Dr. Jacqueline Sherbuk, Assistant Professor at the Morsani College of Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases, presents a review on several important classes of clinically significant gram-positive bacteria. Dr. Sherbuk begins by discussing Staphylococcus aureus, MRSA, and Coagulase negative Staphylococci and some of the clinical syndromes they can cause. Next, Dr. Sherbuk introduces Streptococcus pneumonia and the syndrome of invasive pneumococcal disease. Then, Group A strep pyogenes, the vir...
Nov 21, 2022•39 min
Dr. Margarita Cancio, Medical Director of the Infectious Diseases Associates of Tampa Bay, draws on her decades of experience in treating orthopedic infectious to present this overview of the management of infections of bone and joints. She begins by discussing hematogenous osteomyelitis in both children and adults, and differentiates its presentation, microbiology, surgical management, and therapy. Next, she covers contiguous osteo, relating its pathophysiology, diagnosis, and the surgical clas...
Nov 10, 2022•1 hr 20 min
Dr. Ana Velez, Associate Professor with the University of South Florida Division of Infectious Diseases, presents an overview of clinically significant respiratory viruses. Dr. Velez mentions several agents including parainfluenza, RSV, Human Metapneumovirus, Influenza A and B, Rhinoviruses, and the non-COVID-19 Coronaviruses. The speaker touches on the seasonality of respiratory viruses, reviews clinical manifestations, epidemiology, prevention and treatment options.
Oct 31, 2022•38 min
Dr. Jackie Sherbuk, Assistant Professor at the Division of Infectious Diseases and International Medicine at the USF Morsani College of Medicine presents this Podcast on Viral Zoonotic and Arboviral infections. Medical syndromes discussed includes Rabies, Orf (Ecthyma contagiosum), Herpes B Virus, Alphavirus, Chikungunya, Dengue fever, Yellow fever, West Nile Virus, Japanese Encephalitis, Tick-borne Encephalitis, Hantavirus, California Encephalitis, And Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis virus. Board ...
Oct 18, 2022•55 min
Dr. Cynthia Mayer, Infectious Diseases Clinician at the Infectious Diseases Associates of Tampa Bay, presents a review of Clostridium difficile infection. Dr. Mayer reviews the proposed etiologies of C difficile infection. She then covers the clinical presentation of C difficile infection and reviews the relevant examination criteria. Next, Dr. Mayer summarizes the treatment and management options for Clostridium difficile based upon the specific etiology. Lastly, the speaker discusses appropria...
Oct 13, 2022•34 min
Dr. Margarita Cancio, Medical Director of the Infectious Diseases Associates of Tampa Bay, presents a talk on the assessment and management of infectious endocarditis. Dr. Cancio begins by reviewing the epidemiology of endocarditis. She then discusses the the microbiology of endocarditis pathogens in both native valve and prosthetic valve disease. The clinical manifestations of endocarditis are next discussed. Following this, Dr. Cancio discusses treatment options. Other issues discussed include...
Oct 06, 2022•57 min
Dr. John Toney, Professor of Medicine at the USF Division of Infectious Diseases, presents an update on Sepsis. Topics presented included the recognition of sepsis and septic shock, the principles of resuscitation, the treatment of infection, the importance of reducing secondary infection rates, and controlling hyperglycemia. Lastly, specific treatments for severe sepsis are also discussed.
Oct 06, 2022•49 min
Dr. Richard Oehler, Professor of Medicine at the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, presents a review of bacteremia. Dr. Oehler begins by reviewing the epidemiology, personal and institutional costs of bacteremia. He then discusses blood culture collection and how false positive blood cultures occur. Next, Dr. Oehler reviews automated blood culture systems and other related identification technology. The speaker then contrasts gram pos...
Sep 02, 2022•45 min
Dr. Jose Montero, Professor and Director of the Antimicrobial Stewardship program at Tampa General Hospital, presents a basic review of antibiotic usage. Focusing on antibacterials, Dr. Montero differentiates the different antimicrobial classes, reviews the spectrum of activity and the common indications for different antibiotic agents. Dr. Montero also covers the most likely adverse reactions that are associated with specific antibiotic classes. Antibacterial agents covered include cephalospori...
Sep 01, 2022•1 hr 9 min
Austin Morrison, Infectious Diseases and Antimicrobial Stewardship Clinical Pharmacist at the Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, presents a talk on the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic principles associated with the optimal dosing of antimicrobial agents. Dr. Morrison begins by defining basic antimicrobial concepts, including absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion. He then compares and contrasts concentration-dependent versus time-dependent killing as it applies to dif...
