Infectious Disease Puscast #6

On episode #6 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the previous two weeks, 6/23/22 – 7/6/22. Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong Click arrow to play Download Puscast 006 (19 MB .mp3, 31 min) Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of Puscast! Links for this episode Analysis of acute Hepatitis of unknown etiology in children aged (CDC) A contemporary review of Monkeypox for healthcare workers (IDSA) Rapid antigen test for detection of orthopoxviruses (The Lancet) Decision making regarding anal cancer screening in HIV-positive people (IDSA) Updated guidelines for testing of transplant candidates (CDC) Effect of automated telephone infectious disease consultations to nonacademic hospitals (JAMA) Prevalence and predictors of Pseudomonas aeruginosa among hospitalized patients (OFID) High yield of blood cultures in the diagnosis of cellulitis and more in elderly patients (OFID) The impact of glove and gown use on C. difficile (CID) Antibiotic therapeutic drug monitoring in critically ill patients CID) Utility of induced sputum in assessing bacterial etiology in children (JPIDS) Epidemiology of UTI infections due to Enterobacterales (OFID) Analysis of linezolid combined with methadone or buprenorphine (OFID) Management of histoplasmosis by ID physicians (OFID) Increased deaths from fungal infections during pandemic (CID) Clinical utility of antifungal susceptibility testing (JAC) Spotlight on sporothrix and sporotrichosis (Mycopathologia)  Guidelines on diagnosing, preventing, and managing cryptococcal disease in HIV-positive adults and children (WHO) Dracunculiasis eradication: end stage challenges (ASTMH)  Range expansion of native and invasive ticks (JID) Vaccine-hesitant moment (NEJM) FDG-PET-CT compared with CT for persistent fever in high-risk patients (The Lancet) Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees