On episode #19 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the previous two weeks, 12/22/22 – 1/3/23.

Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong

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• Burden of postinfectious symptoms after Acute Dengue (EID)
• Maribavir for CMV treatment in the real world (OFID)
• 24-Week all-oral regimen for Rifampin-Resistant Tuberculosis (NEJM)
• Beta lactam allergy association with surgical site infections (JPIDS)
• Effect of Macrolides on mortality in Bacteremic Pneumonia (CID)
• Association of repeated blood cultures with mortality in adult patients with Gram-Negative Bacilli Bacteremia (OFID)
• Evaluating predictive value of surgical resected proximal bone margins in Diabetic foot Osteomyelitis with clinical outcomes (OFID)
• Burden of serious Fungal Infections in India (OFID)
• Bartonella quintana transmitted by head lice (CID)
• Balamuthia mandrillaris Granulomatous Amoebic Encephalitis (JPIDS)
• Detecting Leishmania in dogs (PLOS NTD)
• Primer on home infusion administration methods (OFID)
• Biomarkers of infection or sepsis at the bedside (ICM)
• Implementation roadmap for establishing remote infectious disease specialist support in resource-limited settings (OFID)
• Perceptions and reality of antimicrobial prescribing during the transition to comfort measures (OFID)
• Can the future of ID escape the inertial dogma of its past? (OFID

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On episode #18 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the previous two weeks, 12/9/22 – 12/21/22.

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• Human Rabies in Texas, 2021 (CDC)
• Human rabies despite post-exposure prophylaxis (The Lancet)
• The Qatar FIFA World Cup 2022 and camel pageant championships increase risk of MERS-CoV transmission and global spread (The Lancet)
• An update on eukaryotic viruses revived from ancient permafrost (bioRx)
• Colistin monotherapy vs combination therapy for carbapenem-resistant organisms (NEJM)
• Outcomes of Ceftriaxone vs antistaphylococcal Penicillins or Cefazolin for definitive therapy of Methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (OFID)
• Salmonella enteritidis cardiovascular implantable electronic device infection (OFID)
• Evaluation of serotonin syndrome with Linezolid and serotonergic agents at an academic medical center (OFID)
• Preemptive antifungal therapy for the prevention of invasive candidiasis following gastrointestinal surgery for Intra-abdominal infections (CID)
• Risk factors and outcomes of invasive aspergillosis in kidney transplant recipients (CID)
• Predictive performance of gram staining of catheter tips for Candida catheter-related bloodstream infections (OFID)
• Integrative genetic manipulation of Plasmodium cynomolgireveals multidrug resistance-(JID)
• Clinical characteristics of patients with calcified parenchymal neurocysticercosis and perilesional edema (OFID)
• Impact of sequestration on artemisinin-induced parasite clearance in Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Africa (CID)
• Factors contributing to delayed academic advancement of women in infectious diseases (OFID)
• Characterization of problematic alcohol use among physicians (JAMA)
• Alpha-gal syndrome in the ID clinic (OFID)
• Efficacy and safety of Azithromycin vs placebo to treat lower respiratory tract infections associated with low procalcitonin (The Lancet)

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On episode #17 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the previous two weeks, 11/24/22 – 12/8/22.

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• Antiretroviral drugs for treatment and prevention of HIV infection in adults (JAMA)
• Outcomes of short versus long duration of antibiotic therapy for residual osteomyelitis in diabetic foot infection (Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy)
• Rectal culture-based versus empirical antibiotic prophylaxis to prevent infectious complications in men undergoing transrectal prostate biopsy (CID)
• Outbreak of Burkholderia stabilis infections associated with contaminated nonsterile multiuse ultrasound gel (CDC)
• Factors associated with receiving longer than recommended therapy among culture-negative pulmonary tuberculosis patients (OFID)
• Seasonality of healthcare-associated Stenotrophomonas maltophilia (ASHE)
• Rezafungin versus caspofungin for treatment of candidaemia and invasive candidiasis (The Lancet)
• Characteristics of antifungal utilization for hospitalized children in the United States (ASHE)
• Cutaneous blastomycosis presenting as a nonhealing wound (NIH)
• Evaluation of the diagnostic accuracy and clinical utility of fungla profile (OFID)
• Parasitic infection increases risk-taking in a social, intermediate host carnivore (Nature)
• Efficacy and safety of acoziborole in patients with human African trypanosomiasis caused by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense (The Lancet)
• Simple nodular cutaneous Leishmaniasis caused by Autochthonous Leishmania orientalis (AJTMH)
• Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases (NEJM)

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On episode #16 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the previous two weeks, 11/9/22 – 11/23/22.

