On episode #76 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 2/27/25 – 3/12/25.
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Daniel Griffin and
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Links for this episode
- Viral
- Trends in respiratory pathogen testing at us children’s hospitals (JAMA Network)
- Changes in respiratory viral testing before and after the covid-19 pandemic(JAMA Network)
- Expanding measles outbreak in the United States and guidance for the upcoming travel season (CDC Emergerncy Preparedness and Response)
- Measles cases and outbreaks (CDC Measles (Rubeola))
- Facts and myths about measles (LANCET: Infectious Diseases)
- Protective effects of recombinant zoster vaccine and antiviral therapy against cardiovascular disease following herpes zoster infection (JID)
- Chikungunya vaccine information for healthcare providers (CDC Chikungunya Virus)
- Factors to assess when considering use of chikungunya vaccine(CDC)
- Bacterial
- Should patients hospitalized forcommunity-acquired pneumonia be treated with additional antimicrobial agents directed against anaerobes? (American Journal of Therapeutics)
- Antibiotic-induced loss of gut microbiome metabolic output correlates with clinical responses to CAR T-cell therapy(Blood)
- Effectiveness of ampicillin/sulbactam versus ceftriaxone for the initial treatment of community-acquired pneumonia in older adults: a target trial emulation study(OFID)
- Male-partner treatment to prevent recurrence of bacterial vaginosis(NEJM)
- Fungal
- The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube)
- Activity of rezafungin against echinocandin non–wild type candida glabrata clinical isolates from a global surveillance program (OFID)
- Are contemporary antifungal doses sufficient for critically ill patients? Outcomes from an international, multicenter pharmacokinetics study for Screening Antifungal Exposure in Intensive Care Units—the SAFE-ICU study (Intensive Care Medicine)
- Parasitic
- Human alveolar echinococcosis – global, regional and national annual incidence and prevalence rates (CMI: Clinical Microbiology and Infection)
- Dust to Diagnosis – with MSGERC (FEBRILE)
- The clinical picture caused by Fasciola gigantica: Analysis of 3,250 patients along the 1995–2019 countrywide spread in Vietnam (OFID)
- Miscellaneous
- Reprint of: From medical editors: a call to the global infectious diseases and clinical microbiology community (CMI: Clinical Microbiology and Infection)
- A hot topic: A climate-focused track for infectious disease fellowship (OFID)
- Are we being gaslit? A primer for recognizing corporate jargon to overcome gaslighting for the infectious disease workforce (CID)
Music is by Ronald Jenkees
Information on this podcast should not be considered as medical advice.