On episode #103 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 3/12 – 3/25/26.

Host: Daniel Griffin and Sarah Dong

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Links for this episode

• Viral
• Probable Japanese Encephalitis Virus Transmission through Organ Transplantation (NEJM)
• Clinical Characteristics and Severity of Rhinovirus/Enterovirus–Associated Hospitalizations: A Multi-country Analysis from the Global Influenza Hospital Surveillance Network, 2017–2024 (OFID)
• Bacterial
• Eagle effect (Wikipedia)
• THE RATE OF BACTERICIDAL ACTION OF PENICILLIN IN VITRO AS A FUNCTION OF ITS CONCENTRATION, AND ITS PARADOXICALLY REDUCED ACTIVITY AT HIGH CONCENTRATIONS AGAINST CERTAIN ORGANISMS (JEM)
• Linezolid versus clindamycin for toxin inhibition in severe skin and soft tissue infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis (Infection)
• Surviving Sepsis Campaign: International Guidelines for Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock 2026 (Critical Care Medicine)
• Caring for Adult Patients With Sepsis (JAMA)
• Surviving Sepsis Campaign International Guidelines for the Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock in Children 2026 (Intensive Care Medicine)
• Executive Summary: Surviving Sepsis Campaign International Guidelines for the Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock in Children 2026 (Pediatric Critical Care Medicine)
• Caring for Pediatric Patients With Sepsis (JAMA)
• ACEP Will Not Endorse New Sepsis Guidelines from the Surviving Sepsis Campaign (American College of Emergency Physicians)
• Continuous vs Intermittent β-Lactam Antibiotic Infusions in Critically Ill Patients With SepsisThe BLING III Randomized Clinical Trial (JAMA)
• Activation of l-histidine biosynthesis as a new antibiotic strategy against Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Nature Communications)
• Survival trends in patients with difficult-to-treat, antibiotic-resistant, Gram-negative infections in the era of next-generation antibiotics in the USA: a retrospective cohort study (LANCET: Infectious Diseases)
• Fungal
• The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube)
• Empirical Antifungal Treatment of Critically Ⅲ Patients With Influenza-Associated Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: A Propensity Score Weighted Observational Study (CID)
• Clinical and Radiological Predictors of Invasive Fungal Sinusitis (OFID)
• Blood Cultures Contain Populations of Genetically Diverse Candida albicans Strains that May Differ in Echinocandin Tolerance and Fitness (JID)
• Can fluconazole be used to treat non-resistant Candida (Candidozyma) auris infections? Preclinical PK/PD data from a Galleria mellonella infection model (JID)
• Parasitic
• Na-GST-1 adsorbed on Alhydrogel co-administered with different Toll-like receptor agonists in hookworm-naive adults using a controlled human infection model in the USA: a phase 2, double-blind, randomised controlled trial (LANCET: Infectious Diseases)
• Miscellaneous
• Bridging the Gap: A Needs Assessment of Resources and Support for International Medical Graduates Navigating Visa-Related Career Decisions in Infectious Diseases (OFID)
• Number Needed to Treat (NEJM)

Music is by Ronald Jenkees

Information on this podcast should not be considered as medical advice.