Aug 23, 2022•37 min
Dr. Jamie Morano, Associate Professor at the USF Morani College of Medicine, presents an overview of HIV/AIDS care in 2022. Dr. Morano begins by reviewing HIV epidemiology, including national regions of high HIV prevalence. She then discusses the “Test and Treat” approach to management. Antiretroviral treatment updates are presented, included the use of TAF and the new availability of longer acting injectable agents. HIV testing issues are also discussed, including testing barriers and HIV-relat...
Aug 22, 2022•53 min
Dr. Anthony Cannella, Infectious Diseases Clinician and Associate Professor with the Division of Infectious Diseases at the Morsani College of Medicine, presents a primer on basic immunology for clinicians. Dr. Cannella begins by drawing a distinction between innate and adaptive immunity. He then discusses the complement cascade, antimicrobial peptides, PAMPS, and DAMPS. Next, Dr. Cannella reviews individual components of the immune system, including neutrophils, eosinophils, macrophages, dendri...
Aug 18, 2022•1 hr 3 min
Dr. Olga Klinkova covers essential information regarding the management of infectious complications of hematologic malignancies. Topics covered include the initial evaluation of patients, neutropenic fever, neutropenic enterocolitis, and antimicrobial prophylaxis. Next, Dr. Baluch discusses ID management of stem cell transplants, CAR-T therapy, and when it is necessary to administer antimicrobial prophylaxis in these patients. The talks are from an Infectious Diseases Bootcamp for ID Fellows rec...
Aug 04, 2022•46 min
Dr. Guy Handley, Assistant Professor with the Division of Infectious Diseases at the Morsani College of Medicine, presents his talk on infectious diseases emergencies. He discusses a variety of different syndromes, including bacterial meningitis, neutropenic fever, bacteremia, malaria, and viral hemorrhagic fevers. The information is presented in a Q&A format. This talk is Part of the “Infectious Diseases Bootcamp” series for USF infectious Diseases fellows presented in August, 2022....
Aug 04, 2022•44 min
Dr. Tuhina Cornelius, senior infectious diseases fellow at the University of South Florida College of Medicine, reviews the primary immunodeficiencies in this podcast presentation. The speaker begins by presenting the basics regarding the differences between cellular and humoral immunity. She then discusses specific B cell and T cell related immune deficits. Dr. Cornelius then goes on to describe disorders of phagocytosis, motility, complement, and other miscellaneous syndromes. Lastly, the mana...
Jul 26, 2022•57 min
Dr. Suhel Sabunwala, Senior Infectious Diseases fellow at the University of South Florida College of Medicine, presents an update on Tuberculosis, a legacy disease of mankind rich in history and very much still highly prevalent in the modern world. Dr. Sabunwala begins by discussing the history of tuberculosis. He then transitions to the current status of TB disease and its impact in the US and across the globe. He further discusses how TB and COVID-19 have interacted during the pandemic. Lastly...
Jul 15, 2022•23 min
Dr. John Toney, Professor of Medicine at the University of South Florida Division of Infectious Diseases, presents an update on Genitourinary tract infections. He begins the presentation by discussing the many manifestations of UTIs, from asymptomatic bacteriuria to cystitis to pyelonephritis. He then differentiates acute uncomplicated and acute complicated cystitis. Next, he discusses acute pyelonephritis, its management and treatment options. More information on the assessment of asymptomatic ...
Jul 05, 2022•1 hr 3 min
Dr. Aliyah Baluch, Program Director of the Infectious Diseases Transplant Program at the Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, presents an update on CMV infections in the Immunocompromised host. She begins by discussing the basics of allogeneic stem cell transplantation, including pre-transplant screening and what differentiates a “high risk transplant.” She then provides some background information on Cytomegalovirus, including its clinical manifestations in susceptible patients. Next, ...
May 19, 2022•47 min
Dr. Ana Sikora, Infectious Diseases Fellow at the University of South Florida Division of Infectious Diseases, presents a review of lesser known tropical infectious diseases syndromes. Dr. Sikora begins by discussing the epidemiology of tropical diseases, and then prioritizes the most important ones based upon WHO categorization. Syndromes discussed includes Drucunculiasis, lymphatic filariasis, Onchocerciasis, soil transmitted helminths, and Schistosomiasis. Lastly, the process by which interna...
May 12, 2022•45 min
Dr. Alberto Contreras, Infectious Diseases Fellow at the University of South Florida College of Medicine, presents a primer on medical issues associated with lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgender patients. Dr Contreras begins by discussing the spectrum of those individuals who identify with the LGBTQ community. He then differentiates sexual orientation and gender identity. Next, Dr Contreras covers basic gender grammar. He next discusses health care disparities occurring among this group of pat...
