We discuss COVID-19 vaccination allergy clinics, and optimisation of leptospirosis diagnostics

COVID 19 vaccination clinics paper can be read here

The Leptospirosis diagnostics paper is here

Dr Haake's paper on Reunion and Mayotte ecology can be found here

One commercially available multiplex PCR panel (BioFire) evaluation can be read about here

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In this episode we discuss a study looking at persistent candidaemia (based on the Candida III study), as well a new quick reference guide on Meningoencephalitis.

The Candida III sub-analysis study can be accessed here

Read more about Candida IV here

The IQRG meningitis/encephalitis article is here

A higher resolution copy here

And other IQRGs can be accessed on the BIA’s website

UK SMI B27 for investigation of CSF

Cochrane meta-analysis for steroids is here

And Dr Fiona McGill's previous guidelines on meningitis from 2016 is here

And the UK 2017 audit of the guidelines mentioned is worth a read here

Plus the DexEnceph study of steroids in HSV Encephalitis is on the Lancet website

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You can read the article on listeriosis surveillance in Japan here: An 11-year multicentre clinical and genomic surveillance of listeriosis across Japan - Journal of Infection

And the case report on novel treatment of Enterovirus encephalitis here: Novel treatment of enterovirus encephalitis associated with B-cell depleting therapy - ScienceDirect

Contact the encephalitis MDT at uclh.nhnn.encephalitismdt1@nhs.net (for NHS use only)

And for the metagenomics service's website https://www.gosh.nhs.uk/wards-and-departments/departments/laboratory-medicine/laboratory-database/metagenomics/

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