Infectious Disease

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Questions discussed in this category

Do you choose an antibiotic with CSF penetration, such as nafcillin over cefazolin, in the setting of MSSA endocarditis with septic emboli to the brain (assuming no concomitant meningitis or brain abscess)?

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Is history of GBS a contraindication for all future flu vaccines?

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Do you repeat a lumbar puncture in a patient living with HIV diagnosed with and treated for neurosyphilis and if so, when?

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Do you utilize post-vaccination IgG titers to detect common variable immunodeficiency in patients who are about to start or are actively on B cell depleting therapy?

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Does management of NMDA receptor encephalitis change in a patient with HIV/AIDS?

1 Answer available

Do patients on eculizumab or ravulizumab require repeat vaccination against meningococcal infection after a certain interval?

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Do you recommend continuous antibiotic prophylaxis for patients on complement inhibitors such as eculizumab?

Do you just use antibiotic prophylaxis if therapy is started prior to meningococcal vaccination?

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What is your approach to the treatment of PML-IRIS in patients with HIV who have progressed to AIDS?

1 Answer available

How do you approach the timing of COVID-19 vaccination for patients with multiple sclerosis on B-cell depleting therapies?

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When would you consider checking JC virus prior to initiating biologic therapy?

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Do you treat HIV/AIDS-associated CNS vasculitis with antiretrovirals alone or in combination with steroids?

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Papers discussed in this category

Neurology, 2020 Jul 29

Effect of ocrelizumab on vaccine responses in patients with multiple sclerosis: The VELOCE study.

Cells, 2018 Dec 28

Ocrelizumab Depletes CD20⁺ T Cells in Multiple Sclerosis Patients.

Journal of neurovirology, 2018-06

Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in rituximab-treated rheumatic diseases: a rare event.

Clin Microbiol Infect, 2018 Feb 07

ESCMID Study Group for Infections in Compromised Hosts (ESGICH) Consensus Document on the safety of targeted and biological therapies: an infectious diseases perspective (Introduction).

Blood, 2020 Jun 18

Tocilizumab in patients with symptomatic Kaposi sarcoma herpesvirus-associated multicentric Castleman disease.

Journal of translational internal medicine, 2019 Dec 31

Influenza Vaccination and Guillain-Barré Syndrome: Reality or Fear.

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