Infectious Disease Puscast #90

On episode #90 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 9/12/25 – 9/24/25.

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• Viral
• Crushed Bictegravir/Emtricitabine/Tenofovir Alafenamide (OFID)
• Tracking County-Level Measles Cases in the US (JAMA Nework)
• Tracking measles in US (Hopkins)
•  Pediatric influenza-associated encephalopathy and acute necrotizing encephalopathy (MMWR)
• Clinical recommendations for Lenacapivir (MMWR)
  Bacterial
• Primary oral vancomycin prophylaxis to stem an outbreak of Clostridioides difficile infection in intensive care patients (Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol)
• Clinical features and treatment strategies of Q fever spinal infection (OFID)
  Fungal
• Last of Us Season 2
• The Pain is in the Brain (J Inf Dis)
  Parasitic
• Chagas Disease, an Endemic Disease in the United States (MMWR)
• Fixed-dose ivermectin for Mass Drug Administration (PLoS NTD)
• Outbreak of eosinophilic meningitis caused by the rat lungworm (Angiostrongylus cantonensis) in South Brazil (Am J Trop Med Hyg)
• Human monoclonal antibody MAM01 for protection against malaria in adults in the USA (Lancet Inf Dis)
• Permethrin-Treated Baby Wraps for the Prevention of Malaria (NEJM)
  Miscellaneous
• Ambient Documentation Technology in Clinician Experience of Documentation Burden and Burnout (JAMA Network Open)

Music is by Ronald Jenkees

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