Febrile

By Sara Dong

What's Febrile about?

An infectious diseases podcast! We use consult questions to dive into ID clinical reasoning, diagnostics, and antimicrobial management!

Consult Notes and more information available at http://febrilepodcast.com/

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Febrile episodes:

05.06.2024
100: StAR: Periprosthetic joint infections
This StAR episode features the CID State-of-the-Art Review on periprosthetic joint infections. Our guest stars this episode are: Sandra Nelson (ID physician at Massachusetts General Hospital) Jodian Pinkney (ID physician at Massachusetts General Hospital) Antonia Chen (Orthopedic surgeon at Brigham...
04.29.2024
99: StAR: Frame Shift
This StAR episode features the CID State-of-the-Art Review: Frame Shift – Focusing on Harm Reduction and Shared Decision Making for People Who Use Drugs Hospitalized with Infections. Our guest stars this episode are: Dr. Kinna Thakarar (ID and Addiction Medicine...
04.22.2024
98: StAR: Diabetes-related Foot Infections
This StAR episode features the CID State-of-the-Art Review on evaluation and management of diabetes-related foot infections. Our guest stars this episode are: Dr. Meghan Brennan (ID physician at University of Wisconsin) Dr. Marcos Schechter (ID physician at Emory University) Dr....
04.15.2024
97: StAR! Introducing State-of-the-Art Reviews
Drs. Paul Sax, Tara Vijayan, and Allan Tunkel join Febrile to chat about the debut of a new series called “StAR”!! These upcoming episodes will highlight the outstanding Clinical Infectious Diseases (CID) journal State-of-the-Art Reviews (StAR), which cover common clinical...
04.01.2024
96: Riddle Me This
Drs. Jack Flores and Madan Kumar chat about the nuances of Kawasaki disease (and provide a mystery riddle!! solution in the Consult Notes!) Episodes | Consult Notes | Subscribe | Twitter | Merch | [email protected] Febrile is produced with...
03.18.2024
95: Viva Pediatric ID! Live from Memphis
Drs. Sumanth Cherukumilli, Emma Mohr, and Paul Spearman join for a live Febrile recording at the St. Jude / PIDS Pediatric Infectious Diseases Research Conference in Memphis, TN. They cover some learning points about early onset neonatal sepsis and chat...
03.04.2024
94: Of Microbes and Mud
Drs. Genevieve Martin, Catherine Marshall, and Bart Currie from the Royal Darwin Hospital share their approach to Burkholderia pseudomallei aka melioidosis! Episodes | Consult Notes | Subscribe | Twitter | Merch | [email protected] Febrile is produced with support from the...
02.19.2024
93: Rash Decisions
Drs. Michael Moran and Swapnil Lanjewar from the University of Wisconsin-Madison walk through a case and their approach to the common ID consult for fever and rash. Episodes | Consult Notes | Subscribe | Twitter | Merch | [email protected] Febrile...
02.05.2024
92: Searching for Peace of Mind
Future physician Sophie Samson, Dr. Kristen Bastug, and Dr. Beth Thielen discuss a case of a 7 year old girl who presented with new onset seizure, headache, and fever in Minnesota. Episodes | Consult Notes | Subscribe | Twitter |...
01.22.2024
91: Troll of Transplantation 3
Drs. Nahid Hiermandi and Kristen Valencia Deray discuss a case of fever and cough in an adolescent lung transplant recipient. Episodes | Consult Notes | Subscribe | Twitter | Merch | [email protected]
01.08.2024
90: TB Tidings
Welcome to Season 4! Drs. Sarah Silverberg and Ian Kitai discuss the challenges in diagnosing and managing tuberculosis in children. Episodes | Consult Notes | Subscribe | Twitter | Merch | [email protected]
12.25.2023
89: Season 3 Finale & Match Update
Dr. Scott James joins for the Season 3 finale and match recap! Episodes | Consult Notes | Subscribe | Twitter | Merch | [email protected]
12.18.2023
88: WAAW with SPIDS - Managing MSSA
In collaboration with Saudi Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society and the King Abdulaziz Public Library, Febrile episodes 86-88 are coming to you live from Riyadh! In the last of three episodes, Dr. Rabab Alghaithi and Dr. Meshari Alabdullatif discuss a case...
12.11.2023
87: WAAW with SPIDS - Catching CRABs
In the second of three episodes, listen to Dr. Fatimah Alshahrani and Dr. Abdullah Almohaizeie discuss carbapenem-resistance Acinetobacter! Episodes | Consult Notes | Subscribe | Twitter | Merch | [email protected]
12.04.2023
86: WAAW with SPIDS - Deep Dive into DTR Pseudomonas
In collaboration with Saudi Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society and the King Abdulaziz Public Library, Febrile episodes 86-88 are coming to you live from Riyadh! In the first of three episodes, listen to Dr. Efteraj Alhowity Dr. Bashayer Alshehail discuss MDR/DTR-Pseudomonas...
11.20.2023
85: WAAW - Being a Stewie
Celebrate World Antimicrobial Awareness Week with Drs. Rey Perez, Andrew Watkins, and Jonathan Ryder, who describe antimicrobial stewardship teams and share their strategies for navigating a message sent to the antimicrobial stewardship pager! A introduction to being a Stewie! Episodes...
