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General Internal Medicine
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Rheumatology
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Infection-related arthritis
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General Rheumatology
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Infectious Disease
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Infection Prevention and Control
In patients taking biologics who are planning joint replacement and are known MRSA carriers do you perform decolonization prior to surgery?
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For patients who do not have access to biologic therapies, what are some csDMARD combination pearls or tips that you have that have particular efficacy in different rheumatologic diseases?
