Infectious Disease Puscast #119

On episode #119 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 10/27 – 11/9/26.

Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong

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Links for this episode

• Viral
• FDA Approves First Plasmid DNA-based Immunotherapy for Adults with Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis (FDA)
• A DNA Shot Against Warts in the Throat: How Voceryq Works (YouTube)
• Bacterial
• Doxycycline versus azithromycin as combination therapy in the empirical treatment of community-acquired pneumonia in an intensive care unit – A retrospective propensity score-matched cohort study (Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection)
• Gram-Negative Bacterial Resistance (NEJM)
• Performance of the recent Duke criteria versions in patients with suspected infective endocarditis and sufficient cardiac imaging: The more things change, the more they remain the same (CID)
• Comparative effectiveness of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole dosing strategies for Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia: a target trial emulation (Clinical Microbiology and Infection)
• Is a lower dose of trimethoprim sulfamethoxazole for Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia just as effective, but safer? (Clinical Microbiology and Infection)
• State-of-the-Art Review: Native Joint Septic Arthritis Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, Microbiology, Diagnosis, Management, and Outcomes (CID)
• Fungal
• The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube)
• Parasitic
• Cryptosporidium parvum Outbreak Among Volunteers of a Licensed Wildlife Rehabilitation Center Housing Raccoons, 2024 (JID)
• Proactive Surveillance of Public Swimming Pools to Prevent Delayed Detection of Cryptosporidiosis Outbreaks (JID)
• Immunity and vaccines for cryptosporidiosis (JID)
• Cryptosporidiosis at a Crossroads (JID)
• Miscellaneous
• Pediatric Fellowship Training in Immunocompromised and Transplant Infectious Diseases: Developing Expertise in Caring for Immunocompromised Children (Transplant Infectious Disease)
• The magnitude and durability of immune response to the SARS-CoV-2 vaccination among children (Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society)

Music is by Ronald Jenkees

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