On episode #102 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 2/26 – 3/11/26.

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• Viral
• Measles Outbreak — New Mexico, 2025 (CDC: MMWR)
• Epidemiology of HMPV and Other Respiratory Viral Infections Among Outpatients, 2016–2022 (OFID)
• Notes from the Field: Congenital Rubella Syndrome — Florida, 2025 (CDC: MMWR)
• Long-term efficacy and safety of the single-dose tetravalent Butantan dengue vaccine (Nature Medicine)
• Bacterial
• Clinical Outcomes in Hypervirulent Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Infection: A Cohort Study (JID)
• Duration of therapy for Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteremia – a post hoc subgroup analysis from the BALANCE randomized controlled trial (CID)
• Diagnostic Yield of Tongue Swab- Compared to Sputum-Based Molecular Testing for Tuberculosis in Four High-Burden Countries (CID)
• WHO recommends near point-of-care tests, tongue swabs, and sputum poolingfor TB diagnosis (WHO)
• Respiratory virus co-infection is a risk factor for adverse outcomes during Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia (OFID)
• Balance Versus Bias: Correcting Misinformation About the 2025 ATS Community-Acquired Pneumonia Guidelines (CID)
• Fungal
• The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube)
• Immunomodulation in the Treatment of Disseminated Coccidioidomycosis (CID)
• Parasitic
• Comparison of six weeks doxycycline versus six weeks rifampicin or three weeks of the combination of doxycycline plus rifampicin in the treatment of onchocerciasis: a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, phase 2 trial (OFID)
• Cutaneous Larva Migrans Within the United States Military Health System – Clinical Presentation and Association with Autochthonous Spread or International Travel (OFID)
• Miscellaneous
• Distinct prophage infections in colorectal cancer-associated Bacteroides fragilis (Communications Medicine)
• Rounding Styles on Inpatient Infectious Disease Consult Services: Impact on Education and Patient-Care Delivery (OFID)
• Possible quality indicators for clinical infectious diseases consultations – results from a hybrid Delphi-nominal group approach and scenario study (CMI: Clinical Microbiology and Infections)

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On episode #101 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel reviews the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 2/12 – 2/25/26.

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• Viral
• Impact of Proviral-DNA M184V/I on 96-Week Outcomes of DTG/3TC Maintenance Therapy: Results From the VOLVER Clinical Trial (CID)
• Tecovirimat for the Treatment of Mpox (NEJM)
• Bacterial
• Multicounty Outbreak of Salmonella Agbeni Linked to Ice in a Cooler at a County Fair — Illinois, August 2024 (CDC: MMWR)
• Legionella Pneumonia in the Modern Era: Clinical Features and Predictors of Mortality (CID)
• Cefalexin use in UK acute pyelonephritis practice: unaddressed challenges in dosing, breakpoints and clinical evidence (Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy)
• Is three really what we need? Relative effectiveness of benzathine penicillin G and doxycycline treatment regimens for late or unknown duration syphilis in 6 United States jurisdictions, 2016–2021 (CID)
• Show Me the "Mino:" In Vitro Efficacy of Minocycline on Clinical Gram-Negative Bacterial Isolates (Microbial Drug Resistance)
• Initial Vancomycin Taper for the Prevention of Recurrent Clostridioides difficile Infection
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• Microbial Flora in War Wounds from the Ukrainian Front Line (NEJM)
• Fungal
• The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube)
• Epidemiology of Aspergillosis Diagnoses in U.S. Adults using a National EHR Database, 2013-2023 (OFID)
• Parasitic
• State-of-the-Art Review: Chagas Disease—an Enduring Challenge (CID)
• Autochthonous Rat Lungworm Angiostrongylus cantonensis Infections in Accidental and Definitive Hosts, San Diego, California, USA (Emerging Infectious Diseases)
• Miscellaneous
• Ancient bacteria strain discovered in ice cave is resistant to some modern antibiotics(CNN)
• First genome sequence and functional profiling of Psychrobacter SC65A.3 preserved in 5,000-year-old cave ice: insights into ancient resistome, antimicrobial potential, and enzymatic activities (Frontiers in Microbiology)

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On episode #100 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel reviews the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 1/29/26 – 2/11/26.

