On episode #111 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel reviews the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 7/7 – 7/20/26.

Host: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong

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Viral
Impact of HIV-1 RNA Assay Selection on Low-Level Viremia and Clinical Trial Endpoint Interpretations (CID)
Seroprevalence of Measles, Mumps, Rubella, and Varicella-Zoster Virus Antibodies—United States, 2017–March 2020 (JID)
Concordance between nasopharyngeal swab and bronchoalveolar lavage PCR for respiratory viruses (CMI: Clinical Microbiology and Infection)
Influenza vaccine effectiveness against outpatient acute respiratory illness with laboratory-confirmed influenza, United States, 2024–25 season (CID)
Bacterial
Clinical Impact of the BIOFIRE FILMARRAY Pneumonia Panel in the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System: A Difference-in-Differences Study (CID)
Routine serial follow-up blood cultures after a negative result within 48 hours of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia: low yield, high cost (CID)
Skipping to conclusions: Is one negative follow-up blood culture sufficient in Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia? (CID)
Clinical Features of Clostridial Necrotizing Soft-Tissue Infections: Analysis of a Prospective Scandinavian Cohort Study(OFID)
Fungal
The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube)
Molecular Epidemiology of Candidozyma auris Within a Case Cluster in North-Central Florida: Diverse Origins and Long-term Persistence ofStrain (OFID)
Characteristics of Mortality in HIV-negative Cryptococcosis Patients: Analysis of a Cohort of 743 Patients (OFID)
Parasitic
Positive Strongyloides Serology: A Descriptive Analysis Across Geographically Distinct Academic Medical Centers (Transplant Infectious Diseases)
Miscellaneous
Community-acquired pneumonia: imperfect tests, imperfect clinicians or both? (CMI: Clinical Microbiology and Infection)

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