Infectious Disease Puscast

On episode #116 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 9/16 – 9/21/26. Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of Puscast! Links for this episode Viral Oya Virus in a Patient with Severe Hepatitis, Enteritis, and Coagulopathy (NEJM) Two Versus One COVID-19 Vaccine Dose After Prior SARS-CoV-2 Infection: A Nationwide Retrospective Cohort Study (OFID) Comparison of Silevimig, a Novel Bispecific Anti-Rabies Monoclonal Antibody, with Human Rabies Immunoglobulin for Post-Exposure Prophylaxis: A Phase III, Randomized, Double-Blind, Non-Inferiority Trial (CID) Bacterial R.E.M. – It's The End Of The World (YouTube) Companion Animals Harbour Globally Circulating Human-Associated Klebsiella pneumoniae Lineages and High-Risk Antimicrobial Resistance Clones (Transboundary and Emerging Diseases) Air contamination and cross-room transmission of carbapenem resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in ICU…

On episode #115 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 9/1 – 9/14/26. Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of Puscast! Links for this episode Viral Immunogenicity of fractional one-fifth and one-half doses of 17DD yellow fever vaccine compared with full dose in children aged 9–23 months in Uganda: a phase 4, single-blind, randomised clinical trial (The LANCET) Early Antiviral Therapy in Pediatric Outpatients and Risk of Influenza-Related Hospitalization (Pediatrics) Beyond Koplik spots: aphthous-like ulcers as a novel enanthem in adolescent and adult measles (CMI: Clinical Microbiology and Infection) Bacterial A Ten-Year Trend of Antimicrobial Resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa From United States Medical Centers: Results From the INFORM Surveillance Program (2015–2024)(OFID) A Scenario-Based Survey of Clinician Recommendations for Follow-up Blood Cultures in Patients with…

On episode #114 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 8/18 – 8/31/26. Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of Puscast! Links for this episode Viral HPV Vaccination and Risk of Head and Neck Cancers: A Large Real-World Cohort Study (International Society for Infectious Diseases) Beyond the Acute Illness: Three Myths About Viral RespiratoryInfection (JID) Use of Nowcasting to Estimate Real-Time Transmission Trends During a Measles Outbreak — South Carolina, October 2025–March 202 (CDC: MMWR) IPOL (Package Insert) Effect of inactivated poliovirus vaccine on nasal mucosal immunity and pharyngeal shedding following novel oral poliovirus vaccine type 2 challenge: A randomized, open-label trial (JID) Bacterial Response-Tailored or Standard-Duration Antibiotic Treatment for Infective Endocarditis (NEJM) Clinical Practice Guidelines by Infectious Diseases Society of America 2025…

On episode #113 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 8/4 – 8/17/26. Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of Puscast! Links for this episode Viral Two-year durability of MVA-BN vaccine-induced antibodies and the risk of Mpox breakthrough infections among high-risk populations: a prospective, longitudinal study (CMI: Clinial Microbiology and Infection) Notes from the Field: Potential Infant HIV Exposure from Donated Breast Milk Received Through Social Media — Santa Clara County, California, May 2025–January 2026 (CDC: MMWR) Bacterial Associations Between QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus IFNγ Concentrations and Progression to Symptomatic Tuberculosis in Global High-Burden TB Settings (OFID) Cefadroxil as Oral Transitional Therapy for Gram-Positive Bacteremia With or Without Non-Vertebral Osteomyelitis: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study (OFID) Efficacy of beta-lactam monotherapy…

On episode #112 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel reviews the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 7/20 – 8/3/26. Host: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of Puscast! Links for this episode Viral The genomic identity of early smallpox in South America (Science) Telltale DNA: First direct evidence found that the Spanishbrought smallpox to the Inca (CIDRAP) Phase 3 Trial of Weekly Oral Islatravir–Lenacapavir for HIV-1 Treatment (NEJM) Early Transcriptional Signature in Chikungunya PredictsChronic Arthralgia and Reveals Deficient Antiviral Response (JID) Bacterial IDSA 2026 Guidance on the Treatment of Antimicrobial Resistant Gram-Negative Infections (IDSA) Doxycycline in the treatment of outpatient mild community-acquired pneumonia: a propensity-matched retrospective cohort study (CMI: Clinical Microbiology and Infection) Detection of pathogens in the gut microbiome priorto bloodstream infection in children with acute myeloid leukemia or…

