Infectious Disease Puscast

On episode #98 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel reviews the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 1/1/26 – 1/14/26.
Host: Daniel Griffin
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Viral
Rhinovirus-Associated Lower Respiratory Tract Infection in Hospitalized Adult Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study (JID)
Demise of the Milwaukee Protocol for Rabies (CID)
Reply to Willoughby on Demise of the Milwaukee Protocol for Rabies (CID)
Bacterial
Clinical Practice Guideline by Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA): 2025 Guideline on Management and Treatment of Complicated Urinary Tract Infections: Introduction and Methods (CID)
Reassessing the 2023 International Society for Cardiovascular Infectious Diseases Duke clinical criteria for infective endocarditis: Impact of excluding fever and updating diagnostic definition (CID)
The diagnostic accuracy of procalcitonin for community-acquired bacteremia: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis (CMI: Clincal Microbiology and Infection)
Noninferiority of One HPV Vaccine Dose to TwoDoses (NEJM)
About the wastewater program (Colorado: Department of Public & Environment)
Notes from the Field: Wastewater Surveillance for Measles Virus During a Measles Outbreak — Colorado, August 2025 (CDC: MMWR)
Notes from the Field: Retrospective Analysis of Wild-Type Measles Virus in Wastewater During a Measles Outbreak — Oregon, March 24–September 22, 2024 (CDC:MMWR)
Fungal
The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube)
Candidozyma auris (formerly Candida auris): Resistant, long-lasting, and everywhere (CMI: Clincal Microbiology and Infection)
Long-range air dispersal as an important source of environmental contamination in Candida auris clustering: possible infection control implication (Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology)
Parasitic
Dermlite Dermatoscopes (dermatoscopes.com)
Oral ivermectin versus 5% permethrin cream to treat children and adults with classic scabies: multicentre, assessor blinded, cluster randomised clinical trials (BMJ)
Music is by Ronald Jenkees
Information on this podcast should not be considered as medical advice.

On episode #97 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel reviews the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 12/18/25 – 12/31/25.
Host: Daniel Griffin
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Viral
Outcomes Related to Bacterial Co-Infection and Antibiotic Use in Adults Hospitalized With Respiratory Syncytial Virus Compared with Influenza (OFID)
Once-Weekly Oral Islatravir Plus Lenacapavir Versus Daily Oral Bictegravir, Emtricitabine, and Tenofovir Alafenamide in Persons With HIV-1 (Annals of Internal Medicine)
Bacterial
GeoSentinel Analysis of Travelers' Diarrhea Antimicrobial Resistance Patterns (JAMA Open Network)
Rapid direct disk diffusion testing for antibiotic resistance in urinary tract infections: a bacterial concentration-adjusted approach (Microbiology Spectrum)
Impact of an Educational Leaflet About Asymptomatic Bacteriuria and Urinary Tract Infection on Antibiotic Preferences Among US Adults ≥65 Years: An Online Randomized Controlled Survey Experiment (OFID)
Fungal
The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube)
Real-world Evaluation of Histoplasmosis Diagnosis and Treatment in Patients From a Michigan Health System (OFID)
Parasitic
Progress Toward Eradication of Dracunculiasis (Guinea Worm Disease) — Worldwide, January 2024–June 2025 (CDC: MMWR)
Music is by Ronald Jenkees
Information on this podcast should not be considered as medical advice.

On episode #96 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 12/4/25 – 12/17/25.
Host: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong
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Viral
Rabies Cluster Among Steer on a Dairy Farm — Minnesota, 2024 (CDC:MMWR)
Incidence of community-acquired pneumonia and herpes zoster in people with HIV based on CD4-count and age in the current antiretroviral therapy era: a longitudinal cohort study (CID)
Associations between antibiotic use and outcomes in patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia and positive respiratory viral assays (CID)
Bacterial
Lactobacillus Bacteremia: A Challenging Condition for Pediatrician (Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal)
Trial of High-Dose Oral Rifampin in Adults with Tuberculous Meningitis (NEJM)
Zoliflodacin versus ceftriaxone plus azithromycin for treatment of uncomplicated urogenital gonorrhoea: an international, randomised, controlled, open-label, phase 3, non-inferiority clinical trial (LANCET)
Fungal
The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube)
Compassionate Use of Olorofim for Invasive Mold Infections: A Nationwide Observational Study in France  (OFID)
Parasitic
Eliminating Guinea worm (LANCET: Infectious Disases)
Balamuthia mandrillaris Encephalitis in a 12-Year-old Girl: Report of the First Case Diagnosed in Greece (Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal)
A Prospective Cohort Longitudinal Study of Human Acute Babesiosis: Quality of Life and Severity of Symptoms Through 1-Year Follow-up (OFID)
Body lice and scabies co-infestation among unsheltered migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers and the right to water and sanitation (PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases)
Miscellaneous
H.U.S.T.L.E: A Consult Fitness Guide for Infectious Diseases Providers (CID)
Seven alternatives to evidence based medical education: an exploration of how we actually teach (BMJ)
What does a doctor look like?Asking AI (BMJ)
The Receding Specialty of Infectious Diseases and Implications for U.S. Healthcare (OFID)
Integrating a host biomarker with a large language model for diagnosis of lower respiratory tract infection (Nature Communications)
Music is by Ronald Jenkees
Information on this podcast should not be considered as medical advice.

