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27 Dec 2022Infectious Disease Puscast #1800:36:55

On episode #18 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the previous two weeks, 12/9/22 – 12/21/22.

Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong

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Music is by Ronald Jenkees

24 Dec 2024Infectious Disease Puscast #7000:44:04

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.

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  • 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 Patients with Suspected Sepsis in US Hospitals (CID)
  • Effectiveness of ceftazidime–avibactam versus ceftolozane–tazobactam for multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections in the USA (CACTUS): a multicentre, retrospective, observational study (LANCET Infectious Diseases)
  • Bedaquiline Monotherapy for Multibacillary Leprosy (NEJM)
  • Fungal
  • The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube)
  • Histoplasmosis Associated With Bat Guano Exposure in Cannabis Grower (OFID)
  • Parasitic
  • TWiV 1175: A hitchiker’s guide to virology(microbeTV)
  • Diverse RNA viruses of parasitic nematodes can elicit antibody responses in vertebrate hosts (Nature Microbiology)
  • Neurocysticercosis school outbreak in Belgium (LANCET)
  • Miscellaneous
  • Maintenance of Certification: Is a Knowledge-Based Assessment Really Necessary? (CID)
  • Living happily ever after? The hidden health risks of Disney princesses (BMJ)
  • How to transport a polar bear, and other idiosyncrasies in providing emergency medical services in the Arctic (BMJ)

Music is by Ronald Jenkees

Information on this podcast should not be considered as medical advice.

13 Jun 2024Infectious Disease Puscast #5600:44:06

On episode #56 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 5/28 – 6/5/24.

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14 May 2024Infectious Disease Puscast #5400:29:31

On episode #54 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 4/25 – 5/8/24.

Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong

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27 Dec 2023Infectious Disease Puscast #4400:37:09

On episode #44 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Sara reviews the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 12/8 – 12/20/23.

Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong

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28 Jun 2023Infectious Disease Puscast #3100:36:05

On episode #31 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 6/8 – 6/20/23.


Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong

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  • Relative effectiveness of the cell-based quadrivalent influenza vaccine in preventing cardiorespiratory hospitalizations (OFID)
  • Evaluation of Oseltamivir used to prevent hospitalization in outpatients with influenza (JAMA)
  • Pan-ebolavirus monoclonal antibody cocktail provides protection against Ebola and Sudan viruses (JID)
  • Inappropriate antibiotic prescribing and its determinants among outpatient children in low-and middle-income countries (PLOS)
  • IDSA 2023 Guidance on the treatment of antimicrobial resistant gram-negative infections (IDSA)
  • Evaluating antimicrobial duration for gram-negative bacteremia in patients with neutropenia (TID)
  • Antibiotic myths for the ID clinician (CID)
  • Dalbavancin for the treatment of acute bacterial skin and skin structure infection in patients with obesity or Diabetes (OFID)
  • Global differences in the management of S. aureus bacteremia (CID)
  • Clinical risk Scores to Predict Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole, Fluoroquinolone, Nitrofurantoin, and Cephalosporin non-susceptibility among outpatient episodes of complicated UTI among adults (OFID)
  • Continuous vs intermittent meropenem administration in critically ill patients with sepsis (JAMA)
  • Current pyuria cutoffs promote inappropriate UTI diagnosis in older women (CID)
  • Paenibacillus infection as a novel cause of sepsis in term neonates with high risk of sequelae in Uganda (CID)
  • Antimicrobial for 7 or 14 Days for febrile urinary tract infection in men (CID)
  • Candida auris‒associated hospitalizations (EID)
  • Fatal invasive mold infections after transplantation of organs recovered from drowned donors (EID)

Music is by Ronald Jenkees

19 Apr 2023Infectious Disease Puscast #2600:36:42

On episode #26 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the previous two weeks, 3/30 – 4/12/23.

Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong

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04 Apr 2023Infectious Disease Puscast #2500:40:13

On episode #25 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the previous two weeks, 3/23 – 3/29/23.

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01 Apr 2025Infectious Disease Puscast #7700:53:56

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.

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  • 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.

10 Dec 2024Infectious Disease Puscast #6900:25:35

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

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  • 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 Disease)
  • Mortality in chronic pulmonary aspergillosis: a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis (LANCET: Infectious Diseases)
  • Parasitic
  • Waterborne Disease Outbreaks Associated with Splash Pads — United States, 1997–2022
  •  (CDC MMWR)
  • Miscellaneous
  • Skin Color Representation in Infectious Disease Textbooks (OFID)

Music is by Ronald Jenkees

Information on this podcast should not be considered as medical advice.

21 Jan 2025Infectious Disease Puscast #7200:36:54

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.