On episode #111 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel reviews the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 7/7 – 7/20/26. Host: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of Puscast! Links for this episode Viral Impact of HIV-1 RNA Assay Selection on Low-Level Viremia and Clinical Trial Endpoint Interpretations (CID) Seroprevalence of Measles, Mumps, Rubella, and Varicella-Zoster Virus Antibodies—United States, 2017–March 2020 (JID) Concordance between nasopharyngeal swab and bronchoalveolar lavage PCR for respiratory viruses (CMI: Clinical Microbiology and Infection) Influenza vaccine effectiveness against outpatient acute respiratory illness with laboratory-confirmed influenza, United States, 2024–25 season (CID) Bacterial Clinical Impact of the BIOFIRE FILMARRAY Pneumonia Panel in the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System: A Difference-in-Differences Study (CID) Routine serial follow-up blood cultures after a negative result within 48 hours of…

On episode #110 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel reviews the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 6/23 – 7/6/26. Host: Daniel Griffin Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of Puscast! Links for this episode Viral Oseltamivir Resistance in Human Influenza A(H5N1) and A(H7N9) Infections: a mini review (OFID) Analysis of Viral Blips Through Week 192 of the DRIVE-FORWARD and DRIVE-AHEAD Phase 3 Studies of Doravirine-Based Regimens in Adults Living With Previously Untreated HIV-1 (OFID) Bacterial Impact of Multiplex PCR Blood-Culture Identification Panels on Clinical Outcomes, Antimicrobial Stewardship, and Economic Impact in US Hospitals: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (OFID) Legionellosis Outbreaks Associated with Two Hotels — U.S. Virgin Islands, October 2024–April 2025 (CDC: MMWR) Impact of Methicillin Resistance on Outcomes of Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia at a U.S. Center, 2023–2024 (OFID) Procalcitonin to Guide 7 vs 14 Days of Antibiotics in Bloodstream…

On episode #109 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 6/4 – 6/22/26. Host: Daniel Griffin and Sarah Dong Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of Puscast! Links for this episode Viral CMV viraemia is associated with mortality among children with HIV starting antiretroviral therapy in sub-Saharan Africa (CID) Bacterial Cefazolin for Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia(NEJM) A fatal case of Legionella micdadei prosthetic valve endocarditis diagnosed by plasma microbial cell-free DNA metagenomic sequencing (LANCET: Infectious Diseases) Legionnaires Disease Associated with a Private-Use Hot Tub in a Vacation Rental Property — New York, October 2024–April 2025 (CDC: MMWR) Notes from the Field: Case of Legionnaires Disease Associated with a Home Device Used to Mix Powdered Infant Formula — United States, 2025 (CDC:MMWR) Duration of antibiotic therapy for bacteremia in immune compromised hosts—a post…

On episode #108 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 5/21 – 6/3/26. Host: Daniel Griffin and Sarah Dong Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of Puscast! Links for this episode Viral Performance of five mpox antigen-based rapid diagnostic tests tested on lesion swabs from patients with suspected mpox from the Kinshasa province of DR Congo: a diagnostic accuracy study (LANCET: Infectious Diseases) A Phase 3, Randomized Trial ofBulevirtide in Chronic Hepatitis D (NEJM) First reported case of Andes hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome treated with a combination of favipiravir, ribavirin, icatibant and baricitinib (CMI: Clinical Microbiology and Infection) Chikungunya Vaccines for Travelers: Unanswered Pragmatic Questions Persist (JID) Bacterial Early Discontinuation of Empiric Antibiotics in Pediatric Haploidentical Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Recipients with Febrile Neutropenia (CID) Methicillin-Resistant…

On episode #107 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 5/7 – 5/20/26. Host: Daniel Griffin and Sarah Dong Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of Puscast! Links for this episode Viral FDA Grants Accelerated Approval to Gilead's Hepcludex® (bulevirtide-gmod), the First and Only Approved Treatment for Chronic Hepatitis Delta Virus (HDV) (Gileadl) A Phase 3, Randomized Trial ofBulevirtide in Chronic Hepatitis D(NEJM) Study to Assess Efficacy and Safety of Bulevirtide in Participants With Chronic Hepatitis Delta (CHD) (NLM: ClinicalTrials.gov) Andes Hantavirus Outbreak on a Cruise Ship, 2026 (NEJM) Quick takes: Another hantavirus case, polio in 3 countries, NIAID head steps down (CIDRAP) Dolutegravir Reduces Human T-Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type 1 Proviral Load and Improves Neurological Outcomes in a Phase 2 Controlled Trial (CID) Dolutegravir Appears to Lower Human T-Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type 1 (HTLV-1) Proviral…

