Infectious Disease Puscast #115

On episode #115 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 9/1 – 9/14/26.

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Links for this episode Viral Immunogenicity of fractional one-fifth and one-half doses of 17DD yellow fever vaccine compared with full dose in children aged 9–23 months in Uganda: a phase 4, single-blind, randomised clinical trial (The LANCET) Early Antiviral Therapy in Pediatric Outpatients and Risk of Influenza-Related Hospitalization (Pediatrics) Beyond Koplik spots: aphthous-like ulcers as a novel enanthem in adolescent and adult measles (CMI: Clinical Microbiology and Infection) Bacterial A Ten-Year Trend of Antimicrobial Resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa From United States Medical Centers: Results From the INFORM Surveillance Program (2015–2024)(OFID) A Scenario-Based Survey of Clinician Recommendations for Follow-up Blood Cultures in Patients with Varying Risk of Persistent Gram-Negative Bacteremia (OFID) Should valve leaflet thickening be considered a characteristic lesion of infective endocarditis? (CID) Infective Endocarditis: Diagnosis, Antibiotic Therapy, and Management: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association (AHA|ASA: Circulation) IDSA/ESCMID 2026 Consensus Statements on Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia: Risk Stratification, Diagnostic Evaluation, and Management of Adults and Children (IDSA) Relationship between Antibiotic Prescription and Survival in Hospice (CID) Performance and Projected Impact of Synovial Fluid Polymerase Chain Reaction Testing for Patients Evaluated for Septic Arthritis (CID) Cefepime versus piperacillin-tazobactam for the treatment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa pneumonia (CID) Cefepime and Mortality A Systematic Review and Bayesian Meta-Analysis (JAMA: OPEN Network) Global and regional burden of colorectal cancer potentially related to Helicobacter pylori exposure: a risk attribution modelling study (BMJ Journals: eGastroenterology) A randomized controlled trial of cefiderocol versus standard therapy for Gram-negative bacterial bloodstream infections: Benefit and risk assessment using DOOR and generalized pairwise comparisons (CID) Fungal The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube) No survival benefit associated with antifungal therapy for respiratory Candida spp.: a single-center retrospective cohort study (OFID) The Role of 1-3-Beta-D-Glucan in Predicting Pneumoc