On episode #107 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 5/7 – 5/20/26.

Host: Daniel Griffin and Sarah Dong

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• Viral
• FDA Grants Accelerated Approval to Gilead's Hepcludex® (bulevirtide-gmod), the First and Only Approved Treatment for Chronic Hepatitis Delta Virus (HDV) (Gileadl)
• A Phase 3, Randomized Trial ofBulevirtide in Chronic Hepatitis D(NEJM)
• Study to Assess Efficacy and Safety of Bulevirtide in Participants With Chronic Hepatitis Delta (CHD) (NLM: ClinicalTrials.gov)
• Andes Hantavirus Outbreak on a Cruise Ship, 2026 (NEJM)
• Quick takes: Another hantavirus case, polio in 3 countries, NIAID head steps down (CIDRAP)
• Dolutegravir Reduces Human T-Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type 1 Proviral Load and Improves Neurological Outcomes in a Phase 2 Controlled Trial (CID)
• Dolutegravir Appears to Lower Human T-Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type 1 (HTLV-1) Proviral Load: The Emerging Rational Approach to Treatment of HTLV-1–Associated Myelopathy (CID)
• Use of Dolutegravir for treatment of HTLV-1 (CID)
• Use of dolutegravir to treat people living with HTLV-1-associated myelopathy (HAM) (CID)
• Bacterial
• Urinary Tract Infection (UTI)-free and Recurrent UTI (rUTI)-Free Survivals Following Bladder Electrofulguration in Women With a History of Antibiotic-Refractory rUTI (OFID)
• Azithromycin for Preschoolers with Wheezing in the Emergency Department (JAMA)
• Rapid Respiratory Microbiological Point-of-Care Testing and Antibiotic Use in Primary Care (JAMA Internal Medicine)
• Fungal
• The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube)
• Changes in Epidemiology of Candidemia in the United States With a Focus on Candida auris (CID)
• Parasitic
• Impact of introducing RTS,S/AS01E malaria vaccine on mortality in young children in Ghana, Kenya, and Malawi: an observational evaluation of a cluster-randomised implementation programme (The LANCET)
• Ivermectin-Benzimidazole Prescribing Following Celebrity Endorsement (JAMA Network OPEN)
• Febrile Temperature Augents Ring-stage Plasmodium falciparum Adhesion to Brain Endothelial Cells (JID)
• An Increase in Imported Plasmodium vivax Malaria in New York City: Clinical and Demographic Trends Following Recent Migration (OFID)
• Miscellaneous
• The State of Physician Leadership (WittkKieffer)
• Infectious Diseases Fellowship Curriculum: IDSA Training Program Directors Community of Practice (TPDCOP), Curricular and Educational REsources Workgroup (CREW) (CID)

Music is by Ronald Jenkees

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