Pulmonology

Infectious Disease

Questions discussed in this category

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?

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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?

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

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

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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.

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.

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