On episode #72 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 1/2/25 – 1/15/25.

Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong

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Links for this episode

• Viral
• Human infection with a novel tickborne Orthonairovirus species in China(NEJM)
• Antiviral medications for treatment ofnonsevere influenza(JAMA Network: JAMA Internal Medicine)
• Xofluza (GoodRx)
• NoroSTATData Table (CDC Norovirus)
• The discovery of the 27-nm Norwalk virus: an historic perspective (JID)
• Why the "Ferrari of viruses" is surging through the northern hemisphere (Science)
• Bacterial
• Beta-lactams toxicity in the intensive care unit: an underestimatedcollateral damage?
• (Microorganims)
• What is the most effective antibiotic monotherapy for severe Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection? (CMI: Clinical Microbiology and Infection)
• Doxycycline postexposure prophylaxis and bacterial sexually tansmitted infections among individuals using HIV preexposure prophylaxis(JAMA Network: JAMA Internal Medicine)
• Fungal
• The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube)
• Epidemiology and prognostic factors associated with mold-positive blood cultures: 10-year data From a french prospective surveillance program (2012–2022) (CID)
• Parasitic
• Safety and efficacy of immunization with a late-liver-stage attenuated malaria parasite
• (NEJM)
• Dr. Glaucomflecken explains: late-liver-stage attenuated malaria vaccine (YouTube)
• Dr. Glaucomflecken X NEJM (YouTube)
• Albendazole–ivermectin co-formulation for the treatment of Trichuris trichiura and other soil-transmitted helminths: a randomised phase 2/3 trial (LANCET: Infectious Diseases)
• Miscellaneous
• A comparison of peripherally insertedcentral catheter materials(NEJM)
• Considering Islamic frameworks to infectious disease prevention (OFID)

Music is by Ronald Jenkees

Information on this podcast should not be considered as medical advice.