On episode #6 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the previous two weeks, 6/23/22 – 7/6/22.

Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong

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Links for this episode

• Analysis of acute Hepatitis of unknown etiology in children aged (CDC)
• A contemporary review of Monkeypox for healthcare workers (IDSA)
• Rapid antigen test for detection of orthopoxviruses (The Lancet)
• Decision making regarding anal cancer screening in HIV-positive people (IDSA)
• Updated guidelines for testing of transplant candidates (CDC)
• Effect of automated telephone infectious disease consultations to nonacademic hospitals (JAMA)
• Prevalence and predictors of Pseudomonas aeruginosa among hospitalized patients (OFID)
• High yield of blood cultures in the diagnosis of cellulitis and more in elderly patients (OFID)
• The impact of glove and gown use on C. difficile (CID)
• Antibiotic therapeutic drug monitoring in critically ill patients CID)
• Utility of induced sputum in assessing bacterial etiology in children (JPIDS)
• Epidemiology of UTI infections due to Enterobacterales (OFID)
• Analysis of linezolid combined with methadone or buprenorphine (OFID)
• Management of histoplasmosis by ID physicians (OFID)
• Increased deaths from fungal infections during pandemic (CID)
• Clinical utility of antifungal susceptibility testing (JAC)
• Spotlight on sporothrix and sporotrichosis (Mycopathologia) 
• Guidelines on diagnosing, preventing, and managing cryptococcal disease in HIV-positive adults and children (WHO)
• Dracunculiasis eradication: end stage challenges (ASTMH) 
• Range expansion of native and invasive ticks (JID)
• Vaccine-hesitant moment (NEJM)
• FDG-PET-CT compared with CT for persistent fever in high-risk patients (The Lancet)

Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees