On episode #57 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 6/6 – 6/19/24.
Host: Daniel Griffin
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Links for this episode
- Viral
- Is letermovir or valganciclovir better to prevent CMV in kidney transplant recipients (JID)
- CMV antiviral therapy (GoodRx)
- Prevalence of and risk for CMV reactivationduring COVID-19 pneumonia (PLoS One)
- Sofosbuvir off-label yellow fever treatment (OFID)
- Bacterial
- Preventing resistant gram negative bacteria through beta-lactam de-escalation in sepsis patients (CID)
- Competing risk analysis, survival analysis that aims to correctly estimate marginal probability of an event (Columbia University)
- Continuous or intermittent b-lactam infusionfor critical sepsis (JAMA Network)
- Prolonged vs Intermittent Infusions of β-Lactam Antibiotics in Adults With Sepsis or Septic Shock (JAMA Network)
- Phoenix sepsis score and risk in children with cancer (JAMA Network)
- New recognized spotted fever group Rickettsia in Northern California (Emerging Infectious Diseases)
- Screening for mycobacterium tuberculosis (Transplant Infectious Disease)
- Fungal
- Potential sexual transmission of Tinea pubogenitalis from TMWII (JAMA Dermatology)
- Household transmission of tinea infection (OFID)
- Drug-resistant oral candidiasis in HIV infected patients (BMC Infectious Disease)
- Parasitic
- Handheld digital microscope for rapid and comprehensive screening for urogenital and gastrointestinal schistosomiasis (American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene)
- Scorecard approach to eliminate onchocerciasis (Am J Trop Med Hyg)
- Miscellaneous
- Association between antibiotic receipt and provider rating (OFID)
- Infectious diseases and infection control prevention strategies when on ECMO (Perfusion)
Music is by Ronald Jenkees
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