Episodes

  • Infectious Disease Puscast #99

    Infectious Disease Puscast #99
    Feb 3 2026
    On episode #99 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel reviews the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 1/15/26 - 1/28/26. Host: Daniel Griffin and Sarah Dong Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of Puscast! Links for this episode ViralSymptomatic and asymptomatic norovirus infections in early life; The PREVAIL Cohort, 2017-2020 (CID)BacterialXenodiagnosis to search for Borrelia burgdorferi after antibiotic treatment of Lyme disease: a prospective cohort study (CID)Diagnostic Yield of Repeat Blood Cultures and Risk Factors for Bloodstream Infection in Persistent Febrile Neutropenia (CID) Methodology Misrepresented: Correcting the Record on the ATS Community-acquired Pneumonia Guideline Process (CID)Pediatric Infectious Diseases Physicians' Preferences for Management of Clostridioides difficile Infection: An Emerging Infections Network Surve (Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society)Antibiotic Therapy for Uncomplicated AcuteAppendicitis (JAMA)FungalThe Last of US Season 2 (YouTube)Persistence of Symptoms among Commercially Insured Patients with Coccidioidomycosis, United States, 2017–2023 (CDC: Emerging Infectious Diseases)Ophthalmologic evaluation and clinical outcome in candidemia: a seven-year retrospective multicenter cohort study (OFID)ParasiticPostinfectious Syndromes and Long-Term Sequelae after Giardia Infections (CDC: Emergining Infectious Diseases)Priced Out of Treatment: The Exorbitant Cost of Antiparasitic Drugs in the United States (OFID)MiscellaneousAll About the AAP Recommended Immunization Schedule (healthychildren.org)Recommended Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Schedule: United States, 2026: Policy Statement (American Academy of Pediatrics: Pediatrics)Feeling the Vibes: An Investigation into Resident Antibiotic Prescribing Practices (OFID) Music is by Ronald Jenkees Information on this podcast should not be considered as medical advice.
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    40 mins
  • Infectious Disease Puscast #98

    Infectious Disease Puscast #98
    Jan 20 2026
    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 Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of Puscast! Links for this episode 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)BacterialClinical 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)FungalThe 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) Music is by Ronald Jenkees Information on this podcast should not be considered as medical advice.
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    27 mins
  • Infectious Disease Puscast #97

    Infectious Disease Puscast #97
    Jan 6 2026

    On episode #97 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel reviews the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 12/18/25 – 12/31/25.

    Host: Daniel Griffin

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    • Viral
    • Outcomes Related to Bacterial Co-Infection and Antibiotic Use in Adults Hospitalized With Respiratory Syncytial Virus Compared with Influenza (OFID)
    • Once-Weekly Oral Islatravir Plus Lenacapavir Versus Daily Oral Bictegravir, Emtricitabine, and Tenofovir Alafenamide in Persons With HIV-1 (Annals of Internal Medicine)
    • Bacterial
    • GeoSentinel Analysis of Travelers' Diarrhea Antimicrobial Resistance Patterns (JAMA Open Network)
    • Rapid direct disk diffusion testing for antibiotic resistance in urinary tract infections: a bacterial concentration-adjusted approach (Microbiology Spectrum)
    • Impact of an Educational Leaflet About Asymptomatic Bacteriuria and Urinary Tract Infection on Antibiotic Preferences Among US Adults ≥65 Years: An Online Randomized Controlled Survey Experiment (OFID)
    • Fungal
    • The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube)
    • Real-world Evaluation of Histoplasmosis Diagnosis and Treatment in Patients From a Michigan Health System (OFID)
    • Parasitic
    • Progress Toward Eradication of Dracunculiasis (Guinea Worm Disease) — Worldwide, January 2024–June 2025 (CDC: MMWR)

    Music is by Ronald Jenkees

    Information on this podcast should not be considered as medical advice.
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    22 mins
  • Infectious Disease Puscast #96

