Infectious Disease Puscast #24

On episode #24 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the previous two weeks, 3/1 – 3/22/23.

Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong

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• Re-emergence of Parechovirus: 2017-2022 national trends of detection in CSF (OFID)
• Screening and testing for hepatitis B virus infection (CDC)
• Changing epidemiology of carbapenemases among carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacterales (OFID)
• Comparison of a short vs long-course antibiotic therapy for ventilator-associated pneumonia (eClinicalMedicine)
• The impact of timing of infectious disease consultation for Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (CID)
• Intravenous doxycycline, azithromycin, or both for severe scrub typhus (NEJM)
• Cronobacter sakazakii infections in two infants linked to powdered infant formula and breast pump equipment (CDC)
• Piperacillin/tazobactam vs cefepime or carbapenems for cefoxitin-non-susceptible bacteraemia in immunocompromised patients (JAC)
• Positive impact of [18F) FDG-PET/CT on mortality in patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (CID)
• Association of antibody immunity with cryptococcal antigenemia and mortality in a South African cohort with advanced HIV (CID)
• Practical guide to antifungal susceptibility testing (JPIDS)
• Risk of COVID-19 associated pulmonary aspergillosis based on corticosteroid duration in ICU patients (OFID)
• Emergence and Persistence of Candida auris in Western New York with no epidemiologic links (OFID)

Music is by Ronald Jenkees