Infectious Disease Puscast #102

On episode #102 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 2/26 – 3/11/26.
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Links for this episode • Viral
• Measles Outbreak — New Mexico, 2025 (CDC: MMWR)
• Epidemiology of HMPV and Other Respiratory Viral Infections Among Outpatients, 2016–2022 (OFID)
• Notes from the Field: Congenital Rubella Syndrome — Florida, 2025 (CDC: MMWR)
• Long-term efficacy and safety of the single-dose tetravalent Butantan dengue vaccine (Nature Medicine)
• Bacterial
• Clinical Outcomes in Hypervirulent Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Infection: A Cohort Study (JID)
• Duration of therapy for Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteremia – a post hoc subgroup analysis from the BALANCE randomized controlled trial (CID)
• Diagnostic Yield of Tongue Swab- Compared to Sputum-Based Molecular Testing for Tuberculosis in Four High-Burden Countries (CID)
• WHO recommends near point-of-care tests, tongue swabs, and sputum poolingfor TB diagnosis (WHO)
• Respiratory virus co-infection is a risk factor for adverse outcomes during Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia (OFID)
• Balance Versus Bias: Correcting Misinformation About the 2025 ATS Community-Acquired Pneumonia Guidelines (CID)
• Fungal
• The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube)
• Immunomodulation in the Treatment of Disseminated Coccidioidomycosis (CID)
• Parasitic
• Comparison of six weeks doxycycline versus six weeks rifampicin or three weeks of the combination of doxycycline plus rifampicin in the treatment of onchocerciasis: a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, phase 2 trial (OFID)
• Cutaneous Larva Migrans Within the United States Military Health System – Clinical Presentation and Association with Autochthonous Spread or International Travel (OFID)
• Miscellaneous
• Distinct prophage infections in colorectal cancer-associated Bacteroides fragilis (Communications Medicine)
• Rounding Styles on Inpatient Infectious Disease Consult Services: Impact on Education and Patient-Care Delivery (OFID)
• Possible quality indicators for clinical infectious diseases consultations – results from a hybrid Delphi-nominal group approach and scenario study (CMI: Clinical Microbiology and Infections)
Music is by Ronald Jenkees
Information on this podcast should not be considered as medical advice.