General Internal Medicine

In particular, in individuals who are know to have their urinary tract colonized with an organism, and they will periodically develop a urinary tract ...

2 Answers available

Do you prescribe linezolid to patients who are concomitantly on an SSRI?

8 Answers available

Do you routinely treat patients with neurosyphilis with IM penicillin for 1-3 weeks after completing a full treatment course of IV penicillin?

CDC Sexually Transmitted Infections Treatment Guidelines, 2021

2 Answers available

What agent and for how long would you treat a patient with asymptomatic azole-resistant C auris candiduria who is planning to undergo a urological procedure?

4 Answers available

How does trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole's efficacy against S. pyogenes influence your empirical treatment of skin infections in regions with high resistance rates?

McCreary et al., PMID 37310038

2 Answers available

How would you manage and determine the duration of antibiotics for a patient with suspected chronic postoperative spinal implant infection, status post lumbar fusion, now presenting with loosened hardware on imaging, normal inflammatory markers, and no systemic infection symptoms?

2 Answers available

Do you treat non-albicans strains of Candida on sputum culture or BAL in patients who are immunosuppressed?

2 Answers available

Is there any role for prophylactic bronchial artery embolization in immunocompromised patients with invasive pulmonary aspergillosis?

1 Answer available

Do you recommend routine neurosyphilis testing in patients being evaluated for dementia?

1 Answer available

What is the interpretation of an IGRA with positive TB wells and negative nil and negative mitogen wells?

A patient on meloxicam for LBP developed high, persistent fevers and no other symptoms. An IGRA, among many tests, was sent. The IGRA’s mitogen ...

2 Answers available

For patients with spinal hardware infections, in what circumstances do you recommend 12 weeks over 6 weeks of antimicrobial therapy?

1 Answer available

What additional treatment strategies would you recommend for a patient with a Mycobacterium chelonae and Mycobacterium abscessus infection following bilateral prophylactic mastectomies and implant insertion, who has undergone multiple surgeries and an extended course of IV antibiotics selected based on sensitivities?

2 Answers available

Do you routinely recommend suppressive antibiotic therapy for patients with spinal hardware infections who have undergone surgical debridement with retention of hardware?

1 Answer available

Would you start treatment for MAC in a patient with nodular bronchiectatic disease who has demonstrated radiographic progression but remains asymptomatic and smear-negative?

2 Answers available

Is there any utility to trending Histoplasma serology titers to guide duration of therapy or treatment response for pulmonary histoplasmosis with negative urine antigen?

2 Answers available

Do you recommend, based on current evidence, avoiding antimotility agents in patients with non-fulminant C. difficile infection who have no evidence of ileus?

2 Answers available

Is it ever safe to use a biologic DMARD in a patient with RA who is on suppressive antibiotics due to a history of septic prosthetic arthritis?

2 Answers available

What further evaluation do you pursue for patients who present with vague symptoms such as subjective fevers or intermittent night sweats, who have no pulmonary symptoms but have a positive IGRA?

1 Answer available

For how long would you treat a patient with dematiaceous fungi growing on a native heart valve discovered at the time of valve replacement?

1 Answer available

How would you treat an asymptomatic patient with a positive Blastomyces antibody, evidence of prior granulomatous lung disease on imaging, and who may require immunosuppression in the future?

1 Answer available

What specific criteria or patient conditions would make you hesitant to use fluoroquinolones early in the treatment course for managing MSSA joint infections with oral antibiotics?

For example, baseline QT prolongation, elderly age group, or underlying heart disease?

3 Answers available

Do you routinely consider FDG PET/CT imaging for workup of fever of unknown origin?

1 Answer available

What is the interpretation of two IGRAs with negative mitogen wells, in the absence of immunosuppression?

A patient on meloxicam for LBP developed high, persistent fevers and no other symptoms. An IGRA, among many tests, was sent. The IGRA’s mitogen ...

