On episode #87 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 7/31/25 – 8/18/25.
Host: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong
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- Viral
- Adjuvanted recombinant zoster vaccine is effective against herpes zoster ophthalmicus, and is associated with lower risk of acute myocardial infarction and stroke in adults aged ≥50 years (CID)
- Bacterial
- Dalbavancin for Treatment of Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia (JAMA)
- Propensity-Matched Comparison of Timely vs. Delayed Antibiotic Therapy in Stenotrophomonas maltophilia Pneumoni (OFID)
- The proportion of Treponema pallidum PCR-positive primary syphilis infections which are seronegative for syphilis (OFID)
- Cefixime versus benzathine penicillin G for the treatment of early syphilis (Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy)
- Dalbavancin for Treatment of Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia (JAMA)
- Fungal
- The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube)
- Parasitic
- Increasing Length of the Babesia Season in New England in the Climate Change Era (OFID)
- Ivermectin to Control Malaria (NEJM)
- Miscellaneous
- ACIP Recommendations Summary (CDC: Influenza)
- Relative effectiveness of high-dose versus standard-dose influenza vaccine against hospitalizations and mortality according to frailty score (JID)
Music is by Ronald Jenkees
Information on this podcast should not be considered as medical advice.
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