On episode #67 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel reviews the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 10/24 – 11/6/24.

Host: Daniel Griffin

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Links for this episode

• Viral
• Microbial dynamics and pulmonary immune responses in COVID-19 secondary bacterial pneumonia(Nature)
• Bacterial
• Implementation of a Pharmacist-Driven Vancomycin Area Under the Concentration-Time Curve Monitoring Program Using Bayesian Modeling in Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OFID)
• Rifaximin prophylaxis causes resistance to the last-resort antibiotic daptomycin (Nature)
• Oral Versus Intravenous Antibiotic Therapy for Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia or Endocarditis(CID)
• Fungal
• The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube)
• Notes from the Field: Trichophyton mentagrophytes Genotype VII — New York City, April–July 2024 (CDC MMWR)
• Evaluation of Crushed Posaconazole Delayed Release Tablets in Lung Transplant Recipients(Transplant Infectious Disease)
• Parasitic
• Outcomes of kidney transplant recipients exposed to Chagas disease under Benznidazole prophylaxis(Transplant Infectious Disease)
• Fake Aristotle Fakely Rails Against Fighting Inequality (Sententiae Antiquae)
• Need for a paradigm shift in soil-transmitted helminthiasis control (PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases)
• Miscellaneous
• IDSA Advocacy Results in Big Win for ID in 2025 Final Medicare Rule (IDSA)

Music is by Ronald Jenkees

Information on this podcast should not be considered as medical advice