Infectious Disease Puscast #100

On episode #100 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel reviews the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 1/29/26 – 2/11/26.

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• Viral
• Type I IFN autoantibodies underlie chikungunya live-attenuated vaccine encephalitis (PNAS)
• Dengue Suppression by Male Wolbachia-Infected Mosquitoes (NEJM)
• Assessing the impact of SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination on fertility and assisted reproductive techniques outcomes: an umbrella review (Vaccine)
• Prevalence of CSF HIV VIRAL Escape and Associations With Neurocognitive Outcomes Among HIV-Associated Meningitis Survivors: A Cohort Study (OFID)
• Adenoviral Inciting Antigen and Somatic Hypermutation in VITT (NEJM)
• Bacterial
• Extraintestinal Invasive Escherichia coli Infections in the US (JAMA Network OPEN)
• Clinical Manifestations, Long-Term Trends, and Risk Factors for Treatment Failure in Native Vertebral Osteomyelitis: A 26-Year Mayo Clinic Experience (CID)
• US Emergency Department Visits forAntibiotic Adverse Drug Events in Children, 2019-2023 (Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society)
• Fungal
• The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube)
• Albumin orchestrates a natural host defence mechanism against mucormycosis (Nature)
• Pseudo-Outbreak of Purpureocillium lilacinum Skin Infections at a Dermatology Clinic — Washington, 2024 (CDC: MMWR)
• Candida auris Testing by the Antimicrobial Resistance Laboratory Network, United States, 2022–2023 (Emerging Infectious Diseases)
• Parasitic
• Trichinellosis: A zoonosis that still requires vigilance (PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases)
• Trichinellosis after Raw Bear Eyeball Consumption (AJTMH: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene)
• Moving Scabies Under Video-Dermoscopy (AJTMH: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene)

Music is by Ronald Jenkees

Information on this podcast should not be considered as medical advice.