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  • 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 preexposure prophylaxis(JAMA Network: JAMA Internal Medicine)
  • Fungal
  • The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube)
  • Epidemiology and prognostic factors associated with mold-positive blood cultures: 10-year data From a french prospective surveillance program (2012–2022) (CID)
  • Parasitic
  • Safety and efficacy of immunization with a late-liver-stage attenuated malaria parasite
  • (NEJM)
  • Dr. Glaucomflecken explains: late-liver-stage attenuated malaria vaccine (YouTube)
  • Dr. Glaucomflecken X NEJM (YouTube)
  • Albendazole–ivermectin co-formulation for the treatment of Trichuris trichiura and other soil-transmitted helminths: a randomised phase 2/3 trial (LANCET: Infectious Diseases)
  • Miscellaneous
  • A comparison of peripherally insertedcentral catheter materials(NEJM)
  • Considering Islamic frameworks to infectious disease prevention (OFID)

Music is by Ronald Jenkees

Information on this podcast should not be considered as medical advice.

18 Sep 2023Infectious Disease Puscast #3700:30:59

On episode #37 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel reviews the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 8/31 – 9/13/23.

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05 May 2022Infectious Disease Puscast #100:24:56
On the first episode of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara bring Marc Crislip’s well known Puscast back to life, and present a review of the infectious disease literature for the previous two weeks, 4/13 – 4/27/22. Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong
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25 Aug 2023Infectious Disease Puscast #3500:23:48

On episode #35 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel reviews the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 8/3 – 8/16/23.

Host: Daniel Griffin

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08 Aug 2022Infectious Disease Puscast #800:27:29

On episode #8 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the previous two weeks, 7/21/22 – 8/3/22.

Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong

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03 Oct 2022Infectious Disease Puscast #1200:35:29

On episode #12 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the previous two weeks, 9/15/22 – 9/28/22.

Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong

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07 Jun 2023Infectious Disease Puscast #2900:41:53

On episode #29 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 5/11 – 5/23/23.

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10 Jan 2023Infectious Disease Puscast #1900:42:07

On episode #19 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the previous two weeks, 12/22/22 – 1/3/23.

Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong

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07 Mar 2023Infectious Disease Puscast #2300:40:01

On episode #23 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the previous two weeks, 2/16 – 2/28/23.

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01 Oct 2024Infectious Disease Puscast #6400:28:52

On episode #64 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 9/14 – 9/25/24.

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  • Viral
  • Outcomes of Intravenous Immunoglobulin treatment of immunocompromised patients with viral respiratory infections (Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology)
  • Comparative Emergence of Maribavir and Ganciclovir Resistance for Treatment of Cytomegalovirus Infection (JID)
  • Antibody persistence and safety of a live-attenuated chikungunya virus vaccine up to 2 years after single-dose administration in adults in the USA (LANCET Infectious Disease)
  • Bacterial
  • Determinant of 30-Day Mortality of Pulmonary Legionellosis (OFID)
  • Donor-derived bartonellosis in Solid Organ Transplant recipients (American Journal of Transplantation)
  • An Opt-Out Emergency Department Screening Intervention Leads to Major Increases in Diagnosis of Syphilis (OFID)
  • Fungal
  • The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube)
  • Fungal disease week (CDC)
  • Bridging Echinocandin with Azole antifungal Therapy On Prevention Of Invasive Candidiasis Post Lung Transplantation (OFID)
  • Early Introductions of Candida auris Detected by Wastewater Surveillance, Utah, USA, 2022–2023 (Emerging Infectious Diseases)
  • Parasitic
  • Toxoplasma gondii Infection of Alzheimer’s Disease Mice Reduces Brain Amyloid Density Globally and Regionally (JID)
  • Miscellaneous
  • Effect of Social Distancing Caused by Heavy Snowfall on Seasonal Influenza Epidemic in a Local Region in Japan (Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal)

Music is by Ronald Jenkees

Information on this podcast should not be considered as medical advice.

15 Nov 2022Infectious Disease Puscast #1500:32:13

On episode #15 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the previous two weeks, 10/27/22 – 9/9/22.