2 Answers available

How would you manage a patient with Crohn's disease on a biologic and presents with non-bloody diarrhea, normal-appearing mucosa on sigmoidoscopy but severe colitis on biopsy with a positive CMV stain?

Would you send a CMV DNA PCR in blood, and if you elect to treat with anti-CMV medication, how long would you treat and what parameters would you use,...

1 Answer available

Do you favor timely bronchoscopy for diagnostics over close surveillance in mildly symptomatic patients with CT findings suspicious for NTM infection who are not able to expectorate?

4 Answers available

Do you routinely recommend a lumbar puncture for patients with suspected ocular or otic syphilis in the absence of additional CNS symptoms?

3 Answers available

Do you routinely treat chronic sacral osteomyelitis when there is no plan for debridement or flap?

2 Answers available

Would you treat a sputum culture positive for Aspergillus niger despite an atypical CT chest and a negative serum galactomannan in an immunosuppressed patient who is too high risk for bronchoscopy?

0 Answers available

How often do you see bony erosions in patients with Lyme arthritis?

1 Answer available

How do you approach a patient on anti-TNF with positive Quantiferon (previously negative) with negative chest x-ray and no symptoms?

7 Answers available

What infections should we rule out in patients who develop diarrhea on immunotherapy?

Chemotherapy is associated with acquiring C diff colitis. Does immunotherapy share that same risk and necessitate ruling out infection prior to anti-d...

1 Answer available

When treating pancreatic body/tail lesions that result in significant dose spread to the spleen, what is your threshold to offer pneumococcal, hemophilus influenza, and meningococcal vaccines?

2 Answers available

Is there a role for suppressive antibiotic therapy when it comes to chronic femoral/tibial osteomyelitis?

1 Answer available

In patients with possible Bartonella henselae infection and elevated IgG titer, what is the best way to confirm the diagnosis: tissue biopsy with Warthin-Starry staining, tissue sent for Bartonella henselae PCR, or tissue sent for culture?

1 Answer available

How would you approach treatment duration for patients with persistent candida species fungemia with a history of a prosthetic heart valve but negative TEE/CT PET and no other identifiable source of infection?

2 Answers available

Would you transition from IV to oral antibiotics in a solid organ transplant recipient with uncomplicated gram-negative bacteremia?

Nussbaum et al., PMID 38195100

1 Answer available

Do you treat prosthetic joint infections after a two-stage revision arthroplasty with oral antibiotics for the full duration of therapy, assuming a susceptible oral option is available?

1 Answer available

Is there a role for nitazoxanide for treatment of norovirus gastroenteritis in immunocompromised patients?

1 Answer available

Under which circumstances is there a role for reduction in immunosuppression post-SOT in a patient with recurrent CMV viremia and/or disease?

1 Answer available

What is your approach to monitoring of inflammatory markers during treatment of native vertebral osteomyelitis?

3 Answers available

Is there a role for routine LP in HIV patients with disseminated histoplasmosis even in the absence of CNS signs/symptoms?

Extrapolating from standard practice for management of cryptococcal antigenemia?

1 Answer available

When would you add a third antibacterial agent in addition to macrolide and ethambutol for treatment of a patient with HIV and disseminated MAC?

1 Answer available

Do you find HZV titers useful in diagnosing shingles sine herpete?

1 Answer available

What is your approach to monitoring blood parasite smears in an immunocompetent patient with babesiosis?

Do you continue smears until documented resolution, or by clinical progress?

1 Answer available

Under what circumstances would you recommend early fecal microbiota transplantation over antibiotic treatment or bezlotoxumab in a patient with recurrent C. difficile infection?

1 Answer available

Have you used Karius to aid in the diagnosis of a non-resolving pneumonia, with negative bronchoscopy, biopsy, and other infectious work up in an immunocompetent patient?

1 Answer available

How exhaustive (especially considering cost) should an immunological workup be for patients with extensive, recurrent, or deep seated Staph aureus infections without obvious immunocompromise (e.g. cancer, diabetes, steroids) or recurrent breaks in skin integrity?

