On episode #101 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel reviews the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 2/12 – 2/25/26.

Host: Daniel Griffin and Sarah Dong

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Viral
Impact of Proviral-DNA M184V/I on 96-Week Outcomes of DTG/3TC Maintenance Therapy: Results From the VOLVER Clinical Trial (CID)
Tecovirimat for the Treatment of Mpox (NEJM)
Bacterial
Multicounty Outbreak of Salmonella Agbeni Linked to Ice in a Cooler at a County Fair — Illinois, August 2024 (CDC: MMWR)
Legionella Pneumonia in the Modern Era: Clinical Features and Predictors of Mortality (CID)
Cefalexin use in UK acute pyelonephritis practice: unaddressed challenges in dosing, breakpoints and clinical evidence (Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy)
Is three really what we need? Relative effectiveness of benzathine penicillin G and doxycycline treatment regimens for late or unknown duration syphilis in 6 United States jurisdictions, 2016–2021 (CID)
Show Me the "Mino:" In Vitro Efficacy of Minocycline on Clinical Gram-Negative Bacterial Isolates (Microbial Drug Resistance)
Initial Vancomycin Taper for the Prevention of Recurrent Clostridioides difficile Infection
(JAMA Network)
Microbial Flora in War Wounds from the Ukrainian Front Line (NEJM)
Fungal
The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube)
Epidemiology of Aspergillosis Diagnoses in U.S. Adults using a National EHR Database, 2013-2023 (OFID)
Parasitic
State-of-the-Art Review: Chagas Disease—an Enduring Challenge (CID)
Autochthonous Rat Lungworm Angiostrongylus cantonensis Infections in Accidental and Definitive Hosts, San Diego, California, USA (Emerging Infectious Diseases)
Miscellaneous
Ancient bacteria strain discovered in ice cave is resistant to some modern antibiotics(CNN)
First genome sequence and functional profiling of Psychrobacter SC65A.3 preserved in 5,000-year-old cave ice: insights into ancient resistome, antimicrobial potential, and enzymatic activities (Frontiers in Microbiology)

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