Infectious Disease Puscast #40

Oct 31, 2023 · 38 min · Episode 40 · 28.1 MB

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On episode #40 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 10/13 – 10/25/23.

Host: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong

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Sustained viral suppression with dolutegravir monotherapy over 192 weeks in patients starting combination antiretroviral therapy during primary HIV infection (CID)
Dolutegravir monotherapy possibly boosted by highly active natural immunity (CID)
Mpox neutralizing antibodies at 6 months from mpox infection or MVA-BN vaccination (The Lancet)
Linezolid population pharmacokinetic model in plasma and cerebrospinal fluid among patients with tuberculosis meningitis (JID)
Adjunctive dexamethasone for tuberculous meningitis in HIV-positive adults (NEJM)
Cefepime vs piperacillin-tazobactam in adults hospitalized with acute infection (JAMA)
Acute kidney injury with empirical antibiotics for sepsis (JAMA)
Mycobacterium abscessus outbreak related to contaminated water among ventilator-dependent residents of a pediatric facility (CDC)
Trial of Vancomycin and Cefazolin as surgical prophylaxis in arthroplasty (NEJM)
Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole significantly reduces the risk of nocardiosis in solid organ transplant recipients (CMI)
Risk of hematologic cancers among individuals tested for Borrelia burgdorferi antibodies, and Borrelia burgdorferi seropositive individuals (CMI)
In vitro susceptibility patterns for slowly growing non-tuberculous mycobacteria (JAC)
Real-world use of mold-active triazole prophylaxis in the prevention of invasive fungal diseases (OFID)
Fungal microbiota sustains lasting immune activation of neutrophils and their progenitors in severe COVID-19 (INI)
Real-time dermoscopy of numerous mites crawling on the crusted scabies (CMI)
The African eye worm: current understanding of the epidemiology, clinical disease, and treatment of loiasis (The Lancet)
Decolonization in nursing homes to prevent infection and hospitalization (NEJM)
Can chatbot artificial intelligence replace ID physicians in the management of bloodstream infections (CID)
Nasal iodophor antiseptic vs nasal mupirocin antibiotic in the setting of chlorhexidine bathing to prevent infections in ICUs (JAMA)
FDA Approves PENBRAYATM for the prevention of the five most common serogroups causing meningococcal disease in adolescents (Pfizer)

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