Our medical rewrite today will be for Cast Away. The deep dives will be about dental abscesses and coral injuries. This podcast contains both plot spoilers and descriptions of medical problems found in Cast Away. Movie suggestion form: https://tinyurl.com/8pa8sveyReferences used in this episodeMicrobiology of dental infections:· https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34571794/· https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37294354/Susceptibilities of oral pathogens https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35568274/A beautiful review article – would be exception if the authors had cited primary literature. Clemence MA, Guerrant RL. Infections and Intoxications from the Ocean: Risks of the Shore. Microbiol Spectr. 2015 Dec;3(6). PMID: 27337286. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27337286/A case report that will make you think twice about romantic evenings in the ocean https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6490813/Retrospective study comparing antibiotic regiments for treatment of Vibrio bloodstream infections. This is the best data I found on the topic. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31188821/Case series of Shewanella infections https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35573023/