by Vincent Racaniello
A review of the infectious diseases literature from the previous two weeks.
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April 29, 2025
<p>On episode #79 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 4/10/25 – 4/23/25.</p> <div class="fluid-width-video-wrapper">Hosts: <a title="" href="http://www.parasiteswithoutborders.com/"><strong>Daniel Griffin</strong></a> and <a href= "https://febrilepodcast.com/about-us/"><strong>Sara Dong</strong></a></div> <p>Subscribe (free): <strong><a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/infectious-disease-podcast/id1622649470"> Apple Podcasts</a>, <a href= "https://feeds.libsyn.com/413927/rss">RSS</a></strong>, email</p> <p>Become a <a href= "https://www.microbe.tv/contribute">patron</a> of Puscast!</p> <h3 id="links-for-this-episode" class="wp-block-heading"> <strong>Links for this episode</strong></h3> <ul class="wp-block-list"> <li><strong>Viral</strong></li> <li>An ancient <a href= "https://academic.oup.com/jid/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/infdis/jiaf189/8109459?redirectedFrom=fulltext&utm_source=advanceaccess&utm_campaign=jid&utm_medium=email#google_vignette"><strong>Epstein-Barr virus</strong></a> genome recovered from a museum penis gourd from Papua (JID)</li> <li><a href= "https://academic.oup.com/ofid/article/12/4/ofaf188/8109001#google_vignette"> <strong>Patterns of Decline</strong></a> in Measles, Mumps, and Rubella Neutralizing Antibodies and Protection Levels Through 10 Years After a Second and Third Dose of MMR Vaccine (OFID)</li> <li>Tecovirimat for <a href= "https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2412439?query=TOC"><strong>Clade I MPXV</strong></a> Infection in the Democratic Republic of Congo(NEJM)</li> <li><strong>Bacterial</strong></li> <li><a href= "https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scitranslmed.adp6411"><strong>Rapid tuberculosis diagnosis</strong></a> from respiratory or blood samples by a low cost, portable lab-in-tube assay(Science Translational Medicine)</li> <li>New handheld device can <a href= "https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/tuberculosis/new-handheld-device-can-diagnose-tb-without-lab-under-hour-its-developers-say"><strong>diagnose TB</strong></a> without a lab in under an hour, its developers say(CIDRAP)</li> <li><a href= "https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(25)00088-X/fulltext?dgcid=raven_jbs_aip_email"> <strong>Maternal mastitis and streptococcal toxic shock syndrome</strong></a> risk from breastfeeding children with scarlet fever (LANCET: Infectious Diseases)</li> <li>Risk Factors for Mortality Among Older Adults with <a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40121-024-01104-z"><strong>Hospital-Acquired Bloodstream Infections</strong></a> in the Intensive Care Unit(Infectious Diseases and Therapy)</li> <li>Bacteremia in Pediatric <a href= "https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/tid.70030"><strong>Solid Organ Transplant</strong></a> Recipients within 1 Year of Transplant(Transplant Infectious Disease)</li> <li><a href= "https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)00628-2/abstract"> <strong>Oral gepotidacin</strong></a> for the treatment of uncomplicated urogenital gonorrhoea (EAGLE-1) (LANCET)</li> <li>Consequences of Climate Change on the Emergence of <a href="https://academic.oup.com/ofid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/ofid/ofaf232/8119010?utm_source=advanceaccess&utm_campaign=ofid&utm_medium=email"><strong>Pathogenic, Environmentally Acquired</strong></a> Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (OFID)</li> <li>Addition of <a href= "https://academic.oup.com/jid/article/231/4/e713/7932176?utm_source=etoc&utm_campaign=jid&utm_medium=email&nbd=40427954633&nbd_source=campaigner"><strong>Macrolide Antibiotics</strong></a> for Hospital Treatment of Community-Acquired Pneumonia (JID)</li> <li><a