On episode #85 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 7/3 – 7/21/25.

Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong

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Links for this episode

• Viral
• Elimination of HIV Reservoirs Harboring Intact Proviruses (JID) Bacterial
• Expansion of tetM-Carrying Neisseria gonorrhoeae in the United States, 2018–2024 (NEJM)
• Study hints doxyPEP use coincides with rise in tetracycline-resistant gonorrhea in US (CIDRAP)
• Potential Impact of Doxycycline Post-Exposure Prophylaxis on Tetracycline Resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Colonization With Tetracycline-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Group A Streptococcus (CID)
• Methenamine hippurate asprophylaxis for recurrent urinary tract infections in older women – a triple-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled, phase IV trial (ImpresU). (CMI: Clinical Microbiology and Infection)
• Diagnosis and Management ofCommunity-acquired Pneumonia(American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine)
• Complicated Urinary Tract Infections (cUTI): Clinical Guidelines for Treatment and Management (IDSA)
• The impact of an intervention to increase follow-up blood cultures for patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteriuria (Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology) Fungal
• The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube)
• Candida auris Containment Responses in Health Care Facilities that Provide Hemodialysis Services (CDC: MMWR)
• Candidozyma auris: an emerging threat (Reflections on Infectious Prevention and Control)
• Effects of postoperative antifungal therapy on the recurrence of Aspergillus infection after pulmonary aspergilloma resection (BMC Infectious Diseases)
• Triazole-resistant Aspergillus fumigatus in the Netherlands between 1994 and 2022: a genomic and phenotypic study (LANCET: Microbe)
• Large language models and their performance for the diagnosis of histoplasmosis (PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases) Parasitic
• Field evidence of Trypanosoma cruzi infection, diverse host use and invasion of human dwellings by the Chagas disease vector in Florida, USA (PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases)

Music is by Ronald Jenkees

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