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Infectious Disease
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General Infectious Disease
How do you manage a patient with suspected tick-borne encephalitis who has normal initial serological tests but continues to exhibit neurological symptoms in an endemic area?
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Do you routinely use cefdinir for the treatment of common infections diagnosed in the outpatient setting such as CAP, uncomplicated UTIs?
Do you use first generation cephalosporins to treat non-endovascular streptococcus mitis infections?
Do you treat complicated pneumonia with a drained empyema longer if Streptococcus anginosus is cultured, either in isolation or with other organisms, compared to cases in which it is not?
How would you manage a frail but functioning elderly patient with extensive thoracolumbar spinal fusions 4-5 years ago now presenting with copious purulent drainage from L2-L4 whose MRI shows no osteomyelitis or abscess, and who has mild pain but no systemic signs or symptoms of illness?
For patients with candida species osteomyelitis who have undergone extensive surgical debridement, do you routinely still recommend 6-12 months of antifungal therapy or opt for a shorter duration?
In a patient with a history of seropositive erosive RA who has undergone treatment for a periprosthetic joint infection and currently has an antibiotic spacer in place with clinical improvement, what is the appropriate timing and strategy for restarting DMARDs and/or biologic therapy to balance infection risk with RA disease control?
Would you consider levofloxacin graded challenge, extended IV aztreonam, or an alternative treatment in a patient with reported anaphylaxis to penicillin, fluoroquinolones, and cefuroxime with cavitary pneumonia secondary to Klebsiella and Pseudomonas?
Are you less likely to use cefiderocol for carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bloodstream infections based on the GAME CHANGER trial showing non-inferiority to standard-of-care antibiotics?
Do you use oral beta-lactams to treat osteomyelitis?
What is your typical duration and route of treatment for a lytic lesion in the metaphysis of a long bone secondary to MSSA, i.e., a Brodie abscess, following debridement in an immunocompetent patient?
