Infectious Disease Puscast #41

On episode #41 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 10/26 - 11/08/23.
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Host: Daniel Griffin (parasiteswithoutborders.com) and Sara Dong (twitter.com/swinndong)
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Links for this episode • Intrinsic and effective severity of COVID-19 cases infected with the ancestral strain and Omicron BA.2 variant in Hong Kong (JID)
• Efficacy and safety of corticosteroid therapy for community-acquired pneumonia (CID)
• Hydrocortisone in severe community-acquired pneumonia (NEJM)
• Early oral antibiotic switch in Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia (CID)
• Outbreak of invasive Group A Streptococcus in children (PIDS)
• Inhaled amikacin to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia (NEJM)
• Assessing risk for complications in acute hematogenous osteomyelitis in children (JPIDS)
• Empirical antibiotic therapy in diabetic foot ulcer infection increases hospitalization(OFID)
• 2023 guideline on diagnosis and management of acute bacterial arthritis in pediatrics (JPIDS)
• Natural history of antibiotic-treated lower limb cellulitis (OFID)
• Missed opportunities for preventing congenital syphilis (CDC)
• Diverse clinical manifestations and challenges of mucormycosis (OFID)
• Malaria (The Lancet)
• Clinical characteristics and outcomes of Chagas disease (AJTMH)
• Direct gloving vs hand hygiene before donning gloves in adherence to hospital infection control practices (JAMA)
• How I approach diarrhea in hematological transplant patients (TID)
• Innovating pediatric infectious diseases recruitment and training (JPIDS)
Music is by Ronald Jenkees (ronaldjenkees.com)