Infectious Disease Puscast #87

On episode #87 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 7/31/25 – 8/18/25. Host: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of Puscast! Links for this episode Viral Adjuvanted recombinant zoster vaccine is effective against herpes zoster ophthalmicus, and is associated with lower risk of acute myocardial infarction and stroke in adults aged ≥50 years (CID) Bacterial Dalbavancin for Treatment of Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia (JAMA) Propensity-Matched Comparison of Timely vs. Delayed Antibiotic Therapy in Stenotrophomonas maltophilia Pneumoni (OFID) The proportion of Treponema pallidum PCR-positive primary syphilis infections which are seronegative for syphilis (OFID) Cefixime versus benzathine penicillin G for the treatment of early syphilis (Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy) Dalbavancin for Treatment of Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia (JAMA) Fungal The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube) Parasitic Increasing Length of the Babesia Season in New England in the Climate Change Era (OFID) Ivermectin to Control Malaria (NEJM) Miscellaneous ACIP Recommendations Summary (CDC: Influenza) Relative effectiveness of high-dose versus standard-dose influenza vaccine against hospitalizations and mortality according to frailty score (JID) Music is by Ronald Jenkees Information on this podcast should not be considered as medical advice.