Infectious Disease Puscast #60

On episode #60 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 7/18/20 – 7/31/24. Host: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of Puscast! Links for this episode Olympics Swimming in the Seine (NYTimes) Viral Twice-Yearlylenacapavir or Daily F/TAF for HIV Prevention in Cisgender Women (NEJM) Consensus definitions of Cytomegalovirus Infection and Disease in Transplant Patients (CID) The recombinant shingles vaccine is associated with lower risk of dementia (Nature Medicine) Association of the incidence of postherpetic neuralgia with early treatment intervention of herpes zoster (International Journal of Infectious Diseases) Bacterial Updated guidelines for antimicrobial resistant gram-negative infections (IDSA) Put the Vanc Down, Flip it and Reverse it: Comparison of vancomycin and daptomycin (OFID) Durations of antibiotic treatment for acute otitis media and variability in prescribed durations (Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society) Fungal Adjunctive single-dose liposomal amphotericin to prevent cryptococcal meningitis in people with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)–associated cryptococcal antigenemia and low plasma cryptococcal antigen (CrAg) titers(CID) Stagonospora cutaneous infection in a kidney transplant recipient: First human case (Transplant Infectious Disease) European Study of cerebral aspergillosis treated with Isavuconazole: an EFISG study (CID) Parasitic Rollout of world’s second malaria vaccine begins in Ivory Coast (Healio) Executive summary: Evaluation and management of delusional infestation(CID) Parasitic contamination of soil in the Southern United States (ASTMH) Miscellaneous The potential benefits of delaying seasonal influenza vaccine selections for the northern hemisphere: A retrospective modeling study in the United States (JID) Music is by Ronald Jenkees