On episode #106 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 4/23 – 5/6/26. Host: Daniel Griffin and Sarah Dong Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of Puscast! Links for this episode Viral Andes hantavirus outbreak in cruise ship, 11 May 2026(European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control) 2026 Multi-country Hantavirus Cluster Linked to Cruise Ship (CDC: Health Alert Network) "Super-Spreaders" and Person-to-Person Transmission of Andes Virus in Argentina (NEJM) Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) Position Statement: Why IDSA Did Not Endorse the Community-Acquired Pneumonia Guidelines 2025 Update (CID) We Dissent: Lessons From the 2025 Community-Acquired Pneumonia Guidelines (CID) Central Nervous System Involvement by Novel Clade 2.3.2.1e H5N1 Avian Influenza Virus in a Paediatric Patient (OFID) Impact of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Immunization on the Rate of Pediatric Acute Otitis Media: A Time-series…

On episode #105 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 4/9 – 4/22/26. Host: Daniel Griffin and Sarah Dong Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of Puscast! Links for this episode Viral Oral Nirmatrelvir–Ritonavir for Covid-19 in Higher-Risk Outpatients (NEJM) Same Pill, Different Impact — Reassessing the Efficacy of Nirmatrelvir–Ritonavir (NEJM) Paxlovid doesn't reduce hospitalization, death rates in vaccinated high-risk COVID outpatients, trial shows (CIDRAP) Risk of Guillain–Barré Syndrome after Laboratory-Confirmed Dengue Infection (NEJM) A New Type of Nonsuppressible Viremia Produced by HIV-Infected Macrophage (JID) First Report on Remdesivir Use for the Treatment of Respiratory Syncytial Virus in Five Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Recipients (JID) Bacterial Tetanus Surveillance — United States, 2009–2023 (CDC: MMWR) Notes from the Field: Tetanus in Four Children — Idaho, Minnesota, Missouri, and…

On episode #104 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 3/26 – 4/8/26. Host: Daniel Griffin and Sarah Dong Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of Puscast! Links for this episode Viral Risk of Multiple Sclerosis Among Persons With Epstein-Barr Virus–Positive Mononucleosis (Neurology) Bacterial Direct Oral Challenge for Penicillin Allergy: The International Network of Antibiotic Allergy Nations (iNAAN) Study (CID) Inhaled Antibiotics to Treat Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (Critical Care Medicine) ATS/IDSA 2016 Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Adults With Hospital-Acquired and Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (ISDA) Risk of Invasive Meningococcal Disease in Children Aged American Society of Breast Surgeons, Society of Breast Imaging, and College of American Pathology 2025 Guidelines for the Management of Infectious and Inflammatory Lesions of the Breast (JAMA…

On episode #103 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 3/12 – 3/25/26. Host: Daniel Griffin and Sarah Dong Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of Puscast! Links for this episode Viral Probable Japanese Encephalitis Virus Transmission through Organ Transplantation (NEJM) Clinical Characteristics and Severity of Rhinovirus/Enterovirus–Associated Hospitalizations: A Multi-country Analysis from the Global Influenza Hospital Surveillance Network, 2017–2024 (OFID) Bacterial Eagle effect (Wikipedia) THE RATE OF BACTERICIDAL ACTION OF PENICILLIN IN VITRO AS A FUNCTION OF ITS CONCENTRATION, AND ITS PARADOXICALLY REDUCED ACTIVITY AT HIGH CONCENTRATIONS AGAINST CERTAIN ORGANISMS (JEM) Linezolid versus clindamycin for toxin inhibition in severe skin and soft tissue infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis (Infection) Surviving Sepsis Campaign: International Guidelines for Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock 2026…

On episode #102 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 2/26 – 3/11/26. Host: Daniel Griffin and Sarah Dong Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of Puscast! Links for this episode Viral Measles Outbreak — New Mexico, 2025 (CDC: MMWR) Epidemiology of HMPV and Other Respiratory Viral Infections Among Outpatients, 2016–2022 (OFID) Notes from the Field: Congenital Rubella Syndrome — Florida, 2025 (CDC: MMWR) Long-term efficacy and safety of the single-dose tetravalent Butantan dengue vaccine (Nature Medicine) Bacterial Clinical Outcomes in Hypervirulent Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Infection: A Cohort Study (JID) Duration of therapy for Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteremia – a post hoc subgroup analysis from the BALANCE randomized controlled trial (CID) Diagnostic Yield of Tongue Swab- Compared to Sputum-Based Molecular Testing for Tuberculosis in Four High-Burden Countries (CID) WHO recommends near…