href= "https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/tid.70036?campaign=wolearlyview"> <strong>Point-of-Care</strong> <strong>Testing</strong></a>by Multiplex-PCR in Different Compartments in Suspected Lower Respiratory Tract Infection After Lung Transplantation(Transplant Infectious Disease)</li> <li><strong>Fungal</strong></li> <li><a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48WJNnNefvI"><strong>The Last of US Season 2</strong></a> (YouTube)</li> <li>Pathway-instructed therapeutic selection of ruxolitinib reduces neuroinflammation in <a href= "https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/sciadv.adi9885?rfr_dat=cr_pub++0pubmed&url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori%3Arid%3Acrossref.org"><strong>fungal postinfectious inflammatory syndrome</strong></a> (Science Advances)</li> <li>Use of Dog Serologic Data for Improved Understanding of <a href= "https://academic.oup.com/jid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/infdis/jiaf184/8108831?utm_source=advanceaccess&utm_campaign=jid&utm_medium=email"><strong>Coccidioidomycosis</strong></a> (JID)</li> <li><strong>Parasitic</strong></li> <li>Uganda launches largest <a href= "https://www.afro.who.int/countries/uganda/news/uganda-launches-largest-malaria-vaccine-introduction-date?mtm_source=25"><strong>malaria vaccine</strong></a> introduction to date(WHO: Uganda)</li> <li>Long-term follow-up of individuals with <a href= "https://www.clinicalmicrobiologyandinfection.com/article/S1198-743X(25)00137-5/abstract"><strong>Chagas disease</strong></a> treated with posaconazole and benznidazole in a non-endemic region(CMI: Clinical Microbiology and Infection)</li> <li><strong>Miscellaneous</strong></li> <li>Monoclonal Antibodies From Children With <a href= "https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0023683725000418"><strong>Acute Kawasaki Disease</strong></a> Identify a Common Antigenic Target in Fatal Cases Over 5 Decades (Laboratory Investigation)</li> <li>Screwworm <a href= "https://www.facebook.com/SaludChiapasOficial/posts/pfbid0ZVrnH8Z3Rs5XvvV2cJhJaQW1bWnZge7MD8KoV4tAEXjqr3tPGwtGbaocDRa5M5bYl?mtm_source=25"><strong>Cochliomyia hominivorax</strong></a> (Facebook)</li> </ul> <p>Music is by <a href= "http://www.ronaldjenkees.com/"><strong>Ronald Jenkees</strong></a></p> <p>Information on this podcast should not be considered as medical advice.</p>
April 15, 2025
<p>On episode #78 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 3/27/25 – 4/9/25.</p> <div class="fluid-width-video-wrapper">Hosts: <a title="" href="http://www.parasiteswithoutborders.com/"><strong>Daniel Griffin</strong></a> and <a href= "https://febrilepodcast.com/about-us/"><strong>Sara Dong</strong></a></div> <p>Subscribe (free): <strong><a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/infectious-disease-podcast/id1622649470"> Apple Podcasts</a>, <a href= "https://feeds.libsyn.com/413927/rss">RSS</a></strong>, email</p> <p>Become a <a href= "https://www.microbe.tv/contribute">patron</a> of Puscast!</p> <h3 id="links-for-this-episode" class="wp-block-heading"> <strong>Links for this episode</strong></h3> <ul class="wp-block-list"> <li><strong>Viral</strong></li> <li>Demise of the <a href= "https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciaf157/8096457?utm_source=advanceaccess&utm_campaign=cid&utm_medium=email"><strong>Milwaukee protocol</strong></a> for rabies (CID)</li> <li>A natural experiment on the effect of <a href= "https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-08800-x"><strong>herpes zoster vaccination</strong></a> on dementia (Nature)</li> <li>Taking a <a href= "https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-1207/"><strong>shot at dementia</strong></a>(microbeTV: TWiV)</li> <li>Recommendations from the 10th European Conference on Infections in Leukaemia for the management of <a href= "https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(25)00069-6/abstract"><strong>cytomegalovirus</strong></a>in patients after allogeneic haematopoietic cell transplantation