1 Answer available

Are there clinical circumstances in which there is a role for steroids in treatment of calcified neurocysticercosis associated with perilesional edema and seizures?

1 Answer available

How do you approach restarting cDMARDS/bDMARDS in a patient with active RA after incidence of disseminated CNS VZV infection while on tofacitinib?

1 Answer available

Is there a risk of hepatitis C activation with rituximab in a patient who has a history of HCV treated with antivirals and who is in sustained viral response?

1 Answer available

Do you consider late latent syphilis adequately treated if a patient receives a 10-14 day course of IV ceftriaxone for another indication?

Or would you still offer penicillin G benzathine once weekly concurrently?

1 Answer available

How long do you treat uncomplicated gram-negative rod bacteremia in solid organ transplant recipients?

1 Answer available

What is your approach to a patient with undetectable MMR titers checked prior to or during immunosuppression and a history of MMR vaccination in childhood?

Is there a role for booster vaccination and if so, how do you approach the timing when a patient is already on a biologic for immunosuppression?

1 Answer available

Is there a role for repeat surveillance blood cultures in patients with prosthetic valve endocarditis without associated cardiac abscess after a 6 week course of antibiotic treatment without surgical intervention?

1 Answer available

What is your approach to treatment of macrolide-sensitive localized bone/joint MAC disease?

1 Answer available

Does a low serofast RPR titer (such as 1:1 or 1:2) in the setting of a remote history of appropriately treated latent syphilis in a patient with now uveitis of yet unknown etiology referred from ophthalmology for possible ocular syphilis make a diagnosis of ocular syphilis less likely?

What is your approach to guiding ophthalmologists regarding our clinical suspicion for ocular syphilis and does the quantification of the titer help i...

1 Answer available

Have you applied the POET trial to clinical practice?

1 Answer available

What is current best practice with regards to antibacterial prophylaxis in patients with hematologic malignancy and resolved neutropenic fever (>72 hours)?

1 Answer available

How long do you continue antibiotics after cholecystostomy tube placement for acute cholecystitis?

Since the COVID-19 pandemic, increasingly we see management of acute cholecystitis with cholecystostomy tubes as opposed to surgery, even amongst pati...

1 Answer available

In which patients do you prefer daily standard three-drug therapy for non-cavitary pulmonary MAC as opposed to three times a week dosing?

2 Answers available

Do you repeat a lumbar puncture in a patient living with HIV diagnosed with and treated for neurosyphilis and if so, when?

1 Answer available

What is the preferred treatment regimen for cardiovascular syphilis, specifically syphilitic ostial coronary artery disease?

1 Answer available

What is your approach to working up diarrhea in an immunocompromised patient?

1 Answer available

Do you typically adjust or hold immunosuppression in a well-controlled RA patient who is being treated for Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare (MAI)?

1 Answer available

What else do you consider in the differential diagnosis for pulmonary-renal syndromes if there is low clinical and serologic evidence of AAV, Goodpasture's or other rheumatologic disease (SLE, RA, APS, Scleroderma)?

2 Answers available

Do you utilize post-vaccination IgG titers to detect common variable immunodeficiency in patients who are about to start or are actively on B cell depleting therapy?

2 Answers available

For how long do you treat an early spinal hardware infection secondary to MSSA after operative washout and retention of hardware?

1 Answer available

How do you manage a patient with severe RA or SLE that worsens after stopping immunosuppressants due to having chronic foot ulceration?

2 Answers available

What is your approach to determining the need for continued isolation in the dialysis unit for an ESKD patient who had a positive hepatitis B surface antigen one year ago but who now has a negative HbsAg in the absence of treatment?

1 Answer available

How do you approach immunosuppression in patients with a positive Interferon Gamma Release Assay and prior intravesicular BCG treatment for bladder cancer?

Assuming no symptoms of TB, should patients be treated for latent TB prior to starting TNF inhibitors or other immunosuppressive agents?

