Infectious Disease Puscast #56

On episode #56 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 5/28 – 6/5/24.

Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong

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• Viral
• Rapid detection of chikungunya virus in patient and mosquito samples assays (CMI)
• Adenovirus and cytomegalovirus specific adoptive T cell therapy for blood transplant and HIV infection (Transplant Infectious Disease)
• Bacterial
• Burkholderia pseudomallei: switch from melioidosis to latency (American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene)
• Meningococcal Disease circulation during Umrah Pilmgrimage (MMWR Early Release)
• Dosing and treatment of suppressive antimicrobial therapy against orthopedic implant infections (Jone of Bone and Joint Infection)
• CDC guidelines for post STD exposure doxycycline admininstration (MMWR)
• Fungal
• The last of Us (Wikipeida)
• Lower (1,3)-beta-d-glucan sensitivity and in vitro levels in Candida auris and parapsilosis strains (CMI)
• Auto-brewery syndrome in absence of alcohol consumption (Canadian Medical Association Journal)
• Television debut of auto-brewery syndrome (Vulture)
• Parasitic
• Asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum parasitemia associates with subclinical inflammation (PIDS)
• Clinical characteristics and outcomes of strongyloidiasis (American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene)
• Tafenoquine treatment: relapsing babesiosis (CID)
• Miscellaneous
• Medical librarians for infectious diseases rounding teams (OFID)

Music is by Ronald Jenkees