Infectious Disease Puscast #86

On episode #86 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel reviews the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 7/22 – 8/1/25. Host: Daniel Griffin Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of Puscast! Links for this episode Viral Long-term clinical sequelae among Sudan ebolavirus disease survivors 2 years post-infection (BMC Medicine) Bacterial War on AMR: High MDR carriage rates among war-injured Ukrainian refugees (CMI: Clinical Microbiology and Infection) Oral washes and tongue swabs for Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra-based tuberculosis diagnosis in people with and without the ability to make sputum (CID) Fungal The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube) Progression from Candida auris Colonization Screening to Clinical Case Status, United States, 2016–2023 (CDC: Emerging Infectious Diseases) Regional Emergence of Candida auris in Chicago and Lessons Learned From Intensive Follow-up at 1 Ventilator-Capable Skilled Nursing Facility (CID) Infection Control Guidance: Candida auris (CDC: Candida auris) Twice Weekly Sulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim for Pneumocystis jiroveci Pneumonia Prophylaxis in Lung Transplant Recipients(Transplant Infectious Disease) Parasitic Toxoplasma gondii infection of neurons alters the production and content of extracellular vesicles directing astrocyte phenotype and contributing to the loss of GLT-1 in the infected brain (PLoS Pathogens) Baylisascariasis (Raccoon Roundworm Infection) in Two Unrelated Children  (CDC: MMWR) Miscellaneous A Review of Alpha Gal Syndrome for the Infectious Diseases Practitioner (OFID) Music is by Ronald Jenkees Information on this podcast should not be considered as medical advice.