and other T-cell-engaging therapies (LANCET: Infectious Diseases)</li> <li><a href= "https://www.gastrojournal.org/article/S0016-5085(25)00411-1/abstract"> <strong>Epstein-Barr virus</strong></a> exposure precedes Crohn`s disease development (Gastroenterology aga)</li> <li><strong>Bacterial</strong></li> <li><a href= "https://www.gsk.com/en-gb/media/press-releases/blujepa-gepotidacin-approved-by-us-fda-for-treatment-of-uncomplicated-urinary-tract-infections/"> <strong>Blujepa (gepotidacin)</strong></a> approved by US FDA for treatment of uncomplicated urinary tract infections (uUTIs) in female adults and paediatric patients 12 years of age and older (GSK)</li> <li>GSK wins FDA nod for first oral <a href= "https://www.biospace.com/drug-development/gsk-wins-fda-nod-for-first-oral-uti-antibiotic-in-almost-30-years"><strong>UTI antibiotic</strong></a> in almost 30 years(BioSpace)</li> <li>Efficacy and safety of individualised versus standard 10-day antibiotic treatment in children with <a href= "https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(25)00075-1/abstract"><strong>febrile urinary tract infection</strong></a> (INDI-UTI): a pragmatic, open-label, multicentre, randomised, controlled, non-inferiority trial in Denmark (LANCET: Infectious Diseases)</li> <li>Frequency and severity of <a href= "https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/mus.28410"><strong>Myasthenia Gravis</strong></a> exacerbations associated with the use of ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin, and azithromycin (Muscle & Nerve)</li> <li>The cost of blood cultures: a <a href= "https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanmic/article/PIIS2666-5247(25)00053-9/fulltext?dgcid=raven_jbs_aip_email"><strong>barrier to diagnosis</strong></a> in low-income and middle-income countries</li> <li>(LANCET: Microbe)</li> <li><a href= "https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanmic/article/PIIS2666-5247(24)00328-8/fulltext"> <strong>Rethinking</strong></a> blood culture (LANCET: Microbe)</li> <li>Trends in <a href= "https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/cid/ciaf171/8104456?redirectedFrom=fulltext"><strong>Anaplasmosis</strong></a> Over the Past Decade: A Review of Clinical Features, Laboratory Data and Outcomes(CID)</li> <li><strong>Fungal</strong></li> <li><a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48WJNnNefvI"><strong>The Last of US Season 2</strong></a> (YouTube)</li> <li>Cracks in the curriculum: the <a href= "https://academic.oup.com/ofid/article/12/4/ofaf145/8101540"><strong>hidden deficiencies</strong></a> in fungal disease coverage in medical books (OFID)</li> <li><a href= "https://academic.oup.com/ofid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/ofid/ofaf209/8105799"> <strong>Kazachstania slooffiae fungemia</strong></a>: a case report and literature review on an emerging opportunistic pathogen in humans (OFID)</li> <li>Plasma microbial cell-free DNS metagenomic sequencing for diagnosis of <a href= "https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/cid/ciaf170/8104460?redirectedFrom=fulltext"><strong>invasive fungal diseases</strong></a> among high risk outpatient and inpatient immunocompromised hosts (CID)</li> <li><strong>Parasitic</strong></li> <li>Fatal Case of <a href= "https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/74/wr/mm7410a2.htm?s_cid=mm7410a2_e&ACSTrackingID=USCDC_921-DM146104&ACSTrackingLabel=This%20Week%20in%20MMWR%3A%20Vol.%2074%2C%20March%2027%2C%202025&deliveryName=USCDC_921-DM146104"><strong>Splash Pad</strong></a>–Associated Naegleria fowleri Meningoencephalitis — Pulaski County, Arkansas, September 2023 (CDC: MMWR)</li> <li>Notes from the Field: <a href= "https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/74/wr/mm7410a4.htm?s_cid=mm7410a4_e&ACSTrackingID=USCDC_921-DM146104&ACSTrackingLabel=This%20Week%20in%20MMWR%3A%20Vol.