On episode #41 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 10/26 - 11/08/23.   Host: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS Become a patron of Puscast! Links for this episode Intrinsic and effective severity of COVID-19 cases infected with the ancestral strain and Omicron BA.2 variant in Hong Kong (JID) Efficacy and safety of corticosteroid therapy for community-acquired pneumonia (CID) Hydrocortisone in severe community-acquired pneumonia (NEJM) Early oral antibiotic switch in Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia (CID) Outbreak of invasive Group A Streptococcus in children (PIDS) Inhaled amikacin to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia (NEJM) Assessing risk for complications in acute hematogenous osteomyelitis in children (JPIDS) Empirical antibiotic therapy in diabetic foot ulcer infection increases hospitalization(OFID) 2023 guideline on diagnosis and management of acute bacterial arthritis in pediatrics (JPIDS) Natural history of antibiotic-treated lower limb cellulitis (OFID) Missed opportunities for preventing congenital syphilis (CDC) Diverse clinical manifestations and challenges of mucormycosis (OFID) Malaria (The Lancet) Clinical characteristics and outcomes of Chagas disease (AJTMH)  Direct gloving vs hand hygiene before donning gloves in adherence to hospital infection control practices (JAMA) How I approach diarrhea in hematological transplant patients (TID) Innovating pediatric infectious diseases recruitment and training (JPIDS) Music is by Ronald Jenkees