On episode #106 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 4/23 – 5/6/26.

Host: Daniel Griffin and Sarah Dong

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• Viral
• Andes hantavirus outbreak in cruise ship, 11 May 2026(European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control)
• 2026 Multi-country Hantavirus Cluster Linked to Cruise Ship (CDC: Health Alert Network)
• "Super-Spreaders" and Person-to-Person Transmission of Andes Virus in Argentina (NEJM)
• Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) Position Statement: Why IDSA Did Not Endorse the Community-Acquired Pneumonia Guidelines 2025 Update (CID)
• We Dissent: Lessons From the 2025 Community-Acquired Pneumonia Guidelines (CID)
• Central Nervous System Involvement by Novel Clade 2.3.2.1e H5N1 Avian Influenza Virus in a Paediatric Patient (OFID)
• Impact of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Immunization on the Rate of Pediatric Acute Otitis Media: A Time-series Analysis (CID)
• Bacterial
• Performance of a rapid, visual fingerstick serology self-test for Helicobacter pylori detection and typing: A prospective multicenter diagnostic accuracy study (CMI: Clinical Microbiology and Infection)
• Real-world effectiveness of 20-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine against all-cause outcomes among Medicare beneficiaries aged 65 years and older in the USA: a retrospective cohort study (LANCET: Infectious Diseases)
• Beta-Lactam plus Azithromycin or Doxycycline versus Fluoroquinolones in Hospitalized Adult Patients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis (OFID)
• Syphilis and the risk of stroke: a nationwide, population-based matched cohort study (CMI: Clinical Microbiology and Infection)
• Reducing Bacterial Contamination of Blood Bags with a Double Knot (NEJM)
• Effectiveness and safety of daptomycin versus vancomycin in methicillin-resistant Staphylococci left-side infective endocarditis. Results from a nationwide prospective multicenter cohort. (CMI: Clinical Microbiology and Infection)
• Fungal
• The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube)
• Non-intravenous Amphotericin B: A Review of Localized Administration Routes (Infectious Diseases and Therapy)
• Parasitic
• Duration and association with protection of NANP-repeat-specific and C-terminus-specific anti-circumsporozoite protein IgG responses following RTS,S/AS01E vaccination: an observational ancillary immunological study of a phase 3 clinical trial (LANCET: Infectious Diseases)
• Combined Oral Ivermectin and 5% Permethrin Cream to Treat Severe Scabies (NEJM)
• Miscellaneous
• Interest in Infectious Diseases Among Internal Medicine Resident Physicians: Results From a Nationwide Survey (CID)

Music is by Ronald Jenkees

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