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Hospital Medicine
How long would you wait to place a new bone flap for a patient with C. auris skull osteomyelitis associated with cranioplasty s/p bone flap removal, who is currently on anti-fungal therapy?
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What is your approach to treatment of patients with fulminant C difficile infection who required ileostomy creation or colectomy?
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?
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