Infectious Disease   

Questions discussed in this category



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

Infection is not part of the criteria for starting treatment both in UpToDate and in NCCN guidelines. 

Hepatitis screening labs revealing Hep B ag and core positivity with positive PCR

Does treatment with B-cell depletion and/or negative anti-spike antibody status despite COVID mRNA vaccination influence your decision?

Can experts comment on fungal pneumonia risk with individual BTK inhibitors as seen in ELEVATE-RR and whether this impacts their management decisions?

Does your recommendation differ between autologous and allogeneic transplants? Does your recommendation differ in allogeneic transplant recipients wh...

Is it at neutrophil recovery, at documentation of CR on bone marrow biopsy, or is there a different point in time?


Papers discussed in this category


The New England journal of medicine, 2007-01-25

Arthritis Rheumatol, 2016 Jan

Arthritis care & research, 2012-05

Arthritis care & research, 2017-03

Clin Exp Dermatol, 2018 May 24

Journal of clinical rheumatology : practical reports on rheumatic & musculoskeletal diseases, 2008-10

Clin Rheumatol, 2006 Dec 21

Rheumatol Int, 2020 Sep 18

N Engl J Med,

Mediterr J Rheumatol, 2020 Jun 11

Biology of blood and marrow transplantation : journal of the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation, 2011-03

Ann Rheum Dis, 2019 Aug 14

Seminars in hematology, 2013-07

Neurology, 2020 Jul 29

Cells, 2018 Dec 28

Arthritis Rheum,

Ann Oncol, 2021 Mar 18

J Clin Oncol, 2021 Jul 26

Journal of neurovirology, 2018-06

Lancet Oncol, 2019 Oct 23

Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken), 2021 Jul

Clin Liver Dis (Hoboken), 2018 Aug 22

Clin Microbiol Infect, 2018 Feb 07

Urology, 1982-09

Biology of blood and marrow transplantation : journal of the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation, 2009-03

Clin Infect Dis, 2005 Jan 21

Pediatr Transplant, 2014 Sep 08

J Clin Oncol, 2021 Apr 30

Pediatr Infect Dis J, 2014 Nov

Bone Marrow Transplant, 2006 Mar

Perit Dial Int, 2022 Mar

PET Clin, 2020 Feb 11

Rheumatology (Oxford), 2022 Jul 22

The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, 2017-12

Tex Heart Inst J, 2022 Nov 1

Circulation, 2020 Dec 17

Catheter Cardiovasc Interv, 2022 Jul 26

Multimed Man Cardiothorac Surg, 2020 Sep 25

JACC Case Rep, 2022 May 04

Circulation, 2015 Sep 15

Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.), 2017-10

Blood, 2020 Jun 18

The Journal of infectious diseases, 2022 May 04

JAMA, 2023 Jul 03

Infectious diseases and therapy, 2022 May 03

American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine, 2019 Oct 01

The New England journal of medicine, 2023 Apr 06

The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy, 2021 Jun 18

Sexually transmitted diseases, 1993 Nov-Dec

Arthritis and rheumatism, 2013-07

Rheumatology international, 2011 Feb 23

Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.), 2023 Jun 01

Arthritis care & research, 2016 Jan

Lupus, 2014 Feb 06

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2009-07-01

Journal of medical case reports, 2014 Mar 04

Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2016-12

The Lancet. Oncology, 2022 Mar 10

Journal of translational internal medicine, 2019 Dec 31