In our Season 4 finale wrapping up 2024, Febrile is excited to host our biggest guest list yet to discuss the importance of International Medical Graduates (IMGs) in infectious diseases!  Our guests: Ana Del Valle (Pediatric ID faculty at Arkansas Children’s Hospital) Cristina Tomatis (Pediatric ID faculty at Nationwide Children’s Hospital) Diego Cruz (Current pediatric resident and recent graduate of pediatric ID fellowship program at Nationwide Children’s Hospital) Radhika Sheth (Adult ID faculty at Henry Ford Health System) Shweta Anjan (Adult ID faculty at University of Miami and Jackson Memorial Hospital) Zheyi Teoh (Pediatric ID faculty at Seattle Children’s Hospital) Cesar Berto (Adult ID faculty at University of Alabama Birmingham) Episodes | Consult Notes | Subscribe | Twitter | Merch | febrilepodcast@gmail.com Febrile is produced with support from the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)

Drs. Jonathan Ryder and Sarah Turbett discuss blood culture stewardship! Episodes | Consult Notes | Subscribe | Twitter | Merch | febrilepodcast@gmail.com Febrile is produced with support from the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)

This StAR episode features the CID State-of-the-Art Review on use of antimicrobials at the end of life. Our guest stars this episode are: Daniel Karlin (University of California Los Angeles, UCLA) Christine Pham (UCLA) Daisuke Furukawa (Stanford) Journal article link: Karlin D, Pham C, Furukawa D, et al. State-of-the-Art Review: Use of Antimicrobials at the End of Life. Clin Infect Dis. 2024;78(3):e27-e36. doi:10.1093/cid/ciad735 Journal companion article - Executive summary link: https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/78/3/493/7596075 From Clinical Infectious Diseases Episodes | Consult Notes | Subscribe | Twitter | Merch | febrilepodcast@gmail.com Febrile is produced with support from the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)

This StAR episode features the CID State-of-the-Art Review on a comprehensive approach to vascular graft infection. Our guest stars this episode are: Hussam Tabaja Supavit “Mac” Chesdachai Daniel DeSimone (from Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota) Journal article link: Tabaja H, Chesdachai S, Shah AS, et al. Fostering Collaborative Teamwork-A Comprehensive Approach to Vascular Graft Infection Following Arterial Reconstructive Surgery. Clin Infect Dis. 2024;78(6):e69-e80. doi:10.1093/cid/ciae150 Journal companion article - Executive summary link: https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/78/6/1391/7651000 From Clinical Infectious Diseases Episodes | Consult Notes | Subscribe | Twitter | Merch | febrilepodcast@gmail.com Febrile is produced with support from the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)

This StAR episode features the CID State-of-the-Art Review on Unintended Consequences: Risk of Opportunistic Infections Associated with Long-term Glucocorticoid Therapies in Adults. Our guest stars this episode are: Daniel Chastain (University of Georgia College of Pharmacy) Megan Spradlin (University of Colorado) Hiba Ahmad (University of Colorado) Andrés F Henao-Martínez (University of Colorado) Journal article link: Chastain DB, Spradlin M, Ahmad H, Henao-Martínez AF. Unintended Consequences: Risk of Opportunistic Infections Associated With Long-term Glucocorticoid Therapies in Adults. Clin Infect Dis. 2024;78(4):e37-e56. doi:10.1093/cid/ciad474 Journal companion article - Executive summary link: https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/78/4/811/7643625 From Clinical Infectious Diseases Episodes | Consult Notes | Subscribe | Twitter | Merch | febrilepodcast@gmail.com Febrile is produced with support from the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)

This StAR episode features the CID State-of-the-Art Review on ##. Our guest stars this episode are: Arsheena Yassin (Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital) Mariya Huralska (Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital) Journal article link: Yassin A, Huralska M, Pogue JM, Dixit D, Sawyer RG, Kaye KS. State of the Management of Infections Caused by Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Organisms. Clin Infect Dis. 2023;77(9):e46-e56. doi:10.1093/cid/ciad499 Journal companion article - Executive summary link: https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/77/9/1223/7408674 From Clinical Infectious Diseases Episodes | Consult Notes | Subscribe | Twitter | Merch | febrilepodcast@gmail.com Febrile is produced with support from the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)

