Infectious Disease Puscast #33

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

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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)