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How do you consider sending fungal studies in a patient with pneumonia?

Considering the recent article in CHEST that describes the increasing incidence of fungal pneumonia Azar. Chest 2024

How would you manage a patient with well-controlled HIV on Biktarvy, who is interested in switching to injectable HAART but also has a history of a prior Hepatitis B Infection?

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What is your preferred dosing of IV ganciclovir for CMV disease in immunocompromised patients?

1 Answer available

Under which circumstances is there a role for reduction in immunosuppression post-SOT in a patient with recurrent CMV viremia and/or disease?

1 Answer available

How long do you treat uncomplicated gram-negative rod bacteremia in solid organ transplant recipients?

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For how long would you treat a patient with latent TB before allowing them to proceed with a liver transplant?

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What is your approach to a situation where DILI is suspected secondary to an important medication (e.g., anticoagulation, antibiotics, etc.), but the diagnosis is uncertain and the liver injury is relatively mild?

Are there situations in which you would continue the possible offending agent with close monitoring?

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In a patient with negative Hep B surface Ag, Hep B surface antibody+, and Hep B core antibody+ serologies, do you initiate antiviral prophylaxis (e.g. entecavir) prior to starting rituximab?

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How do you rule out spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in a patient with minimal ascites that is not amenable to paracentesis?

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Is there a role for nitazoxanide for treatment of norovirus gastroenteritis in immunocompromised patients?

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Papers discussed in this category

The Journal of infection, 2011-11

Norovirus gastroenteritis successfully treated with nitazoxanide.

Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics, 2006 Nov 15

Nitazoxanide in the treatment of viral gastroenteritis: a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial.

Journal of tropical medicine, 2017 Feb 26

Nitazoxanide in Acute Rotavirus Diarrhea: A Randomized Control Trial from a Developing Country.

The New England journal of medicine, 1987-03-05

Accelerated loss of antibody to hepatitis B surface antigen among immunodeficient homosexual men infected with HIV.

Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.), 2018 Apr

Update on prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of chronic hepatitis B: AASLD 2018 hepatitis B guidance.

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2020 Dec 31

Global Burden of Hepatitis B Infection in People Living With Human Immunodeficiency Virus: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Journal of viral hepatitis, 2019 Dec 22

Prevalence and burden of HBV co-infection among people living with HIV: A global systematic review and meta-analysis.

Topics in antiviral medicine, 2023 Mar 31

Chronic hepatitis B and HIV coinfection.

Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999), 2023 Oct 01

Brief Report: Hepatitis B Infection or Reactivation After Switch to 2-Drug Antiretroviral Therapy: A Case Series, Literature Review, and Management Discussion.

Gastroenterology, 2025 Feb

AGA Clinical Practice Guideline on the Prevention and Treatment of Hepatitis B Virus Reactivation in At-Risk Individuals.

Lancet Haematol, 2018 Oct

Passive transfer of anti-HBc after intravenous immunoglobulin administration in patients with cancer: a retrospective chart review.

Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 2019 Sep 1

Microbiological Laboratory Testing in the Diagnosis of Fungal Infections in Pulmonary and Critical Care Practice. An Official American Thoracic Society Clinical Practice Guideline.

Chest, 2023 Oct 07

A Diagnostic Approach to Fungal Pneumonia: An Infectious Diseases Perspective.

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2024 Mar 05

Guide to Utilization of the Microbiology Laboratory for Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases: 2024 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and the American Society for Microbiology (ASM).

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