Infectious Disease Puscast #108

On episode #108 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 5/21 – 6/3/26. Host: Daniel Griffin and Sarah Dong Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of Puscast! Links for this episode Viral Performance of five mpox antigen-based rapid diagnostic tests tested on lesion swabs from patients with suspected mpox from the Kinshasa province of DR Congo: a diagnostic accuracy study (LANCET: Infectious Diseases) A Phase 3, Randomized Trial ofBulevirtide in Chronic Hepatitis D (NEJM) First reported case of Andes hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome treated with a combination of favipiravir, ribavirin, icatibant and baricitinib (CMI: Clinical Microbiology and Infection) Chikungunya Vaccines for Travelers: Unanswered Pragmatic Questions Persist (JID) Bacterial Early Discontinuation of Empiric Antibiotics in Pediatric Haploidentical Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Recipients with Febrile Neutropenia (CID) Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Nasal Swab Utilization as a Predictor for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Skin and Soft Tissue Infections: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis (OFID) Swab Testing to Optimize Pneumonia Treatment With Empiric Vancomycin: A Randomized Controlled Trial (CID) Fungal The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube) Donor-derived and nosocomial-acquired Candida auris transmission involving solid organ transplant recipients (Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology) Parasitic Development of a Phase 1 Cryptosporidiosis Controlled Human Challenge Model in Healthy Volunteers Using Current Good Manufacturing Practice Cryptosporidium Parvum Oocysts and Conducted Under an Investigational New Drug Application (JID) Miscellaneous Childhood VaccineHesitancy(NEJM) Music is by Ronald Jenkees Information on this podcast should not be considered as medical advice.