1 Answer available

Do you have a preference between Quantiferon Gold and T-spot TB for screening in patients starting immunosuppressive agents?

1 Answer available

In patients taking biologics who are planning joint replacement and are known MRSA carriers do you perform decolonization prior to surgery?

0 Answers available

Would you anticoagulate a patient with splenic infarctions in the setting of CMV viremia?

If so, for how long?

1 Answer available

How would you approach immunomodulatory treatment for systemic lupus associated protein losing enteropathy (PLE) in a patient whose clinical course has been complicated by significant infection?

Additionally, is it correct to assume that IV therapies might be preferred vs oral treatment given alterations in GI absorption in PLE?

1 Answer available

Are there any non-beta-lactam antibiotic options for treatment of neurosyphilis in non-pregnant adults?

1 Answer available

What is the risk of serious bacterial infection in a febrile solid tumor patient who has not yet started cancer-directed therapy and has normal cell counts with no central line?

1 Answer available

Does your approach to treating latent tuberculosis differ in a patient on anti-fibrotic therapy?

1 Answer available

How do you approach the workup for a patient with persistently elevated inflammatory markers (CRP and ESR) whose history and exam do not point to a clear cause?

4 Answers available

Do patients on eculizumab or ravulizumab require repeat vaccination against meningococcal infection after a certain interval?

1 Answer available

Are you using the microbial cell-free DNA “Karius” test to aid in the diagnosis of an atypical pulmonary infection such as PJP or NTM?

2 Answers available

Do you routinely isolate and test for TB in a patient incidentally found to have a miliary pattern of nodules on chest CT?

2 Answers available

What is the antifungal prophylaxis regimen that you use in patients on peritoneal dialysis who are receiving antibiotics?

1 Answer available

Do you recommend continuous antibiotic prophylaxis for patients on complement inhibitors such as eculizumab?

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

3 Answers available

Do you treat Candida spp isolated from a bronchoalveolar lavage?

1 Answer available

Would you consider prophylactic antifungal treatment prior to immunosuppressive therapies in a patient with previously treated pulmonary coccidiomycosis and residual parenchymal changes?

1 Answer available

Do you hold IV iron in the setting of active infection?

1 Answer available

Which medications have the lowest risk of tuberculosis reactivation in patients with uncertain tuberculosis history and active rheumatologic disease?

2 Answers available

How do you approach DMARD therapy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and chronic hepatitis B?

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

2 Answers available

Do you recommend routine use of Evusheld for pre-exposure prophylaxis for patients on immunosuppression?

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

1 Answer available

What infectious prophylaxis do you use for patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma?

How do you decide how long to continue?

1 Answer available

How do you think about biologic use in patients with underlying HIV infection?

2 Answers available

Is there a role for antibody testing to confirm vaccine response for patients on rituximab after COVID-19 vaccination?

1 Answer available

When would you consider checking JC virus prior to initiating biologic therapy?

1 Answer available

In which patients with oncologic or hematologic disorders are you recommending a 3rd dose of mRNA COVID vaccine?

2 Answers available

How would you approach chronic isolated severe non-cyclic neutropenia with negative bone marrow and rheumatologic work-up?

Is there a role for empiric antibiotics if there is history of opportunistic infection?

1 Answer available

How would you manage an active rheumatoid arthritis patient on suppressive antibiotic therapy for ocular HSV who has abnormal liver function tests?

1 Answer available

How do you treat RA in patients with pulmonary mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) infections?

1 Answer available

Are there particular concerns related to the use of B-cell depletion therapies such as rituximab for rheumatic disease during the COVID-19 pandemic?

1 Answer available

How does a history of splenectomy alter how you counsel patients on the infection risk of TNF inhibitors or other biologics?

1 Answer available

Which immunosuppressed patients with SLE would benefit from antibiotic prophylaxis to prevent pneumocystis pneumonia?

1 Answer available

Would you hold all immunosuppressive medications for the first month of LTBI treatment, or just biologics?