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  • Clinical presentation and severity of adenovirus detection alone vs adenovirus co-detection with other respiratory viruses in US children (JPID)
  • Effectiveness of different antimicrobial strategies for staphylococcal prosthetic joint infection (OFID)
  • Clinical impact of ceftriaxone resistance in E. coli bloodstream infections (OFID) 
  • Adjunctive Gentamicin and Rifampin in staphylococcal prosthetic valve Endocarditis (OFID)
  • Diagnostic performance of physician gestalt for bacteremia in patients in the process of being admitted with suspected infection (OFID)
  • Effectiveness of quinolone prophylaxis in pediatric acute leukemia and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (OFID)
  • Risk factors for Vancomycin drug reaction with Eosinophilia and Systemic symptoms syndrome (JAMA)
  • Prospective evaluation of the fungitell 1>3 beta-d-glucan assay as a diagnostic tool for invasive fungal disease (Wiley)
  • Safety and efficacy of a monoclonal antibody against malaria in Mali (NEJM)
  • Hospitalizations associated with strongyloidiasis in the United States (CID) 
  • Prophylactic benznidazole treatment fails to prevent Trypanosoma cruzi infection in dogs (PLOS NTD)
  • Baker’s dozen of top antimicrobial stewardship intervention publications for hospitalized patients (OFID)
  • Baker’s dozen of top antimicrobial stewardship intervention publications in non-hospital care settings in 2021 (OFID)
  • Medical student debt and the US ID workforce (CID)

Music is by Ronald Jenkees

06 Feb 2023Infectious Disease Puscast #2100:38:07

On episode #21 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the previous two weeks, 1/18/23 – 2/1/23.

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18 Feb 2025Infectious Disease Puscast #7400:40:01

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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  • 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.

22 Aug 2022Infectious Disease Puscast #900:31:26

On episode #9 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the previous two weeks, 8/4/22 – 8/17/22.

 

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19 Dec 2022Infectious Disease Puscast #1700:32:00

On episode #17 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the previous two weeks, 11/24/22 – 12/8/22.

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24 Jan 2024Infectious Disease Puscast #4600:36:49

On episode #46 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 1/4 – 1/17/24.

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20 Sep 2022Infectious Disease Puscast #1100:33:43

On episode #11 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the previous two weeks, 9/1/22 - 9/14/22.

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17 May 2022Infectious Disease Puscast #200:35:24

On the the second episode of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the previous two weeks, 4/27/22 – 5/11/22.

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Acute Hepatitis and Adenovirus Infection Among Children — Alabama, October 2021–February 2022(MMWR)
Case Series of False-Positive HIV Test Results in Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Patients Following Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-Cell Therapy: Guidance on How to Avoid and Resolve Diagnostic Dilemmas (J IDSA)
Immunological correlates of prevention of the onset of seasonal H3N2 influenza (JID)
Use of a Modified Preexposure Prophylaxis Vaccination Schedule to Prevent Human Rabies: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices — United States, 2022 (MMWR)
Long-term Safety and Immunogenicity of a Tetravalent Dengue Vaccine Candidate in Children and Adults(MMWR)
The Role of C-Reactive Protein as a Triage Tool for Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Children (J PIDS)
Factors Potentially Contributing to the Contamination of Packaged Leafy Greens Implicated in the Outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium During the Summer of 2021 (FDA)
Short-course intravenous antibiotics for young infants with urinary tract infection (Arch Dis Children)
Real-World Comparison of Bezlotoxumab to Standard of Care Therapy for Prevention of Recurrent Clostridioides difficile Infection in Patients at High Risk for Recurrence (Clin Inf Dis)
2021 Focused Update Guidelines on Management of Clostridioides difficile Infection in Adults (Clin Inf Dis)
Treatment outcomes 24 months after initiating short, all-oral bedaquiline-containing or injectable-containing rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis treatment regimens in South Africa (Lancet)
Use of Novel Strategies to Develop Guidelines for Management of Pyogenic Osteomyelitis in Adults (JAMA)
Persistent MRSA Bacteremia: Resetting the Clock for Optimal Management (Clin Inf Dis)
Frequency and Duration of, and Risk Factors for, Diagnostic Delays Associated with Histoplasmosis (J Fungi)
Intestinal parasitic infections and associated factors among people living with HIV attending Dessie Referral Hospital, Dessie town, North-east Ethiopia (AIDS Res Ther)
Association of zoonotic protozoan parasites with microplastics in seawater and implications for human and wildlife health (Nat Sci Rep)
Climate change increases cross-species viral transmission risk (Nature and TWiV 898)

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30 May 2023Infectious Disease Puscast #2800:32:19

On episode #28 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 4/26 – 5/10/23.

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25 Jul 2022Infectious Disease Puscast #700:27:53

On episode #7 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the previous two weeks, 7/7/22 – 7/20/22.

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29 Nov 2022Infectious Disease Puscast #1600:31:35

On episode #16 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the previous two weeks, 11/9/22 – 11/23/22.

Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong

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06 Oct 2023Infectious Disease Puscast #3800:27:31

On episode #38 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel reviews the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 9/14 – 9/27/23.

