Infectious Disease

General Hospital Medicine

Questions discussed in this category

What is the recommended fungal workup in an immunocompromised patient after 5 days of persistent fever?

Do you involve additional specialists, such as ENT, to further evaluate? Is there a particular algorithm followed by your institution, or is it just d...

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How do you typically manage a patient with a single positive blood culture from two sets growing Candida species in a stable patient without prosthetic devices or material?

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Do you routinely use cefdinir for the treatment of common infections diagnosed in the outpatient setting such as CAP, uncomplicated UTIs?

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How would you manage a patient with necrotizing pneumonia due to a susceptible Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain who continues to have significant purulent secretions and worsening imaging while receiving cefepime?

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Do you have to extend treatment for acute Lyme disease if a patient is on high dose steroids for another indication?

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What is your approach to iron supplementation in patients with an active infection?

Are there situations in which you still feel comfortable giving IV iron? If not, do you consider PO iron?

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Would you use oral cefixime as an alternative treatment for early syphilis in cases of benzathine penicillin G shortages?

Klementova et al., PMID 40795115

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Do you routinely recommend diagnostic endoscopy for patients with persistent enterococcus bacteremia despite receiving adequate antimicrobial therapy and no clear nidus?

Rogers & Rice, PMID 38018162

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How do you weigh the risk of urinary catheter or fecal management system placement with that of soiling sacral wounds?

If placed for this indication, how do you decide when to remove?

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When do you recommend limited or targeted respiratory pathogen testing versus a full respiratory pathogen panel in a patient presenting with URI symptoms?

In other words, are there benefits to identifying URI pathogens that do not necessarily have targeted therapies (e.g., rhinovirus, non-COVID-19 Corona...

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Do you routinely recommend transition to dual PO antibiotic coverage for strep species and MRSA, for patients with purulent cellulitis and in the absence of culture data?

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

When do you have consider sending them as part of your initial workup?

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Do you use MRSA nares PCR to influence antibiotic selection for non-respiratory infections?

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How do you manage gram-negative bacteremia in a patient with an aortic bypass graft, for whom there is low clinical suspicion for active graft infection?

Tabaja et al., PMID 38635420

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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?