On episode #101 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel reviews the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 2/12 – 2/25/26. Host: Daniel Griffin and Sarah Dong Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of Puscast! Links for this episode Viral Impact of Proviral-DNA M184V/I on 96-Week Outcomes of DTG/3TC Maintenance Therapy: Results From the VOLVER Clinical Trial (CID) Tecovirimat for the Treatment of Mpox (NEJM) Bacterial Multicounty Outbreak of Salmonella Agbeni Linked to Ice in a Cooler at a County Fair — Illinois, August 2024 (CDC: MMWR) Legionella Pneumonia in the Modern Era: Clinical Features and Predictors of Mortality (CID) Cefalexin use in UK acute pyelonephritis practice: unaddressed challenges in dosing, breakpoints and clinical evidence (Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy) Is three really what we need? Relative effectiveness of benzathine penicillin G and doxycycline treatment regimens for late or unknown duration syphilis in 6 United States jurisdictions, 2016–2021…

On episode #100 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel reviews the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 1/29/26 – 2/11/26. Host: Daniel Griffin and Sarah Dong Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of Puscast! Links for this episode Viral Type I IFN autoantibodies underlie chikungunya live-attenuated vaccine encephalitis (PNAS) Dengue Suppression by Male Wolbachia-Infected Mosquitoes (NEJM) Assessing the impact of SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination on fertility and assisted reproductive techniques outcomes: an umbrella review (Vaccine) Prevalence of CSF HIV VIRAL Escape and Associations With Neurocognitive Outcomes Among HIV-Associated Meningitis Survivors: A Cohort Study (OFID) Adenoviral Inciting Antigen and Somatic Hypermutation in VITT (NEJM) Bacterial Extraintestinal Invasive Escherichia coli Infections in the US (JAMA Network OPEN) Clinical Manifestations, Long-Term Trends, and Risk Factors for Treatment Failure in Native Vertebral Osteomyelitis: A 26-Year Mayo…

On episode #99 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel reviews the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 1/15/26 - 1/28/26. Host: Daniel Griffin and Sarah Dong Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of Puscast! Links for this episode Viral Symptomatic and asymptomatic norovirus infections in early life; The PREVAIL Cohort, 2017-2020 (CID) Bacterial Xenodiagnosis to search for Borrelia burgdorferi after antibiotic treatment of Lyme disease: a prospective cohort study (CID) Diagnostic Yield of Repeat Blood Cultures and Risk Factors for Bloodstream Infection in Persistent Febrile Neutropenia (CID) Methodology Misrepresented: Correcting the Record on the ATS Community-acquired Pneumonia Guideline Process (CID) Pediatric Infectious Diseases Physicians' Preferences for Management of Clostridioides difficile Infection: An Emerging Infections Network Surve (Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society) Antibiotic Therapy for Uncomplicated AcuteAppendicitis (JAMA) Fungal The…

On episode #98 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel reviews the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 1/1/26 – 1/14/26. Host: Daniel Griffin Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of Puscast! Links for this episode Viral Rhinovirus-Associated Lower Respiratory Tract Infection in Hospitalized Adult Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study (JID) Demise of the Milwaukee Protocol for Rabies (CID) Reply to Willoughby on Demise of the Milwaukee Protocol for Rabies (CID) Bacterial Clinical Practice Guideline by Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA): 2025 Guideline on Management and Treatment of Complicated Urinary Tract Infections: Introduction and Methods (CID) Reassessing the 2023 International Society for Cardiovascular Infectious Diseases Duke clinical criteria for infective endocarditis: Impact of excluding fever and updating diagnostic definition (CID) The diagnostic accuracy of procalcitonin for community-acquired bacteremia: an updated systematic review and…

On episode #97 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel reviews the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 12/18/25 – 12/31/25. Host: Daniel Griffin Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of Puscast! Links for this episode Viral Outcomes Related to Bacterial Co-Infection and Antibiotic Use in Adults Hospitalized With Respiratory Syncytial Virus Compared with Influenza (OFID) Once-Weekly Oral Islatravir Plus Lenacapavir Versus Daily Oral Bictegravir, Emtricitabine, and Tenofovir Alafenamide in Persons With HIV-1 (Annals of Internal Medicine) Bacterial GeoSentinel Analysis of Travelers' Diarrhea Antimicrobial Resistance Patterns (JAMA Open Network) Rapid direct disk diffusion testing for antibiotic resistance in urinary tract infections: a bacterial concentration-adjusted approach (Microbiology Spectrum) Impact of an Educational Leaflet About Asymptomatic Bacteriuria and Urinary Tract Infection on Antibiotic Preferences Among US Adults ≥65 Years: An Online Randomized Controlled…

