Infectious Disease Puscast #22

On episode #22 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the previous two weeks, 2/2 – 2/15/23.

Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong

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• Influence of rapid influenza diagnostic testing on clinician decision-making for patients with acute respiratory infection (CID)
• Outbreak of extensively drug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa (CDC)
• Epidemiology and clinical outcomes of non-HACEK gram-negative infective endocarditis (OFID)
• Azithromycin to prevent sepsis or death in women planning a vaginal birth (NEJM)
• Clinical significance of concomitant bacteruria in patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (EJCM)
• Health disparities in hemodialysis associated Staph aureus bloodstream infections (CDC)
• Sequential oral antibiotic in uncomplicated Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (CMI)
• Genome-wide analysis of transposon mobility in the human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus deneoformans (PNAS)
• Prevalence of ocular candidiasis and Candida endophthalmitis in patients with candidemia (CID)
• Prevalence of Ocular Complications in candidemia (CID)
• Rapid and spontaneous post-partum clearance of Plasmodium falciparum (JID)
• Adoption and utilization of social media among adult and pediatric infectious diseases divisions and fellowship programs (OFID)
• Canine detection of chronic wasting disease in laboratory and field settings (Prion)

Music is by Ronald Jenkees