Infectious Disease Puscast

Vincent Racaniello
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  • NATURAL SCIENCES
  • EVERY TWO WEEKS
Infectious Disease Puscast

A review of the infectious diseases literature from the previous two weeks.

  1. 13 MAY

    Infectious Disease Puscast

    On episode #80 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 4/24/25 – 5/7/25. Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of Puscast! Links for this episode Viral Incidence and Timing of Epstein–Barr Virus Whole Blood DNAemia in Epstein–Barr Virus-Mismatched Adult and Pediatric Solid Organ Transplant Recipients (Transplant Infectious Disease) Infant Respiratory Syncytial Virus Immunization Coverage in the Vaccine Safety Datalink: 2023–2024 (American Academy of Pediatrics) Impact of Nirsevimab on RSV and Non-RSV Severe Respiratory Infections in Hospitalized Infants (Influenza and other respiratory viruses) Hospital admissions of respiratory infections in infants plungewith nirsevimab RSV antibody (CIDRAP) Time to antiviral treatment in mild–moderate COVID-19 in the emergency department (Internal and Emergency Medicine) Delays in COVID antiviral receipt raised risk of poor outcomes after ED visits by 18%, data suggest (CIDRAP) Antiretroviral Postexposure Prophylaxis After Sexual, Injection Drug Use, or Other Nonoccupational Exposure to HIV (MMWR) Bacterial Validation and clinical implementation of cerebrospinal fluid C-reactive protein for the diagnosis of bacterial meningitis (LANCET: Regional Health) Bridging to transplant: TDM-Guided Outpatient Dalbavancin Therapy in Chronic Granulomatous Disease with deep-seeded Inoperable Abscesses over 11 Months (OFID) Nitrites for Urinary Tract Infection—Time to Say Goodbye? (JAMA: Internal Medicine) Fungal The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube) High Mortality and Associated Risk Factors in Kidney Transplant Recipients with Cryptococcosis – A Nationwide Cohort Study Over a Decade Using USRDS Data (OFID) Use of Dog Serologic Data for Improved Understanding of Coccidioidomycosis (JID) Parasitic Performance of a novel P. falciparum rapid diagnostic test in areas of widespread hrp2/3 gene deletion (CID) Prevalence of Anopheles stephensi in the Horn of Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis (BMC Infectious Diseases) Raising awareness of Demodex mites: a neglected cause of skin disease (Infection) Miscellaneous Scientific Integrity Under Threat: The Role of the IDSA, PIDS, and SHEA Journals in an Evolving Political Landscape (CID) Reasoning on Rounds Volume 2: a Framework for Teaching Management Reasoning in the Inpatient Setting (Journal of General Internal Medicine) Billing for and documentation of provider-to-provider interprofessional consults in infectious diseases (Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society) Music is by Ronald Jenkees Information on this podcast should not be considered as medical advice.

    43 min

  2. 29 APR

    Infectious Disease Puscast

    On episode #79 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 4/10/25 – 4/23/25. Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of Puscast! Links for this episode Viral An ancient Epstein-Barr virus genome recovered from a museum penis gourd from Papua (JID) Patterns of Decline in Measles, Mumps, and Rubella Neutralizing Antibodies and Protection Levels Through 10 Years After a Second and Third Dose of MMR Vaccine (OFID) Tecovirimat for Clade I MPXV Infection in the Democratic Republic of Congo(NEJM) Bacterial Rapid tuberculosis diagnosis from respiratory or blood samples by a low cost, portable lab-in-tube assay(Science Translational Medicine) New handheld device can diagnose TB without a lab in under an hour, its developers say(CIDRAP) Maternal mastitis and streptococcal toxic shock syndrome risk from breastfeeding children with scarlet fever (LANCET: Infectious Diseases) Risk Factors for Mortality Among Older Adults with Hospital-Acquired Bloodstream Infections in the Intensive Care Unit(Infectious Diseases and Therapy) Bacteremia in Pediatric Solid Organ Transplant Recipients within 1 Year of Transplant(Transplant Infectious Disease) Oral gepotidacin for the treatment of uncomplicated urogenital gonorrhoea (EAGLE-1) (LANCET) Consequences of Climate Change on the Emergence of Pathogenic, Environmentally Acquired Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (OFID) Addition of Macrolide Antibiotics for Hospital Treatment of Community-Acquired Pneumonia (JID) Point-of-Care Testingby Multiplex-PCR in Different Compartments in Suspected Lower Respiratory Tract Infection After Lung Transplantation(Transplant Infectious Disease) Fungal The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube) Pathway-instructed therapeutic selection of ruxolitinib reduces neuroinflammation in fungal postinfectious inflammatory syndrome (Science Advances) Use of Dog Serologic Data for Improved Understanding of Coccidioidomycosis (JID) Parasitic Uganda launches largest malaria vaccine introduction to date(WHO: Uganda) Long-term follow-up of individuals with Chagas disease treated with posaconazole and benznidazole in a non-endemic region(CMI: Clinical Microbiology and Infection) Miscellaneous Monoclonal Antibodies From Children With Acute Kawasaki Disease Identify a Common Antigenic Target in Fatal Cases Over 5 Decades (Laboratory Investigation) Screwworm Cochliomyia hominivorax (Facebook) Music is by Ronald Jenkees Information on this podcast should not be considered as medical advice.

