Infectious Disease Puscast #114
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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.
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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 Guidelines on Management and Treatment of Complicated Urinary Tract Infections–Introduction and Methods (CID)
- Society of America: 2025 Guideline on Management and Treatment of Complicated Urinary Tract Infections–Selection of Antibiotic Therapy for Complicated Urinary Tract Infections (CID)
- Clinical Practice Guidelines by Infectious Diseases Society of America: 2025 Guidelines on Management and Treatment of Complicated Urinary Tract Infections – Timing of Intravenous to Oral Antibiotics Transition for Complicated Urinary Tract Infections (CID)
- Clinical Practice Guidelines by Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA): 2025 Guidelines on Management and Treatment of Complicated Urinary Tract Infections–Duration of Antibiotics for Complicated UTI (CID)
- Infective Endocarditis in Solid Organ and Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients (E-IPA Study): a propensity-score-matched retrospective cohort study (CID)
- Evaluation of Changes in Staphylococcus and Enterococcus Resistance Following Reduced Restrictions on Daptomycin and Linezoli (OFID)
- Comparison of VPM1002 with BCG in the prevention of tuberculosis in newborn infants: a multicentre, double-blind, randomised, phase 3, non-inferiority trial (LANCET: Infectious Diseases)
- Fungal
- The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube)
- Containment of a Candidozyma auris Outbreak in an Acute Care Hospital using a Comprehensive Screening and Surveillance Program (CID)
- Molecular Evidence of Autochthonous Environmental Acquisition of Fonsecaea Pediatric Infection in the United States (OFID)
- Challenging the concept of uncomplicated candidemia for shorter courses of antifungal therapy (OFID)
- Parasitic
- Miscellaneous
- Reliability of Physical Examination Findings in Youths Diagnosed With Pneumonia (JAMA)
- Recombinant shingles vaccination and the risk of cardiovascular events (Nature Medicine)
Music is by Ronald Jenkees
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