On episode #70 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 12/5/24 – 12/18/24.

Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong

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Viral
Epidemiology of Dengue— Puerto Rico, 2010–2024(CDC MMWR)
Takeda Announces Voluntary Withdrawal of U.S. Biologics License Application (BLA) for Dengue Vaccine Candidate TAK-003(Takeda)
Global health and economic burden of chikungunya from 2011 to 2020 (BMJ Global Health)
Bacterial
Biomarker-Guided Antibiotic Duration for Hospitalized Patients With Suspected Sepsis (JAMA Network)
Say it ain’t Steno: a microbiology nudge comment leads to less treatment of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia respiratory colonization(Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology)
Guidelines for the Prevention, Diagnosis, and Management of Urinary Tract Infections in Pediatrics and Adults(JAMA Network)
Epidemiology and Outcomes of Antibiotic De-escalation in Patients with Suspected Sepsis in US Hospitals (CID)
Effectiveness of ceftazidime–avibactam versus ceftolozane–tazobactam for multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections in the USA (CACTUS): a multicentre, retrospective, observational study (LANCET Infectious Diseases)
Bedaquiline Monotherapy for Multibacillary Leprosy (NEJM)
Fungal
The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube)
Histoplasmosis Associated With Bat Guano Exposure in Cannabis Grower (OFID)
Parasitic
TWiV 1175: A hitchiker’s guide to virology(microbeTV)
Diverse RNA viruses of parasitic nematodes can elicit antibody responses in vertebrate hosts (Nature Microbiology)
Neurocysticercosis school outbreak in Belgium (LANCET)
Miscellaneous
Maintenance of Certification: Is a Knowledge-Based Assessment Really Necessary? (CID)
Living happily ever after? The hidden health risks of Disney princesses (BMJ)
How to transport a polar bear, and other idiosyncrasies in providing emergency medical services in the Arctic (BMJ)

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Infectious Disease Puscast #70