May 05, 2022•51 min
Dr. Austin Morrison, Infectious Diseases/Antimicrobiaql Stewardship pharmacist at Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, presents a lecture on the use of dual therapy in gram positive infections. Dr. Morrison begins by discussing dual therapy for Staphylococcus aureus infections, and then transitions to discuss similar therapy for Enterococcus faecalis. Dr. Morrison shares information on mechanisms of action, the rationale for dual beta lactams, and the use of daptomycin with beta-lactams...
Apr 19, 2022•57 min
Dr. Michael Gelfand, Chief of Infectious Diseases at the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, discusses the spectrum of Syphilis disease, one of the great mimickers and historical scourges of human kind. Syphilis cases are also seeing a resurgence in recent years, especially in high U.S. prevalence areas such as the midwest, northeast, and south. Syphilis rates are also increasing across the globe in places such as Europe, Russia, and China. Dr. Gelfand begins his talk by discussing t...
Apr 15, 2022•41 min
Dr. David Gilbert, Professor of Medicine at Oregon Health Sciences University, presents an update on the use of procalcitonin as a diagnostic marker. Dr. Gilbert emphasizes the role of procalcitonin in three main clinical sydromes: Community acquired pneumonia, Sepsis, and COVID-19 Pneumonia.
Feb 24, 2022•56 min
Dr. Oehler, Professor of Medicine at the Division of Infectious Diseases, Morsani College of Medicine, presents a lecture on Cognitive Bias in Medicine. Dr. Oehler begins by comparing and contrasting the different kinds of bias. Next, the author draws a contrast between intuitive and analytical thinking and how cognitive biases result when intuitive thinking is misapplied. Dr. Oehler next explains how intuitive thinking is a necessary, but imperfect tool in medicine. He relates the advantages an...
Feb 17, 2022•1 hr 4 min
Dr. Thomas Burkhead, infectious diseases fellow at the University of South Florida, reviews the history of vaccination. He begins by discussing the early history of variolation, perhaps the first technique for immunizing people against a contagious pathogen. He then reviews Edward Jenner and his experiments with cowpox that led to the first vaccine for smallpox. Next, the origins of the “Germ Theory” of infectious diseases is reviewed. Dr. Burkhead then discusses the research of Louis Pasteur an...
Feb 03, 2022•59 min
Dr. John Toney, Professor of Medicine at the James A Haley Veterans Hospital, focuses upon infections and infestations of the skin associated with parasites. Topics discussed include scabies, cutaneous larva migrans, human pediculosis, Lyme borreliosis, trypanosomiasis, rickettsial disease, leishmaniasis, bedbugs, and myiasis. From a lecture recorded in January 2022.
Jan 25, 2022•47 min
Dr. Mercurio, an ID Clinical Pharmacy Specialist at the James A Haley Veterans Hospital, presents an update on Clostridium Difficile infection (CDI). Dr. Mercurio begins by sharing a timeline of the history of C difficile treatment. She then reviews the epidemiology of this common hospital pathogen. Next, she discusses the clinical definition of CDI. Dr. Mercurio next relates changes to the c difficile recommendations in the 2017 and 2021 guidelines. Finally, she discusses later generation treat...
Jan 18, 2022•40 min
Dr. John Toney, Director of Epidemiology at the James A Haley Veterans Hospital in Tampa, FL., presents this update on adult immunizations. He begins with an overview of recommended adult immunizations. Next, he discusses pneumococcal vaccines. Following this, Dr. Toney differentiates the different Flu vaccines, including the current vaccine for the 2021-2022 year. He also mentions potential universal flu vaccines currently under investigation. Other vaccines discussed include TDAP, the differen...
Jan 11, 2022•1 hr 4 min
Dr. John Greene, MD, Chief of Infectious Diseases at Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, presents this fast-paced photo review of various infectious disease related syndromes. Topics covered include drug-related photosensitivity conditions, fungal skin infections, viral exanthems, zoonotic dermatoses, bite-related skin infections, sexually-transmitted infections, Non-tuberculous mycobacterial skin infections, and contact dermatitis.
Jan 06, 2022•55 min
Dr. John Greene, Chief of Infectious Diseases at Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, shares a photo review of Zoonosis syndromes. Topics presented include tick-borne infections, Bartonellosis, Louse-borne infections, Rickettsioses (Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Rickettsial pox, etc), Coxiella, Ehrlichia, and Relapsing Fever. Dr. Greene concludes the talk by covering Tularemia, the Plague ( Yersinia Pestis ), Orf, and the non-venereal Treponematoses.
Nov 24, 2021•57 min