On episode #95 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 11/20/25 – 12/3/25.
Host: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong
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Viral
Early low-dose dexamethasone is associated with shorter acute symptom duration in Chikungunya virus infection: a retrospective cohort study (BMC Infectious Diseases)
Noninferiority of One HPV Vaccine Dose to Two Doses (NEJM)
Evidence to Action — Single-Dose HPV Vaccination and Cervical HPV Infection (NEJM)
Daily Mosnodenvir as Dengue Prophylaxis in a Controlled Human InfectionModel (NEJM)
Universal Hepatitis B Vaccination at Birth—Risks of Revising the recommendation (JAMA)
Correlates of HIV-1 control after combination immunotherapy (Nature)
Human-to-Human Rabies Transmission via Solid Organ Transplantation from a Donor with Undiagnosed Rabies — United States, October 2024–February 2025 (CDC: MMWR)
Cytomegalovirus-specific cell-mediated immunity for prediction of post-prophylaxis CMV disease in a phase 3 trial of letermovir vs valganciclovir prophylaxis in donor CMV-seropositive recipient CMV-seronegative kidney transplant recipients (CID)
An Analysis of Cytomegalovirus-Specific Cell-Mediated Immunity in a Phase 3, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Letermovir Prophylaxis in Cytomegalovirus-Seropositive Recipients of an Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplant (CID)
Bacterial
Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) Position Statement: Why IDSA Did Not Endorse the Community-Acquired Pneumonia Guidelines 2025 Update (CID)
Lyme DiseaseIncidence in Massachusetts, 2012-2024 (JAMA: Open Network)
Fungal
The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube)
Aspergillosis-Attributable Mortality in the United States: Analysis of Death CertificateData (CID)
Oral itraconazole versus oral voriconazole for treatment-naive patients with chronic pulmonary aspergillosis in India (VICTOR-CPA trial): a single-centre, open-label, randomised, controlled, superiority trial (LANCET: Infectious Diseases)
Parasitic
Loa loa encephalopathy following treatment with benzimidazole derivatives: A systematic review (OFID)
Music is by Ronald Jenkees
Information on this podcast should not be considered as medical advice.

On episode #94 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 11/11/25 – 11/19/25.
Host: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong
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Viral
Epstein-Barr virus reprograms autoreactive B cells as antigen-presenting cells in systemic lupus erythematosus (Science Translational Medicine)
Hepatitis B reactivation following switch away from tenofovir-containing anti-retroviral therapy in people living with HIV: A case series and lessons for practice (CID)
Antimicrobial drug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae (GC) infections in men using doxycycline postexposure prophylaxis. A substudy of the ANRS 174 DOXYVAC trial (CID)
HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Does Not Increase Gonorrhea and Chlamydia Incidence in Young Black and Hispanic Men who Have Sex With Men: An Observational Cohort Study (OFID)
Bacterial
Global and regional knowledge of antibiotic use and resistance among the general public: a systematic review and meta-analysis (CMI: Clinical Microbiology and Infection)
Infant Botulism Outbreak Linked to Infant Formula, November 2025 (CDC: Botulism)
Outbreak Investigation of Infant Botulism: Infant Formula (November 2025) (FDA)
Vitamin D deficiency at hospital admission with community-acquired pneumonia is associated with increased risk of mortality: A Prospective Cohort Study (OFID)
Bat-Associated Hemotropic Mycoplasmas in Immunosuppressed Children, Spain, 2024 (Emerging Infectious Diseases)
A Multicomponent Intervention to Improve Maternal Infection Outcomes (NEJM)
Fungal
The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube)
Increasing Fluconazole Resistance in Candida parapsilosis: A 10-Year Analysis of Blood Culture Isolates at a US Reference Laboratory (2015–2024) (JID)
British Society for Medical Mycology best practice recommendations for the diagnosis of serious fungal diseases: 2025 update (LANCET: Infectious Diseases)
In Vivo Evolution of Candida auris Multidrug Resistance in a Patient Receiving Antifungal Treatment (JID)
Parasitic
Implications of a fatal anaphylactic reaction occurring 4 hours after eating beef in a young man with IgE antibodies to galactose-α-1,3-galactose (JACI: Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology In practice)
WHO recommends R21/Matrix-M vaccine for malaria prevention in updated advice on immunization (WHO)
Effectiveness of the RTS,S/AS01E malaria vaccine in a real-world setting over 1 year of follow-up after the three-dose primary schedule: an interim analysis of a phase 4 study in Ghana, Kenya, and Malawi (LANCET: Global Health)
A systematic review and an individual patient data meta-analysis of ivermectin use in children weighing less than fifteen kilograms: Is it time to reconsider the current contraindication? (PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases)
Miscellaneous
IL12RB1 deficiency appearing in North America: expanding the clinical phenotypes (CID)
Music is by Ronald Jenkees
Information on this podcast should not be considered as medical advice.