On episode #74 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 1/30/25 – 2/12/25.
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Links for this episode
- Viral
- Global Impact of mass vaccination campaigns on circulating type 2 vaccine-derived poliovirus outbreaks (JID)
- Co-infection of SARS‐CoV‐2 and influenza A/B among patients with COVID-19 (BMC Infectious Diseases)
- Oseltamivir reduces 30-Day mortality in older adults with Influenza (OFID)
- Bacterial
- Predicting benefit from adjuvant therapy with corticosteroids in community-acquired pneumonia (LANCET Respiratory Medicine)
- Rethinking antibiotic prophylaxis for spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in patients with cirrhosis (CID)
- Determining the optimal antibiotic duration for skin and soft tissue infections (Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases)
- The stealth and potentially fatal nature of Kingella kingae outbreaks in daycare facilities (OFID)
- Piperacillin/tazobactam vs. cefepime or carbapenems for the treatment of bloodstream infections due to bacteria producing chromosomal AmpC beta-lactamase (Infection)
- Is systemic dissemination of BCG following neonatal vaccination required for protection against Mycobacterium tuberculosis? (JID)
- Risk of aortic aneurysm or dissection following use of fluoroquinolones: a retrospective multinational network cohort study (eClinical Medicine)
- Fungal
- The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube)
- Developing mRNA lipid nanoparticle vaccine effective for cryptococcosisin a murine model (Vaccines)
- The araneopathogenic genus Gibellula (Cordycipitaceae: Hypocreales) in the British Isles, including a new zombie species on orb-weaving cave spiders (Metainae: Tetragnathidae) (Fungal Systematics and Evolution)
- Sensitivity of Coccidioides serologic tests among culture-proven coccidioidomycosis patients with hematological malignancy compared to a matched immunocompetent cohort (Medical Mycology)
- Parasitic
- New WHO guidelines for treating rhodesiense human African trypanosomiasis: expanded indications for fexinidazole and pentamidine (LANCET: Infectious Diseases)
- Miscellaneous
- Remote practice of infectious diseases through telemedicine (OFID)
- Telemedicine offers solutions for the rural disparities in infectious disease (ID) care delivery (OFID)
Music is by Ronald Jenkees
Information on this podcast should not be considered as medical advice.
