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Suspected catheter-related bloodstream infection - Management Algorithm
 • Temperature 37.8 C   • Rigors
start empiric antibiotics ... Antibiotic Management ... • Resistant pathogens ... fungal or multidrug resistant ... Hernodynamically stable after treatment
ACE Trial: Randomized controlled trial of Ceftriaxone and doxycycline, with or without metronidazole, for the treatment
metronidazole, for the treatment ... CID. ... DOI 10.1093/cid/ ... metronidazole #antibiotics
Parenteral Antimicrobial Treatment of Common Microorganisms Causing Native Vertebral Osteomyelitis - IDSA 
Staphylococci, oxacillin susceptible
Staphylococci, oxacillin
Antimicrobial Treatment ... Staphylococci, oxacillin resistant ... species, penicillin resistant ... Parenteral #IV #Antibiotics ... Osteomyelitis #management #treatment
Outpatient Treatment of with Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP)
No comorbidities or risk factors for MRSA or Pseudomonas aeruginosa:
Outpatient Treatment ... local pneumococcal resistance ... Acquired #Pneumonia #Antibiotics ... #Treatment #Regimen
Table 3. Suggested Empiric Treatment Options for Clinically Suspected Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Units Where Empiric Methicillin-Resistant
Suggested Empiric Treatment ... Empiric Methicillin-Resistant ... InfectiousDiseases #Empiric #Antibiotics
Antibiotics - Risk of Harm per Day of Treatment 

9% C. difficile risk per day 
4%
Antibiotics - Risk ... Harm per Day of Treatment ... 4% Penicillin-resistant ... Anti-pseudomonal resistance ... Langford @BRxAD #Antibiotics
IDSA Surgical Wound Infection Algorithm
Algorithm for the management and treatment of surgical site infections (SSIs). 
*For
management and treatment ... allergy to β-lactam antibiotics ... with methicillin-resistant
Boxer's Fracture - ED Management
Be sure to assess for wounds in patients with fractures of the
guide prophylactic antibiotic ... treatment. ... this will guide antibiotic ... give appropriate antibiotics ... MH/CCF/CWRU EM
Capnocytophaga
Pathogen: Capnocytophaga
 • 9 species, C. canimorsus responsible for the majority of infections
 • Gram-negative rod,
Multiorgan failure: CID ... Treatment: • 50% ... resistant to fluoroquinolones ... diagnosis #management #treatment
IDSA Algorithm for the Management of Purulent skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs). 
Mild infection: for
drainage plus oral antibiotics ... have failed oral antibiotic ... treatment or those ... by methicillin resistant