On episode #88 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 8/19/25 – 8/27/25.

Host: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong

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Links for this episode

• Viral
• Respiratory Syncytial Virus Immunization Coverage Among Infants Through Receipt of Nirsevimab Monoclonal Antibody or Maternal Vaccination (CDC: MMWR)
• Bictegravir, emtricitabine, and tenofovir alafenamide versus ritonavir-boosted protease inhibitor-based antiretroviral therapy in people with HIV and viral suppression on second-line therapy in Haiti: an open-label, randomised, non-inferiority trial (LANCET: HIV)
• Interferon-α Nasal Spray Prophylaxis Reduces COVID-19 in Cancer Patients: A Randomized, Double-Blinded, Placebo-Controlled Trial (CID)
• Bacterial
• Exposure to suppressive antibiotic therapy in women with recurrent urinary tract infections and severity of infections: a retrospective population-based cohort study (BMJ Open)
• Effectiveness and safety of antibiotics in kidney transplant recipients with asymptomatic bacteriuria: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (OFID)
• Epidemiological, temporal, and geographic trends of leptospirosis in the United States, 2014–2020 (PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases)
• Performance of Tongue Swabs for Tuberculosis Diagnosis in Hospitalized Children Under 5 Years of Age (OFID)
• Fungal
• The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube)
• Towards shorter therapy for candidaemia: defining uncomplicated candidaemia in adults (LANCET: Infectious Diseases)
• Parasitic
• Outcomes of Military Blood Donors at Joint Base San Antonio with Reactive Trypanosoma cruzi Antibody Screening (OFID)
• Cutaneous acanthamoebiasis: Two Cases Highlighting Diverse Histopathologic Findings (Journal of Cutaneous Pathology)
• Miscellaneous
• Linezolid-related Optic Nerve Disorders: Insight from a Pharmacovigilance Analysis of the U.S. FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (OFID)
• Extreme variability in linezolid concentrations in the ICU: A case for routine therapeutic drug monitoring (American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy)

Music is by Ronald Jenkees

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