Infectious Disease Puscast #18

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.

Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong

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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)

Music is by Ronald Jenkees