Host: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong

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  • Features of Long COVID identified through immune profiling (Nature)
  • Severity of influenza-associated hospitalizations by influenza type (The Lancet)
  • Cefazolin for the treatment of CNS infections (CID)
  • Rifampin based therapy for patients with Staphylococcus aureus native vertebral Osteomyelitis (CID)
  • State of the management of infections caused by multidrug-resistant organisms (CID)
  • Are contact precautions “essential” for the prevention of healthcare-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus? (CID)
  • Impact of the sequential implementation of a pharmacy-driven methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) nasal-swab ordering policy and vancomycin 72-hour restriction protocol on standardized antibiotic administration ratio (ICHE)
  • Update on outbreak of fungal meningitis among US residents who received epidural anesthesia at two clinics in Mexico (CID)
  • Paratracheal abscess by plant fungus Chondrostereum purpureum (MMCR)
  • Canadian Blood Services traceback investigation of a suspected case of transfusion-transmitted malaria (Transfusion)
  • Strongyloides infection screening in transplant candidates (TID)
  • The world of microbial odors (JID)

Music is by Ronald Jenkees

29 Jun 2022Infectious Disease Puscast #500:32:07

On episode #5 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the previous two weeks, 6/8/22 – 6/22/22.

Host: Daniel Griffin

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14 Jun 2022Infectious Disease Puscast #400:30:10
On episode #4 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the previous two weeks, 5/25/22 – 6/8/22. Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong

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28 Nov 2023Infectious Disease Puscast #4200:36:30

On episode #42 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 11/09 – 11/21/23.

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  • Progress toward measles elimination (CDC)
  • Slaying the troll of transplantation (TID)
  • Association between the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio and adverse outcomes in children aged <2 years with RSV (JPIDS)
  • Pre-exposure prophylaxis use history in people with antiretroviral resistance at HIV diagnosis (CID)
  • Impact of the 2019 FDA guidance for uncomplicated UTI on treatment response rates (OFID)
  • CDC Guidelines for the prevention and treatment of anthrax (CDC)
  • Contemporary use of cefazolin for MSSA infective endocarditis (IJID)
  • Is carbapenem therapy necessary for treatment of non-CTX-M ESBL-producing Enterobacterales bloodstream infections (CID)
  • Infectious diseases consultation associated with reduced mortality in gram-negative Bacteremia (CID)
  • Contemporary management of Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (CID)
  • Tuning sterol extraction kinetics yields a renal-sparing polyene antifungal (Nature)
  • Impact of in-house Candida auris PCR screening on admission on the incidence rates of surveillance and blood cultures with C. auris and associated cost savings (OFID)
  • Human lobomycosis caused by Paracoccidioides loboi (EID)
  • Molecular surveillance detects high prevalence of the neglected parasite Mansonella ozzardi (JID)
  • Efficacy and safety of moxidectin compared with ivermectin against Strongyloides stercoralis infection in adults (The Lancet)
  • Efficacy of bortezomib for treating anti-interferon-gamma autoantibody-associated adult-onset immunodeficiency (AOID) syndrome (CID)
  • Investigational non-antibiotic therapeutics for infections in hematopoietic cell transplant recipients and patients with hematologic malignancies receiving cellular therapies (TID)
  • Black box warning: large language models and the future of infectious diseases consultations (CID)

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09 Jul 2024Infectious Disease Puscast #5800:45:00

On episode #58 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 6/20 – 7/3/24.

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21 Feb 2023Infectious Disease Puscast #2200:36:20

On episode #22 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the previous two weeks, 2/2 – 2/15/23.

Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong

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03 Sep 2024Infectious Disease Puscast #6200:42:42

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.

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  • 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)

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07 Jan 2025Infectious Disease Puscast #7100:48:42

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.

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  • 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 recovered from persistent candidemia exhibit enhanced virulence traits (JID)
  • Mapping the geographic distribution of dimorphic mycoses using a U.S. commercial insurance database (OFID)
  • Comparative efficacy and safety of treatment regimens for Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in people living with HIV – A systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (CMI: Clinical Microbiology and Infection)
  • Outbreak of Blastomycosis Among Paper Mill Workers — Michigan, November 2022–May 2023 (CDC: MMWR)
  • Parasitic
  • Acanthamoeba Infection in a hematopoietic cell transplant recipient: challenges in diagnosis, management, and source identification (Transplant Infectious Disease)
  • Congenital toxoplasmosis: Fewer clinical signs at 3 years of age over the last 15 years but stable risk of materno-fetal transmission (CID)
  • Miscellaneous
  • Detection of prions in wild pigs (Sus scrofa) from areas with reported chronic wasting disease cases, United States (CDC Emerging Infectious Diseases)
  • Addition of macrolide antibiotics for hospital treatment of community-acquired pneumonia (JID)

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19 Mar 2025Infectious Disease Puscast #7600:46:55

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.

