Erin McCreary (@erinmccreary) and Ryan Shields (@ryankshields) discuss notable infectious diseases publications from the first half of 2020.

Papers discussed:

1) Van Duin D, et al. Lancet Infect Dis. 2020 Jun;20(6):731-741. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(19)30755-8. 2) Livermore DM, et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Feb 6;ciaa122. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa122. 3) Falcone M, et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2020 May 19;ciaa586. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa586. 4) Lodise TP, et al. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2020 May 28;dkaa197. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkaa197. 5) O’Donnell JN, et al. Clin Ther. 2020 Jul 16;S0149-2918(20)30315-5. doi: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2020.06.005. 6) Abdul-Aziz MH, et al. Intensive Care Med. 2020 Jun;46(6):1127-1153. doi: 10.1007/s00134-020-06050-1. 7) Cusumano JA, et al. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2020 Jul 7;77(14):1104-1112. doi: 10.1093/ajhp/zxaa128. 8) Roberts JA, et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Mar 9;ciaa224. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa224. 9) Ackerman A, et al. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2020 May 21;64(6):e00066-20. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00066-20. 10) Tong SYC, et al. JAMA. 2020 Feb 11;323(6):527-537. doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.0103. 11) Jones BE, et al. JAMA Intern Med. 2020 Feb 17;180(4):552-560. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.7495. 12) Cheng MP, et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Jul 15;ciaa1000. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1000.

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