
Febrile #122: StAR: Protect the Macrolide! NTM Pulmonary Disease
This StAR episode features the CID State-of-the-Art Review on Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Pulmonary Disease: Patients, Principles, and Prospects.
Read our comprehensive Consult Notes here! You’ll find summaries of the learning points and pearls from the episode with links to references. Plus, you’ll discover each guest’s little piece of “culture” too!

This StAR episode features the CID State-of-the-Art Review on Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Pulmonary Disease: Patients, Principles, and Prospects.

Drs. Till Koch and Annette Hennigs join to discuss their ID podcast Infektiopod and dive into varicella!
Drs. Sumanth Cherukumilli, Milagritos Tapia, and Adama Mamby Keita join Febrile to describe an approach to a gray membranous pharyngitis!

Dr. Adam Ratner joins to discuss a case of facial swelling which leads to a conversation about vaccine hesitancy and current outbreaks.

Drs. Morgan Hui, Jonathan Darby, Max Olenski, and Catriona Halliday join Febrile from Australia to share a unique case of a transplant recipient with a painless lump.

Drs. Chelsea Gorsline, Courtney Harris, and Rebecca Kumar join to tell us more about the Transplant ID Early Career Network and how to approach donor call!

This StAR episode features the CID State-of-the-Art Review on Ocular Infections.

Drs. Tom Schmidt, George R Thompson, and Nate Bahr solve a pneumonia not responding to antimicrobials and discuss endemic fungal disease!

This StAR episode features the CID State-of-the-Art Review on evaluation and management of delusional infestation.

In our Season 4 finale wrapping up 2024, Febrile is excited to host our biggest guest list yet to discuss the importance of International Medical Graduates (IMGs) in infectious diseases!