Infectious Disease Puscast #17

On episode #17 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the previous two weeks, 11/24/22 – 12/8/22. Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of Puscast! Links for this episode Antiretroviral drugs for treatment and prevention of HIV infection in adults (JAMA) Outcomes of short versus long duration of antibiotic therapy for residual osteomyelitis in diabetic foot infection (Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy) Rectal culture-based versus empirical antibiotic prophylaxis to prevent infectious complications in men undergoing transrectal prostate biopsy (CID) Outbreak of Burkholderia stabilis infections associated with contaminated nonsterile multiuse ultrasound gel (CDC) Factors associated with receiving longer than recommended therapy among culture-negative pulmonary tuberculosis patients (OFID) Seasonality of healthcare-associated Stenotrophomonas maltophilia (ASHE) Rezafungin versus caspofungin for treatment of candidaemia and invasive candidiasis (The Lancet) Characteristics of antifungal utilization for hospitalized children in the United States (ASHE) Cutaneous blastomycosis presenting as a nonhealing wound (NIH) Evaluation of the diagnostic accuracy and clinical utility of fungla profile (OFID) Parasitic infection increases risk-taking in a social, intermediate host carnivore (Nature) Efficacy and safety of acoziborole in patients with human African trypanosomiasis caused by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense (The Lancet) Simple nodular cutaneous Leishmaniasis caused by Autochthonous Leishmania orientalis (AJTMH) Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases (NEJM) Music is by Ronald Jenkees