Infectious Disease Puscast #101

On episode #101 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel reviews the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 2/12 – 2/25/26.
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Links for this episode • Viral
• Impact of Proviral-DNA M184V/I on 96-Week Outcomes of DTG/3TC Maintenance Therapy: Results From the VOLVER Clinical Trial (CID)
• Tecovirimat for the Treatment of Mpox (NEJM)
• Bacterial
• Multicounty Outbreak of Salmonella Agbeni Linked to Ice in a Cooler at a County Fair — Illinois, August 2024 (CDC: MMWR)
• Legionella Pneumonia in the Modern Era: Clinical Features and Predictors of Mortality (CID)
• Cefalexin use in UK acute pyelonephritis practice: unaddressed challenges in dosing, breakpoints and clinical evidence (Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy)
• Is three really what we need? Relative effectiveness of benzathine penicillin G and doxycycline treatment regimens for late or unknown duration syphilis in 6 United States jurisdictions, 2016–2021 (CID)
• Show Me the "Mino:" In Vitro Efficacy of Minocycline on Clinical Gram-Negative Bacterial Isolates (Microbial Drug Resistance)
• Initial Vancomycin Taper for the Prevention of Recurrent Clostridioides difficile Infection
• (JAMA Network)
• Microbial Flora in War Wounds from the Ukrainian Front Line (NEJM)
• Fungal
• The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube)
• Epidemiology of Aspergillosis Diagnoses in U.S. Adults using a National EHR Database, 2013-2023 (OFID)
• Parasitic
• State-of-the-Art Review: Chagas Disease—an Enduring Challenge (CID)
• Autochthonous Rat Lungworm Angiostrongylus cantonensis Infections in Accidental and Definitive Hosts, San Diego, California, USA (Emerging Infectious Diseases)
• Miscellaneous
• Ancient bacteria strain discovered in ice cave is resistant to some modern antibiotics(CNN)
• First genome sequence and functional profiling of Psychrobacter SC65A.3 preserved in 5,000-year-old cave ice: insights into ancient resistome, antimicrobial potential, and enzymatic activities (Frontiers in Microbiology)
Music is by Ronald Jenkees
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