On episode #96 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 12/4/25 – 12/17/25. Host: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of Puscast! Links for this episode Viral Rabies Cluster Among Steer on a Dairy Farm — Minnesota, 2024 (CDC:MMWR) Incidence of community-acquired pneumonia and herpes zoster in people with HIV based on CD4-count and age in the current antiretroviral therapy era: a longitudinal cohort study (CID) Associations between antibiotic use and outcomes in patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia and positive respiratory viral assays (CID) Bacterial Lactobacillus Bacteremia: A Challenging Condition for Pediatrician (Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal) Trial of High-Dose Oral Rifampin in Adults with Tuberculous Meningitis (NEJM) Zoliflodacin versus ceftriaxone plus azithromycin for treatment of uncomplicated urogenital gonorrhoea: an international, randomised,…

On episode #95 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 11/20/25 – 12/3/25. Host: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of Puscast! Links for this episode Viral Early low-dose dexamethasone is associated with shorter acute symptom duration in Chikungunya virus infection: a retrospective cohort study (BMC Infectious Diseases) Noninferiority of One HPV Vaccine Dose to Two Doses (NEJM) Evidence to Action — Single-Dose HPV Vaccination and Cervical HPV Infection (NEJM) Daily Mosnodenvir as Dengue Prophylaxis in a Controlled Human InfectionModel (NEJM) Universal Hepatitis B Vaccination at Birth—Risks of Revising the recommendation (JAMA) Correlates of HIV-1 control after combination immunotherapy (Nature) Human-to-Human Rabies Transmission via Solid Organ Transplantation from a Donor with Undiagnosed Rabies — United States, October 2024–February 2025 (CDC: MMWR) Cytomegalovirus-specific…

On episode #94 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 11/11/25 – 11/19/25. Host: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of Puscast! Links for this episode Viral Epstein-Barr virus reprograms autoreactive B cells as antigen-presenting cells in systemic lupus erythematosus (Science Translational Medicine) Hepatitis B reactivation following switch away from tenofovir-containing anti-retroviral therapy in people living with HIV: A case series and lessons for practice (CID) Antimicrobial drug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae (GC) infections in men using doxycycline postexposure prophylaxis. A substudy of the ANRS 174 DOXYVAC trial (CID) HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Does Not Increase Gonorrhea and Chlamydia Incidence in Young Black and Hispanic Men who Have Sex With Men: An Observational Cohort Study (OFID) Bacterial Global and regional knowledge of antibiotic use and resistance among the general…

On episode #93 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 10/23/25 – 11/10/25. Host: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of Puscast! Links for this episode Viral High Prevalence of Varicella Zoster Virus Infection among Persons with Suspect Mpox Cases during an Mpox Outbreak in Kenya, 2024 (ASTMH: AJTMH) Earlier initiation of treatment following HIV acquisition reduces non-AIDS-defining malignancy risk (CID) TWiV 1267: A cancer vaccine and an mpox treatment (MicrobeTV) Cancers Caused by HPV (CDC: Human Papillomavirus (HPV)) Circulating tumor human papillomavirus DNA whole genome sequencing enables human papillomavirus-associated oropharynx cancer early detection (Journal of the National Cancer Institute) Impact of Vaccinating Adult Women Who Are HPV-Positive or with Confirmed Cervical SIL with the 9-Valent Vaccine—A Systematic Review (Viruses) ACIP Shared Clinical Decision-Making…

On episode #92 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel reviews the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 10/9/25 – 10/22/25. Host: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of Puscast! Links for this episode Viral Long-term clinical, immunologic, and viral reservoir outcomes in children treated with VRC01LS and 10-1074 monoclonal antibodies in the Tatelo Study (CID) Resistance Analyses of Lenacapavir, Emtricitabine/Tenofovir Alafenamide and Emtricitabine/Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate in the PURPOSE 1 and 2 Studies (JID) Susceptibility of measles virus to WHO hand rubs, oral and surface disinfectants (OFID) Measles without rash during acute febrile illness surveillance in Tanzania, 2023-2024 (CID) The 2025 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Non-Occupational HIV Post-Exposure Prophylaxis Guidelines (CID) Bacterial Paratyphoid fever and relapsing fever in 1812 Napoleon's devastated army (Current Biology) Mass Administration of Azithromycin to…

On episode #91 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel reviews the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 9/25/25 – 10/8/25. Host: Daniel Griffin Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of Puscast! Links for this episode Viral American Academy of Pediatrics Comparison of 2 Doses vs 1 Dose in the First Season Children Are Vaccinated Against Influenza(JAMA: Open Network) Flu and Children (CDC: Influenza (flu)) Bacterial Performance of Different Versions of Duke Criteria in Diagnosing Infective Endocarditis in Patients With Intracardiac Prosthetic (OFID) 2023 Duke criteria on Infectious Disease (Puscast 28) Infective Endocarditis and Antimicrobial Timing: A Case for Delay? (OFID) Tularemia: A Storied History, An Ongoing Threat (CID) Tularemia Antimicrobial Treatment and Prophylaxis: CDC Recommendations for Naturally Acquired Infections and Bioterrorism Response — United States, 2025 (CDC: MMWR) Fungal The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube) Risk factors associated with progression to…

