Infectious Disease Puscast #45

On episode #45 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 12/20/23 – 1/3/24.
Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong
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• Bacterial
• Change in oral PrEP affect kidney function (OFID)
• Preventing STIs in women (NEJM)
• Revising antibiotic and STI trials (NEJM)
• Treatment for pediatric febrile UTIs (Pediatrics)
• Burkholderia pseudomallei in Mississippi (NEJM)
• Acute kidney injury and gentamicin treatment for endocarditis (JACAMR)
• Pacemakers for Lyme disease patients (OFID)
• Pseudomonas aeruginosa update and must have references (CMI)
• Fungal
• Definining optimal dose liposomal amphotericin B for Candida auris (JID)
• Cryptococcus neoformans and HIV serology (OFID)
• Global emergence of Candida auris (OFID)
• Novel anti-cancer therapeutics and fungal biology (PLoS Pathogens)
• Parasitic
• Second malaria vaccine prequalified (WHO)
• Seasonal vaccination against malaria in children (Lancet ID)
• Toxoplasma gondii treatement guidelines for patients with haematological malignancies (Lancet ID)
• Miscellaneous
• Eye infection review (NEJM)
• Diagnosing children with gastroenteritis using molecular testing (CID)
• Are hospital coffee machines pathogenic (BMJ)
• Putting down the fluoroquinolone (CID)
Music is by Ronald Jenkees (ronaldjenkees.com)