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Antibiotics for Intraabdominal Infection. 
Use your local antimicrobial susceptibility data for selecting the best empiric treatment!
Antibiotics for ... Intraabdominal Infection ... the best empiric treatment ... intra-abdominal infections ... antimicrobials #infectiousdiseases
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/ ... Diseases #Infections ... metronidazole #antibiotics
Suspected catheter-related bloodstream infection - Management Algorithm
 • Temperature 37.8 C   • Rigors
catheter-related bloodstream infection ... of metastatic infection ... • Resistant pathogens ... fungal or multidrug resistant ... Hernodynamically stable after treatment
Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection
 - 3 mos isoniazid plus rifapentine given once weekly (Preferred)
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Treatment of Latent ... Tuberculosis Infection ... BCM_InternalMed #Latent #Tuberculosis ... #treatment #management ... #infectiousdiseases
Table 3. Suggested Empiric Treatment Options for Clinically Suspected Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Units Where Empiric Methicillin-Resistant
Suggested Empiric Treatment ... Empiric Methicillin-Resistant ... Appropriate #Management #InfectiousDiseases ... #Empiric #Antibiotics
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
steroids to treat infectious ... meningitis - Tuberculous ... meningitis - Tuberculous ... Corticosteroids #Adjuvant #InfectiousDiseases ... #Management #Treatment
Coverage of common antibiotics used in the hospital

For empiric coverage, first define the type of infection,
Coverage of common antibiotics ... define the type of infection ... check for prior resistance ... #management #infectiousdisease ... #antibiotics
IDSA Surgical Wound Infection Algorithm
Algorithm for the management and treatment of surgical site infections (SSIs). 
*For
Surgical Wound Infection ... management and treatment ... surgical site infections ... allergy to β-lactam antibiotics ... with methicillin-resistant
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
infections/year ... bacteria Multidrug-resistant ... Treatment: Active ... Initiating Treatment ... Diagnosis #Management #Treatment
IDSA Algorithm for the Management of Purulent skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs). 
Mild infection: for
Mild infection: ... drainage plus oral antibiotics ... have failed oral antibiotic ... treatment or those ... by methicillin resistant