On episode #90 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 9/12/25 – 9/24/25. Host: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of Puscast! Links for this episode Viral Crushed Bictegravir/Emtricitabine/Tenofovir Alafenamide (OFID) Tracking County-Level Measles Cases in the US (JAMA Nework) Tracking measles in US (Hopkins) Pediatric influenza-associated encephalopathy and acute necrotizing encephalopathy (MMWR) Clinical recommendations for Lenacapivir (MMWR) Bacterial Primary oral vancomycin prophylaxis to stem an outbreak of Clostridioides difficile infection in intensive care patients (Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol) Clinical features and treatment strategies of Q fever spinal infection (OFID) Fungal Last of Us Season 2 The Pain is in the Brain (J Inf Dis) Parasitic Chagas Disease, an Endemic Disease in the United States (MMWR) Fixed-dose ivermectin for Mass Drug Administration (PLoS NTD)…

On episode #89 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 8/18/25 – 9/11/25. Host: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of Puscast! Links for this episode Viral Antibody Responses are Sustained 2 Years Post-Mpox Infection but not Following Modified Vaccinia Ankara–Bavarian Nordic Vaccination (OFID) Intestinal mucosal immune responses to novel oral poliovirus vaccine type 2 in healthy newborns (CID) Efficacy of Baloxavir Treatment in Preventing Transmission of Influenza (NEJM) Fulminant Viral Myocarditis Associated with Thogotovirus (NEJM) Bacterial Risk factors for 30-Day mortality and the role of empirical therapy in Pseudomonas aeruginosa bloodstream infections(Infection) The Impact of a Nationwide Blood Culture Bottle Shortage in 2024 on Healthcare Facilities in the United States (CID) The effect of commonly used non-antibiotic medications on antimicrobial resistance development in…

On episode #88 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 8/19/25 – 8/27/25. Host: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of Puscast! Links for this episode Viral Respiratory Syncytial Virus Immunization Coverage Among Infants Through Receipt of Nirsevimab Monoclonal Antibody or Maternal Vaccination (CDC: MMWR) Bictegravir, emtricitabine, and tenofovir alafenamide versus ritonavir-boosted protease inhibitor-based antiretroviral therapy in people with HIV and viral suppression on second-line therapy in Haiti: an open-label, randomised, non-inferiority trial (LANCET: HIV) Interferon-α Nasal Spray Prophylaxis Reduces COVID-19 in Cancer Patients: A Randomized, Double-Blinded, Placebo-Controlled Trial (CID) Bacterial Exposure to suppressive antibiotic therapy in women with recurrent urinary tract infections and severity of infections: a retrospective population-based cohort study (BMJ Open)…

On episode #87 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 7/31/25 – 8/18/25. Host: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of Puscast! Links for this episode Viral Adjuvanted recombinant zoster vaccine is effective against herpes zoster ophthalmicus, and is associated with lower risk of acute myocardial infarction and stroke in adults aged ≥50 years (CID) Bacterial Dalbavancin for Treatment of Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia (JAMA) Propensity-Matched Comparison of Timely vs. Delayed Antibiotic Therapy in Stenotrophomonas maltophilia Pneumoni (OFID) The proportion of Treponema pallidum PCR-positive primary syphilis infections which are seronegative for syphilis (OFID) Cefixime versus benzathine penicillin G for the treatment of early syphilis (Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy) Dalbavancin for Treatment of Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia (JAMA) Fungal The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube)…

On episode #86 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel reviews the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 7/22 – 8/1/25. Host: Daniel Griffin Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of Puscast! Links for this episode Viral Long-term clinical sequelae among Sudan ebolavirus disease survivors 2 years post-infection (BMC Medicine) Bacterial War on AMR: High MDR carriage rates among war-injured Ukrainian refugees (CMI: Clinical Microbiology and Infection) Oral washes and tongue swabs for Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra-based tuberculosis diagnosis in people with and without the ability to make sputum (CID) Fungal The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube) Progression from Candida auris Colonization Screening to Clinical Case Status, United States, 2016–2023 (CDC: Emerging Infectious Diseases) Regional Emergence of Candida auris in Chicago and Lessons Learned From Intensive Follow-up at 1 Ventilator-Capable Skilled Nursing Facility (CID) Infection Control Guidance: Candida auris (CDC: Candida auris)…

