Infectious Disease Puscast #37

Infectious Disease Puscast - A podcast by Vincent Racaniello - Tuesdays

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On episode #37 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel reviews the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 8/31 – 9/13/23. Host: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong Click arrow to play Download Puscast 037 (22 MB .mp3, 31 min) Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of Puscast! Links for this episode Association between varicella zoster virus and dementia (NS) Safety, efficacy, and immunogenicity of V160 vaccine in cytomegalovirus-seronegative women (The Lancet) Microorganisms detected in intussusception cases and controls in children (OFID) Clinician testing and treatment thresholds for management of UTIs (OFID) Clinical outcomes and management of NAAT-positive/toxin-negative Clostridioides difficile infection (CID) Associations of standard care, intrathecal antibiotics, and antibiotic impregnated catheters with cerebrospinal fluid shunt infection (JPIDS) Advances in asynchronous telemedicine call for increased antibiotic surveillance (CID) Two artificial tears outbreak-associated cases of extensively drug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa detected through whole genome surveillance (JID) Pre-XDR congenital TB in an extremely premature baby (CID) Emerging Roles of (1→3)-β-D-glucan in cerebrospinal fluid for detection and therapeutic monitoring of fungal diseases (CID) Outbreak of locally acquired mosquito-transmitted malaria (CDC) Complexity of infectious diseases compared to other cognitive medical subspecialties (OFID) Risk of opportunistic infections associated with long-term glucocorticoid therapies in adults (CID) Music is by Ronald Jenkees