Infectious Disease

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Questions discussed in this category

How do you approach recommending ocular exams for asymptomatic candidemic patients considering the discordance between the IDSA and American Academy of Ophthalmology guidelines?

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How would you approach the management of posterior uveitis caused by Toxoplasma gondii in immunocompromised patients, considering the potential for atypical presentations and treatment resistance?

Miriam et al., PMID 39571607

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Do you routinely recommend IV systemic antibiotic therapy in additional to intravitreal antibiotic therapy for exogenous bacterial endophthalmitis?

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What is your approach to antiviral treatment of HSV acute retinal necrosis?

Is there a role for oral antiviral therapy alone (as opposed to induction with IV) and for what duration? And is there a role for ongoing suppressive ...

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What is your approach to duration of systemic antibiotics for treatment of isolated bacterial endophthalmitis in the absence of bacteremia or other deep-seated metastatic foci of infection?

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How do you approach a patient who has anterior uveitis and is referred for evaluation of ocular TB with a positive Quantiferon gold (as part of their workup) in countries with low TB incidence?

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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...

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

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Papers discussed in this category

JAMA ophthalmology, 2017 Dec 01

Clinical Features and Outcomes of Patients With Tubercular Uveitis Treated With Antitubercular Therapy in the Collaborative Ocular Tuberculosis Study (COTS)-1.

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.

Ophthalmology. Retina, 2019 Mar 21

International Practice Patterns for the Management of Acute Postsurgical and Postintravitreal Injection Endophthalmitis: European Vitreo-Retinal Society Endophthalmitis Study Report 1.

Retina (Philadelphia, Pa.), 2021 Feb 01

VISUAL OUTCOME OF EARLY VITRECTOMY AND INTRAVITREAL ANTIBIOTICS IN ACUTE POSTSURGICAL AND POSTINTRAVITREAL INJECTION ENDOPHTHALMITIS: European Vitreo-Retinal Society Endophthalmitis Study Report Two.

Archives of ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960), 1995 Dec

Results of the Endophthalmitis Vitrectomy Study. A randomized trial of immediate vitrectomy and of intravenous antibiotics for the treatment of postoperative bacterial endophthalmitis. Endophthalmitis Vitrectomy Study Group.

International ophthalmology clinics, 2022 Apr 01

Challenges and Updates on the Management of Acute Retinal Necrosis.

Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.), 2020 Jul 08

Management Strategies of Acute Retinal Necrosis: Current Perspectives.

Retinal cases & brief reports, 2022 Nov 01

RECURRENT ACUTE RETINAL NECROSIS.

JAMA ophthalmology, 2019-06-01

Utility of Ophthalmologic Screening for Patients With Candida Bloodstream Infections: A Systematic Review.

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2016-02-15

Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Candidiasis: 2016 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America.

Ophthalmology, 2021 Jul 19

American Academy of Ophthalmology Recommendations on Screening for Endogenous Candida Endophthalmitis.

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2023 May 24

Prevalence of Ocular Candidiasis and Candida Endophthalmitis in Patients With Candidemia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2011-08-01

Ocular manifestations of candidemia.

Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2012-06

Safety and tolerability of voriconazole in patients with baseline renal insufficiency and candidemia.

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