Infectious Disease Puscast #114

On episode #114 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 8/18 – 8/31/26.
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Links for this episode • Viral
• HPV Vaccination and Risk of Head and Neck Cancers: A Large Real-World Cohort Study (International Society for Infectious Diseases)
• Beyond the Acute Illness: Three Myths About Viral RespiratoryInfection (JID)
• Use of Nowcasting to Estimate Real-Time Transmission Trends During a Measles Outbreak — South Carolina, October 2025–March 202 (CDC: MMWR)
• IPOL (Package Insert)
• Effect of inactivated poliovirus vaccine on nasal mucosal immunity and pharyngeal shedding following novel oral poliovirus vaccine type 2 challenge: A randomized, open-label trial (JID)
• Bacterial
• Response-Tailored or Standard-Duration Antibiotic Treatment for Infective Endocarditis (NEJM)
• Clinical Practice Guidelines by Infectious Diseases Society of America 2025 Guidelines on Management and Treatment of Complicated Urinary Tract Infections (academic.oup.com/cid/article/82/Supplement_3/i…)–Introduction and Methods (CID)
• Society of America: 2025 Guideline on Management and Treatment of Complicated Urinary Tract Infections–Selection of Antibiotic Therapy for Complicated Urinary Tract Infections (CID)
• Clinical Practice Guidelines by Infectious Diseases Society of America: 2025 Guidelines on Management and Treatment of Complicated Urinary Tract Infections – Timing of Intravenous to Oral Antibiotics Transition for Complicated Urinary Tract Infections (CID)
• Clinical Practice Guidelines by Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA): 2025 Guidelines on Management and Treatment of Complicated Urinary Tract Infections–Duration of Antibiotics for Complicated UTI (CID)
• Infective Endocarditis in Solid Organ and Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients (E-IPA Study): a propensity-score-matched retrospective cohort study (CID)
• Evaluation of Changes in Staphylococcus and Enterococcus Resistance Following Reduced Restrictions on Daptomycin and Linezoli (OFID)
• Comparison of VPM1002 with BCG in the prevention of tuberculosis in newborn infants: a multicentre, double-blind, randomised, phase 3, non-inferiority trial (LANCET: Infectious Diseases)
• Fungal
• The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube)
• Containment of a Candidozyma auris Outbreak in an Acute Care Hospital using a Comprehensive Screening and Surveillance Program (CID)
• Molecular Evidence of Autochthonous Environmental Acquisition of Fonsecaea Pediatric Infection in the United States (OFID)
• Challenging the concept of uncomplicated candidemia for shorter courses of antifungal therapy (OFID)
• Parasitic
• Miscellaneous
• Reliability of Physical Examination Findings in Youths Diagnosed With Pneumonia (JAMA)
• Recombinant shingles vaccination and the risk of cardiovascular events (Nature Medicine)
Music is by Ronald Jenkees
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