Infectious Disease Puscast #62

On episode #62 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 8/15/24 – 8/28/24. Host: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of Puscast! Links for this episode Viral Clinician Specialty and HIV PrEP Prescription Reversals and abandonments (JAMA Network: JAMA Internal Medicine) The association between adherence to antiretroviral therapy and viral suppression under dolutegravir-based regimens (JIAS Journal of the International AIDS Society) Dexamethasone in adults with viral meningitis (CMI Clinical Microbiology and Infection) Oropouche Virus Disease Among U.S. Travelers — United States, 2024 (MMWR) Oropouche fever, the mysterious threat (LANCET: Infectious Diseases) Bacterial High rates of Non-susceptibility to common oral antibiotics in Streptococcus pneumoniae clinical isolates (OFID) New York State Department of Health Directs Providers to Discontinue Use of Ciprofloxacin to Prevent Meningococcal Disease Due to Increasing Antimicrobial Resistance (NY State: Department of Health) Tularemia Associated with Harbor Seal Necropsy — Kitsap County, Washington, October 2023 (MMWR) FDA Marketing Authorization Enables Increased Access to First Step of Syphilis Diagnosis (FDA) Clinical impact of pleural fluid Streptococcus pneumoniae PCR testing in children with complicated pneumonia (CID) The Role of the Gut, Urine and Vaginal Microbiome on the Pathogenesis of Urinary Tract Infection (OFID) Fungal The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube) Two dose levels of once-weekly fosravuconazole versus daily itraconazole in combination with surgery in patients with eumycetoma in Sudan (LANCET Infectious disease) Parasitic Usefulness of real-time PCR for urogenital schistosomiasis in preschool children in Angola (PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases) Helminth infection driven gastrointestinal hypermotility alterations in smooth muscle instead of enteric neurons (PLoS Pathogens) Die-off reaction of Demodex mites after treating demodicosis with oral ivermectin (JAAD case reports) Miscellaneous Prevalence of carbapenem-resistant gram negative bacteria among neonates suspected for sepsis in Africa (BMC Infectious Diseases) New era of targeted clinical guidelines: IDSA (CID) Defining the landscape of educational experiences in transplant infectious diseases (OFID) Music is by Ronald Jenkees Information on this podcast should not be considered as medical advice.