    45 min

  3. 15 APR

    Infectious Disease Puscast

    On episode #78 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 3/27/25 – 4/9/25. Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of Puscast! Links for this episode Viral Demise of the Milwaukee protocol for rabies (CID) A natural experiment on the effect of herpes zoster vaccination on dementia (Nature) Taking a shot at dementia(microbeTV: TWiV) Recommendations from the 10th European Conference on Infections in Leukaemia for the management of cytomegalovirusin patients after allogeneic haematopoietic cell transplantation and other T-cell-engaging therapies (LANCET: Infectious Diseases) Epstein-Barr virus exposure precedes Crohn`s disease development (Gastroenterology aga) Bacterial Blujepa (gepotidacin) approved by US FDA for treatment of uncomplicated urinary tract infections (uUTIs) in female adults and paediatric patients 12 years of age and older (GSK) GSK wins FDA nod for first oral UTI antibiotic in almost 30 years(BioSpace) Efficacy and safety of individualised versus standard 10-day antibiotic treatment in children with febrile urinary tract infection (INDI-UTI): a pragmatic, open-label, multicentre, randomised, controlled, non-inferiority trial in Denmark (LANCET: Infectious Diseases) Frequency and severity of Myasthenia Gravis exacerbations associated with the use of ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin, and azithromycin (Muscle & Nerve) The cost of blood cultures: a barrier to diagnosis in low-income and middle-income countries (LANCET: Microbe) Rethinking blood culture (LANCET: Microbe) Trends in Anaplasmosis Over the Past Decade: A Review of Clinical Features, Laboratory Data and Outcomes(CID) Fungal The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube) Cracks in the curriculum: the hidden deficiencies in fungal disease coverage in medical books (OFID) Kazachstania slooffiae fungemia: a case report and literature review on an emerging opportunistic pathogen in humans (OFID) Plasma microbial cell-free DNS metagenomic sequencing for diagnosis of invasive fungal diseases among high risk outpatient and inpatient immunocompromised hosts (CID) Parasitic Fatal Case of Splash Pad–Associated Naegleria fowleri Meningoencephalitis — Pulaski County, Arkansas, September 2023 (CDC: MMWR) Notes from the Field: Fatal Acanthamoeba Encephalitis in a patient who regularly used tap water in an electronic nasal irrigation device and a continuous positive airway pressure machine at home — new Mexico, 2023 (CDC: MMWR) Malaria (NEJM) Miscellaneous FDA grants marketing authorization of first home test for chlamydia, gonorrhea and trichomoniasis (FDA) Music is by Ronald Jenkees Information on this podcast should not be considered as medical advice.

