Infectious Disease Puscast #39

On episode #39 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, recorded at IDWeek in Boston, Daniel and special host Priya Kodiyanplakkal review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 9/27 – 10/12/23.

Host: Daniel Griffin and Priya Kodiyanplakkal

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• Survival from rabies in a young child from India (AJTMH)
• The perils of overly-sensitive viral load testing for persons living with HIV (OFID)
• Letermovir vs Valganciclovir for prophylaxis of Cytomegalovirus in high-risk kidney transplant recipients (JAMA)
• Frailty and survival in the 1918 influenza pandemic (PNAS)
• Adverse pregnancy outcomes among HIV-infected Women taking isoniazid preventive therapy during the first trimester (CID)
• Ceftobiprole for treatment of complicated Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (NEJM)
• Real-world application of oral therapy for infective endocarditis (CID)
• Efficacy and safety of sulbactam–durlobactam versus colistin for the treatment of patients with serious infections (The Lancet)
• Information delay of significant bloodstream isolates and patient mortality (CID)
• Critical appraisal beyond clinical guidelines for intra-abdominal candidiasis (CC)
• Update on outbreak of fungal meningitis among Americans who received epidural anesthesia at clinics in Mexico
• Increasing prevalence of artemisinin-resistant HRP2-negative malaria in Eritrea (NEJM)
• Gender differences in psychosocial determinants of hand hygiene among physicians (ICHE)

Music is by Ronald Jenkees