Febrile

Join Drs. Caitlyn Vlasschaert, Hariharasudan Natarajan, Sam Kant, Jeannina Smith, and Samira Farouk as they chat about the Trolls of Transplantation region of NephMadness featuring BK virus and CMV!
Read more about the regions and cast your brackets at https://ajkdblog.org/tag/nephmadness2026/
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Febrile is produced with support from the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)

Let’s dive into Chagas disease with this team from the University of Florida! Featuring Jacob Ricci (MD-PhD student) and Drs. Akankcha Alok and Norman Beatty
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This StAR episode features the CID State-of-the-Art Review on Complexities in Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device Infections: A Contemporary Practical Approach.
Our guest stars this episode are from the Division of Public Health, Infectious Diseases and Occupational Medicine at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota:
Supavit Chesdachai
Hussam Tabaja
Daniel DeSimone
Journal article link: Chesdachai S, Baddour LM, Tabaja H, Madhavan M, Anavekar N, Zwischenberger BA, Erba PA, DeSimone DC. State-of-the-Art Review: Complexities in Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device Infections: A Contemporary Practical Approach. Clin Infect Dis. 2025 Feb 5;80(1):e1-e15. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciae453. PMID: 39908172.

Journal companion article - Executive summary link: Chesdachai S, Baddour LM, Tabaja H, Madhavan M, Anavekar N, Zwischenberger BA, Erba PA, DeSimone DC. Executive Summary: State-of-the-Art Review: Complexities in Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device Infections: A Contemporary Practical Approach. Clin Infect Dis. 2025 Feb 5;80(1):1-3. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciae454. PMID: 39908173.

From Clinical Infectious Diseases

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In our Season 5 Finale, Sara wraps up 2025 with Marisu Rueda-Altez (University of Alabama Birmingham) and the Pediatric ID Fellows Cup champions from Children’s National Hospital team “District of Contagion”! After an update on the US ID Fellowship Match, everyone breaks down some of the most commonly missed questions from the competition!
For Pediatric ID Fellows Cup (PIDFC) info, please click on links below!
Call for next round of question writers and mentors
Website: pidfc.notion.site
Follow on Instagram: @pid_fellows_cup
Guests from Children’s National team “District of Contagion”!
Katarina Manzi (first year ID fellow)
Hannah Chase (first year ID fellow)
Lillian Flannigan (second year ID fellow, team captain)
Einar Helgason (second year ID fellow)
Ugur Berkay Balkanci (second year ID fellow)
Sarah Benke (third year ID fellow)
Roya Gordji (third year ID fellow)
Alexandra Yonts (attending)
Nada Harik (attending and fellowship program director)
Other team members not on the recording: Craig Shapiro, Rana Hamdy, Andrea Hahn, Shreya Doshi
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Walk through a series of mini-cases discussing IV vs PO with a team from LA General Medical Center! Featuring Hannah Chute (MS4), Dr. Paloma Reta-Impey, and Dr. Brad Spellberg.
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