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• Viral
• Type I IFN autoantibodies underlie chikungunya live-attenuated vaccine encephalitis (PNAS)
• Dengue Suppression by Male Wolbachia-Infected Mosquitoes (NEJM)
• Assessing the impact of SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination on fertility and assisted reproductive techniques outcomes: an umbrella review (Vaccine)
• Prevalence of CSF HIV VIRAL Escape and Associations With Neurocognitive Outcomes Among HIV-Associated Meningitis Survivors: A Cohort Study (OFID)
• Adenoviral Inciting Antigen and Somatic Hypermutation in VITT (NEJM)
• Bacterial
• Extraintestinal Invasive Escherichia coli Infections in the US (JAMA Network OPEN)
• Clinical Manifestations, Long-Term Trends, and Risk Factors for Treatment Failure in Native Vertebral Osteomyelitis: A 26-Year Mayo Clinic Experience (CID)
• US Emergency Department Visits forAntibiotic Adverse Drug Events in Children, 2019-2023 (Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society)
• Fungal
• The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube)
• Albumin orchestrates a natural host defence mechanism against mucormycosis (Nature)
• Pseudo-Outbreak of Purpureocillium lilacinum Skin Infections at a Dermatology Clinic — Washington, 2024 (CDC: MMWR)
• Candida auris Testing by the Antimicrobial Resistance Laboratory Network, United States, 2022–2023 (Emerging Infectious Diseases)
• Parasitic
• Trichinellosis: A zoonosis that still requires vigilance (PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases)
• Trichinellosis after Raw Bear Eyeball Consumption (AJTMH: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene)
• Moving Scabies Under Video-Dermoscopy (AJTMH: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene)

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On episode #99 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel reviews the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 1/15/26 - 1/28/26.

Host: Daniel Griffin and Sarah Dong

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• Viral
• Symptomatic and asymptomatic norovirus infections in early life; The PREVAIL Cohort, 2017-2020 (CID)
• Bacterial
• Xenodiagnosis to search for Borrelia burgdorferi after antibiotic treatment of Lyme disease: a prospective cohort study (CID)
• Diagnostic Yield of Repeat Blood Cultures and Risk Factors for Bloodstream Infection in Persistent Febrile Neutropenia (CID)
• Methodology Misrepresented: Correcting the Record on the ATS Community-acquired Pneumonia Guideline Process (CID)
• Pediatric Infectious Diseases Physicians' Preferences for Management of Clostridioides difficile Infection: An Emerging Infections Network Surve (Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society)
• Antibiotic Therapy for Uncomplicated AcuteAppendicitis (JAMA)
• Fungal
• The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube)
• Persistence of Symptoms among Commercially Insured Patients with Coccidioidomycosis, United States, 2017–2023 (CDC: Emerging Infectious Diseases)
• Ophthalmologic evaluation and clinical outcome in candidemia: a seven-year retrospective multicenter cohort study (OFID)
• Parasitic
• Postinfectious Syndromes and Long-Term Sequelae after Giardia Infections (CDC: Emergining Infectious Diseases)
• Priced Out of Treatment: The Exorbitant Cost of Antiparasitic Drugs in the United States (OFID)
• Miscellaneous
• All About the AAP Recommended Immunization Schedule (healthychildren.org)
• Recommended Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Schedule: United States, 2026: Policy Statement (American Academy of Pediatrics: Pediatrics)
• Feeling the Vibes: An Investigation into Resident Antibiotic Prescribing Practices (OFID)

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On episode #98 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel reviews the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 1/1/26 – 1/14/26.

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• Viral
• Rhinovirus-Associated Lower Respiratory Tract Infection in Hospitalized Adult Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study (JID)
• Demise of the Milwaukee Protocol for Rabies (CID)
• Reply to Willoughby on Demise of the Milwaukee Protocol for Rabies (CID)
• Bacterial
• Clinical Practice Guideline by Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA): 2025 Guideline on Management and Treatment of Complicated Urinary Tract Infections: Introduction and Methods (CID)
• Reassessing the 2023 International Society for Cardiovascular Infectious Diseases Duke clinical criteria for infective endocarditis: Impact of excluding fever and updating diagnostic definition (CID)
• The diagnostic accuracy of procalcitonin for community-acquired bacteremia: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis (CMI: Clincal Microbiology and Infection)
• Noninferiority of One HPV Vaccine Dose to TwoDoses (NEJM)
• About the wastewater program (Colorado: Department of Public & Environment)
• Notes from the Field: Wastewater Surveillance for Measles Virus During a Measles Outbreak — Colorado, August 2025 (CDC: MMWR)
• Notes from the Field: Retrospective Analysis of Wild-Type Measles Virus in Wastewater During a Measles Outbreak — Oregon, March 24–September 22, 2024 (CDC:MMWR)
• Fungal
• The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube)
• Candidozyma auris (formerly Candida auris): Resistant, long-lasting, and everywhere (CMI: Clincal Microbiology and Infection)
• Long-range air dispersal as an important source of environmental contamination in Candida auris clustering: possible infection control implication (Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology)
• Parasitic
• Dermlite Dermatoscopes (dermatoscopes.com)
• Oral ivermectin versus 5% permethrin cream to treat children and adults with classic scabies: multicentre, assessor blinded, cluster randomised clinical trials (BMJ)

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On episode #97 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel reviews the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 12/18/25 – 12/31/25.

