On episode #38 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel reviews the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 9/14 – 9/27/23. Host: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of Puscast! Links for this episode Features of Long COVID identified through immune profiling (Nature) Severity of influenza-associated hospitalizations by influenza type (The Lancet) Cefazolin for the treatment of CNS infections (CID) Rifampin based therapy for patients with Staphylococcus aureus native vertebral Osteomyelitis (CID) State of the management of infections caused by multidrug-resistant organisms (CID) Are contact precautions “essential” for the prevention of healthcare-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus? (CID) Impact of the sequential implementation of a pharmacy-driven methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) nasal-swab ordering policy and vancomycin 72-hour restriction protocol on standardized antibiotic administration ratio (ICHE) Update on outbreak of fungal meningitis among US residents who received epidural anesthesia at two clinics in Mexico (CID) Paratracheal abscess by plant fungus Chondrostereum purpureum (MMCR) Canadian Blood Services traceback investigation of a suspected case of transfusion-transmitted malaria (Transfusion) Strongyloides infection screening in transplant candidates (TID) The world of microbial odors (JID) Music is by Ronald Jenkees