11.13.2023
84: Return of the Cyst
Future internal medicine physician Christine Pho and Drs. Daniel Stanton and Clinton White provide a sequel story to “Revenge of the Cyst”! Episodes | Consult Notes | Subscribe | Twitter | Merch | [email protected]
10.23.2023
83: Febrile at IDWeek 2023
A recap from IDWeek 2023. Check out the guests/correspondents below! Group 1:Dylan Koundakjian, third year internal medicine resident at Emory University, Atlanta, GA (who is applying to ID fellowship!)Jonathan Ryder, Assistant Professor at University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE...
10.09.2023
82: Curious Congenital Conundrums - Pox Puzzle
Welcome to Febrile’s Curious Congenital Conundrums Part 2!! Drs. Gunjan Mhapankar and Justin Penner discuss approaching a call about a mother of a NICU baby with a new blistering rash. Episodes | Consult Notes | Subscribe | Twitter | Merch...
10.02.2023
81: Curious Congenital Conundrums - Dormant Daisy
Welcome to Febrile’s Curious Congenital Conundrums Part 2!! Drs. Lizzy O’Mahony and Felicity Fitzgerald field a call about persistent fever in a baby boy. Episodes | Consult Notes | Subscribe | Twitter | Merch | [email protected]
09.25.2023
80: Curious Congenital Conundrums - Viral Rival
Welcome to Febrile’s Curious Congenital Conundrums Part 2!! Drs. Fionnuala Ryan and Alasdair Bamford discuss a NICU consult for neonatal sepsis with hepatosplenomegaly, rash, and elevated ferritin Episodes | Consult Notes | Subscribe | Twitter | Merch | [email protected]
09.18.2023
79: Curious Congenital Conundrums - Mycobacterial Malady
Welcome to Febrile’s Curious Congenital Conundrums Part 2!! Drs. Amedine Duret and Liz Whittaker kick off the series with the first episode featuring a mycobacterial malady affecting mother and baby! Episodes | Consult Notes | Subscribe | Twitter | Merch...
07.24.2023
78: Achy Breaky Heart
Drs. Noah Rosenberg, Nick Palmeri, and Wendy Stead discuss cardiac device infection diagnosis and management from the cardiology/EP and ID perspective! Episodes | Consult Notes | Subscribe | Twitter | Merch | [email protected]
07.10.2023
77: Pièce de (Gram-negative) Resistance, Part 2: CRE
Welcome to Part 2 of this pair of episodes on management of antimicrobial resistant Gram-negative infections!! Drs. Hawra Al-Lawati and Pranita Tamma walk through the alphabet soup of CRE with 2 mini-cases. Don’t miss the prior episode (Febrile #76) for...
06.26.2023
76: Pièce de (Gram-negative) Resistance, Part 1: AmpC, ESBL
Welcome to Part 1 of this pair of episodes on management of antimicrobial resistant Gram-negative infections!! Drs. Hawra Al-Lawati and Pranita Tamma walk through the alphabet soup of AmpC and ESBL with 3 mini-cases You can find the most updated...
06.05.2023
75: Journey of a Blood Culture
Luis Plaza from the “Let’s Talk Micro” podcast is our tour guide for the typical expedition that brings patient blood sample to blood culture result! Episodes | Consult Notes | Subscribe | Twitter | Merch | [email protected]
05.22.2023
74: 2 Fast 2 Feverish: Late ID Complications of CAR-T therapy
In Part 2 of this pair of episodes, Drs. Rita Dib and Joseph Sassine zoom through the late infectious complications of CAR-T cell therapy. Episodes | Consult Notes | Subscribe | Twitter | Merch | [email protected]
05.08.2023
73: Fast & Feverish: Intro to CAR-T & Early ID Complications
In Part 1 of this pair of episodes, Drs. Rita Dib and Joseph Sassine provide a background of CAR-T cell therapy (chimeric antigen receptor T cells) and steer you through the complications that might contribute to fever early after CAR-T....
04.24.2023
72: Total Effusion of the Heart
Turn around and listen to the bright minds of Drs. Annie Jacobs and Christopher Polk investigating two cases of pericardial effusion in the US and Kenya Episodes | Consult Notes | Subscribe | Twitter | Merch | [email protected]
04.10.2023
71: Outbreak Investigation
It’s time for an outbreak investigation of several MRSA cases in a NICU! Join Annabelle de St. Maurice, Carol Vance, and Allison Bartlett as they take you through the steps of your hospital epidemiologist and infection preventionist team members! Episodes...
04.03.2023
70: Strep on the GAS!
Drs. Anastasia “Tash” Theodosiou and Chrissie Jones chat about the diagnosis and management of Group A streptococcal infections and the recent increase in GAS cases in the UK Episodes | Consult Notes | Subscribe | Twitter | Merch | [email protected]
03.20.2023
69: Investigating IFI
Drs. Ralph Tayyar and Jessica Ferguson discuss the challenges of investigating invasive fungal infections in immunocompromised hosts and interpreting noninvasive fungal markers! Episodes | Consult Notes | Subscribe | Twitter | Merch | [email protected]
03.06.2023
68: An Unexpected [Donor-Derived] Pathogen
Drs. Navina Birk and George Alangaden share an interesting diagnosis and how to approach donor-derived infections in transplant recipients
