What is your approach to iron supplementation in patients with an active infection?

Are there situations in which you still feel comfortable giving IV iron? If not, do you consider PO iron?

Answer from: at Community Practice

In patients with active infections, I generally avoid intravenous iron due to the potential for promoting pathogen growth, a practice supported by cautions from nephrology and gastroenterology society guidelines. However, evidence for the risk of infection with IV iron is inconsistent, underpowered,...

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at Crossroads Virology
Agree, I remember learning how Vibrio vulnificus d...

at UT Health San Antonio
Agree with Dr. @Sankey on this. Iron deficiency is...

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