill Sarcoptes scabiei during the molting process? (PLOS)
- The Infectious Diseases Specialist, at risk of extinction (JID)
- Ticks harbor and excrete chronic wasting disease prions (NIH)
Music is by Ronald Jenkees
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