Puscast References

Puscast References April 15-30, 2020

RESTORE-IMI 1: A Multicenter, Randomized, Double-blind Trial Comparing Efficacy and Safety of Imipenem/Relebactam vs Colistin Plus Imipenem in Patients With Imipenem-nonsusceptible Bacterial Infections PMID: 31400759 PMCID: PMC7156774 DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciz530

Human Adenovirus 7d Strains Associated with Influenza- Like Illness, New York, USA, 2017–2019 DOI: https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2605.200116

Blastomycosis in Minnesota, USA, 1999–2018 DOI: https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2605.191074

Risk Factors for Positive Follow-Up Blood Cultures in Gram-Negative Bacilli Bacteremia: Implications for Selecting Who Needs Follow-Up Blood Cultures https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa110

Notes from the Field: Brucella abortus RB51 Infections Associated with Consumption of Raw Milk from Pennsylvania — 2017 and 2018. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2020;69:482–483. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6915a4

Brucella exposure risk events in 10 clin- ical laboratories, New York City, USA, 2015 to 2017. J Clin Microbiol 2020; 58. doi:10.1128/JCM.01096-19.

Rifampicin and clarithromycin (extended release) versus rifampicin and streptomycin for limited Buruli ulcer lesions: a randomised, open- label, non-inferiority phase 3 trial https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30047-7

Clinical Outcomes of Patients Treated for Candida auris Infections in a Multisite Health System, Illinois, USA DOI: https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2605.191588

Clinical Relevance and Prognostic Value of Persistently Negative (1,3)-β-D-Glucan in Adults With Candidemia: A 5-year Experience in a Tertiary Hospital DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciz555

Ceftaroline-associated Encephalopathy in Patients With Severe Renal Impairment DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciz857

Skin and Soft Tissue Infection in People Living With Human Immunodeficiency Virus in a Large, Urban, Public Healthcare System in Houston, Texas, 2009–2014 DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciz509

Treatment for Early, Uncomplicated Coccidioidomycosis: What Is Success? DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciz933

Clinical Characteristics of Coronavirus Disease 2019 in China DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2002032

History in a Crisis — Lessons for Covid-19

A Novel, Highly Sensitive Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay for the Diagnosis of Subarachnoid and Ventricular Neurocysticercosis and for Assessing Responses to Treatment DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciz541

High Levels of Circulating Cell-free DNA Are Associated With a Poor Prognosis in Patients With Severe Fever With Thrombocytopenia Syndrome DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciz553

Effects of Air Pollution and Other Environmental Exposures on Estimates of Severe Influenza Illness, Washington, USA DOI: https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2605.190599

Biphasic Outbreak of Invasive Group A Streptococcus Disease in Eldercare Facility, New Zealand DOI: https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2605.190131

Trends in Prevalence of Protective Levels of Hepatitis B Surface Antibody Among Adults Aged 18–49 Years With Risk Factors for Hepatitis B Virus Infection—United States, 2003–2014 DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciz537

What’s Hot in Clinical Infectious Diseases? 2019 IDWeek Summary DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofaa104

A Simple Scoring Algorithm That Predicts Abscesses in Adults with Community-Onset Klebsiella pneumoniae Bacteremia: Hypermucoviscosity Matters

Slowly or Nonresolving Legionnaires’ Disease: Case Series and Literature Review DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciz538

A systematic review of Leptospira in water and soil environments https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0227055

Fatal Rodentborne Leptospirosis in Prison Inmates, South Africa, 2015 DOI: https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2605.191132

Leptospiral shedding and seropositivity in shelter dogs in the Cumberland Gap Region of Southeastern Appalachia https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0228038

The route of infection with Leptospira interrogans serovar Copenhageni affects the kinetics of bacterial dissemination and kidney colonization https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007950

Cross-transmission Is Not the Source of New Mycobacterium abscessus Infections in a Multicenter Cohort of Cystic Fibrosis Patients DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciz526

Six vs Eight Weeks of Antibiotics for Small Mycobacterium ulcerans Lesions in Australian Patients DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciz532

The Time for Universal Masking of the Public for Coronavirus Disease 2019 Is Now DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofaa131

Characteristics and outcome of spontaneous bacterial meningitis in patients with diabetes mellitus https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-020-05023-5

Ribavirin and Interferon Therapy for Critically Ill Patients With Middle East Respiratory Syndrome: A Multicenter Observational Study DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciz544

Rise in Murine Typhus in Galveston County, Texas, USA, 2018 DOI: https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2605.191505

Notes from the Field: Multiple Cruise Ship Outbreaks of Norovirus Associated with Frozen Fruits and Berries — United States, 2019. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2020;69:501–502. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6916a3

Update on Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus Outbreaks — Worldwide, July 2019–February 2020. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2020;69:489–495. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6916a1

Human Immunodeficiency Virus Pre-exposure Prophylaxis and Increased Incidence of Sexually Transmitted Infections in the United States DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciz552

Low Sensitivity of Procalcitonin for Bacteremia at an Academic Medical Center: A Cautionary Tale for Antimicrobial Stewardship

Capybara and Brush Cutter Involvement in Q Fever Outbreak in Remote Area of Amazon Rain Forest, French Guiana, 2014 DOI: https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2605.190242

Rickettsia felis identified in two fatal cases of acute meningoencephalitis https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007893

Epidemiology of Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever in Endemic Area, Spain DOI: https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2605.190745

Candidatus Rickettsia xinyangensis as Cause of Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis, Xinyang, China, 2015 DOI: https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2605.170294

Quinolone and Multidrug Resistance Predicts Failure of Antibiotic Prophylaxis of Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciz540

Evidence of Failure of Oral Third-Generation Cephalosporin Treatment for Shigella sonnei Infection https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa113

Personalized Ertapenem Prophylaxis for Carriers of Extended-spectrum β-Lactamase–producing Enterobacteriaceae Undergoing Colorectal Surgery DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciz524

Community Hospital Stethoscope Cleaning Practices and Contamination Rates DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2020.04.019

Tuberculosis Preventive Therapy for Individuals Exposed to Drug-resistant Tuberculosis: Feasibility and Safety of a Community-based Delivery of Fluoroquinolone- containing Preventive Regimen DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciz502