Rheumatology

General Infectious Disease

Questions discussed in this category

How would you treat an asymptomatic patient with a positive Blastomyces antibody, evidence of prior granulomatous lung disease on imaging, and who may require immunosuppression in the future?

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What specific criteria or patient conditions would make you hesitant to use fluoroquinolones early in the treatment course for managing MSSA joint infections with oral antibiotics?

For example, baseline QT prolongation, elderly age group, or underlying heart disease?

3 Answers available

Do you routinely consider FDG PET/CT imaging for workup of fever of unknown origin?

1 Answer available

How often do you see bony erosions in patients with Lyme arthritis?

1 Answer available

Do you find HZV titers useful in diagnosing shingles sine herpete?

1 Answer available

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?

2 Answers available

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.

The Lancet. Neurology, 2009-08

Varicella zoster virus vasculopathies: diverse clinical manifestations, laboratory features, pathogenesis, and treatment.

The American journal of medicine, 2024 Mar 16

The Contribution of 18F FDG PET-CT for the Investigation of Fever of Unknown Origin and Inflammation of Unknown Origin.

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