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  • 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)

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05 Mar 2024Infectious Disease Puscast #4900:40:23

On episode #49 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 2/14 – 2/27/24.

Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong

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16 Apr 2024Infectious Disease Puscast #5200:34:09

On episode #52of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 3/28 – 4/10/24.

Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong

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31 Oct 2023Infectious Disease Puscast #4000:38:41

On episode #40 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 10/13 – 10/25/23.

Host: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong

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20 Aug 2024Infectious Disease Puscast #6100:42:17

On episode #61 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 8/1/20 - 8/14/24. 

Host: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong

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29 Oct 2024Infectious Disease Puscast #6600:41:50

On episode #66 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 10/8 – 10/23/24.

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  • Viral
  • Prevalence of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and HPV Type Distribution in Penile Samples in Young Men in Denmark: Results 10 Years After Implementation of a Girls-Only HPV Vaccination Program (JID)
  • Primary Care Guidance for Providers of Care for Persons With Human Immunodeficiency Virus: 2024 Update by the HIV Medicine Association of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (CID)
  • Bacterial
  • Adjunctive linezolid versus clindamycin for toxin inhibition in β-lactam-treated patients with invasive group A streptococcal infections in 195 US hospitals from 2016 to 2021: a retrospective cohort study with target trial emulation (LANCET: Infectious Diseases)
  • Time to turn off the toxins: adjuvant suppression of group A streptococcus (LANCET: Infectious Diseases)
  • Comparing rates of recurrent infection for first occurrence of Clostridioides difficile between tapered oral vancomycin and standard vancomycin: a retrospective, propensity matched cohort study(Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology)
  • Evaluation of primary oral vancomycin prophylaxis against C. difficile infection during autologous stem cell transplantation (OFID)
  • Oral Vancomycin to Prevent C. difficile in Stem Cell Transplant Recipients: The last frontier in antimicrobial prophylaxis (OFID)
  • First Report of a Fatal Septicemia Case Caused by Vibrio metoecus: A Comprehensive Functional and Genomic Study (JID)
  • Fungal
  • The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube)
  • A global chromoblastomycosis strategy and development of the global chromoblastomycosis working group(PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases)
  • Epidemiological and clinical features of a large blastomycosis outbreak at a paper mill in Michigan (CID)
  • Do morphogenetic switching and intraspecies variation enhance virulence of Candida auris?
  • (PLoS Pathogens)
  • Parasitic
  • Beyond Human Babesiosis: Prevalence and Association of Babesia Coinfection with Mortality in the United States, 2015–2022: A Retrospective Cohort Study (OFID)
  • New WHO guidelines for treating rhodesiense human African trypanosomiasis: expanded indications for fexinidazole and pentamidine (LANCET: Infectious Diseases)
  • Miscellaneous
  • Social and Environmental Benefitsof Pediatric Infectious Disease Telemedicine (Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society)

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06 Aug 2024Infectious Disease Puscast #6000:48:08

On episode #60 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 7/18/20 – 7/31/24.

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  • Olympics
  • Swimming in the Seine (NYTimes)
  • Viral
  • Twice-Yearlylenacapavir or Daily F/TAF for HIV Prevention in Cisgender Women (NEJM)
  • Consensus definitions of Cytomegalovirus Infection and Disease in Transplant Patients (CID)
  • The recombinant shingles vaccine is associated with lower risk of dementia (Nature Medicine)
  • Association of the incidence of postherpetic neuralgia with early treatment intervention of herpes zoster (International Journal of Infectious Diseases)
  • Bacterial
  • Updated guidelines for antimicrobial resistant gram-negative infections (IDSA)
  • Put the Vanc Down, Flip it and Reverse it: Comparison of vancomycin and daptomycin (OFID)
  • Durations of antibiotic treatment for acute otitis media and variability in prescribed durations (Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society)
  • Fungal
  • Adjunctive single-dose liposomal amphotericin to prevent cryptococcal meningitis in people with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)–associated cryptococcal antigenemia and low plasma cryptococcal antigen (CrAg) titers(CID)
  • Stagonospora cutaneous infection in a kidney transplant recipient: First human case (Transplant Infectious Disease)
  • European Study of cerebral aspergillosis treated with Isavuconazole: an EFISG study (CID)
  • Parasitic
  • Rollout of world’s second malaria vaccine begins in Ivory Coast (Healio)
  • Executive summary: Evaluation and management of delusional infestation(CID)
  • Parasitic contamination of soil in the Southern United States (ASTMH)
  • Miscellaneous
  • The potential benefits of delaying seasonal influenza vaccine selections for the northern hemisphere: A retrospective modeling study in the United States (JID)

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17 Jul 2022Infectious Disease Puscast #600:31:07

On episode #6 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the previous two weeks, 6/23/22 – 7/6/22.