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• Viral
• Outcomes Related to Bacterial Co-Infection and Antibiotic Use in Adults Hospitalized With Respiratory Syncytial Virus Compared with Influenza (OFID)
• Once-Weekly Oral Islatravir Plus Lenacapavir Versus Daily Oral Bictegravir, Emtricitabine, and Tenofovir Alafenamide in Persons With HIV-1 (Annals of Internal Medicine)
• Bacterial
• GeoSentinel Analysis of Travelers' Diarrhea Antimicrobial Resistance Patterns (JAMA Open Network)
• Rapid direct disk diffusion testing for antibiotic resistance in urinary tract infections: a bacterial concentration-adjusted approach (Microbiology Spectrum)
• Impact of an Educational Leaflet About Asymptomatic Bacteriuria and Urinary Tract Infection on Antibiotic Preferences Among US Adults ≥65 Years: An Online Randomized Controlled Survey Experiment (OFID)
• Fungal
• The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube)
• Real-world Evaluation of Histoplasmosis Diagnosis and Treatment in Patients From a Michigan Health System (OFID)
• Parasitic
• Progress Toward Eradication of Dracunculiasis (Guinea Worm Disease) — Worldwide, January 2024–June 2025 (CDC: MMWR)

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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.

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• 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)

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On episode #95 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 11/20/25 – 12/3/25.

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• Viral
• Early low-dose dexamethasone is associated with shorter acute symptom duration in Chikungunya virus infection: a retrospective cohort study (BMC Infectious Diseases)
• Noninferiority of One HPV Vaccine Dose to Two Doses (NEJM)
• Evidence to Action — Single-Dose HPV Vaccination and Cervical HPV Infection (NEJM)
• Daily Mosnodenvir as Dengue Prophylaxis in a Controlled Human InfectionModel (NEJM)
• Universal Hepatitis B Vaccination at Birth—Risks of Revising the recommendation (JAMA)
• Correlates of HIV-1 control after combination immunotherapy (Nature)
• Human-to-Human Rabies Transmission via Solid Organ Transplantation from a Donor with Undiagnosed Rabies — United States, October 2024–February 2025 (CDC: MMWR)
• Cytomegalovirus-specific cell-mediated immunity for prediction of post-prophylaxis CMV disease in a phase 3 trial of letermovir vs valganciclovir prophylaxis in donor CMV-seropositive recipient CMV-seronegative kidney transplant recipients (CID)
• An Analysis of Cytomegalovirus-Specific Cell-Mediated Immunity in a Phase 3, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Letermovir Prophylaxis in Cytomegalovirus-Seropositive Recipients of an Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplant (CID)
• Bacterial
• Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) Position Statement: Why IDSA Did Not Endorse the Community-Acquired Pneumonia Guidelines 2025 Update (CID)
• Lyme DiseaseIncidence in Massachusetts, 2012-2024 (JAMA: Open Network)
• Fungal
• The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube)
• Aspergillosis-Attributable Mortality in the United States: Analysis of Death CertificateData (CID)
• Oral itraconazole versus oral voriconazole for treatment-naive patients with chronic pulmonary aspergillosis in India (VICTOR-CPA trial): a single-centre, open-label, randomised, controlled, superiority trial (LANCET: Infectious Diseases)
• Parasitic
• Loa loa encephalopathy following treatment with benzimidazole derivatives: A systematic review (OFID)

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On episode #94 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 11/11/25 – 11/19/25.