On episode #85 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 7/3 – 7/21/25. Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of Puscast! Links for this episode Viral Elimination of HIV Reservoirs Harboring Intact Proviruses (JID) Bacterial Expansion of tetM-Carrying Neisseria gonorrhoeae in the United States, 2018–2024 (NEJM) Study hints doxyPEP use coincides with rise in tetracycline-resistant gonorrhea in US (CIDRAP) Potential Impact of Doxycycline Post-Exposure Prophylaxis on Tetracycline Resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Colonization With Tetracycline-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Group A Streptococcus (CID) Methenamine hippurate asprophylaxis for recurrent urinary tract infections in older women – a triple-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled, phase IV trial (ImpresU). (CMI: Clinical Microbiology and Infection) Diagnosis and Management ofCommunity-acquired Pneumonia(American…

On episode #84 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 6/17 – 7/2/25. Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of Puscast! Links for this episode Viral Clinical Outcomes and Perspectives of People With Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Twelve Months After Initiation of Long-acting Cabotegravir and Rilpivirine in an Observational Real-world US Study (BEYOND)(CID) Healthcare Provider Knowledge of West Nile Virus Diagnostic Testing—United States, 2022 (OFID) Bacterial Risk and Distribution of Metastatic Infections by Primary Infection Focus in Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia (OFID) Clinical management of Clostridioides difficile infection with faecal microbiota transplantation (eClinicalMedicine) Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Clostridioides difficile Infection in Adults (IDSA) Clinician Management Preferences for Clostridioides difficile Infection in Adults (OFID)…

On episode #83 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 6/5 – 6/18/25. Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of Puscast! Links for this episode Viral Premature Demise of the Milwaukee Protocol (CID) West Nile Virus and Other Nationally Notifiable Arboviral Diseases — United States, 2023 (CDC: MMWR) Investigation of associations between the neonatal gut microbiota and severe viral lower respiratory tract infections in the first 2 years of life (LANCET: Microbe) Right blend of gut microbiota could avert hospitalization forviral respiratory infection in babies (CIDRAP) Clinical management and infection prevention and control for mpox: living guideline, May 2025 (World Health Organization) Bacterial Corynebacterium diphtheriaeOutbreak in Migrant Populations in Europe (NEJM) Weekly Oral Cycling Antibiotic Treatment: A New Antibioprophylaxis Regimen for Recurrent UTIs (CID) Fungal The Last…

On episode #82 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 5/22 – 6/4/25. Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of Puscast! Links for this episode Viral Estimated Current and Future Congenital Rubella Syndrome Incidence with and Without Rubella Vaccine Introduction — 19 Countries, 2019–2055 (CDC: MMWR) HIV-Superinfection in Kidney Transplant Recipients with HIV who Received Organs from Donors with HIV (JID) Respiratory syncytial virus: an under-recognized healthcare-associated infection (Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology) Bacterial Francisella tularensis Subspecies holarctica in Stranded Beluga Whales, Cook Inlet, Alaska, USA (CDC: Emerging Infectious Diseases) Long-term effects of azithromycin mass administration to reduce childhood mortality on Streptococcus pneumoniae antimicrobial resistance (LANCET: Infectious Diseases) Reducing inappropriate antibiotic use in febrile…

On episode #81 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel reviews the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 5/8/25 – 5/21/25. Hosts: Daniel Griffin Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of Puscast! Links for this episode Viral Tecovirimat for Clade I MPXV Infection in the Democratic Republic of Congo (NEJM) Remdesivir associated with reduced mortality in hospitalized COVID-19 patients (BMC Infectious Diseases) Real-world evidence shows remdesivir tied to less death in hospitalized COVID patients (CIDRAP) Impact of most promising Ebola therapies on survival (Virology Journal) Bacterial Comparative effectiveness of azithromycin versus doxycycline in hospitalized patients with community acquired pneumonia treated with beta-lactams (CID) Diet and Risk for Incident Diverticulitis in Women (Annals of Internal Medicine) The Dynamics of QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube Conversion and Reversion in a Cohort of South African Adolescents(American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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)…

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…

On episode #72 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 1/2/25 – 1/15/25. Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of Puscast! Links for this episode Viral Human infection with a novel tickborne Orthonairovirus species in China(NEJM) Antiviral medications for treatment ofnonsevere influenza(JAMA Network: JAMA Internal Medicine) Xofluza (GoodRx) NoroSTATData Table (CDC Norovirus) The discovery of the 27-nm Norwalk virus: an historic perspective (JID) Why the "Ferrari of viruses" is surging through the northern hemisphere (Science) Bacterial Beta-lactams toxicity in the intensive care unit: an underestimatedcollateral damage? (Microorganims) What is the most effective antibiotic monotherapy for severe Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection? (CMI: Clinical Microbiology and Infection) Doxycycline postexposure prophylaxis and bacterial sexually tansmitted infections among individuals using HIV…

