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Outpatient Treatment of with Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP)
No comorbidities or risk factors for MRSA or Pseudomonas aeruginosa:
Amoxicillin or • doxycycline ... local pneumococcal resistance ... AND macrolide or doxycyclinex ... fluoroquinolone #IDSA ... Acquired #Pneumonia #Antibiotics
Typical therapeutic applications of Tetracyclines (Doxycycline)
Gram (+) cocci: Staphylococcus aureus (including methicillin-resistant strains), Streptococcus pneumoniae
Gram (+)
Tetracyclines (Doxycycline ... including methicillin-resistant ... Tetracyclines #Doxycycline ... #indications #coverage ... #pharmacology #antibiotics
IDSA Surgical Wound Infection Algorithm
Algorithm for the management and treatment of surgical site infections (SSIs). 
*For
IDSA Surgical Wound ... Algorithm for ... allergy to β-lactam antibiotics ... with methicillin-resistant ... #IDSA #management
Fluoroquinolones - Antibiotics Class Overview

Mechanism: DNA Gyrase  and Topoisomerase inhibitors bactericidal 
Side effects: QT prolongation
Fluoroquinolones - Antibiotics ... Class Overview ... à will develop resistance ... have atypical coverage ... #Review #Overview
Tetracyclines – Doxycycline, Tetracycline, Minocycline - Antibiotics Class Overview

- 30S Inhibitors (PO and IV)
Spectrum: Fairly broad
Minocycline - Antibiotics ... Class Overview ... Staph and MRSA coverage ... gram negative coverage ... #Review #Overview
ANTIBIOTICS WITH ANAEROBE COVERAGE - Antibiotics Class Overview
 1. Metronidazole (Flagyl)(PO and IV)
 2. Clindamycin –
ANTIBIOTICS WITH ... ANAEROBE COVERAGE ... - Antibiotics Class ... Overview 1. ... #Review #Overview
IDSA Algorithm for the management of acute bacterial Rhinosinusitis
Signs & Symptoms either:
a) Persistent & not improving
IDSA Algorithm for ... days) Risk for antibiotic ... resistance: • ... daycare • Prior antibiotics ... rhinosinusitis #Algorithm
IDSA Algorithm for the Management of Purulent skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs). 
Mild infection: for
IDSA Algorithm for ... drainage plus oral antibiotics ... have failed oral antibiotic ... by methicillin resistant ... #SSTIs #Algorithm
Anti-Pseudomonal - Antibiotics Class Overview

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a non-fermenting Gram-negative bacillus that inhabits a variety of
Anti-Pseudomonal - Antibiotics ... Class Overview ... to most antibiotics ... used as double coverage ... #Review #Overview
Monobactam - Aztreonam - Antibiotics Class Overview

Spectrum: only has activity vs. aerobic gram negatives, no gram
- Aztreonam - Antibiotics ... Class Overview ... significant rate of resistance ... empiric double coverage ... #Review #Overview