Infectious Disease Puscast #75

On episode #75 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 2/13/25 – 2/26/25.

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Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong

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Links for this episode

• Viral
• VIMKUNYA (FDA)
• Co-infection of SARS‐CoV‐2 and influenza A/B among patients with COVID-19(BMC Infectious Diseases)
• Measles (Texas Health and Human Services)
• 2025 Measles outbreak guidelines (New Mexico Health)
• BTN: Beyond the Noise with Paul Offit (microbeTV)
• Rubeola response (febrile)
• Timing of influenza antiviral therapy and risk of death in adults hospitalized with influenza-associated pneumonia, influenza hospitalization surveillance network (FluSurv-NET), 2012–2019 (CID)
• Mother-child dyads living with HIV in the Western Cape, South Africa: undetectable = undetectable? (Journal of the International AIDS Society)
• Early impacts of the PEPFAR stop-work order: a rapid assessment(Journal of the International AIDS Society)
• Prevalence, clinical management, and outcomes of adults hospitalised with endemic arbovirus illness in southeast Europe (MERMAIDS-ARBO): a prospective observational study (LANCET: Infectious Diseases)
• Bacterial
• Effects of extended anaerobic antibiotic coverage on anaerobic bloodstream infection: A multisite retrospective stud (International Journal of Infectious Diseases)
• The effectiveness of newer Beta-Lactams for the treatment of antimicrobial-resistant gram-negative meningitis (CID)
• Treatment of macrolide-resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia in children: a aeta-analysis of macrolides versus tetracycline (The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal)
• Fungal
• The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube)
• Concordance of noninvasive plasma cell-free DNA With invasive diagnostics for diagnosis of invasive fungal disease (CID)
• Invasive fungal infections in patients with liver disease: immunological and clinical considerations for the intensive care unit(Intensive Care Medicine)
• Parasitic
• Epidemiologic Investigation of Protozoa and soil-transmitted helminths in Starr County, Texas (American J Trop Med and Hyg)
• Post-artesunate delayed hemolysis in African children with severe malaria: incidence, medical impact and prevention (CID)
• Miscellaneous
• Telehealth (Medicare.gov)
• Public comment: IDSA guideline on management and treatment of complicated urinary tract infections (IDSA)

Music is by Ronald Jenkees

Information on this podcast should not be considered as medical advice.