On episode #62 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 8/15/24 – 8/28/24.
Host: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong
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Links for this episode
- Viral
- Clinician Specialty and HIV PrEP Prescription Reversals and abandonments (JAMA Network: JAMA Internal Medicine)
- The association between adherence to antiretroviral therapy and viral suppression under dolutegravir-based regimens (JIAS Journal of the International AIDS Society)
- Dexamethasone in adults with viral meningitis (CMI Clinical Microbiology and Infection)
- Oropouche Virus Disease Among U.S. Travelers — United States, 2024 (MMWR)
- Oropouche fever, the mysterious threat (LANCET: Infectious Diseases)
- Bacterial
- High rates of Non-susceptibility to common oral antibiotics in Streptococcus pneumoniae clinical isolates (OFID)
- New York State Department of Health Directs Providers to Discontinue Use of Ciprofloxacin to Prevent Meningococcal Disease Due to Increasing Antimicrobial Resistance (NY State: Department of Health)
- Tularemia Associated with Harbor Seal Necropsy — Kitsap County, Washington, October 2023 (MMWR)
- FDA Marketing Authorization Enables Increased Access to First Step of Syphilis Diagnosis (FDA)
- Clinical impact of pleural fluid Streptococcus pneumoniae PCR testing in children with complicated pneumonia (CID)
- The Role of the Gut, Urine and Vaginal Microbiome on the Pathogenesis of Urinary Tract Infection (OFID)
- Fungal
- The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube)
- Two dose levels of once-weekly fosravuconazole versus daily itraconazole in combination with surgery in patients with eumycetoma in Sudan (LANCET Infectious disease)
- Parasitic
- Usefulness of real-time PCR for urogenital schistosomiasis in preschool children in Angola (PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases)
- Helminth infection driven gastrointestinal hypermotility alterations in smooth muscle instead of enteric neurons (PLoS Pathogens)
- Die-off reaction of Demodex mites after treating demodicosis with oral ivermectin (JAAD case reports)
- Miscellaneous
- Prevalence of carbapenem-resistant gram negative bacteria among neonates suspected for sepsis in Africa (BMC Infectious Diseases)
- New era of targeted clinical guidelines: IDSA (CID)
- Defining the landscape of educational experiences in transplant infectious diseases (OFID)
Music is by Ronald Jenkees
Information on this podcast should not be considered as medical advice.
