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ANTIBIOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITIES IN INTENSIVE CARE

Antibiotic spectra made simple(r). Version 2, now updated with new bugs &
Antibiotic spectra ... 20Summary.pdf #Antibiogram ... #Antibiotics #Classes ... #Spectrum #Coverage ... CriticalCare #Overview
For my UME micro course, I made a figure that captures this terminology and lets learners
‘broaden’ this coverage ... and put actual organism ... important drug classes ... We can combine these ... #antibiogram #pharmacology
Antibiotics for severe community-onset pneumonia 

Atypical coverage always 

- Usually azithromycin 500 mg daily 

- Doxycycline
always - Usually azithromycin ... contraindication to azithromycin ... fibrosis) Broad-spectrum ... only in selected cases ... Acquired #Pneumonia #CAP
Vancomycin and Dalbavancin (lipoglycopeptide antibiotics) - Antibiotics Class Overview

Mechanism: Glycopeptide -  inhibits cell wall synthesis
- Antibiotics Class ... Overview Mechanism ... Spectrum: gram positive ... gram negative coverage ... infections from above organisms
Macrolides - Erythromycin, Clarithromycin, Azithromycin - Antibiotics Class Overview

50S Ribosomal Inhibitor (PO and IV)
Spectrum: Atypical organisms
- Antibiotics Class ... Overview 50S ... Inhibitor (PO and IV) Spectrum ... : Atypical organisms ... Ceftriaxone for CAP