Infectious Disease Puscast #60

August 6, 2024

On episode #60 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 7/18/20 – 7/31/24.


Host: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong

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  • Olympics
  • Swimming in the Seine (NYTimes)
  • Viral
  • Twice-Yearly lenacapavir or Daily F/TAF for HIV Prevention in Cisgender Women (NEJM)
  • Consensus definitions of Cytomegalovirus Infection and Disease in Transplant Patients (CID)
  • The recombinant shingles vaccine is associated with lower risk of dementia (Nature Medicine)
  • Association of the incidence of postherpetic neuralgia with early treatment intervention of herpes zoster (International Journal of Infectious Diseases)
  • Bacterial
  • Updated guidelines for antimicrobial resistant gram-negative infections (IDSA)
  • Put the Vanc Down, Flip it and Reverse it: Comparison of vancomycin and daptomycin (OFID)
  • Durations of antibiotic treatment for acute otitis media and variability in prescribed durations (Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society)
  • Fungal
  • Adjunctive single-dose liposomal amphotericin to prevent cryptococcal meningitis in people with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)–associated cryptococcal antigenemia and low plasma cryptococcal antigen (CrAg) titers(CID)
  • Stagonospora cutaneous infection in a kidney transplant recipient: First human case (Transplant Infectious Disease)
  • European Study of cerebral aspergillosis treated with Isavuconazole: an EFISG study (CID)
  • Parasitic
  • Rollout of world’s second malaria vaccine begins in Ivory Coast (Healio)
  • Executive summary: Evaluation and management of delusional infestation(CID)
  • Parasitic contamination of soil in the Southern United States (ASTMH)
  • Miscellaneous
  • The potential benefits of delaying seasonal influenza vaccine selections for the northern hemisphere: A retrospective modeling study in the United States (JID)

Music is by Ronald Jenkees

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