Persiflagers Infectious Disease Puscast

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March 1 - 15 2021. COVID stuff. Sparganosis is everywhere. Cat Bites. Giardia. Plague. And more.

Feb 15 - 28 2021. COVID stuff. Sepsis quibbles. New Mycoplasm. Avoid coughing pigs and lemurs. And more.

Feb 1 - 15, 2021. COVID stuff. Treating Aspergillus. No GBS with flu vaccine. Spin. And more.

Jan 15 - 31, 2021. COVID stuff. SAB screw up. Yet another arbovirus. Vitamin D. Group A strep. And more.

Jan 1 - 15, 2021. COVID stuff. Where is Legionella from? CSD FUO. 4000 year old trench fever. Sweet Sporothrix And more.

Dec 15 - 31, 2020. COVID stuff. Hannibal's eye. Treating UTI. Group A Streptococcus and clindamycin. Blastocystis: non pathogen. And more.

Dec 1 - 15, 2020. COVID stuff. Still treating ASB. Cryptococcal CRAP. Standard of care. And more.

Nov 15 - 30, 2020. COVID stuff. HAFF a disease is better than none? UTI with ESBL. Magic. And more.

Nov 1 - 15, 2020. Some COVID stuff. E. coli means cancer. All BCG is not the same. Clindamycin for osteoarticular infections. And more.

Oct 15 - 31, 2020. Some COVID stuff. Dont eat raw slugs. More reasons to wear a mask. Bone biopsy in the diabetic foot. Rifabutin instead of rifampin And more.

Oct 1 - 15,, 2020. Stupid IDSA button. Some COVID stuff. PJP and Steroids. Dont be poor. Take my appendix. And more.

Sep 15 - 30, 2020. Some COVID stuff. A new Q. Holy water Cholera. And more.

Sep 1 - 15, 2020. Some COVID stuff. NURF CAP. Guideline adherence. Don't pop tick blood into your eye. And more.

Aug 31 - 15, 2020. Prevent COVID, Prevent flu?. A negative MRSA screen is very reveraling. Syphylis 9 times. Smoking and fungi. And more.

Aug 1 - 15, 2020. Some COVID stuff. Anaplasma. Endocarditis. UTI. Leprosy. Plague. And more.

July 15 - 31, 2020. Insured dogs get antibiotics. Some COVID stuff. We are doomed. Avoid raw milk and raw frogs and raw pig. Vectors spread. Nad more.

July 1 - 15, 2020. Some COVID stuff. We are doomed. Immigrants, watch your biome. Austrailians make a pun. Flu prevention. And more

June 15 - 30, 2020. Some COVID. Dont get a CXR. Legionella from toilet plume Odd germs. And more.

June 1 - 15, 2020. COVID. Cocci. Fungal complications. Flu stuff. And more.

May 31 - 15, 2020. Bad Bug. Covid transmission. Recurrent Meningitis. Cannibis and mold. And more.

May 1 - 15, 2020. Brucella risks. COVID treatment. Meningococcal disease. PJP. And more.

April 15 - 30, 2020. China. And more.

April 1 - 15, 2020. Vitamin C doesn't work for sepsis. Nacho Botulism. HSV 2 is from Chimps. VZV is from Europe. And more.

March 15 - 31, 2020. No COVID. Bactrim and Osteomyelitis. MonkeyPox. ECHO after endocarditis? Nope. Person to person Hanta. Why is GC resistant. And more.

March 1 - 15, 2020. Don't use Clinda. Blood cultures skip. Cats and Sporo. ID consults save lives. Odd sentences in OFID. And more.

February 15 - 28, 2020. Can you duck flu? More fosfomycin. Empiric MRSA therapy is bad. HTLV and Strongyloides. And more.

February 1 - 15, 2020. How long to treat PJI. Dont get echos for septic joints. More blood in the bottles. Whipples on the brain. And more.

January 15 to 31, 2020. Pets and C. difficile. PJI. Meningococcus and herd immunity. ID saves lives. Tavr IE. And more.

January 1 to 15, 2020. Septic arthritis. Measles is older than we thought. Get more blood for blood cultures. GC more resistance. And more.

December 15 to 31, 2019. Different organisms, different echos. Flu vaccine works. Odd Mycoplasma manifestations. SAB and PJI. And more.

December 1 to 15, 2019. The optimal way to diagnose vertebral infection. FSTS or HFRS? Something tick borne this way comes. So many crap studies are labeled as 'major article'. IV fosfomycin soon? And more.

November 15 to 30, 2019. Identify your Aspergillus. Autoclave a cat? Dont kill dogs. Flu vaccine works. 8 days a week is you need to treat. And more.

November 1 to 15, 2019. Dapto and Statins. Shewanella in Seals. Sepsis hysteria. Prevent VAP? And more.

October 15 to 31, 2019. Less is better. Unless its getting an ID consult. Cows get flu and die. No parasites in the skin. Yaws ain't a burger any more. And more.

October 1 to 15, 2019. Flu vaccine works. Who needs an eye doctor? Or an ID doctor? Capt. obvious writes a conclusion. Insects never bite. Rectal CGC a warning. Which oral therapy for bacteremia? And more.

September 15 to 30, 2019. Babesia splenic rupture. 7 days for bacteremia. Hanta moves. Kissing bugs not contagious? Strep in the homeless . And more.

September 1 to 15, 2019. Flu B bad. Vaccine good. Source control rules. Vitamin D and URI. Don't get a tattoo. And more.

August 15 to 31, 2019. Cane Toads wont die. GC blue light special. The bad bourbon. Resistance is good. And more.

August 1 to 15, 2019. Disseminated GC. Strep PJI. Low testosterone and Hep C. Cure diabetes with a parasite?. And more.

July 15 to 31, 2019. Babesia spreading. Procalcitonin. why bother. Add cefepime, then stop it. MandM. And more.

July 1 to 15, 2019. Beware lab error. Avian trematodes in the eye. Diagnose Legionella. Stupid staph tricks. And more.

June 15 to 30, 2019. Avoid anchovies. Pcn G for S. aureus. Another Borellia. Treat flu asap. HPV vaccine doesnt increase sexual activity. And more.

May 1 to 15, 2019. ESBL's.There's lots of paracocci. Oral ribavirin is cheaper and works for RSV. Do not French kiss a tongue ulcer. Autoimmune HSIV. And more.

June 1 to 15, 2019. Make the right diagnosis. Pregnancy and flu. "Holistic" Lyme treatment. Avoid antibiotics in CHF And more.

May 15 to 31, 2019. Camel flu. Pig herpes. Unattractive men have to use condoms. Lyme in the City. Leech bite. And more.

April 15 to 30, 2019. Bugs move north. Best treatment for MRSA? Half assed antibiotics work great for arthritis. Knowing what you are doing improves Candidemia outcomes. And more.

April 1 to 15, 2019. Vaccines work. Chaga's from sex. Normal temperature is? HTLV-1 from self-flagellation. Don't let the dog sniff dead prairie dogs. And more.

March 15 to 31, 2019. Measles kills,, HPV in the throat. Diagnose Whipples. PO for SAB. Lung nodules: an Italian parasite And more.

March 1 to 15, 2019. Treating latent TB. Windex syndrome. Vaccine infection. Cellulitis: Be patient. And more.