Happy World Environment Day (June 5 2024)!  Our guests celebrate by discussing sustainability in healthcare and infectious diseases.  Join Drs. Shreya Doshi, Preeti Jaggi, Pam Lee, and Shira Abeles as they raise awareness about the ways ID professionals can help reduce the negative environmental impact of the way we provide healthcare to our patients!

Here is the JPIDS/OFID Supplement Introduction from Drs. Doshi and Jaggi: Healthcare Environmental Sustainability Through an Infectious Diseases Lens

The second article mentioned is: Healthcare Sustainability to Address Climate Change, Call for Action to the Infectious Diseases Community

The Sustainabil-ID group mentioned in the podcast can be found on Twitter/X @sustain-ID as well as via email at [email protected]

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Febrile is produced with support from the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)

Step into the role of a hospital epidemiologist managing a measles outbreak response with Drs. Palak Patel, Emily Landon, and David Zhang from the University of Chicago!

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This StAR episode features the CID State-of-the-Art Review on acute encephalitis.

Our guest stars this episode are: 

Karen Bloch (Adult ID physician at Vanderbilt University Medical Center)

Carol Glaser (Pediatric ID physician at California Department of Public Health)

David Gaston (Adult ID physician and clinical microbiologist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center)

Arun Venkatesan (Neurologist at Johns Hopkins University)

Journal article link: Bloch KC, Glaser C, Gaston D, Venkatesan A. State of the Art: Acute Encephalitis. Clin Infect Dis. 2023;77(5):e14-e33. doi:10.1093/cid/ciad306

Journal companion article - Executive summary link: https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/77/5/669/7269079

From Clinical Infectious Diseases

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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 and Women’s Hospital)

Aaron Tande (ID physician at Mayo Clinic)

Journal article link: Nelson SB, Pinkney JA, Chen AF, Tande AJ. Periprosthetic Joint Infection: Current Clinical Challenges. Clin Infect Dis. 2023;77(7):e34-e45. doi:10.1093/cid/ciad360

Journal companion article - Executive summary link: https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/77/7/939/7289507

From Clinical Infectious Diseases

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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 physician at MaineHealth/Tufts University School of Medicine)

Dr. Ayesha Appa (ID and Addiction Medicine physician at University of California San Francisco, UCSF)

Chastity Tuell (Harm reductionist and Washington County Program Director for Maine Access Points)

Journal article link: Thakarar K, Appa A, Abdul Mutakabbir JC, Goff A, Brown J 3rd, Tuell C, Fairfield K, Wurcel A. Frame Shift: Focusing on Harm Reduction and Shared Decision Making for People Who Use Drugs Hospitalized With Infections. Clin Infect Dis. 2024 Feb 17;78(2):e12-e26. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciad664. PMID: 38018174.

Journal companion article - Executive summary link: https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/78/2/233/7453720

From Clinical Infectious Diseases

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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. Tze-Woei Tan (Vascular surgeon at University of Southern California)

Dr. David Armstrong (Podiatric surgeon at University of Southern California)

Journal article link: Nicolas W Cortes-Penfield, David G Armstrong, Meghan B Brennan, Maya Fayfman, Jonathan H Ryder, Tze-Woei Tan, Marcos C Schechter, Evaluation and Management of Diabetes-related Foot Infections, Clinical Infectious Diseases, Volume 77, Issue 3, 1 August 2023, Pages e1–e13, https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciad255

Journal companion article - Executive summary link: https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/77/3/335/7242512

From Clinical Infectious Diseases

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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 topics that ID clinicians encounter.  Learn more about the creation of these articles from these CID editors before we kick off 4 back-to-back episodes!!

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Drs. Jack Flores and Madan Kumar chat about the nuances of Kawasaki disease (and provide a mystery riddle!! solution in the Consult Notes!)

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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 about career development.  Thank you to the conference organizers for the opportunity!

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Drs. Genevieve Martin, Catherine Marshall, and Bart Currie from the Royal Darwin Hospital share their approach to Burkholderia pseudomallei aka melioidosis!

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Febrile is produced with support from the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA). Audio editing/mixing provided by Bentley Brown.