On episode #58 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 6/20 – 7/3/24.

Host: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong

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Links for this episode

• Viral
• Drink more coffee, reduces risk for SARS-C0V-2 infection (Cell & Bioscience)
• Cannabis, tobacco…smoking in general NOT good for preventing COVID-19 (JAMA Network OPEN)
• EBV and KSHV caused HIV associated cancers and lymphoproliferative disorders (Clinical Microbiology Reviews)
• Where in the CNS can dolutegravir, tenofovir, lamivudine and efavirenz be found? (JID)
• Therapeutic management of Varicella-Zoster virus meningitis (OFID)
• Bacterial
• Carbapenem use in extended-spectrum cephalosporin-resistant Enterobacterales infections (LANCET Infectious Diseases)
• IDSA guidelines (Columbia University)
• Guideline-Concordant Therapy for community-acquired pneumonia in the Hospitalized Population (OFID)
• Interpretive Criteria piperacillin/tazobactam susceptibility test for Enterobacterales (CID)
• FDA approval forCAPVAXIVE (FDA)
• 21 valent pneumococcal vaccine approved (Nature Reviews drug discovery)
• Antimicrobial resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates (JAMA Network Open)
• Broad-spectrum antibiotic use for suspected community-onset sepsis (JAMA Network Open)
• Fungal
• The Last of Us ( Wikipedia)
• Challenges to vaccinating against coccidioidomycosis (OFID)
• Cryptococcosis: the story (OFID)
• Pneumocystis pneumonia: clinical spectrum, prophylaxis and delayed treatment (Intensive Care Medicine)
• Improve utilization of 1,3 β-D-glucan Testing(OFID)

Music is by Ronald Jenkees