02.20.2023
67: Brain Training
Have fun wrapping your head around this episode on meningitis and tips on how to approach the case as a clinical teacher. Featuring a team from Emory University including medical student Katie Sharma, Dr. Amalia Aldredge, and Dr. Varun Phadke. ...
01.23.2023
66: All the Right Angles
We’re back! For the first episode of 2023, join Drs. Zach Lorenz, Morgan Walker, and Olivia Kates as they share lessons from a fungal case in the ICU. Episodes | Consult Notes | Subscribe | Twitter | Merch | [email protected]
12.19.2022
65: Match Update and #WhyID
Happy 2nd Birthday to the show!! Thanks for listening and supporting Febrile for another year. In this episode, Dr. Brad Cutrell and Sara provide updates on the US ID Fellowship Match results and discuss the landscape and challenges of ID...
12.12.2022
64: Revenge of the Cyst
Drs. Cesar Berto and Christina Coyle discuss a case of brain calcifications Episodes | Consult Notes | Subscribe | Twitter | Merch | [email protected]
11.28.2022
63: HAI School: A Febrile Bundle on Healthcare-Associated Infections #4 - VAP, Crackle, Pop!
Welcome to HAI School – A Febrile Bundle on Healthcare-Associated Infections! Join Drs. Sam Schuiteman and Owen Albin for episode #4, which will cover ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP). Don’t miss the prior episodes on CLABSI, CAUTI, and SSI. The series...
11.21.2022
62: HAI School: A Febrile Bundle on Healthcare-Associated Infections #3 - InSSIght into SSIs
Welcome to HAI School – A Febrile Bundle on Healthcare-Associated Infections! Join Drs. Jeremy Steinbruck and Nick Gilpin for episode #3, which will cover surgical site infections (SSIs). Stay tuned for the last episode of the series next week and...
11.14.2022
61: HAI School: A Febrile Bundle on Healthcare-Associated Infections #2 - You CAUTI Be Kidding Me
Welcome to HAI School – A Febrile Bundle on Healthcare-Associated Infections! Join Drs. Jeremy Steinbruck and Nick Gilpin for episode #2, which will cover catheter associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs). Stay tuned for the rest of the series, which are...
11.07.2022
60: HAI School: A Febrile Bundle on Healthcare-Associated Infections #1 - Clap Back at CLABSIs
Welcome to HAI School – A Febrile Bundle on Healthcare-Associated Infections! Join Drs. Jeremy Steinbruck and Nick Gilpin for episode #1, which will cover central line associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI). Stay tuned with the following episodes over the next 3...
10.31.2022
59: Hide & Seq: An ID Fellow Primer on Molecular Diagnostics
Drs. Pratik Patel, Kevin Messacar, and Robin Patel provide a primer on molecular diagnostics, from the basics of DNA and RNA to navigating PCR and metagenomic next generation sequencing. Episodes | Consult Notes | Subscribe | Twitter | Merch |...
10.24.2022
58: Febrile at IDWeek 2022
Drs. Annie Jacobs, Shilpa Vasishta, Jonathan Ryder and Sara Dong reflect on their IDWeek 2022 experiences and share some clinical ID pearls and updates. Please see the IDWeek website for more information If you want to grab some...
10.10.2022
57: Fun-Gals Just Want to have Fun: Antifungals with SIDP Breakpoints
Drs. Jillian Hayes and Erin McCreary join for this crossover episode of Febrile & SIDP Breakpoints! Episodes | Consult Notes | Subscribe | Twitter | Merch | [email protected]
10.03.2022
56: Febrile Digest - Phone a [Pharmacy] Friend
Dr. Rachel Britt kicks off a series of Febrile & SIDP Breakpoints collaboration episodes by chatting with Sara about working as an ID team! Episodes | Consult Notes | Subscribe | Twitter | Merch | [email protected]
09.26.2022
55: A MIS-Chievous Case
Drs. Jimmy McCluskey and Alice Sato discuss multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) Episodes | Consult Notes | Subscribe | Twitter | Merch | [email protected]
09.19.2022
54: Febrile Digest - Chalk Talks
Dr. Darcy Wooten joins Sara to discuss the IDSA Medical Education Community of Practice ID Chalk Talk Project!The Teaching & Learning Resources Workgroup webpage can be accessed at https://www.idsociety.org/mededcopDigital Education 2022: Building Skills, Community and the Future of Medical Education...
09.12.2022
53: Take My Breath Away
Drs. Pratik “Tik” Patel and Joshua Wolf discuss a case of an immunocompromised teenager with hypoxia. Episodes | Consult Notes | Subscribe | Twitter | Merch | [email protected]
08.29.2022
52: Phage Hunt
Dr. Saima Aslam gives an introduction to bacteriophage therapy! Episodes | Consult Notes | Subscribe | Twitter | Merch | [email protected]
08.22.2022
51: Febrile Digest - Across the Pond with the ID:IOTS Podcast
Gentamicin over a best-a-lactam?! Listen in as Jame & Callum from the ID:IOTS podcast extoll the virtues of aminoglycosides in empiric therapy…and teach Sara some Scottish slang Episodes | Consult Notes | Subscribe | Twitter | Merch | [email protected]

