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Timeline of Antibiotic Deployment and Development of Antibiotic Resistance

The year each antibiotic was deployed is depicted
Resistance The ... , and the year resistance ... resistance does ... has lost all clinical ... #Resistance #Antimicrobial
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis ... Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms ... • Methicillin-resistant ... aeruginosa Clinical ... 96.1% • Empiric antibiotic
Suspected catheter-related bloodstream infection - Management Algorithm
 • Temperature 37.8 C   • Rigors
start empiric antibiotics ... Antibiotic Management ... • Resistant pathogens ... fungal or multidrug resistant ... Algorithm #CRBSI #diagnosis
Infographic of common causes of acute otitis media and resistance mechanisms of these bacteria. 
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Haemophilus
otitis media and resistance ... PenicillinBindingProtein #Resistance ... #differential #diagnosis ... #antibiotics #EmpiricGame
SPICE (SPACE) Organisms
 - Colloquial acronym for gram-negative bacteria that have inducible, chromosomal beta-lactamase genes known
- Resistance ... to beta-lactam antibiotics ... Pseudomonas #Diagnosis ... Organisms #AmpC #Resistance ... #Antibiotics
IDSA Suggested Empiric Antibiotic Regimens Based on Clinical Severity for Diabetic Foot Infections
Mild (usually treated with
Suggested Empiric Antibiotic ... Regimens Based on Clinical ... • Methicillin-resistant ... Infections #empiric #antibiotics
MDRO: Multiple Drug Resistant Organism (Stenehjem E et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2016; 63(10): 1273-1280)

#AntibioticClassificationSchema #Antibiotics
Multiple Drug Resistant ... AntibioticClassificationSchema #Antibiotics ... #MDRO #clinical
SPICE (SPACE) Organisms

Gram-negative bacteria that have inducible, chromosomal beta-lactamase genes known as AmpC - Resistance may
known as AmpC - Resistance ... but can develop resistance ... Pseudomonas #Diagnosis ... Organisms #AmpC #Resistance ... #Antibiotics
Lung Abscess
Microbiology:
 • Polymicrobial 
 • Anaerobes (most common) 
Clinical: 
 • Indolent symptoms that evolve
most common) Clinical ... • Indolent symptoms ... : • Empiric antibiotics ... Lung #Abscess #Diagnosis ... #Pulmonary #Clinical
Antifungal Echinocandins  - Antibiotics Class Overview

Mechanism: Inhibit glucan synthesis in fungal cell wall by blocking
Echinocandins - Antibiotics ... including Fluconazole-resistant ... usually works clinically ... rare reports of resistance ... #Pharmacology #Antibiotics