Infectious Disease Puscast #58

On episode #58 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 6/20 – 7/3/24. Host: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of Puscast! Links for this episode Viral Drink more coffee, reduces risk for SARS-C0V-2 infection (Cell & Bioscience) Cannabis, tobacco…smoking in general NOT good for preventing COVID-19 (JAMA Network OPEN) EBV and KSHV caused HIV associated cancers and lymphoproliferative disorders (Clinical Microbiology Reviews) Where in the CNS can dolutegravir, tenofovir, lamivudine and efavirenz be found? (JID) Therapeutic management of Varicella-Zoster virus meningitis (OFID) Bacterial Carbapenem use in extended-spectrum cephalosporin-resistant Enterobacterales infections (LANCET Infectious Diseases) IDSA guidelines (Columbia University) Guideline-Concordant Therapy for community-acquired pneumonia in the Hospitalized Population (OFID) Interpretive Criteria piperacillin/tazobactam susceptibility test for Enterobacterales (CID) FDA approval forCAPVAXIVE (FDA) 21 valent pneumococcal vaccine approved (Nature Reviews drug discovery) Antimicrobial resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates (JAMA Network Open) Broad-spectrum antibiotic use for suspected community-onset sepsis (JAMA Network Open) Fungal The Last of Us ( Wikipedia) Challenges to vaccinating against coccidioidomycosis (OFID) Cryptococcosis: the story (OFID) Pneumocystis pneumonia: clinical spectrum, prophylaxis and delayed treatment (Intensive Care Medicine) Improve utilization of 1,3 β-D-glucan Testing(OFID) Music is by Ronald Jenkees