Infectious Disease

Pulmonology

Questions discussed in this category

For how long do you recommend treatment for latent tuberculosis prior to initiation of anti-TNF therapy?

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What is your approach to the use of Paxlovid for patients with risk factors for severe Covid-19 infection but who have received SARS-CoV-2 vaccines in light of the EPIC-SR trial findings?

EPIC-SR Trial

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Is there a role for repeat surveillance blood cultures in patients with prosthetic valve endocarditis without associated cardiac abscess after a 6 week course of antibiotic treatment without surgical intervention?

1 Answer available

Is there a role for chronic suppressive oral or inhaled therapy for recurrent Burkholderia cepacia pneumonia causing frequent hospitalizations in a patient with severe bronchiectasis with or without underlying cystic fibrosis?

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What approaches can we take to initiate therapy and improve survival rates in patients with HLH?

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Should checking a urinalysis with reflex to culture be part of the standard work up for fever in an ICU patient with a urinary catheter?

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How do you approach biologic initiation in patients with inflammatory arthritis and repeatedly indeterminate Quantiferon?

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What else do you consider in the differential diagnosis for pulmonary-renal syndromes if there is low clinical and serologic evidence of AAV, Goodpasture's or other rheumatologic disease (SLE, RA, APS, Scleroderma)?

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How long do you continue surveillance with imaging and sputum cultures in a patient with NTM with no indications for treatment?

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Would you consider prophylactic antifungal treatment prior to immunosuppressive therapies in a patient with previously treated pulmonary coccidiomycosis and residual parenchymal changes?

1 Answer available

Do you ever stop tobramycin prophylaxis in a patient with chronic bronchiectasis previously colonized with pseudomonas?

2 Answers available

How do you treat RA in patients with pulmonary mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) infections?

1 Answer available

Papers discussed in this category

Scientific reports, 2017 Aug 10

Analysis of Factors Influencing Diagnostic Accuracy of T-SPOT.TB for Active Tuberculosis in Clinical Practice.

Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken), 2016 Jan

2015 American College of Rheumatology Guideline for the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis.

Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics, 2022 May 20

Review article: latent tuberculosis in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases receiving immunosuppression-risks, screening, diagnosis and management.

Circulation, 2015 Sep 15

Infective Endocarditis in Adults: Diagnosis, Antimicrobial Therapy, and Management of Complications: A Scientific Statement for Healthcare Professionals From the American Heart Association.

The Annals of thoracic surgery, 2017 Feb 04

Surgical Versus Medical Therapy for Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis: A Meta-Analysis of 32 Studies.

European heart journal, 2023 Oct 14

2023 ESC Guidelines for the management of endocarditis.

The New England journal of medicine, 2024 Apr 04

Nirmatrelvir for Vaccinated or Unvaccinated Adult Outpatients with Covid-19.

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