Infectious Disease Puscast #28

On episode #28 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 4/26 – 5/10/23.

Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong

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• Unprecedented outbreak of West Nile Virus (CDC)
• Approval of first RSV vaccine approved for individuals 60 years and older (FDA)
• FDA approves orally administered fecal microbiota product for the prevention of recurrence of C-difficile (FDA)
• Using thermal imaging to track cellulitis (OFID)
• Burden of Typhoid and Paratyphoid fever in India (NEJM)
• Early switch to oral antimicrobials in brain abscess (CMI)
• Considering vancomycin alternatives for pediatric methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (JPIDS)
• Navigating treatment options for Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii-calcoaceticus complex infections (CID)
• 2023 Duke-ISCVID criteria for infective Endocarditis (CID)
• Molecular characterization of Candida auris outbreak isolates in Qatar from COVID-19 patients (CMI)
• Amplicon sequencing reveals complex infection in infants congenitally infected with Trypanosoma cruzi (JID)
• Impact of Sequestration on Artemisinin-Induced Parasite Clearance in Plasmodium falciparum Malaria (CID)
• Advances in artificial intelligence for infectious disease surveillance (NEJM)

Music is by Ronald Jenkees