Infectious Disease Puscast #117

On episode #117 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 9/29 – 10/12/26.

Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong

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• Viral
• Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness Against Influenza A–Associated Hospitalization and Severe In-Hospital Outcomes Among Adults in the United States, 2024–2025 (CID
• Risk Factors for Hypoxia, Mechanical Ventilation, and Mortality in Lung Transplant Recipients Hospitalized with Respiratory Syncytial Virus: A Multicenter International Cohort Study (OFID)
• Bacterial
• R.E.M. – It's The End Of The World (YouTube)
• Mandatory infectious diseases consultation and consensus approach effective at lowering antibiotic duration in uncomplicated gram-negative bacteremia (Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology)
• Air contamination and cross-room transmission of carbapenem resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in ICU (Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology)
• Uncovering an alternate pathway of antibiotic resistance in spore-forming bacteria (Nature Communications)
• Clinical Practice Guideline for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Urinary Tract Infection in Children From 8 Days to 5 Years of Age (Pediatrics)
• Shorter Antibiotic Duration for Pseudomonas Bacteremia: A Call for Future Trials (CID)
• Fungal
• The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube)
• Impact of a Large-Scale Mold Intervention in Public Housing on Asthma Emergency Department Visits (American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine)
• A Candid Appraisal of Repeat Blood Cultures in Candidemia—Missed Detection or Incident Infection? (CID)
• Notes from the Field: Molecular Detections of Cladophialophora bantiana at a Clinical Reference Laboratory — United States, 2009–2026 (CDC: MMWR)
• Histoplasmosis in Pregnancy: A Review and Patient Perspective (OFID)
• Parasitic
• Flubendazole reduces emerging Dracunculus medinensis in dogs in Chad: Results from a two-year study (PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases)
• Toxoplasma Transmission to the Fetus during the Periconceptional Period (AJTMH: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene)
• Clinical and Laboratory Dynamics of Bear Meat-Associated Trichinellosis in Hokkaido, Japan (AJTMH: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene)
• Clinical significance of Dientamoeba fragilis and Blastocystis: Lessons from clinical trials, cohort studies, and faecal microbiota transplantation — a narrative review (CMI: Clinical Microbiology and Infection)
• Miscellaneous
• A consensus-based guideline for personalized bacteriophage therapy (Nature Medicine)
• Diagnosis and Management of Infectious Encephalitis in Adults: Guidelines From the European Academy of Neurology and European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (European Journal of Neurology)

Music is by Ronald Jenkees

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