%2074%2C%20March%2027%2C%202025&deliveryName=USCDC_921-DM146104"><strong>Fatal Acanthamoeba Encephalitis</strong></a> in a patient who regularly used tap water in an electronic nasal irrigation device and a continuous positive airway pressure machine at home — new Mexico, 2023 (CDC: MMWR)</li> <li><a href= "https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMra2405313?query=TOC&cid=DM2393734_Non_Subscriber&bid=-1413621066"> <strong>Malaria</strong></a> (NEJM)</li> <li><strong>Miscellaneous</strong></li> <li>FDA grants marketing authorization of <a href= "https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-grants-marketing-authorization-first-home-test-chlamydia-gonorrhea-and-trichomoniasis"><strong>first home test</strong></a> for chlamydia, gonorrhea and trichomoniasis (FDA)</li> </ul> <p>Music is by <a href= "http://www.ronaldjenkees.com/"><strong>Ronald Jenkees</strong></a></p> <p>Information on this podcast should not be considered as medical advice.</p>
April 1, 2025
<p>On episode #77 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 3/13/25 – 3/26/25.</p> <div class="fluid-width-video-wrapper">Hosts: <a title="" href="http://www.parasiteswithoutborders.com/"><strong>Daniel Griffin</strong></a> and <a href= "https://febrilepodcast.com/about-us/"><strong>Sara Dong</strong></a></div> <p>Subscribe (free): <strong><a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/infectious-disease-podcast/id1622649470"> Apple Podcasts</a>, <a href= "https://feeds.libsyn.com/413927/rss">RSS</a></strong>, email</p> <p>Become a <a href= "https://www.microbe.tv/contribute">patron</a> of Puscast!</p> <h3 id="links-for-this-episode" class="wp-block-heading"> <strong>Links for this episode</strong></h3> <ul class="wp-block-list"> <li><strong>Viral</strong></li> <li>Food is medicine for human immunodeficiency virus: improved health and hospitalizations in the changing health through food support (<a href= "https://academic.oup.com/jid/article-abstract/231/3/573/7663450?redirectedFrom=fulltext&utm_source=etoc&utm_campaign=jid&utm_medium=email"><strong>chefs-hiv</strong></a>) pragmatic randomized trial (JID)</li> <li>The epidemiology and burden of <a href= "https://academic.oup.com/jpids/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/jpids/piaf026/8090469?redirectedFrom=fulltext&utm_source=advanceaccess&utm_campaign=jpids&utm_medium=email"><strong>human parainfluenza</strong></a> virus hospitalizations in u.s. children (Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society)</li> <li><strong>Bacterial</strong></li> <li>Epidemiology and outcomes of <a href= "https://academic.oup.com/ofid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/ofid/ofaf151/8071844"><strong>bloodstream infections</strong></a> in patients in a burns intensive care unit: an eight-year retrospective study(OFID)</li> <li>Prophylactic vancomycin in the primary prevention of <a href= "https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/tid.70025?campaign=wolearlyview"><strong>clostridium difficile</strong></a> in allogeneic stem cell transplant(Transplant Infectious Disease)</li> <li>Incidence of <a href= "https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2408645"><strong>scrub typhus</strong></a> in rural south India (NEJM)</li> <li>Antibiotic treatment for <a href= "https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2404991?query=TOC&cid=DM2391520_Non_Subscriber&bid=-1435261390"><strong>7 versus 14 days</strong></a> in patients with bloodstream infections(NEJM)</li> <li>Blood <a href= "https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.124.040218?utm_campaign=sciencenews24-25&utm_source=science-news&utm_medium=phd-link&utm_content=phd-03-17-25&s=09"><strong>Culture–Negative</strong></a> Endocarditis(Journal of the American Heart Association)</li> <li><a href= "https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/31/4/24-1721_article"><strong> Brucella suis</strong></a> Infection in Cardiac Implantable Device of Man Exposed to Feral Swine Meat, Florida, USA (CDC Emerging Infectious Diseases)</li> <li>Hyperbilirubinemia at