1 Answer available

How would you attempt to determine the etiology of intracranial hemorrhage in a patient with newly diagnosed lupus and an active viral infection?

1 Answer available

Do you avoid any specific biologic therapies in HIV positive patients?

1 Answer available

In what situations do you check for HIV status in your workup for inflammatory arthritis?

1 Answer available

How do you manage patients who are Hepatitis B core antibody positive/surface antigen negative and starting a biologic DMARD (other than rituximab)?

1 Answer available

Papers discussed in this category

Arthritis Rheumatol, 2016 Jan

2015 American College of Rheumatology Guideline for the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis.

Arthritis care & research, 2017-03

Rates of Serious Infections in HIV-Infected Patients Receiving Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitor Therapy for Concomitant Autoimmune Diseases.

Clin Exp Dermatol, 2018 May 24

Treatment of psoriasis with ustekinumab in a patient with HIV-related Kaposi sarcoma.

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

Prophylactic antibiotic usage for Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus on cyclophosphamide: a survey of US rheumatologists and the review of literature.

Clin Rheumatol, 2006 Dec 21

Rheumatol Int, 2020 Sep 18

High rates of severe disease and death due to SARS-CoV-2 infection in rheumatic disease patients treated with rituximab: a descriptive study.

N Engl J Med,

Clinical practice. Care of the asplenic patient.

Mediterr J Rheumatol, 2020 Jun 11

Infections in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis in the Era of Targeted Synthetic Therapies.

Annals of the rheumatic diseases, 2022 Nov 03

2022 EULAR recommendations for screening and prophylaxis of chronic and opportunistic infections in adults with autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic diseases.

Frontiers in immunology, 2021 Apr 12

Using Routine Laboratory Markers and Immunological Indicators for Predicting Pneumonia in Immunocompromised Patients.

Seminars in hematology, 2013-07

Evaluation and management of patients with isolated neutropenia.

Ann Oncol, 2021 Mar 18

Association of Clinical Factors and Recent Anti-Cancer Therapy with COVID-19 Severity among Patients with Cancer: A Report from the COVID-19 and Cancer Consortium.

Journal of neurovirology, 2018-06

Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in rituximab-treated rheumatic diseases: a rare event.

Lancet Oncol, 2019 Oct 23

Levofloxacin prophylaxis in patients with newly diagnosed myeloma (TEAMM): a multicentre, double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomised, phase 3 trial.

Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken), 2021 Jul

2021 American College of Rheumatology Guideline for the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis.

Clin Liver Dis (Hoboken), 2018 Aug 22

Update on Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis B: AASLD 2018 Hepatitis B Guidance.

Clin Microbiol Infect, 2018 Feb 07

ESCMID Study Group for Infections in Compromised Hosts (ESGICH) Consensus Document on the safety of targeted and biological therapies: an infectious diseases perspective (Introduction).

Perit Dial Int, 2022 Mar

ISPD peritonitis guideline recommendations: 2022 update on prevention and treatment.

PET Clin, 2020 Feb 11

18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose PET/Computed Tomography in the Diagnosis and Monitoring of Giant Cell Arteritis.

Rheumatology (Oxford), 2022 Jul 22

PET/CT of cranial arteries for a sensitive diagnosis of giant cell arteritis.

Ann Am Thorac Soc, 2017 May

Minimizing Tuberculosis Risk in Patients Receiving Anti-TNF Therapy.

Chest, 2023 Feb 17

Patient-Reported Symptom and Health-Related Quality-of-Life Validation and Responsiveness During the First 6 Months of Treatment for Mycobacterium avium Complex Pulmonary Disease.

The New England journal of medicine, 2014 Oct 01

Goal-directed resuscitation for patients with early septic shock.

Curr Opin Infect Dis, 2023 Aug 1

Neutropenia and antibiotics: when, what, how and why?

Circulation, 2015 Sep 15

Infective Endocarditis in Adults: Diagnosis, Antimicrobial Therapy, and Management of Complications: A Scientific Statement for Healthcare Professionals From the American Heart Association.

