Primary Care

Pulmonary Infections

Questions discussed in this category

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

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How do you manage resistant infections that persist after stopping antibiotic therapy in patients with non-CF bronchiectasis?

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Would you use the pneumococcal conjugate-21 vaccine (Capvaxive) instead of the conjugate-20 (Prevnar-20) for routine vaccinations in immunosuppressed patients?

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How would you approach treatment of latent TB for patients who cannot tolerate rifamycins or isoniazid due to allergy, intolerance, or drug-drug interactions?

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How do you manage persistent pseudomonas positive sputum a patient with non-CF bronchiectasis who has chronic sputum production but is otherwise asymptomatic?

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What is your approach to prescribing RIPE for 6 month vs rifapentine/moxifloxacin for 4 months in the treatment of drug sensitive TB in the US?

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What is your approach to counseling patients regarding re-initiation of anti-TNF therapy after completion of treatment for non-disseminated pulmonary histoplasmosis?

Would it be safe to resume and if so, when?

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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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Do you routinely monitor imaging or pulmonary function in patients with pulmonary TB after the completion of therapy?

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

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Papers discussed in this category

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2015-08-01

Histoplasmosis complicating tumor necrosis factor-α blocker therapy: a retrospective analysis of 98 cases.

Lupus, 2014 Jul 30

Serious infections in systemic lupus erythematosus with a focus on pneumococcal infections.

MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 2024 Sep 12

Use of 21-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Among U.S. Adults: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices - United States, 2024.

American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine, 2019 Nov 15

Treatment of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis. An Official ATS/CDC/ERS/IDSA Clinical Practice Guideline.

JAMA, 2013 Mar 27

Effect of azithromycin maintenance treatment on infectious exacerbations among patients with non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis: the BAT randomized controlled trial.

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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