    Infectious Disease Puscast #96
    Dec 23 2025
    On episode #96 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 12/4/25 – 12/17/25. Host: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of Puscast! Links for this episode ViralRabies Cluster Among Steer on a Dairy Farm — Minnesota, 2024 (CDC:MMWR)Incidence of community-acquired pneumonia and herpes zoster in people with HIV based on CD4-count and age in the current antiretroviral therapy era: a longitudinal cohort study (CID)Associations between antibiotic use and outcomes in patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia and positive respiratory viral assays (CID)Bacterial Lactobacillus Bacteremia: A Challenging Condition for Pediatrician (Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal)Trial of High-Dose Oral Rifampin in Adults with Tuberculous Meningitis (NEJM)Zoliflodacin versus ceftriaxone plus azithromycin for treatment of uncomplicated urogenital gonorrhoea: an international, randomised, controlled, open-label, phase 3, non-inferiority clinical trial (LANCET)FungalThe Last of US Season 2 (YouTube)Compassionate Use of Olorofim for Invasive Mold Infections: A Nationwide Observational Study in France (OFID)ParasiticEliminating Guinea worm (LANCET: Infectious Disases) Balamuthia mandrillaris Encephalitis in a 12-Year-old Girl: Report of the First Case Diagnosed in Greece (Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal)A Prospective Cohort Longitudinal Study of Human Acute Babesiosis: Quality of Life and Severity of Symptoms Through 1-Year Follow-up (OFID) Body lice and scabies co-infestation among unsheltered migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers and the right to water and sanitation (PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases)Miscellaneous H.U.S.T.L.E: A Consult Fitness Guide for Infectious Diseases Providers (CID)Seven alternatives to evidence based medical education: an exploration of how we actually teach (BMJ)What does a doctor look like?Asking AI (BMJ)The Receding Specialty of Infectious Diseases and Implications for U.S. Healthcare (OFID)Integrating a host biomarker with a large language model for diagnosis of lower respiratory tract infection (Nature Communications) Music is by Ronald Jenkees Information on this podcast should not be considered as medical advice.
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    39 mins
  • Infectious Disease Puscast #95

    Infectious Disease Puscast #95
    Dec 9 2025
    On episode #95 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 11/20/25 – 12/3/25. Host: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of Puscast! Links for this episode ViralEarly low-dose dexamethasone is associated with shorter acute symptom duration in Chikungunya virus infection: a retrospective cohort study (BMC Infectious Diseases)Noninferiority of One HPV Vaccine Dose to Two Doses (NEJM)Evidence to Action — Single-Dose HPV Vaccination and Cervical HPV Infection (NEJM)Daily Mosnodenvir as Dengue Prophylaxis in a Controlled Human InfectionModel (NEJM)Universal Hepatitis B Vaccination at Birth—Risks of Revising the recommendation (JAMA)Correlates of HIV-1 control after combination immunotherapy (Nature) Human-to-Human Rabies Transmission via Solid Organ Transplantation from a Donor with Undiagnosed Rabies — United States, October 2024–February 2025 (CDC: MMWR) Cytomegalovirus-specific cell-mediated immunity for prediction of post-prophylaxis CMV disease in a phase 3 trial of letermovir vs valganciclovir prophylaxis in donor CMV-seropositive recipient CMV-seronegative kidney transplant recipients (CID)An Analysis of Cytomegalovirus-Specific Cell-Mediated Immunity in a Phase 3, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Letermovir Prophylaxis in Cytomegalovirus-Seropositive Recipients of an Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplant (CID)BacterialInfectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) Position Statement: Why IDSA Did Not Endorse the Community-Acquired Pneumonia Guidelines 2025 Update (CID) Lyme DiseaseIncidence in Massachusetts, 2012-2024 (JAMA: Open Network)FungalThe Last of US Season 2 (YouTube) Aspergillosis-Attributable Mortality in the United States: Analysis of Death CertificateData (CID)Oral itraconazole versus oral voriconazole for treatment-naive patients with chronic pulmonary aspergillosis in India (VICTOR-CPA trial): a single-centre, open-label, randomised, controlled, superiority trial (LANCET: Infectious Diseases)Parasitic Loa loa encephalopathy following treatment with benzimidazole derivatives: A systematic review (OFID) Music is by Ronald Jenkees Information on this podcast should not be considered as medical advice.
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    43 mins
  • Infectious Disease Puscast #94

