Infectious Disease Puscast #39

Infectious Disease Puscast - A podcast by Vincent Racaniello - Tuesdays

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On episode #39 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, recorded at IDWeek in Boston, Daniel and special host Priya Kodiyanplakkal review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 9/27 – 10/12/23. Host: Daniel Griffin and Priya Kodiyanplakkal Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of Puscast! Links for this episode Survival from rabies in a young child from India (AJTMH) The perils of overly-sensitive viral load testing for persons living with HIV (OFID) Letermovir vs Valganciclovir for prophylaxis of Cytomegalovirus in high-risk kidney transplant recipients (JAMA) Frailty and survival in the 1918 influenza pandemic (PNAS) Adverse pregnancy outcomes among HIV-infected Women taking isoniazid preventive therapy during the first trimester (CID) Ceftobiprole for treatment of complicated Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (NEJM) Real-world application of oral therapy for infective endocarditis (CID) Efficacy and safety of sulbactam–durlobactam versus colistin for the treatment of patients with serious infections (The Lancet) Information delay of significant bloodstream isolates and patient mortality (CID) Critical appraisal beyond clinical guidelines for intra-abdominal candidiasis (CC) Update on outbreak of fungal meningitis among Americans who received epidural anesthesia at clinics in Mexico Increasing prevalence of artemisinin-resistant HRP2-negative malaria in Eritrea (NEJM) Gender differences in psychosocial determinants of hand hygiene among physicians (ICHE) Music is by Ronald Jenkees