Infectious Disease Puscast #116

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

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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 (American Journal of Infection Control)
• Economic Outcomes of Dalbavancin versus Standard Therapy in Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia in the DOTS Randomized Clinical Trial (CID)
• Cephalexin Model-Informed Dosing Recommendations for Severe Infections: A Pooled Pharmacokinetic Analysis From Infancy to Adulthood (OFID)
• Initial Carbapenem Choice Versus Sustained Single-Group Therapy in the Albumin-Carbapenem Interaction (CID)
• Identification and Quantification of Pathogens in Pleural Fluid from Children with Complicated Pneumonia using the BioFire® FilmArray® Pneumonia Panel (Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society)
• Effectiveness of oral care for the prevention of non-ventilator hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAPPEN): a multicentre, stepped-wedge, cluster-randomised trial in Australia (LANCET: Infectious Diseases)
• Fungal
• The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube)
• Health Economic Analysis of the AMBITION Protocol for Human Immunodeficiency Virus–Associated Cryptococcal Meningitis in the United States (CID)
• Single-Dose Liposomal Amphotericin B Treatment for Cryptococcal Meningitis (NEJM)
• Parasitic
• Vampire bats in Belize harbor multiple Trypanosoma cruzi genotypes: Implications for parasite transmission at the wildlife–domestic–human interface (PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases)
• Community-acquired coinfections in adults with severe imported malaria: a systematic review and meta-analysis (CMI: Clincial Microbiology and Infection)
• Treatment for Leishmaniasis using liposomal amphotericin for immune compromised patients (in Portguese(Brazil.gov))
• Reactivation of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in a Rheumatoid Arthritis Patient Undergoing Tocilizumab Treatment (AJTMH: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene)
• Efficacy and safety of alternative benznidazole and nifurtimox regimens for adults with chronic Trypanosoma cruzi infection (TESEO): an open-label, randomised, non-inferiority phase 2b trial (LANCET: Infectious Diseases)

Music is by Ronald Jenkees

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