    51 min

  4. 1 APR

    Infectious Disease Puscast

    On episode #77 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 3/13/25 – 3/26/25. Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of Puscast! Links for this episode Viral Food is medicine for human immunodeficiency virus: improved health and hospitalizations in the changing health through food support (chefs-hiv) pragmatic randomized trial (JID) The epidemiology and burden of human parainfluenza virus hospitalizations in u.s. children (Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society) Bacterial Epidemiology and outcomes of bloodstream infections in patients in a burns intensive care unit: an eight-year retrospective study(OFID) Prophylactic vancomycin in the primary prevention of clostridium difficile in allogeneic stem cell transplant(Transplant Infectious Disease) Incidence of scrub typhus in rural south India (NEJM) Antibiotic treatment for 7 versus 14 days in patients with bloodstream infections(NEJM) Blood Culture–Negative Endocarditis(Journal of the American Heart Association) Brucella suis Infection in Cardiac Implantable Device of Man Exposed to Feral Swine Meat, Florida, USA (CDC Emerging Infectious Diseases) Hyperbilirubinemia at hospitalization predicts nosocomial infection in decompensated cirrhosis (Hepatology Communicatons) Fungal The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube) Fungal Infections in People Who Use Drugs (OFID) IDSA 2025 guideline update on the treatment of asymptomatic histoplasma pulmonary nodules (histoplasmomas) and mild or moderate acute pulmonary histoplasmosis in adults, children, and pregnant people(IDSA: Infectisous Disease Society of America) Changing trends in the sources and volumes of clinical cultures with Candida auris at a large health system, 2019-2023 (American Journal of Infection Control) Diagnostic test accuracy of the Fungitell serum (1→3)-β-D-glucan assay for the diagnosis of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia: a systematic review and meta-analysis (CMI: Clinical Microbiology and Infection) Parasitic Impact of Strongyloides stercoralis Coinfection on Disease Severity and Treatment Outcomes in Pulmonary Tuberculosis (OFID) Hematology thin smears perform equally to parasitology thick and thin blood smears for the diagnosis of Plasmodium and Babesia infections in a low prevalence setting (Journal of Clinical Microbiology) Notes from the Field: Rhodesiense Human African Trypanosomiasis (Sleeping Sickness) in a Traveler Returning from Zimbabwe — United States, August 2024 (CDC: MMWR) Miscellaneous The history of phage therapy LANCET: Infectious Diseases) Silence=death redux: infectious diseases, public health, and the imperative to resist (CID) Silence = Death, 1990(David Wojnarowicz Foundation) SILENCE=DEATH (B200KLYN Museaum) Music is by Ronald Jenkees Information on this podcast should not be considered as medical advice.

    54 min

  5. 19 MAR

    Infectious Disease Puscast

    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. Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of Puscast! 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.

    47 min

  6. 4 MAR

    Infectious Disease Puscast

    On episode #75 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 2/13/25 – 2/26/25. Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of Puscast! Links for this episode Viral VIMKUNYA (FDA) Co-infection of SARS‐CoV‐2 and influenza A/B among patients with COVID-19(BMC Infectious Diseases) Measles (Texas Health and Human Services) 2025 Measles outbreak guidelines (New Mexico Health) BTN: Beyond the Noise with Paul Offit (microbeTV) Rubeola response (febrile) Timing of influenza antiviral therapy and risk of death in adults hospitalized with influenza-associated pneumonia, influenza hospitalization surveillance network (FluSurv-NET), 2012–2019 (CID) Mother-child dyads living with HIV in the Western Cape, South Africa: undetectable = undetectable? (Journal of the International AIDS Society) Early impacts of the PEPFAR stop-work order: a rapid assessment(Journal of the International AIDS Society) Prevalence, clinical management, and outcomes of adults hospitalised with endemic arbovirus illness in southeast Europe (MERMAIDS-ARBO): a prospective observational study (LANCET: Infectious Diseases) Bacterial Effects of extended anaerobic antibiotic coverage on anaerobic bloodstream infection: A multisite retrospective stud (International Journal of Infectious Diseases) The effectiveness of newer Beta-Lactams for the treatment of antimicrobial-resistant gram-negative meningitis (CID) Treatment of macrolide-resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia in children: a aeta-analysis of macrolides versus tetracycline (The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal) Fungal The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube) Concordance of noninvasive plasma cell-free DNA With invasive diagnostics for diagnosis of invasive fungal disease (CID) Invasive fungal infections in patients with liver disease: immunological and clinical considerations for the intensive care unit(Intensive Care Medicine) Parasitic Epidemiologic Investigation of Protozoa and soil-transmitted helminths in Starr County, Texas (American J Trop Med and Hyg) Post-artesunate delayed hemolysis in African children with severe malaria: incidence, medical impact and prevention (CID) Miscellaneous Telehealth (Medicare.gov) Public comment: IDSA guideline on management and treatment of complicated urinary tract infections (IDSA) Music is by Ronald Jenkees Information on this podcast should not be considered as medical advice.

    44 min

  7. 18 FEB

    Infectious Disease Puscast

    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. Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of Puscast! 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.

    40 min

  8. 4 FEB

    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 Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of Puscast! 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.

    33 min
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