On episode #71 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 12/19/24 – 1/1/25.

Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong

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• Viral
• Routine detection of viruses through metagenomics: where do we stand? (ASTMH)
• Rapid selection of HIV-2 capsid mutations in salvage therapy with Lenacapavir-containing regime (CID)
• Bacterial
• Ancient genomes reveal a deep history of treponemal disease in the Americas (Nature)
• The utility of Interferon-γ release assays in the diagnosis of tuberculosis in patients With cancer(Transplant Infectious Disease)
• A meta-analysis of Levofloxacin for contacts of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (NEJM Evidence)
• Tularemia— United States, 2011–2022 (CDC: MMWR)
• Incorporating incubation period distributions to precisely estimate the association between rainfall and Legionella infection (JID)
• Fungal
• The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube)
• Candida albicans recovered from persistent candidemia exhibit enhanced virulence traits (JID)
• Mapping the geographic distribution of dimorphic mycoses using a U.S. commercial insurance database (OFID)
• Comparative efficacy and safety of treatment regimens for Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in people living with HIV – A systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (CMI: Clinical Microbiology and Infection)
• Outbreak of Blastomycosis Among Paper Mill Workers — Michigan, November 2022–May 2023 (CDC: MMWR)
• Parasitic
• Acanthamoeba Infection in a hematopoietic cell transplant recipient: challenges in diagnosis, management, and source identification (Transplant Infectious Disease)
• Congenital toxoplasmosis: Fewer clinical signs at 3 years of age over the last 15 years but stable risk of materno-fetal transmission (CID)
• Miscellaneous
• Detection of prions in wild pigs (Sus scrofa) from areas with reported chronic wasting disease cases, United States (CDC Emerging Infectious Diseases)
• Addition of macrolide antibiotics for hospital treatment of community-acquired pneumonia (JID)

Music is by Ronald Jenkees

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