    Infectious Disease Puscast #94
    Nov 25 2025
    On episode #94 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 11/11/25 – 11/19/25. Host: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of Puscast! Links for this episode ViralEpstein-Barr virus reprograms autoreactive B cells as antigen-presenting cells in systemic lupus erythematosus (Science Translational Medicine)Hepatitis B reactivation following switch away from tenofovir-containing anti-retroviral therapy in people living with HIV: A case series and lessons for practice (CID)Antimicrobial drug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae (GC) infections in men using doxycycline postexposure prophylaxis. A substudy of the ANRS 174 DOXYVAC trial (CID)HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Does Not Increase Gonorrhea and Chlamydia Incidence in Young Black and Hispanic Men who Have Sex With Men: An Observational Cohort Study (OFID)BacterialGlobal and regional knowledge of antibiotic use and resistance among the general public: a systematic review and meta-analysis (CMI: Clinical Microbiology and Infection)Infant Botulism Outbreak Linked to Infant Formula, November 2025 (CDC: Botulism) Outbreak Investigation of Infant Botulism: Infant Formula (November 2025) (FDA)Vitamin D deficiency at hospital admission with community-acquired pneumonia is associated with increased risk of mortality: A Prospective Cohort Study (OFID)Bat-Associated Hemotropic Mycoplasmas in Immunosuppressed Children, Spain, 2024 (Emerging Infectious Diseases)A Multicomponent Intervention to Improve Maternal Infection Outcomes (NEJM)FungalThe Last of US Season 2 (YouTube)Increasing Fluconazole Resistance in Candida parapsilosis: A 10-Year Analysis of Blood Culture Isolates at a US Reference Laboratory (2015–2024) (JID)British Society for Medical Mycology best practice recommendations for the diagnosis of serious fungal diseases: 2025 update (LANCET: Infectious Diseases)In Vivo Evolution of Candida auris Multidrug Resistance in a Patient Receiving Antifungal Treatment (JID)ParasiticImplications of a fatal anaphylactic reaction occurring 4 hours after eating beef in a young man with IgE antibodies to galactose-α-1,3-galactose (JACI: Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology In practice)WHO recommends R21/Matrix-M vaccine for malaria prevention in updated advice on immunization (WHO)Effectiveness of the RTS,S/AS01E malaria vaccine in a real-world setting over 1 year of follow-up after the three-dose primary schedule: an interim analysis of a phase 4 study in Ghana, Kenya, and Malawi (LANCET: Global Health)A systematic review and an individual patient data meta-analysis of ivermectin use in children weighing less than fifteen kilograms: Is it time to reconsider the current contraindication? (PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases)MiscellaneousIL12RB1 deficiency appearing in North America: expanding the clinical phenotypes (CID) Music is by Ronald Jenkees Information on this podcast should not be considered as medical advice.
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    46 mins
  • Infectious Disease Puscast #93

