On episode #44 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Sara reviews the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 12/8 – 12/20/23.

Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong

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Links for this episode

• Mpox and chickenpox co-infection (J Inf Dis)
• Corticosteroids for postherpetic neuralgia (Coch Data Syst Rev)
• Dengue incidence and mortality in Bangladesh (J Inf Dis)
• ACORN trial vancomycin and piperacillin-tazobactam (Open For Inf Dis)
• Models for infection risk in children with cancer (J Clin Oncol)
• Salmonella outbreak from cantaloupes (CDC)
• Pediatric antimicrobial stewardship programs ( Ped Inf Dis Soc)
• MRSA nasal swab PCR assay (J Ped Inf Dis Soc)
• Invasive meningococcal disease (Open For Inf Dis)
• Probiotics for recurrent UTI (Clin Inf Dis)
• Preservation fluid contamination and kidney transplant patients (Transpl Inf Dis)
• Mechanism of zinc prevention of candidiasis (Sci Transl Med)
• Risk factors for invasive fungal infection (Open For Inf Dis)
• Genetic variants associated with S. mansoni worm burden (PLoS NTD)
• Chagas disease GI manifestations (Am J Trop Med Hyg)
• Wolbachia in Aedes aegypti in Colombia (PLoS NTD)

Music is by Ronald Jenkees