The Annals of thoracic surgery, 2017 Feb 04

Surgical Versus Medical Therapy for Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis: A Meta-Analysis of 32 Studies.

European heart journal, 2023 Oct 14

2023 ESC Guidelines for the management of endocarditis.

JAMA network open, 2022 Dec 01

Association of Linezolid With Risk of Serotonin Syndrome in Patients Receiving Antidepressants.

International journal of antimicrobial agents, 2023 Jun 08

Dose optimisation of linezolid in critically ill patients based on a population pharmacokinetic model: A two-centre prospective interventional study.

Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland), 2023 Nov 20

The Association of Serotonin Toxicity with Combination Linezolid-Serotonergic Agent Therapy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

International journal of antimicrobial agents, 2023 May 07

Real-world evaluation of linezolid-associated serotonin toxicity with and without concurrent serotonergic agents.

European heart journal, 2023 Oct 25

Clinical implementation of partial oral treatment in infective endocarditis: the Danish POETry study.

Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 2023 May 11

Choosing patients over placebos: oral transitional therapy vs. IV-only therapy for bacteraemia and infective endocarditis.

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2023 Jul 26

Attainment of Target Antibiotic Levels by Oral Treatment of Left-Sided Infective Endocarditis: A POET Substudy.

The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy, 2021 Jun 18

Clinical and serological outcomes in patients treated with oral doxycycline for early neurosyphilis.

Sexually transmitted diseases, 1993 Nov-Dec

Asymptomatic neurosyphilis after doxycycline therapy for early latent syphilis.

Medicine, 2014 Oct

Intravenous immunoglobulin in the therapeutic armamentarium of systemic lupus erythematosus: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Arthritis and rheumatism, 2013-07

Vitamin D in systemic lupus erythematosus: modest association with disease activity and the urine protein-to-creatinine ratio.

Rheumatology international, 2011 Feb 23

Lupus protein-losing enteropathy (LUPLE): a systematic review.

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

Comparative Risks of Infection With Belimumab Versus Oral Immunosuppressants in Patients With Nonrenal Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.

Arthritis care & research, 2016 Jan

Vitamin D Supplementation in Adolescents and Young Adults With Juvenile Systemic Lupus Erythematosus for Improvement in Disease Activity and Fatigue Scores: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial.

Lupus, 2014 Feb 06

Vitamin D and cutaneous lupus erythematosus: effect of vitamin D replacement on disease severity.

Journal of medical case reports, 2014 Mar 04

Cytomegalovirus-associated splenic infarcts in an adult immune-competent man: a case report and review of the literature.

The Lancet. Infectious diseases, 2024 Jan 17

Efficacy and safety of an early oral switch in low-risk Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection (SABATO): an international, open-label, parallel-group, randomised, controlled, non-inferiority trial.

Journal of ophthalmic inflammation and infection, 2015-12

Clinical and laboratory characteristics of ocular syphilis: a new face in the era of HIV co-infection.

JAMA ophthalmology, 2024 Jan 01

Rising Incidence of Syphilitic Uveitis-Related Hospitalizations in the US.

Investigative ophthalmology & visual science, 2016 Feb

Clinical Manifestations and Outcome of Syphilitic Uveitis.

The American journal of medicine, 1992-11

Response of latent syphilis or neurosyphilis to ceftriaxone therapy in persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus.

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2017 Oct 30

A Multicenter Study Evaluating Ceftriaxone and Benzathine Penicillin G as Treatment Agents for Early Syphilis in Jiangsu, China.

Open forum infectious diseases, 2024 Mar 13

Syphilis Treatment: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Investigating Nonpenicillin Therapeutic Strategies.

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2006-07-15

Do follow-up imaging examinations provide useful prognostic information in patients with spine infection?

The Lancet. Neurology, 2009-08

Varicella zoster virus vasculopathies: diverse clinical manifestations, laboratory features, pathogenesis, and treatment.

