Infectious Disease Puscast #26

On episode #26 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the previous two weeks, 3/30 – 4/12/23. Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of Puscast! Links for this episode Fatal rabies infection with failure of post-exposure prophylaxis following a zoonotic exposure (CID) Bivalent perfusion F vaccine in pregnancy to prevent RSV in infants (NEJM) Adeno-associated virus type 2 in US children with severe hepatitis (Nature) Genomic investigations of unexplained hepatitis in children (Nature) Antiretroviral treatment of HIV/AIDS during pregnancy (JAMA) Rapid PCR for respiratory viruses reduces time to result and improves clinical care (JOI) Postexposure doxycycline to prevent bacterial sexually transmitted infection (NEJM) Survey on antimicrobial resistance genes of used probiotic bacteria (EURO) Structured immune work-up in healthy children with episode of severe bacterial infection (JID) Antibiotic prescribing in U.S. nursing homes (JID) Syndromic panel testing among patients with infectious diarrhea (OFID)  Early predictors of infected pancreatic necrosis in severe pancreatitis (DD) Management of nontuberculous mycobacteria in lung transplant cases (ERJ) Impact of extended-infusion piperacillin-tazobactam (Infectious Medicine) Camber Pharmaceuticals issues nationwide recall of atovaquone oral suspension due to potential Bacillus cereus contamination (FDA) Cluster of Blastomycosis among neighborhood residents (CDC) Risk factors for late-onset Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in liver transplant recipients (IJID) Hyponatremia predicts cryptococcal meningitis and mortality in HIV-Positive asymptomatic individuals with cryptococcal antigenemia (OFID) Investigation of donor-derived Strongyloides stercoralis infection in multiple solid organ transplant recipients (TID) Promising new malaria vaccine for kids approved in Ghana (AP) Music is by Ronald Jenkees