What's Febrile about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Febrile episodes:

100: StAR: Periprosthetic joint infections

99: StAR: Frame Shift

98: StAR: Diabetes-related Foot Infections

97: StAR! Introducing State-of-the-Art Reviews

96: Riddle Me This

95: Viva Pediatric ID! Live from Memphis

94: Of Microbes and Mud

93: Rash Decisions

92: Searching for Peace of Mind

91: Troll of Transplantation 3

90: TB Tidings

89: Season 3 Finale & Match Update

88: WAAW with SPIDS - Managing MSSA

87: WAAW with SPIDS - Catching CRABs

86: WAAW with SPIDS - Deep Dive into DTR Pseudomonas

85: WAAW - Being a Stewie

84: Return of the Cyst

83: Febrile at IDWeek 2023

82: Curious Congenital Conundrums - Pox Puzzle

81: Curious Congenital Conundrums - Dormant Daisy

80: Curious Congenital Conundrums - Viral Rival

79: Curious Congenital Conundrums - Mycobacterial Malady

78: Achy Breaky Heart

77: Pièce de (Gram-negative) Resistance, Part 2: CRE

76: Pièce de (Gram-negative) Resistance, Part 1: AmpC, ESBL

75: Journey of a Blood Culture

74: 2 Fast 2 Feverish: Late ID Complications of CAR-T therapy

73: Fast & Feverish: Intro to CAR-T & Early ID Complications

72: Total Effusion of the Heart

71: Outbreak Investigation

70: Strep on the GAS!

69: Investigating IFI

68: An Unexpected [Donor-Derived] Pathogen

67: Brain Training

66: All the Right Angles

65: Match Update and #WhyID

64: Revenge of the Cyst

63: HAI School: A Febrile Bundle on Healthcare-Associated Infections #4 - VAP, Crackle, Pop!

62: HAI School: A Febrile Bundle on Healthcare-Associated Infections #3 - InSSIght into SSIs

61: HAI School: A Febrile Bundle on Healthcare-Associated Infections #2 - You CAUTI Be Kidding Me

60: HAI School: A Febrile Bundle on Healthcare-Associated Infections #1 - Clap Back at CLABSIs

59: Hide & Seq: An ID Fellow Primer on Molecular Diagnostics

58: Febrile at IDWeek 2022

57: Fun-Gals Just Want to have Fun: Antifungals with SIDP Breakpoints

56: Febrile Digest - Phone a [Pharmacy] Friend

55: A MIS-Chievous Case

54: Febrile Digest - Chalk Talks

53: Take My Breath Away

52: Phage Hunt

51: Febrile Digest - Across the Pond with the ID:IOTS Podcast

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