Infectious Disease Puscast #53

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On episode #53 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 4/11 – 4/24/24.

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Viral
Reasons for what we do for routine respiratory pathogens (Journal of Hospital Medicine)
Acute cardiac events due to RSV infection (JAMA Internal Medicine)
Antiretroviral drugs and weight change (CID)
What do antibiotics do for acute lower respiratory tract infection (Journal of General Internal Medicine)
Guidelines for managing BK polyomavirus in kidney transplantation (Transplant)
Bacterial
Understanding Yersinia enterocolitica epidemiology(OFID)
Medtronic duet external ventricular drain infections(MMWR)
Who is more expensive daptomycin or vancomycin (OFID)
Fungal
Coccidioidomycosis related hospital visits (Emerging Infectious Diseases)
Parasitic
Leech in oropharynx of a 2-year old leads to anemia (AJTMH)
The real use of ivermectin: treatment of strongyloidiasis (AJTHM)
Miscellaneous
Sporadic CJD in hunters? (Neurology)
Where are all the infectious disease doctors? (OFID)
Not interested in infectious diseases? Seriously! (CID)