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30 Apr 2024Infectious Disease Puscast #5300:32:12

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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01 Nov 2022Infectious Disease Puscast #1400:38:16

On episode #14 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the previous two weeks, 10/13/22 – 10/26/22.

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05 Sep 2023Infectious Disease Puscast #3600:34:21

On episode #36 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel reviews the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 8/17 – 8/30/23.

Host: Daniel Griffin

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25 Jun 2024Infectious Disease Puscast #5700:40:31

On episode #57 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 6/6 – 6/19/24.

Host: Daniel Griffin

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15 Apr 2025Infectious Disease Puscast #7800:51:23

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.

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  • 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)

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25 Jan 2023Infectious Disease Puscast #2000:29:01

On episode #20 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the previous two weeks, 1/4/23 – 1/17/23.

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12 Nov 2024Infectious Disease Puscast #6700:31:22

On episode #67 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel reviews the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 10/24 – 11/6/24.

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  • 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
  • Outcomes of kidney transplant recipients exposed to Chagas disease under Benznidazole prophylaxis(Transplant Infectious Disease)
  • Fake Aristotle Fakely Rails Against Fighting Inequality (Sententiae Antiquae)
  • Need for a paradigm shift in soil-transmitted helminthiasis control (PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases)
  • Miscellaneous
  • IDSA Advocacy Results in Big Win for ID in 2025 Final Medicare Rule (IDSA)

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21 Mar 2023Infectious Disease Puscast #2400:32:07

On episode #24 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the previous two weeks, 3/1 – 3/22/23.

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06 Feb 2024Infectious Disease Puscast #4700:40:00

On episode #46 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 1/18 – 1/31/24.

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04 Mar 2025Infectious Disease Puscast #7500:43:36

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.

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  • 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)

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04 Feb 2025Infectious Disease Puscast #7300:33:26

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.

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  • 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 multocidaBacteroides pyogenes and Fusobacterium necrophorum due to a snow leopard bite (CMI: Clinical Microbiology and Infection)
  • INSIDE-OUT: Introduction of speakers at IDWeek events (OFID)

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25 Jul 2023Infectious Disease Puscast #3300:33:53

On episode #33 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel reviews the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 7/6 – 7/19/23.

Host: Daniel Griffin

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  • Early antiretroviral therapy not associated with higher cryptococcal Meningitis mortality in people with HIV in high-income countries (CID)
  • Implementing a rapid Antiretroviral therapy program using starter packs for emergency department patients diagnosed with HIV infection (OFID)
  • Efficacy of a clinical decision rule to enable direct oral challenge in patients with low-risk Penicillin allergy (JAMA)
  • Infectious diseases consultation associated with reduced mortality in gram-negative bacteremia (CID)
  • Positive impact of [18F]FDG-PET/CT on mortality in patients with Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia explained by immortal time bias (CID)
  • Azithromycin for bacterial watery diarrhea (JID) 
  • Periprosthetic joint infection: current clinical challenges (CID)
  • Old World medieval Treponema pallidum complex treponematosis (JID)
  • Clinical Impact of polymerase chain reaction–based Aspergillus and Azole resistance detection in invasive aspergillosis (CID)
  • Superior accuracy of Aspergillus plasma cell-free DNA PCR over serum galactomannan for the diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis (CID)
  • Tafenoquine co-administered with dihydroartemisinin–piperaquine for the radical cure of Plasmodium vivax malaria (The Lancet)
  • Doubling of cyclosporiasis cases partially attributable to a salad kit (CDC)
  • Efficacy and safety of adjunctive corticosteroids in the treatment of severe community-acquired pneumonia (BMC)

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26 Nov 2024Infectious Disease Puscast #6800:45:00

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

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  • 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 Disease in United States Medicare Beneficiaries with Bronchiectasis (OFID)
  • Oral Versus Intravenous Antibiotic Therapy for Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia or Endocarditis (CID)
  • Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriales in solid organ transplant recipients (American Journal of Transplantation)
  • Fungal
  • The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube)
  • Adaptation of Candida albicans to specific host environments by gain-of-function mutations in transcription factors(PLoS Pathogens)
  • 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)
  • Do patients with candidemia need an ophthalmologic examination? (OFID)
  • Parasitic
  • Progress Toward Global Dracunculiasis (Guinea Worm Disease) Eradication (CDC MMWR)
  • The gut microbiota is essential for Trichinella spiralis—evoked suppression of colitis (PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases)
  • Symptomatic Entamoeba dispar Infections Among Men Who Have Sex With Men, New York City, 2018control (OFID)
  • Angiostrongylus cantonensis Meningoencephalitis in Three Pediatric Patients in Florida, USA (Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society)
  • Miscellaneous 
  • Snake phobia among the general population of Tamil Nadu, India(PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases)
  • Remote Practice of Infectious Diseases Through Telemedicine: Improving Access for Patients and Appeal for Physicians (OFID)
  • Gauging Medical Students’ Interests in Infectious Diseases (CID)
  • Shaping the Future of Infectious Diseases: The Journey to Promote Value, Opportunity, and Positive Messaging (OFID)

