Infectious Disease Puscast #104

On episode #104 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 3/26 – 4/8/26. Host: Daniel Griffin and Sarah Dong Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of Puscast! Links for this episode Viral Risk of Multiple Sclerosis Among Persons With Epstein-Barr Virus–Positive Mononucleosis (Neurology) Bacterial Direct Oral Challenge for Penicillin Allergy: The International Network of Antibiotic Allergy Nations (iNAAN) Study (CID) Inhaled Antibiotics to Treat Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (Critical Care Medicine) ATS/IDSA 2016 Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Adults With Hospital-Acquired and Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (ISDA) Risk of Invasive Meningococcal Disease in Children Aged American Society of Breast Surgeons, Society of Breast Imaging, and College of American Pathology 2025 Guidelines for the Management of Infectious and Inflammatory Lesions of the Breast (JAMA Surgery) Tularemia Antimicrobial Treatment and Prophylaxis: CDC Recommendations for Naturally Acquired Infections and Bioterrorism Response — United States, 2025 (CDC: MMWR) Effectiveness of Doxycycline in Combination With Other Antibiotics for Gram-Positive Periprosthetic Joint Infections: A Causal Inference Study (OFID) Reply to Dissent: Guidelines for Management of Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CID) VancObituary: A summary of a life well lived and a death well timed (Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society) Reports of My Demise Have Been Greatly Exaggerated (Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society) Fungal The Last of US Season 2 (YouTube) Parasitic Red Blood Cell Exchange Transfusion for Severe Babesiosis (JAMA Internal Medicine) Mapping Hospitals That Treat Severe Malaria Cases in the United States: Evidence to Inform Health Systems Strategies for Intravenous Artesunate Supply (CID) Artesunate Treatment of Severe Malaria in Nonendemic Countries: When, Where, How, and What Now? (CID) Attention for Compliance: Visual Media in Second World War Anti-Malaria Efforts (AJTMH: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene) Sc