hospitalization <a href= "https://journals.lww.com/hepcomm/fulltext/2025/04010/hyperbilirubinemia_at_hospitalization_predicts.3.aspx?context=latestarticles"><strong>predicts</strong></a> nosocomial infection in decompensated cirrhosis (Hepatology Communicatons)</li> <li><strong>Fungal</strong></li> <li><a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48WJNnNefvI"><strong>The Last of US Season 2</strong></a> (YouTube)</li> <li>Fungal Infections in People Who <a href= "https://academic.oup.com/ofid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/ofid/ofaf107/8037793#google_vignette%22"><strong>Use Drugs</strong></a> (OFID)</li> <li>IDSA 2025 guideline update on the treatment of asymptomatic <a href= "https://www.idsociety.org/practice-guideline/histoplasmosis-2025/?utm_source=MarketingCloud&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=03192025+IDSA+News&utm_content=IDSA+guideline+on+histoplasmosis+management"><strong>histoplasma</strong></a> pulmonary nodules (histoplasmomas) and mild or moderate acute pulmonary histoplasmosis in adults, children, and pregnant people(IDSA: Infectisous Disease Society of America)</li> <li>Changing trends in the sources and volumes of clinical cultures with <a href= "https://www.ajicjournal.org/article/S0196-6553(25)00114-2/abstract"><strong>Candida auris</strong></a> at a large health system, 2019-2023 (American Journal of Infection Control)</li> <li>Diagnostic test accuracy of the Fungitell serum (1→3)-β-D-glucan assay for the diagnosis of <a href= "https://www.clinicalmicrobiologyandinfection.com/article/S1198-743X(24)00530-5/fulltext"><strong>Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia</strong></a>: a systematic review and meta-analysis (CMI: Clinical Microbiology and Infection)</li> <li><strong>Parasitic</strong></li> <li>Impact of <a href= "https://academic.oup.com/ofid/article/12/3/ofaf009/8069334?utm_source=advanceaccess&utm_campaign=ofid&utm_medium=email#google_vignette"><strong>Strongyloides stercoralis</strong></a> Coinfection on Disease Severity and Treatment Outcomes in Pulmonary Tuberculosis (OFID)</li> <li>Hematology thin smears perform equally to parasitology thick and thin blood smears for the diagnosis of <a href= "https://journals.asm.org/doi/full/10.1128/jcm.01601-24"><strong>Plasmodium and Babesia</strong></a> infections in a low prevalence setting (Journal of Clinical Microbiology)</li> <li>Notes from the Field: Rhodesiense Human African Trypanosomiasis (<a href= "https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/74/wr/mm7409a3.htm?s_cid=mm7409a3_e&ACSTrackingID=USCDC_921-DM145966&ACSTrackingLabel=This%20Week%20in%20MMWR%3A%20Vol.%2074%2C%20March%2020%2C%202025&deliveryName=USCDC_921-DM145966"><strong>Sleeping Sickness</strong></a>) in a Traveler Returning from Zimbabwe — United States, August 2024 (CDC: MMWR)</li> <li><strong>Miscellaneous</strong></li> <li>The history of <a href= "https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(25)00210-5/abstract?dgcid=raven_jbs_aip_email"><strong>phage therapy</strong></a> LANCET: Infectious Diseases)</li> <li><a href= "https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciaf155/8092436"> <strong>Silence</strong></a>=death redux: infectious diseases, public health, and the imperative to resist (CID)</li> <li><a href= "https://wojfound.org/biblio/silence-death-1990/"><strong>Silence = Death, 1990</strong></a>(David Wojnarowicz Foundation)</li> <li><a href= "https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/objects/159258"><strong>SILENCE=DEATH</strong></a> (B200KLYN Museaum)</li> </ul> <p>Music is by <a href= "http://www.ronaldjenkees.com/"><strong>Ronald Jenkees</strong></a></p> <p>Information on this podcast should not be considered as medical advice.</p>
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Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists
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American College of Physicians
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