On episode #80 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 4/24/25 – 5/7/25.

Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong

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• Viral
• Incidence and Timing of Epstein–Barr Virus Whole Blood DNAemia in Epstein–Barr Virus-Mismatched Adult and Pediatric Solid Organ Transplant Recipients (Transplant Infectious Disease)
• Infant Respiratory Syncytial Virus Immunization Coverage in the Vaccine Safety Datalink: 2023–2024 (American Academy of Pediatrics)
• Impact of Nirsevimab on RSV and Non-RSV Severe Respiratory Infections in Hospitalized Infants (Influenza and other respiratory viruses)
• Hospital admissions of respiratory infections in infants plungewith nirsevimab RSV antibody (CIDRAP)
• Time to antiviral treatment in mild–moderate COVID-19 in the emergency department (Internal and Emergency Medicine)
• Delays in COVID antiviral receipt raised risk of poor outcomes after ED visits by 18%, data suggest (CIDRAP)
• Antiretroviral Postexposure Prophylaxis After Sexual, Injection Drug Use, or Other Nonoccupational Exposure to HIV (MMWR)
• Bacterial
• Validation and clinical implementation of cerebrospinal fluid C-reactive protein for the diagnosis of bacterial meningitis (LANCET: Regional Health)
• Bridging to transplant: TDM-Guided Outpatient Dalbavancin Therapy in Chronic Granulomatous Disease with deep-seeded Inoperable Abscesses over 11 Months (OFID)
• Nitrites for Urinary Tract Infection—Time to Say Goodbye? (JAMA: Internal Medicine)
• Fungal
• The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube)
• High Mortality and Associated Risk Factors in Kidney Transplant Recipients with Cryptococcosis – A Nationwide Cohort Study Over a Decade Using USRDS Data (OFID)
• Use of Dog Serologic Data for Improved Understanding of Coccidioidomycosis (JID)
• Parasitic
• Performance of a novel P. falciparum rapid diagnostic test in areas of widespread hrp2/3 gene deletion (CID)
• Prevalence of Anopheles stephensi in the Horn of Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis (BMC Infectious Diseases)
• Raising awareness of Demodex mites: a neglected cause of skin disease (Infection)
• Miscellaneous
• Scientific Integrity Under Threat: The Role of the IDSA, PIDS, and SHEA Journals in an Evolving Political Landscape (CID)
• Reasoning on Rounds Volume 2: a Framework for Teaching Management Reasoning in the Inpatient Setting (Journal of General Internal Medicine)
• Billing for and documentation of provider-to-provider interprofessional consults in infectious diseases (Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society)

Music is by Ronald Jenkees

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