Drs. Maxime Billick and Isaac Bogoch from the University of Toronto discuss the buffet of options available for HIV biomedical prevention! Episodes | Consult Notes | Subscribe | Twitter | Merch | febrilepodcast@gmail.com Febrile is produced with support from the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)

This StAR episode features the CID State-of-the-Art Review on Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia - controversies in clinical practice. Our guest stars this episode are:  Daniel Minter (UCSF) Sarah Doernberg (UCSF) Journal article link: Minter DJ, Appa A, Chambers HF, Doernberg SB. Contemporary Management of Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia-Controversies in Clinical Practice. Clin Infect Dis. 2023 Nov 30;77(11):e57-e68. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciad500. PMID: 37950887. Journal companion article - Executive summary link: https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/77/11/1489/7453594 From Clinical Infectious Diseases Episodes | Consult Notes | Subscribe | Twitter | Merch | febrilepodcast@gmail.com Febrile is produced with support from the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)

Drs. Maria Gabriela Segura, Misti Ellsworth, and Michael Chang from UTHealth Houston McGovern Medical School and Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital chat about an unusual pediatric case of fever of unknown origin. Episodes | Consult Notes | Subscribe | Twitter | Merch | febrilepodcast@gmail.com Febrile is produced with support from the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)

This StAR episode features the CID State-of-the-Art Review on neurosyphilis. Our guest star this episode is Dr. Matthew Hamill (Johns Hopkins University) Journal article link: Hamill MM, Ghanem KG, Tuddenham S. State-of-the-Art Review: Neurosyphilis. Clin Infect Dis. 2024 May 15;78(5):e57-e68. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciad437. PMID: 37593890. Journal companion article - Executive summary link: https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/78/5/1085/7672813 From Clinical Infectious Diseases Episodes | Consult Notes | Subscribe | Twitter | Merch | febrilepodcast@gmail.com Febrile is produced with support from the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)

Happy World Environment Day (June 5 2024)!  Our guests celebrate by discussing sustainability in healthcare and infectious diseases.  Join Drs. Shreya Doshi, Preeti Jaggi, Pam Lee, and Shira Abeles as they raise awareness about the ways ID professionals can help reduce the negative environmental impact of the way we provide healthcare to our patients! Here is the JPIDS/OFID Supplement Introduction from Drs. Doshi and Jaggi: Healthcare Environmental Sustainability Through an Infectious Diseases Lens The second article mentioned is: Healthcare Sustainability to Address Climate Change, Call for Action to the Infectious Diseases Community The Sustainabil-ID group mentioned in the podcast can be found on Twitter/X @sustain-ID as well as via email at sustainabilityiddocs@gmail.com Episodes | Consult Notes | Subscribe | Twitter | Merch | febrilepodcast@gmail.com Febrile is produced with support from the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)

Step into the role of a hospital epidemiologist managing a measles outbreak response with Drs. Palak Patel, Emily Landon, and David Zhang from the University of Chicago! Episodes | Consult Notes | Subscribe | Twitter | Merch | febrilepodcast@gmail.com Febrile is produced with support from the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)

This StAR episode features the CID State-of-the-Art Review on acute encephalitis. Our guest stars this episode are:  Karen Bloch (Adult ID physician at Vanderbilt University Medical Center) Carol Glaser (Pediatric ID physician at California Department of Public Health) David Gaston (Adult ID physician and clinical microbiologist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center) Arun Venkatesan (Neurologist at Johns Hopkins University) Journal article link: Bloch KC, Glaser C, Gaston D, Venkatesan A. State of the Art: Acute Encephalitis. Clin Infect Dis. 2023;77(5):e14-e33. doi:10.1093/cid/ciad306 Journal companion article - Executive summary link: https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/77/5/669/7269079 From Clinical Infectious Diseases Episodes | Consult Notes | Subscribe | Twitter | Merch | febrilepodcast@gmail.com Febrile is produced with support from the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)

