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Internal Medicine
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Infectious Disease
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General Infectious Disease
What workup is sufficient to determine if an aortic aneurysm is "mycotic/infectious" or not, in that you would not prescribe empiric antibiotic therapy?
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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?
For which patients could you consider direct oral amoxicillin challenge as opposed to skin testing for penicillin allergy de-labeling?
Do you routinely check cefepime levels in patient's with suspected cefepime-induced neurotoxicity?
How would you a approach management and duration of antibiotics for a patient with a suspicion for chronic postoperative spinal implant infection in the remote past s/p lumbar fusion, now presenting with evidence of loosened hardware on imaging, normal inflammatory markers and no signs/symptoms of systemic infection?
Do you ever favor cefazolin over ceftriaxone for bacteremia with susceptible E. coli?
For how long would you treat a patient with dematiaceous fungi growing on a native heart valve discovered at the time of valve replacement?
What is your recommendation for timing of urgent chemotherapy in patients with staph aureus bacteremia or endocarditis who require prolonged durations?
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?
What is your approach to duration of fidaxomicin in a patient receiving treatment for first C difficile infection while also receiving concurrent antibiotics for an infection?
Do you use combination antibiotic therapy for treatment of bacterial endocarditis due to gram-negative bacilli?
