Infectious Disease Puscast #64

On episode #64 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 9/14 – 9/25/24.

Host: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong

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• Viral
• Outcomes of Intravenous Immunoglobulin treatment of immunocompromised patients with viral respiratory infections (Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology)
• Comparative Emergence of Maribavir and Ganciclovir Resistance for Treatment of Cytomegalovirus Infection (JID)
• Antibody persistence and safety of a live-attenuated chikungunya virus vaccine up to 2 years after single-dose administration in adults in the USA (LANCET Infectious Disease)
• Bacterial
• Determinant of 30-Day Mortality of Pulmonary Legionellosis (OFID)
• Donor-derived bartonellosis in Solid Organ Transplant recipients (American Journal of Transplantation)
• An Opt-Out Emergency Department Screening Intervention Leads to Major Increases in Diagnosis of Syphilis (OFID)
• Fungal
• The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube)
• Fungal disease week (CDC)
• Bridging Echinocandin with Azole antifungal Therapy On Prevention Of Invasive Candidiasis Post Lung Transplantation (OFID)
• Early Introductions of Candida auris Detected by Wastewater Surveillance, Utah, USA, 2022–2023 (Emerging Infectious Diseases)
• Parasitic
• Toxoplasma gondii Infection of Alzheimer's Disease Mice Reduces Brain Amyloid Density Globally and Regionally (JID)
• Miscellaneous
• Effect of Social Distancing Caused by Heavy Snowfall on Seasonal Influenza Epidemic in a Local Region in Japan (Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal)

Music is by Ronald Jenkees

Information on this podcast should not be considered as medical advice.