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Infectious Disease
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General Infectious Disease
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Hospital Medicine
What is your recommendation for timing of urgent chemotherapy in patients with staph aureus bacteremia or endocarditis who require prolonged durations?
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What is your approach to management of CIED in a patient with community-acquired Staph aureus bacteremia who clears blood cultures quickly with negative follow up blood cultures within 72 hours of antimicrobial therapy and negative TEE?
What factors should be prioritized when deciding the timing of CIED extraction in patients with high surgical risk or multiple comorbidities?
What is your approach to managing antimicrobial therapy for intra-abdominal infections to avoid unnecessary double anaerobic coverage, in light of associated risks and guidelines?
Does your hospital or institution have an Antimicrobial Stewardship Program (ASP), which oversees ID physicians, and if so, does the ASP have the authority to refuse an antibiotic prescribed by an ID consultant?
Do you ever favor cefazolin over ceftriaxone for bacteremia with susceptible E. coli?
Do you routinely recommend diagnostic endoscopy for patients with persistent enterococcus bacteremia despite receiving adequate antimicrobial therapy and no clear nidus?
