Infectious Disease Puscast #20

On episode #20 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the previous two weeks, 1/4/23 – 1/17/23.

Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong

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• Neuroinvasive West Nile infection in solid organ transplant recipients (TID)
• Clinical markers of post-Chikungunya chronic inflammatory joint disease (PLOSNTD)
• Cholera outbreak in Haiti (CDC)
• Legionella bononiensis isolated from a hotel water in Nothern Italy (MS)
• Contemporary pharmacotherapies for nontuberculosis mycobacterial infections (IDT)
• Defining the optimal duration of therapy for hospitalized patients with UTIs and Bacteremia (CID)
• Fidaxomicin to prevent recurrent Clostridioides difficile (JAC)
• Evaluating predictive value of resected proximal bone margins in Diabetic Foot Osteomyelitis(OFID)
• Postoperative inflammation and fever after elective aortic valve and aortic root replacement (OFID)
• Fungal nomenclature: managing change is the name of the game (OFID)
• Clinical microbiology laboratories should use nomenclature based on current taxonomy (JCM)
• Race and ethnicity: risk factors for fungal infections (PLOS)
• Mosquito net use in early childhood and survival to adulthood in Tanzania (NEJM)
• Probiotic for pathogen-specific Staphylococcus aureus decolonisation in Thailand (The Lancet)

Music is by Ronald Jenkees