On episode #98 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel reviews the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 1/1/26 – 1/14/26.

Host: Daniel Griffin

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Viral
Rhinovirus-Associated Lower Respiratory Tract Infection in Hospitalized Adult Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study (JID)
Demise of the Milwaukee Protocol for Rabies (CID)
Reply to Willoughby on Demise of the Milwaukee Protocol for Rabies (CID)
Bacterial
Clinical Practice Guideline by Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA): 2025 Guideline on Management and Treatment of Complicated Urinary Tract Infections: Introduction and Methods (CID)
Reassessing the 2023 International Society for Cardiovascular Infectious Diseases Duke clinical criteria for infective endocarditis: Impact of excluding fever and updating diagnostic definition (CID)
The diagnostic accuracy of procalcitonin for community-acquired bacteremia: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis (CMI: Clincal Microbiology and Infection)
Noninferiority of One HPV Vaccine Dose to TwoDoses (NEJM)
About the wastewater program (Colorado: Department of Public & Environment)
Notes from the Field: Wastewater Surveillance for Measles Virus During a Measles Outbreak — Colorado, August 2025 (CDC: MMWR)
Notes from the Field: Retrospective Analysis of Wild-Type Measles Virus in Wastewater During a Measles Outbreak — Oregon, March 24–September 22, 2024 (CDC:MMWR)
Fungal
The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube)
Candidozyma auris (formerly Candida auris): Resistant, long-lasting, and everywhere (CMI: Clincal Microbiology and Infection)
Long-range air dispersal as an important source of environmental contamination in Candida auris clustering: possible infection control implication (Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology)
Parasitic
Dermlite Dermatoscopes (dermatoscopes.com)
Oral ivermectin versus 5% permethrin cream to treat children and adults with classic scabies: multicentre, assessor blinded, cluster randomised clinical trials (BMJ)

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