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19 Mar 2024Infectious Disease Puscast #5000:35:37

On episode #50 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 2/28 – 3/12/24.

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02 May 2023Infectious Disease Puscast #2700:31:31

On episode #27 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the previous two weeks, 4/13 – 4/25/23.

Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong

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  • Prevalence, clinical severity, and seasonality of Adenovirus 40/41, Astrovirus, Sapovirus, and Rotavirus among children with moderate-to severe diarrhea (CID)
  • Antibiotic-prescribing practices for management of childhood diarrhea in 3 sub-Saharan African countries (CID)
  • Drivers of decline in diarrhea mortality (CID)
  • Breastfeeding among people with HIV in North America (CID)
  • Wearable sensor-based detection of Influenza in presymptomatic and asymptomatic individuals (JID)
  • Emergence of erythromycin-resistant invasive group a Streptococcus (EID)
  • Piperacillin-Tazobactam compared With Cefoxitin as antimicrobial prophylaxis for pancreatoduodenectomy (JAMA)
  • VE303 for prevention of recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection (JAMA)
  • Geographic patterns of antimicrobial susceptibilities for Bacteroides species worldwide (IJAA)
  • Intravenous to oral antibiotic switch therapy among patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia (CID)
  • Clinical impact of syndromic molecular point-of-care testing for gastrointestinal pathogens in adults hospitalized with suspected gastroenteritis (The Lancet)
  • Treatment of pulmonary mucormycosis with adjunctive nebulized amphotericin B (Mycoses)
  • Giardia detection and codetection with other enteric pathogens in children in the vaccine impact on diarrhea in Africa (CID)
  • Feasibility of training community health workers to use smartphone-attached microscopy for point-of-care visualization of soil-transmitted helminths (AJTMH)
  • Compassionate use of bacteriophages for failed persistent infections (OFID)

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15 Dec 2023Infectious Disease Puscast #4300:24:51

On episode #43 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Sara reviews the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 11/22 – 12/06/23.

Host: Sara Dong

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17 Sep 2024Infectious Disease Puscast #6300:37:10

On episode #63 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 8/29/24 – 9/13/24.

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10 Jan 2024Infectious Disease Puscast #4500:45:07

On episode #45 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 12/20/23 – 1/3/24.

Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong

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  • Bacterial
  • Change in oral PrEP affect kidney function (OFID)
  • Preventing STIs in women (NEJM)
  • Revising antibiotic and STI trials (NEJM)
  • Treatment for pediatric febrile UTIs (Pediatrics)
  • Burkholderia pseudomallei in Mississippi (NEJM)
  • Acute kidney injury and gentamicin treatment for endocarditis (JACAMR)
  • Pacemakers for Lyme disease patients (OFID)
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa update  and must have references (CMI)
  • Fungal
  • Definining optimal dose liposomal amphotericin B for Candida auris (JID)
  • Cryptococcus neoformans and HIV serology (OFID)
  • Global emergence of Candida auris (OFID)
  • Novel anti-cancer therapeutics and fungal biology (PLoS Pathogens)
  • Parasitic
  • Second malaria vaccine prequalified (WHO)
  • Seasonal vaccination against malaria in children (Lancet ID)
  • Toxoplasma gondii treatement guidelines for patients with haematological malignancies (Lancet ID)
  • Miscellaneous
  • Eye infection review (NEJM)
  • Diagnosing children with gastroenteritis using molecular testing (CID)
  • Are hospital coffee machines pathogenic (BMJ)
  • Putting down the fluoroquinolone (CID)

Music is by Ronald Jenkees

05 Sep 2022Infectious Disease Puscast #1000:37:07

On episode #10 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the previous two weeks, 8/17/22 – 8/31/22.

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08 Aug 2023Infectious Disease Puscast #3400:18:46

On episode #34 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel reviews the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 7/20 – 8/2/23.

