Infectious Disease Puscast #79

On episode #79 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 4/10/25 – 4/23/25.

Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong

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Links for this episode Viral An ancient Epstein-Barr virus genome recovered from a museum penis gourd from Papua (JID) Patterns of Decline in Measles, Mumps, and Rubella Neutralizing Antibodies and Protection Levels Through 10 Years After a Second and Third Dose of MMR Vaccine (OFID) Tecovirimat for Clade I MPXV Infection in the Democratic Republic of Congo(NEJM) Bacterial Rapid tuberculosis diagnosis from respiratory or blood samples by a low cost, portable lab-in-tube assay(Science Translational Medicine) New handheld device can diagnose TB without a lab in under an hour, its developers say(CIDRAP) Maternal mastitis and streptococcal toxic shock syndrome risk from breastfeeding children with scarlet fever (LANCET: Infectious Diseases) Risk Factors for Mortality Among Older Adults with Hospital-Acquired Bloodstream Infections in the Intensive Care Unit(Infectious Diseases and Therapy) Bacteremia in Pediatric Solid Organ Transplant Recipients within 1 Year of Transplant(Transplant Infectious Disease) Oral gepotidacin for the treatment of uncomplicated urogenital gonorrhoea (EAGLE-1) (LANCET) Consequences of Climate Change on the Emergence of Pathogenic, Environmentally Acquired Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (OFID) Addition of Macrolide Antibiotics for Hospital Treatment of Community-Acquired Pneumonia (JID) Point-of-Care Testingby Multiplex-PCR in Different Compartments in Suspected Lower Respiratory Tract Infection After Lung Transplantation(Transplant Infectious Disease) Fungal The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube) Pathway-instructed therapeutic selection of ruxolitinib reduces neuroinflammation in fungal postinfectious inflammatory syndrome (Science Advances) Use of Dog Serologic Data for Improved Understanding of Coccidioidomycosis (JID) Parasitic Uganda launches largest malaria vaccine introduction to date(WHO: Uganda) Long-term follow-up of individuals with Chagas disease treated with posaconazole and benznidazole in a non-endemic region(CMI: Clinical Microbiology and Infection) Miscellaneous Monoclonal Antibodies From Children With Acute Kawasaki Disease Identify a Common Antigenic Target in Fatal Cases Over 5 Decades (Laboratory Investigation) Screwworm Cochliomyia hominivorax (Facebook)

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