Infectious Disease Puscast #89

On episode #89 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 8/18/25 – 9/11/25.

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• Viral
• Antibody Responses are Sustained 2 Years Post-Mpox Infection but not Following Modified Vaccinia Ankara–Bavarian Nordic Vaccination (OFID)
• Intestinal mucosal immune responses to novel oral poliovirus vaccine type 2 in healthy newborns (CID)
• Efficacy of Baloxavir Treatment in Preventing Transmission of Influenza (NEJM)
• Fulminant Viral Myocarditis Associated with Thogotovirus (NEJM)
• Bacterial
• Risk factors for 30-Day mortality and the role of empirical therapy in Pseudomonas aeruginosa bloodstream infections(Infection)
• The Impact of a Nationwide Blood Culture Bottle Shortage in 2024 on Healthcare Facilities in the United States (CID)
• The effect of commonly used non-antibiotic medications on antimicrobial resistance development in Escherichia coli(NPJ: antimicrobials and resistance)
• Preoperative Enterosignatures Predict Surgical Site Infections After Abdominal Surgery (OFID)
• Fungal
• The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube)
• Association between Duration of Candidemia and Clinical and Healthcare Resource Utilization Outcomes among Hospitalized Adult Patients with Candidemia Who Received Empiric Treatment with an Echinocandin Across United States Hospitals (CID)
• Updating the epidemiology of blastomycosis and histoplasmosis in the United States, using national electronic health record data, 2013–2023 (JID)
• Parasitic
• Stocking African catfish in Lake Victoria provides effective biocontrol of snail vectors of Schistosoma mansoni (PLoS Neglected Tropical Disease)
• Miscellaneous

Music is by Ronald Jenkees

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