On episode #71 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 12/19/24 – 1/1/25. Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of Puscast! Links for this episode Viral Routine detection of viruses through metagenomics: where do we stand? (ASTMH) Rapid selection of HIV-2 capsid mutations in salvage therapy with Lenacapavir-containing regime (CID) Bacterial Ancient genomes reveal a deep history of treponemal disease in the Americas (Nature) The utility of Interferon-γ release assays in the diagnosis of tuberculosis in patients With cancer(Transplant Infectious Disease) A meta-analysis of Levofloxacin for contacts of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (NEJM Evidence) Tularemia— United States, 2011–2022 (CDC: MMWR) Incorporating incubation period distributions to precisely estimate the association between rainfall and Legionella infection (JID) Fungal The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube) Candida albicans…

On episode #70 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 12/5/24 – 12/18/24. Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of Puscast! Links for this episode Viral Epidemiology of Dengue— Puerto Rico, 2010–2024(CDC MMWR) Takeda Announces Voluntary Withdrawal of U.S. Biologics License Application (BLA) for Dengue Vaccine Candidate TAK-003(Takeda) Global health and economic burden of chikungunya from 2011 to 2020 (BMJ Global Health) Bacterial Biomarker-Guided Antibiotic Duration for Hospitalized Patients With Suspected Sepsis (JAMA Network) Say it ain't Steno: a microbiology nudge comment leads to less treatment of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia respiratory colonization(Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology) Guidelines for the Prevention, Diagnosis, and Management of Urinary Tract Infections in Pediatrics and Adults(JAMA Network) Epidemiology and Outcomes of Antibiotic De-escalation in…

On episode #69 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Sara reviews the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 11/21 – 12/4/24. Host: Sara Dong Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of Puscast! Links for this episode Viral Antiretroviral Drugs for Treatment and Prevention of HIV in Adults(JAMA Network) Human Parvovirus B19 Infections Among Pregnant Persons — Minnesota, January–September 2024 (CDC MMWR) Maribavir for refractory cytomegalovirus infection (with or without resistance) in solid organ transplant recipients (Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation) Bacterial Choosing Wisely: Effectiveness and Safety of Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Close Contacts of InvasiveGroup A Streptococci Infection (CID) Resurgence of pediatric Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections in Southeast Texas, Nov 2023-June 2024 (Journal of Pediatrics Infectious Diseases Society) Fungal The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube) Alternative Pneumocystis Pneumonia Prophylaxis in Solid Organ Transplants(Transplant Infectious…

On episode #68 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel reviews the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 11/7 – 11/20/24. Host: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of Puscast! Links for this episode Viral Comparative Emergence of Maribavir and Ganciclovir Resistance in a Randomized Phase 3 Clinical Trial for Treatment of Cytomegalovirus Infection (JID) Yellow fever breakthrough infections after yellow fever vaccination: a systematic review and meta-analysis (LANCET Microbe) Serological evidence of natural exposure to rabies in rural populations in Gabon (PLoS Neglecgted Tropical Diseases) Bacterial Azithromycin Exposure in a 10-Day Window of Myocardial Infarction and Short- and Long-Term Outcomes (JACC Advances) Antibiotic Treatment for 7 versus 14 Days in Patients with Bloodstream Infections (NEJM) The Long and Winding Road: Three-year Mortality Following Prescription of Multi-drug Antibiotic Treatment for Mycobacterium avium complex Pulmonary…

On episode #67 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel reviews the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 10/24 – 11/6/24. Host: Daniel Griffin Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of Puscast! Links for this episode Viral Microbial dynamics and pulmonary immune responses in COVID-19 secondary bacterial pneumonia(Nature) Bacterial Implementation of a Pharmacist-Driven Vancomycin Area Under the Concentration-Time Curve Monitoring Program Using Bayesian Modeling in Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OFID) Rifaximin prophylaxis causes resistance to the last-resort antibiotic daptomycin (Nature) Oral Versus Intravenous Antibiotic Therapy for Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia or Endocarditis(CID) Fungal The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube) Notes from the Field: Trichophyton mentagrophytes Genotype VII — New York City, April–July 2024 (CDC MMWR) Evaluation of Crushed Posaconazole Delayed Release Tablets in Lung Transplant Recipients(Transplant Infectious Disease) Parasitic…