Infectious Disease Puscast #73

Infectious Disease Puscast

On episode #73 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 1/16/25 – 1/29/25.

Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong

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Links for this episode

• Viral
• AGA clinical practice guideline on the prevention and treatment of hepatitis B virus reactivation (Gastroenterology)
• Host-microbe multiomic profiling identifies distinct COVID-19 immune dysregulation in solid organ transplant recipients (Nature Communications)
• Insect-specific RNA viruses detection in Field-Caught Aedes aegypti mosquitoes from Argentina using NGS technology (PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases)
• Bacterial
• Oral regimens for rifampin-resistant, fluoroquinolone-susceptible tuberculosis (NEJM)
• Impact of antibiotic treatment and predictors for subsequent infections in multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa catheter-associated asymptomatic bacteriuria (American Journal of Infection Control)
• Identification of the skip phenomenon among patients With Staphylococcus lugdunensis infective endocarditis (OFID)
• Emergence of infective endocarditis due to Serratia spp. (OFID)
• Reduction of vancomycin-associated acute kidney injury with montelukast (JID)
• Fungal
• The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube)
• Pulmonary co-infection of Pneumocystis jirovecii and Aspergillus species (OFID)
• Impact of fluconazoleon outcomes of patients with primary pulmonary coccidioidomycosis (CID)
• Parasitic
• Comparative outcomes of Babesiosis in immunocompromised and non-immunocompromised hosts (CID)
• Miscellaneous
• Hidradenitis suppurativa (LANCET)
• A severe case associated with mixed infections of Pasteurella multocida, Bacteroides pyogenes and Fusobacterium necrophorum due to a snow leopard bite (CMI: Clinical Microbiology and Infection)
• INSIDE-OUT: Introduction of speakers at IDWeek events (OFID)

Music is by Ronald Jenkees

Information on this podcast should not be considered as medical advice.