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
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- 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 Mortality Among Older Adults with Hospital-Acquired Bloodstream Infections in the Intensive Care Unit(Infectious Diseases and Therapy)
- Bacteremia in Pediatric Solid Organ Transplant Recipients within 1 Year of Transplant(Transplant Infectious Disease)
- Oral gepotidacin for the treatment of uncomplicated urogenital gonorrhoea (EAGLE-1) (LANCET)
- Consequences of Climate Change on the Emergence of Pathogenic, Environmentally Acquired Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (OFID)
- Addition of Macrolide Antibiotics for Hospital Treatment of Community-Acquired Pneumonia (JID)
- Point-of-Care Testingby Multiplex-PCR in Different Compartments in Suspected Lower Respiratory Tract Infection After Lung Transplantation(Transplant Infectious Disease)
- Fungal
- The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube)
- Pathway-instructed therapeutic selection of ruxolitinib reduces neuroinflammation in fungal postinfectious inflammatory syndrome (Science Advances)
- Use of Dog Serologic Data for Improved Understanding of Coccidioidomycosis (JID)
- Parasitic
- Uganda launches largest malaria vaccine introduction to date(WHO: Uganda)
- Long-term follow-up of individuals with Chagas disease treated with posaconazole and benznidazole in a non-endemic region(CMI: Clinical Microbiology and Infection)
- Miscellaneous
- Monoclonal Antibodies From Children With Acute Kawasaki Disease Identify a Common Antigenic Target in Fatal Cases Over 5 Decades (Laboratory Investigation)
- Screwworm Cochliomyia hominivorax (Facebook)
Music is by Ronald Jenkees
Information on this podcast should not be considered as medical advice.
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