    Infectious Disease Puscast #93
    Nov 12 2025
    On episode #93 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 10/23/25 – 11/10/25. Host: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of Puscast! Links for this episode ViralHigh Prevalence of Varicella Zoster Virus Infection among Persons with Suspect Mpox Cases during an Mpox Outbreak in Kenya, 2024 (ASTMH: AJTMH)Earlier initiation of treatment following HIV acquisition reduces non-AIDS-defining malignancy risk (CID)TWiV 1267: A cancer vaccine and an mpox treatment (MicrobeTV)Cancers Caused by HPV (CDC: Human Papillomavirus (HPV))Circulating tumor human papillomavirus DNA whole genome sequencing enables human papillomavirus-associated oropharynx cancer early detection (Journal of the National Cancer Institute)Impact of Vaccinating Adult Women Who Are HPV-Positive or with Confirmed Cervical SIL with the 9-Valent Vaccine—A Systematic Review (Viruses)ACIP Shared Clinical Decision-Making Recommendations (CDC: Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP))HPV Vaccination Recommendations (CDC: Vaccines & Immunizations)BacterialConsequences of Delaying Surgical Intervention in Patients with Native Joint Septic Arthritis (OFID)FungalThe Last of US Season 2 (YouTube)Adjunctive corticosteroids in non-AIDS patients with severe Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PIC): a multicentre, double-blind, randomised controlled trial (LANCET: Respiratory Medicine)Nasal Iodophor to Reduce Candidozyma auris Nasal Carriage in Nursing Home Residents (OFID)Epidemiology of Invasive Fungal Disease in Pediatric Heart Transplant Recipients (Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society)Mapping the Geographic Distribution of Dimorphic Mycoses Using a US Commercial Insurance Database (OFID)Genomic Dynamics of the Emergent Candida auris: Exploring Climate-dependentTrends (OFID)ParasiticEvaluation of a One Health public health program based on minimum inputs to control Taenia solium in Madagascar (PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases) Transplacental Transfer of Lumefantrine, Mefloquine, and Piperaquine: A Comparison of Concentrations in Mothers, Neonates, and Cord Blood (CID)MiscellaneousAmplifying Our Voices: Fostering Advocacy in Infectious Diseases Fellowship(OFID)Plant-Based Diets and Climate Change, A Perspective for Infectious Disease Provider (OFID) Music is by Ronald Jenkees Information on this podcast should not be considered as medical advice.
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    42 mins
  • Infectious Disease Puscast #92

    Infectious Disease Puscast #92
    Oct 28 2025
    On episode #92 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel reviews the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 10/9/25 – 10/22/25. Host: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of Puscast! Links for this episode ViralLong-term clinical, immunologic, and viral reservoir outcomes in children treated with VRC01LS and 10-1074 monoclonal antibodies in the Tatelo Study (CID)Resistance Analyses of Lenacapavir, Emtricitabine/Tenofovir Alafenamide and Emtricitabine/Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate in the PURPOSE 1 and 2 Studies (JID)Susceptibility of measles virus to WHO hand rubs, oral and surface disinfectants (OFID)Measles without rash during acute febrile illness surveillance in Tanzania, 2023-2024 (CID)The 2025 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Non-Occupational HIV Post-Exposure Prophylaxis Guidelines (CID)BacterialParatyphoid fever and relapsing fever in 1812 Napoleon's devastated army (Current Biology)Mass Administration of Azithromycin to Infants in Mali to Reduce Mortality (NEJM)Efficacy and safety of tedizolid in the treatment of acute bacterial skin and skin-structure infections (CMI: Clinical Microbiology and Infection)Zoonotic Escherichia coli and urinary tract infections in Southern California (mBio)Cefdinir Versus Cephalexin for the Treatment of Uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infections (OFID)FungalThe Last of US Season 2 (YouTube)Antagonistic in vitro interaction between olorofim and voriconazole against Aspergillus fumigatus (Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy)ParasiticMiscellaneousCARB Your Enthusiasm: An Ethics-Informed Analysis for Clinicians of the US National Action Plan for Combating Antibiotic-Resistant BacteriaCID)Infection Control in Carceral Facilities (CID)Infection Prevention and Control in Carceral Settings (CID)The Challenge of Malignancies in HIV-1, Beyond Immune Activation and Back to Decreased Immune Surveillance (Journal of AIDS & Clinical Research)SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccines sensitize tumours to immune checkpoint blockade (Nature)TWiV 1265: mRNA vaccines make cancer treatment great again (microbeTV)Infected With the Academic Bug (CID) Music is by Ronald Jenkees Information on this podcast should not be considered as medical advice.
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    37 mins