The Journal of infection, 2011-11

Norovirus gastroenteritis successfully treated with nitazoxanide.

Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics, 2006 Nov 15

Nitazoxanide in the treatment of viral gastroenteritis: a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial.

Journal of tropical medicine, 2017 Feb 26

Nitazoxanide in Acute Rotavirus Diarrhea: A Randomized Control Trial from a Developing Country.

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2024 Jul 19

Oral Antibiotics for Treatment of Gram-Negative Bacteremia in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients: A Propensity Score Weighted Retrospective Observational Study.

The American journal of medicine, 2024 Mar 16

The Contribution of 18F FDG PET-CT for the Investigation of Fever of Unknown Origin and Inflammation of Unknown Origin.

Radiother Oncol, 2015 Aug 04

Radiation-induced dose-dependent changes of the spleen following postoperative chemoradiotherapy for gastric cancer.

Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2018-06-01

Late Infection-Related Mortality in Asplenic Survivors of Childhood Cancer: A Report From the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study.

Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2024 Mar 18

Vaccination of Adults With Cancer: ASCO Guideline.

American journal of clinical oncology, 2021 Aug 01

Outcomes of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor-related Diarrhea or Colitis in Cancer Patients With Superimposed Gastrointestinal Infections.

Annals of gastroenterology, 2022 Jun 02

infection in cancer patients receiving immune checkpoint inhibitors.

Melanoma research, 2023 Mar 27

Clostridium difficile infection and immune checkpoint inhibitor-induced colitis in melanoma: 18 cases and a review of the literature.

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2020 Nov 05

Orally Administered Human Immunoglobulin Therapy for Norovirus Enteritis in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients: A Case Series at a Single Academic Transplant Center.

Clinical transplantation, 2022 Jan 20

Nitazoxanide treatment for norovirus infection in solid organ transplant recipients.

Journal of clinical tuberculosis and other mycobacterial diseases, 2020 Sep 05

Surgical cure of clarithromycin resistant breast implant infection: A case report and review of the literature.

Journal of neurosurgery. Spine, 2024 Nov 15

Upper instrumented vertebra pedicle screw loosening following adult spinal deformity surgery: incidence and outcome analysis.

European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society, 2018 Apr 13

Pedicle screw loosening is correlated to chronic subclinical deep implant infection: a retrospective database analysis.

Neurosurgery, 2020 Oct 15

Low-Grade Infection and Implant Failure Following Spinal Instrumentation: A Prospective Comparative Study.

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2018 Mar 19

Clinical Practice Guidelines for Clostridium difficile Infection in Adults and Children: 2017 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA).

Mayo Clinic proceedings. Innovations, quality & outcomes, 2020 Nov 05

Are Antimotility Agents Safe for Use in Infections? Results From an Observational Study in Malignant Hematology Patients.

The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy, 1995 Oct

Diarrhoea caused by Clostridium difficile: response time for treatment with metronidazole and vancomycin.

The American journal of gastroenterology, 2021 Jun 01

ACG Clinical Guidelines: Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Clostridioides difficile Infections.

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2024 Dec 17

State-of-the-Art Review: Diagnosis and Management of Spinal Implant Infections.

Open forum infectious diseases, 2017

Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim (Cotrimoxazole) for Skin and Soft Tissue Infections Including Impetigo, Cellulitis, and Abscess.

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2014 Jul 15

Practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of skin and soft tissue infections: 2014 update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America.

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2023 Oct 13

Antibiotic Myths for the Infectious Diseases Clinician.

Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2014 Feb 03

Factors that cause trimethoprim resistance in Streptococcus pyogenes.

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2013-06

Clinical trial: comparative effectiveness of cephalexin plus trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole versus cephalexin alone for treatment of uncomplicated cellulitis: a randomized controlled trial.

General Internal Medicine

Infectious Disease

Questions discussed in this category

Papers discussed in this category

Related Topics in General Internal Medicine