Host: Daniel Griffin

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  • FDA approves first treatment for molluscum contagiosum (FDA)
  • Identifying children likely to benefit from antibiotics for Acute Sinusitis (JAMA)
  • Impact of metagenomic next-generation sequencing of plasma cell-free DNA testing in patients with suspected infectious diseases (OFID)
  • Impact of infectious diseases consultation in patients with candidemia at a multisite healthcare system (OFID)
  • Relapsing babesiosis with molecular evidence of resistance to certain antimicrobials commonly used to treat Babesia microti infections (OFID)
  • Seroprevalence of Chagas disease among people of Latin American descent (AJTMH)
  • Malaria transmission-blocking vaccines Pfs230D1-EPA and Pfs25-EPA in Alhydrogel in healthy Malian adults (The Lancet)
  • The human blood fluke, Schistosoma mansoni, harbors bacteria throughout the parasite’s life cycle (JID)
  • Health care provider knowledge regarding Alpha-gal syndrome (CDC)

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12 Jul 2023Infectious Disease Puscast #3200:41:15

On episode #32 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 6/21 – 7/4/23.

Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong

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13 Nov 2023Infectious Disease Puscast #4100:39:52

On episode #41 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 10/26 - 11/08/23.

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Host: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong

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13 Jun 2023Infectious Disease Puscast #3000:42:14

On episode #30 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 5/24 – 6/7/23.

Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong

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31 May 2022Infectious Disease Puscast #300:31:31
On the third episode of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the previous two weeks, 5/11/22 – 5/25/22.

Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong

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28 May 2024Infectious Disease Puscast #5500:45:46

On episode #55 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 5/9 – 5/27/24.

Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong

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17 Oct 2022Infectious Disease Puscast #1300:29:17

On episode #13 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the previous two weeks, 9/29/22 – 10/12/22.

Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong

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  • Efficacy and safety of switching to Dolutegravir/Lamivudine versus continuing Tenofovir Alafenamide (CID)
  • Antibiotic combinations reduce Staphylococcus aureus clearance (Nature)
  • Cholera Vaccine: Recommendations of the advisory committee on immunization practices (CDC)
  • Detection of Treponema pallidum DNA during early syphilis stages (CID)
  • Association between toxoplasmosis and bipolar disorder (Journal of Psychiatry)
  • The efficacy of soap against schistosome cercariae (PLOS NTD)
  • Recurrent ESBL Escherichia coli urosepsis in a pediatric renal transplant patient (NIH)
  • After action review of the response to an outbreak of Lassa fever in Sierra Leone (PLOS NTD)

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21 Feb 2024Infectious Disease Puscast #4800:44:42

On episode #48 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 1/31 – 2/13/24.

Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong

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16 Oct 2024Infectious Disease Puscast #6500:31:17

On episode #65 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 9/26 – 10/7/24.

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  • Viral
  • Exploring viral respiratory coinfections: Shedding light on pathogen interactions
  • (PLoS Pathogens)
  • Bacterial
  • ACG Clinical Guideline: Treatment of Helicobacter pylori Infection (American Journal of Gastroenterology)
  • multivalent mRNA-LNP vaccine protects against Clostridioides difficile infection
  • (Science)
  • The evidence base for the optimal antibiotic treatment duration of upper and lower respiratory tract infections: an umbrella review (LANCET: Infectious Diseases)
  • Population Pharmacokinetic Modeling of Cefepime, Meropenem, and Piperacillin-Tazobactam in Patients With Cystic Fibrosis(JID)
  • Establishment of Amblyomma maculatum Ticks and Rickettsia parkeri in the Northeastern United States (Emerging Infectious Diseases)
  • DETICKT (DETICKT)
  • Early Oral Step-Down Versus Continued Intravenous Antibiotic Treatment of Complicated Intra-Abdominal Infection(Surgical Infections)
  • Fungal
  • The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube)
  • Candida auris: A focused review for emergency clinicians (American Journal of Emergency Medicine)
  • Parasitic
  • Ivermectin-based mass drug administration for scabies in northern India: a single-arm community intervention trial (OFID)
  • Miscellaneous
  • Out-BREAK! : An IDWeek 2023 escape room to break out of the educational mold (OFID)

Music is by Ronald Jenkees

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02 Apr 2024Infectious Disease Puscast #5100:40:53

On episode #51 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 3/13 – 3/27/24.

Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong

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23 Oct 2023Infectious Disease Puscast #3900:38:15

On episode #39 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, recorded at IDWeek in Boston, Daniel and special host Priya Kodiyanplakkal review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 9/27 – 10/12/23.

Host: Daniel Griffin and Priya Kodiyanplakkal

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23 Jul 2024Infectious Disease Puscast #5900:31:05

On episode #59 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 7/3/20 – 7/17/24.

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