Infectious Disease Puscast #86

On episode #86 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel reviews the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 7/22 – 8/1/25.

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• Viral
• Long-term clinical sequelae among Sudan ebolavirus disease survivors 2 years post-infection (BMC Medicine)
• Bacterial
• War on AMR: High MDR carriage rates among war-injured Ukrainian refugees (CMI: Clinical Microbiology and Infection)
• Oral washes and tongue swabs for Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra-based tuberculosis diagnosis in people with and without the ability to make sputum (CID)
• Fungal
• The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube)
• Progression from Candida auris Colonization Screening to Clinical Case Status, United States, 2016–2023 (CDC: Emerging Infectious Diseases)
• Regional Emergence of Candida auris in Chicago and Lessons Learned From Intensive Follow-up at 1 Ventilator-Capable Skilled Nursing Facility (CID)
• Infection Control Guidance: Candida auris (CDC: Candida auris)
• Twice Weekly Sulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim for Pneumocystis jiroveci Pneumonia Prophylaxis in Lung Transplant Recipients(Transplant Infectious Disease)
• Parasitic
• Toxoplasma gondii infection of neurons alters the production and content of extracellular vesicles directing astrocyte phenotype and contributing to the loss of GLT-1 in the infected brain (PLoS Pathogens)
• Baylisascariasis (Raccoon Roundworm Infection) in Two Unrelated Children  (CDC: MMWR)
• Miscellaneous
• A Review of Alpha Gal Syndrome for the Infectious Diseases Practitioner (OFID)

Music is by Ronald Jenkees

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