Infectious Disease Puscast #1

On the first episode of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara bring Marc Crislip's well known Puscast back to life, and present a review of the infectious disease literature for the previous two weeks, 4/13 – 4/27/22. Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email

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• Rabies from an anteater (MMWR)
• Oral Tebipenem Pivoxil Hydrobromide in Complicated UTI (NEJM)
• Therapeutic monitoring of vancomycin for serious MRSA infections (IDSA)
• Time to retire Vancomycin for MRAS Endovascular Infections? (Op Forum Inf Dis)
• Impact of ID consultation on outcome of patients with enterococcal bacteremia (Op Forum Inf Dis)
• Effect of Gram Stain–Guided Initial Antibiotic Therapy on Clinical Response in Patients With Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (JAMA)
• Effect of Antimicrobial Prophylaxis Duration on Health Care-Associated Infections After Clean Orthopedic Surgery (JAMA)
• Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing Seven Versus Fourteen Days of Antibiotics for Uncomplicated Gram-Negative Bloodstream Infection (Op Forum Inf Dis)
• Vehicle Windshield Wiper Fluid as Potential Source of Sporadic Legionnaires' Disease in Commercial Truck Drivers (MMWR)
• Single-Dose Liposomal Amphotericin B Treatment for Cryptococcal Meningitis (NEJM)
• High Prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum K13 Mutations in Rwanda Is Associated With Slow Parasite Clearance After Treatment With Artemether-Lumefantrine (JID)
• Association of Reduced Long-Lasting Insecticidal Net Efficacy and Pyrethroid Insecticide Resistance With Overexpression of CYP6P4, CYP6P3, and CYP6Z1 in Populations of Anopheles coluzzii From Southeast Côte d'Ivoire (J Inf Dis)

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