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• Viral
• Epstein-Barr virus reprograms autoreactive B cells as antigen-presenting cells in systemic lupus erythematosus (Science Translational Medicine)
• Hepatitis B reactivation following switch away from tenofovir-containing anti-retroviral therapy in people living with HIV: A case series and lessons for practice (CID)
• Antimicrobial drug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae (GC) infections in men using doxycycline postexposure prophylaxis. A substudy of the ANRS 174 DOXYVAC trial (CID)
• HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Does Not Increase Gonorrhea and Chlamydia Incidence in Young Black and Hispanic Men who Have Sex With Men: An Observational Cohort Study (OFID)
• Bacterial
• Global and regional knowledge of antibiotic use and resistance among the general public: a systematic review and meta-analysis (CMI: Clinical Microbiology and Infection)
• Infant Botulism Outbreak Linked to Infant Formula, November 2025 (CDC: Botulism)
• Outbreak Investigation of Infant Botulism: Infant Formula (November 2025) (FDA)
• Vitamin D deficiency at hospital admission with community-acquired pneumonia is associated with increased risk of mortality: A Prospective Cohort Study (OFID)
• Bat-Associated Hemotropic Mycoplasmas in Immunosuppressed Children, Spain, 2024 (Emerging Infectious Diseases)
• A Multicomponent Intervention to Improve Maternal Infection Outcomes (NEJM)
• Fungal
• The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube)
• Increasing Fluconazole Resistance in Candida parapsilosis: A 10-Year Analysis of Blood Culture Isolates at a US Reference Laboratory (2015–2024) (JID)
• British Society for Medical Mycology best practice recommendations for the diagnosis of serious fungal diseases: 2025 update (LANCET: Infectious Diseases)
• In Vivo Evolution of Candida auris Multidrug Resistance in a Patient Receiving Antifungal Treatment (JID)
• Parasitic
• Implications of a fatal anaphylactic reaction occurring 4 hours after eating beef in a young man with IgE antibodies to galactose-α-1,3-galactose (JACI: Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology In practice)
• WHO recommends R21/Matrix-M vaccine for malaria prevention in updated advice on immunization (WHO)
• Effectiveness of the RTS,S/AS01E malaria vaccine in a real-world setting over 1 year of follow-up after the three-dose primary schedule: an interim analysis of a phase 4 study in Ghana, Kenya, and Malawi (LANCET: Global Health)
• A systematic review and an individual patient data meta-analysis of ivermectin use in children weighing less than fifteen kilograms: Is it time to reconsider the current contraindication? (PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases)
• Miscellaneous
• IL12RB1 deficiency appearing in North America: expanding the clinical phenotypes (CID)

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On episode #93 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 10/23/25 – 11/10/25.

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• Viral
• High Prevalence of Varicella Zoster Virus Infection among Persons with Suspect Mpox Cases during an Mpox Outbreak in Kenya, 2024 (ASTMH: AJTMH)
• Earlier initiation of treatment following HIV acquisition reduces non-AIDS-defining malignancy risk (CID)
• TWiV 1267: A cancer vaccine and an mpox treatment (MicrobeTV)
• Cancers Caused by HPV (CDC: Human Papillomavirus (HPV))
• Circulating tumor human papillomavirus DNA whole genome sequencing enables human papillomavirus-associated oropharynx cancer early detection (Journal of the National Cancer Institute)
• Impact of Vaccinating Adult Women Who Are HPV-Positive or with Confirmed Cervical SIL with the 9-Valent Vaccine—A Systematic Review (Viruses)
• ACIP Shared Clinical Decision-Making Recommendations (CDC: Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP))
• HPV Vaccination Recommendations (CDC: Vaccines & Immunizations)
• Bacterial
• Consequences of Delaying Surgical Intervention in Patients with Native Joint Septic Arthritis (OFID)
• Fungal
• The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube)
• Adjunctive corticosteroids in non-AIDS patients with severe Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PIC): a multicentre, double-blind, randomised controlled trial (LANCET: Respiratory Medicine)
• Nasal Iodophor to Reduce Candidozyma auris Nasal Carriage in Nursing Home Residents (OFID)
• Epidemiology of Invasive Fungal Disease in Pediatric Heart Transplant Recipients (Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society)
• Mapping the Geographic Distribution of Dimorphic Mycoses Using a US Commercial Insurance Database (OFID)
• Genomic Dynamics of the Emergent Candida auris: Exploring Climate-dependentTrends (OFID)
• Parasitic
• Evaluation of a One Health public health program based on minimum inputs to control Taenia solium in Madagascar (PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases)
• Transplacental Transfer of Lumefantrine, Mefloquine, and Piperaquine: A Comparison of Concentrations in Mothers, Neonates, and Cord Blood (CID)
• Miscellaneous
• Amplifying Our Voices: Fostering Advocacy in Infectious Diseases Fellowship(OFID)
• Plant-Based Diets and Climate Change, A Perspective for Infectious Disease Provider (OFID)

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