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• Recommendations of the advisory committee on immunization practices for measles, mumps, rubella (CDC)
• Bacteremia with anaerobic bacteria and association with colorectal cancer (CID)
• Factors impacting the yield of image-guided biopsy in native vertebral osteomyelitis (OFID)
• Development of a clinical prediction score to inform tuberculosis treatment among children with HIV (OFID) 
• First detection and molecular identification of Rickettsia massiliae, a human pathogen (PLOS)
• Short-course vs long-course antibiotic therapy for children with nonsevere community-acquired pneumonia (JAMA)
• The timing of preoperative urinary tract infection influences the risk of prosthetic joint infection following primary total hip and knee arthroplasty (JOA)
• Recurrent candidemia: trends and risk factors among persons residing in 4 US States (OFID)
• Spread of Sporothrix spp through respiratory droplets from infected cats (Medical Mycology)
• Comparison of mold active triazoles as primary antifungal prophylaxis in patients with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia (CID)
• Geographic distribution of dimorphic mycoses in the United States (CID)
• Knowledge, experiences, and practices of women affected by female genital schistosomiasis in rural Madagascar (PLOS NTDs)
• Dynamic immune profile in French Toxoplasmosis patients 
• White-Tailed deer are susceptible to the agent of classical sheep scrapie after experimental oronasal exposure (JID)
• The Lanzhou Brucella Leak: The largest laboratory accident in the history of Infectious Diseases (CID)

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On episode #15 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the previous two weeks, 10/27/22 – 9/9/22.

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• Clinical presentation and severity of adenovirus detection alone vs adenovirus co-detection with other respiratory viruses in US children (JPID)
• Effectiveness of different antimicrobial strategies for staphylococcal prosthetic joint infection (OFID)
• Clinical impact of ceftriaxone resistance in E. coli bloodstream infections (OFID) 
• Adjunctive Gentamicin and Rifampin in staphylococcal prosthetic valve Endocarditis (OFID)
• Diagnostic performance of physician gestalt for bacteremia in patients in the process of being admitted with suspected infection (OFID)
• Effectiveness of quinolone prophylaxis in pediatric acute leukemia and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (OFID)
• Risk factors for Vancomycin drug reaction with Eosinophilia and Systemic symptoms syndrome (JAMA)
• Prospective evaluation of the fungitell 1>3 beta-d-glucan assay as a diagnostic tool for invasive fungal disease (Wiley)
• Safety and efficacy of a monoclonal antibody against malaria in Mali (NEJM)
• Hospitalizations associated with strongyloidiasis in the United States (CID) 
• Prophylactic benznidazole treatment fails to prevent Trypanosoma cruzi infection in dogs (PLOS NTD)
• Baker’s dozen of top antimicrobial stewardship intervention publications for hospitalized patients (OFID)
• Baker’s dozen of top antimicrobial stewardship intervention publications in non-hospital care settings in 2021 (OFID)
• Medical student debt and the US ID workforce (CID)

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On episode #14 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the previous two weeks, 10/13/22 – 10/26/22.

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• Relative Effectiveness of cell-based versus egg-based quadrivalent Influenza vaccines in adults (OFID)
• Oral is the new iv. challenging decades of Blood and Bone Infection Dogma (American Journal of Medicine)
• The burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in the WHO European region in 2019 (The Lancet)
• What is the appropriate dose, route and duration of antibiotic therapy for pediatric acute hematogenous osteomyelitis? (JPIDS)
• How generalizable are Randomized Controlled Trials in Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia? (CID)
• Current treatments against mucormycosis and future directions (PLOS)
• The Effect of regularly dosed Acetaminophen vs no Acetaminophen on renal function in Plasmodium knowlesi Malaria (IDSA)
• The value of metagenomic next-generation sequencing in Leishmaniasis diagnosis (OFID)
• AmBisome monotherapy and combination AmBisome–Miltefosine therapy for the treatment of Visceral Leishmaniasis in patients coinfected With HIV (CID)
• Does Calcified Neurocysticercosis affect migraine characteristics and treatment responsiveness? (ASTMH)
• Association between personal ambient carbon dioxide level monitoring and incidence of Tuberculosis infection (CID)
• Change in the perception of oral antibiotics among medical students (OFID)
• Impact of antivenom administration on the evolution of cutaneous lesions in loxoscelism (PLOS)

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On episode #13 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the previous two weeks, 9/29/22 – 10/12/22.

