On episode #96 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 12/4/25 – 12/17/25.

Host: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong

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Links for this episode

• Viral
• Rabies Cluster Among Steer on a Dairy Farm — Minnesota, 2024 (CDC:MMWR)
• Incidence of community-acquired pneumonia and herpes zoster in people with HIV based on CD4-count and age in the current antiretroviral therapy era: a longitudinal cohort study (CID)
• Associations between antibiotic use and outcomes in patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia and positive respiratory viral assays (CID)
• Bacterial
• Lactobacillus Bacteremia: A Challenging Condition for Pediatrician (Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal)
• Trial of High-Dose Oral Rifampin in Adults with Tuberculous Meningitis (NEJM)
• Zoliflodacin versus ceftriaxone plus azithromycin for treatment of uncomplicated urogenital gonorrhoea: an international, randomised, controlled, open-label, phase 3, non-inferiority clinical trial (LANCET)
• Fungal
• The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube)
• Compassionate Use of Olorofim for Invasive Mold Infections: A Nationwide Observational Study in France (OFID)
• Parasitic
• Eliminating Guinea worm (LANCET: Infectious Disases)
• Balamuthia mandrillaris Encephalitis in a 12-Year-old Girl: Report of the First Case Diagnosed in Greece (Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal)
• A Prospective Cohort Longitudinal Study of Human Acute Babesiosis: Quality of Life and Severity of Symptoms Through 1-Year Follow-up (OFID)
• Body lice and scabies co-infestation among unsheltered migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers and the right to water and sanitation (PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases)
• Miscellaneous
• H.U.S.T.L.E: A Consult Fitness Guide for Infectious Diseases Providers (CID)
• Seven alternatives to evidence based medical education: an exploration of how we actually teach (BMJ)
• What does a doctor look like?Asking AI (BMJ)
• The Receding Specialty of Infectious Diseases and Implications for U.S. Healthcare (OFID)
• Integrating a host biomarker with a large language model for diagnosis of lower respiratory tract infection (Nature Communications)

Music is by Ronald Jenkees

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