On episode #7 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the previous two weeks, 7/7/22 – 7/20/22.

Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong

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• Frequent detection of monkeypox virus DNA in saliva, semen, and other clinical samples from 12 patients (Eurosurveillance) 
• The impact of churn on HIV outcomes in the southern United States (OFID)
• Health Advisory: Recent Reports of PeV in the US (CDC)
• Cytomegalovirus viremia as risk factor for mortality in HIV-associated meningitis (International Journal of Infectious Diseases)
• Ghana declares its first outbreak of Marburg virus disease (BMJ)
• Case series of children with acute hepatitis and human adenovirus (NEJM)
• Pharmacokinetic variability of vancomycin in meningitis patients (Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics)
• Association of vancomycin plus piperacillin in critically ill adults (Intensive Care Medicine)
• Comparison of Sequential Dalbavancin to SOC treatment for bloodstream infections (OFID)
• Outbreak of sexually transmitted drug resistant Shigella sonnei in the UK (Lancet ID)
• Listeria illness and deaths associated with ongoing contamination of ice cream products (CID)
• Antibiotics for preventing recurrent uninary tract infections (OFID)
• Congenital tuberculosis after In-vitro fertilization (CID)
• Enhancing diagnostics in orthopedic infections (Journal of Clinical Microbiology)
• Screening for ocular finding among patients with candidemia (CDC)
• Effects of day-to-day variation of Opisthorchis viverrini antigen in urine (PLOS ONE)
• Disposable versus reusable medical gowns (The American Journal of Infection Control)

Music by Ronald Jenkees