This StAR episode features the CID State-of-the-Art Review on periprosthetic joint infections. Our guest stars this episode are:  Sandra Nelson (ID physician at Massachusetts General Hospital) Jodian Pinkney (ID physician at Massachusetts General Hospital) Antonia Chen (Orthopedic surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital) Aaron Tande (ID physician at Mayo Clinic) Journal article link: Nelson SB, Pinkney JA, Chen AF, Tande AJ. Periprosthetic Joint Infection: Current Clinical Challenges. Clin Infect Dis. 2023;77(7):e34-e45. doi:10.1093/cid/ciad360 Journal companion article - Executive summary link: https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/77/7/939/7289507 From Clinical Infectious Diseases Episodes | Consult Notes | Subscribe | Twitter | Merch | febrilepodcast@gmail.com Febrile is produced with support from the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)

This StAR episode features the CID State-of-the-Art Review: Frame Shift – Focusing on Harm Reduction and Shared Decision Making for People Who Use Drugs Hospitalized with Infections. Our guest stars this episode are:  Dr. Kinna Thakarar (ID and Addiction Medicine physician at MaineHealth/Tufts University School of Medicine) Dr. Ayesha Appa (ID and Addiction Medicine physician at University of California San Francisco, UCSF) Chastity Tuell (Harm reductionist and Washington County Program Director for Maine Access Points) Journal article link: Thakarar K, Appa A, Abdul Mutakabbir JC, Goff A, Brown J 3rd, Tuell C, Fairfield K, Wurcel A. Frame Shift: Focusing on Harm Reduction and Shared Decision Making for People Who Use Drugs Hospitalized With Infections. Clin Infect Dis. 2024 Feb 17;78(2):e12-e26. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciad664. PMID: 38018174. Journal companion article - Executive summary link: https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/78/2/233/7453720 From Clinical Infectious Diseases Episodes | Consult Notes | Subscribe | Twitter | Merch | febrilepodcast@gmail.com Febrile is produced with support from the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)

This StAR episode features the CID State-of-the-Art Review on evaluation and management of diabetes-related foot infections. Our guest stars this episode are: Dr. Meghan Brennan (ID physician at University of Wisconsin) Dr. Marcos Schechter (ID physician at Emory University) Dr. Tze-Woei Tan (Vascular surgeon at University of Southern California) Dr. David Armstrong (Podiatric surgeon at University of Southern California) Journal article link: Nicolas W Cortes-Penfield, David G Armstrong, Meghan B Brennan, Maya Fayfman, Jonathan H Ryder, Tze-Woei Tan, Marcos C Schechter, Evaluation and Management of Diabetes-related Foot Infections, Clinical Infectious Diseases, Volume 77, Issue 3, 1 August 2023, Pages e1–e13, https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciad255 Journal companion article - Executive summary link: https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/77/3/335/7242512 From Clinical Infectious Diseases Episodes | Consult Notes | Subscribe | Twitter | Merch | febrilepodcast@gmail.com Febrile is produced with support from the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)

Drs. Paul Sax, Tara Vijayan, and Allan Tunkel join Febrile to chat about the debut of a new series called “StAR”!!  These upcoming episodes will highlight the outstanding Clinical Infectious Diseases (CID) journal State-of-the-Art Reviews (StAR), which cover common clinical topics that ID clinicians encounter.  Learn more about the creation of these articles from these CID editors before we kick off 4 back-to-back episodes!! Episodes | Consult Notes | Subscribe | Twitter | Merch | febrilepodcast@gmail.com Febrile is produced with support from the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)

Drs. Jack Flores and Madan Kumar chat about the nuances of Kawasaki disease (and provide a mystery riddle!! solution in the Consult Notes!) Episodes | Consult Notes | Subscribe | Twitter | Merch | febrilepodcast@gmail.com Febrile is produced with support from the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)

Drs. Sumanth Cherukumilli, Emma Mohr, and Paul Spearman join for a live Febrile recording at the St. Jude / PIDS Pediatric Infectious Diseases Research Conference in Memphis, TN.  They cover some learning points about early onset neonatal sepsis and chat about career development.  Thank you to the conference organizers for the opportunity! Episodes | Consult Notes | Subscribe | Twitter | Merch | febrilepodcast@gmail.com Febrile is produced with support from the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)

Drs. Genevieve Martin, Catherine Marshall, and Bart Currie from the Royal Darwin Hospital share their approach to Burkholderia pseudomallei aka melioidosis! Episodes | Consult Notes | Subscribe | Twitter | Merch | febrilepodcast@gmail.com Febrile is produced with support from the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA). Audio editing/mixing provided by Bentley Brown.