Infectious Disease Puscast #23

On episode #23 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the previous two weeks, 2/16 – 2/28/23.

Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong

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• Association between cytomegalovirus infection and tuberculosis disease (JID)
• In-depth virological and immunological characterization of HIV-1 cure after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (Nature)

• Algorithm-based Clostridioides difficile testing as a tool for antibiotic stewardship(CMI)

• Clinical utility of nasal surveillance swabs in ruling-out MRSA infections in children (JPIDS)
• Antimicrobial for 7 or 14 days for febrile UTI in men (CID)
• Treatment strategy for rifampin-susceptible TB (NEJM)
• Current pyuria cut-offs promote inappropriate UTI diagnosis in older women (CID)
• Efficacy of doxycycline for mild-to-moderate community-acquired pneumonia in adults (CID)
• Hospitalizations for unspecified mycoses and implications for fungal disease burden estimates (OFID)
• Invasive mold infections following Hurricane Harvey (OFID)
• Cryptococcal meningitis and clinical outcomes in persons with HIV (CID)
• Rapid range shifts in African Anopheles mosquitoes over the last century (Biology Letters)
• Neuroangiostrongyliasis: Rat lungworm invades Europe (ASTMH)
• Balamuthia mandrillaris encephalitis presenting as a symptomatic focal hypodensityin an immunocompromised patient (OFID)
• Low rates of antibiotics prescribed during telehealth primary-care visits persisted during COVID19 (ICHE)

Music is by Ronald Jenkees