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• Efficacy and safety of switching to Dolutegravir/Lamivudine versus continuing Tenofovir Alafenamide (CID)
• Antibiotic combinations reduce Staphylococcus aureus clearance (Nature)
• Cholera Vaccine: Recommendations of the advisory committee on immunization practices (CDC)
• Detection of Treponema pallidum DNA during early syphilis stages (CID)
• Association between toxoplasmosis and bipolar disorder (Journal of Psychiatry)
• The efficacy of soap against schistosome cercariae (PLOS NTD)
• Recurrent ESBL Escherichia coli urosepsis in a pediatric renal transplant patient (NIH)
• After action review of the response to an outbreak of Lassa fever in Sierra Leone (PLOS NTD)

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On episode #12 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the previous two weeks, 9/15/22 – 9/28/22.

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• Use of long-acting cabotegravir plus rilpivirine for people living with HIV-1 (HIV Medicine)
• Effectiveness of different antimicrobial strategies for staphylococcal prosthetic joint infection (OFID)
• Antibiotic Treatment Duration in Pseudomonas aeruginosa ventilator associated pneumonia (CID)
• Polymicrobial Foot Infection Patterns are common & associated With treatment failure (OFID)
• Faecal microbiota transplantation for first or second C. difficile infection (EarlyFMT) 
• Impact of Enterococcus faecalis endocarditis treatment on risk of relapse (CID)
• Comparison between culture-positive and culture-negative septic shock in patients (NIH)
• Evaluation of serum mucorales PCR for the diagnosis of Mucormycoses (CID)
• Humanized transgenic mice are resistant to chronic wasting disease prions from Norwegian reindeer and moose (JID)
• Dentist’s visits and risk of brain abscess (CID)

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On episode #11 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the previous two weeks, 9/1/22 - 9/14/22.

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• Post-Ebola symptoms infection (CID)
• Legionella identified as cause of cluster of pneumonia cases (PAHO)
• Frequency of exposure to antibiotics for enteropathogenic bacteria among young children (PNAS)
• Should Linezolid replace Clindamycin as the adjunctive antimicrobial of choice in Toxic Shock Syndrome (CID)
• Treatment with a three-drug regimen for Pulmonary Tuberculosis (OFID)
• The skip phenomenon in Staphylococcus Aureus Bacteremia (Science Direct)
• The relationship between antibiotic agent and mortality in patients with Febrile Neutropenia (OFID)
• Antibiotic indications and appropriateness in the pediatric intensive care unit (CID)
• Clinical features and treatment outcomes of Pulmonary Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex (OFID)
• Outcomes of partial oral antibiotic treatment for complicated S. Aureus Bacteremia in drug users (CID)
• Short-versus long-course antibiotic treatment for uncomplicated vancomycin-resistant enterococcal bacteraemia (CMI)
• Infectious Disease Consults of Pseudomonas aeruginosa bloodstream infection and impact on health outcomes (OFID)
• Paracoccidioidomycosis: current status and future trends (Clinical Microbiology)
• Comparative outcomes of Candida Auris Bloodstream Infections (CID)
• Efficacy and immunogenicity of R21/Matrix-M vaccine against clinical Malaria (The Lancet)
• Leishmaniasis: Diagnosis and Treatment in the United States (JPIDS)
• Malaria Surveillance — United States, 2018 (CDC)
• Anti-bacteriophage immunity in phage therapy (JID)
• Improving understanding and utilization of the antibiogram among medical residents (Cambridge) 

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On episode #10 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the previous two weeks, 8/17/22 – 8/31/22.

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• Tomato flu outbreak (Ped Inf Dis)
• Rabies vaccination of dogs (PLoS NTD)
• Repeat revision TKR (Arch Orthopedic Trauma Surg)
• Cat scratch fever (Open Forum Inf Dis)
• Treatment of post transplant asymptomatic bacteruria (Transplant Inf Dis)
• Shorter antibiotic courses in immunocompromised (Clin Micro Inf)
• Risk of cardiovascular implantable electronic device infection (Open For Inf Dis)
• Diagnosis of leprosy and cerebral coenurosis (Open For Inf Dis)
• Enterococcus central line infection (Eur J Clin Micr Inf Dis)
• Treatment of otitis media (J Pediatrics)
• Fungal infections in US (CDC)
• Surveillance for fungal infections US (CDC)
• Cryptococcal antigenemia in AIDS (Clin Inf Dis)
• Intestinal parasites in medieval UK (Int J Paleopathology)
• Nephrotoxicity of vancomycin (Clin Inf Dis)
• Administration of beta-lactam before vancomycin (Clin Inf Dis)
• Early beta-lactam catches the germ (Clin Inf Dis)
• Machines that help machines help patients (Curr Clin Oncol)
• In-person vs telemedicine (Open For Inf Dis)
• Impact of COVID-19 on community hospital acquired infections (Clin Inf Dis)

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