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Antibiotics and CNS Diffusion

1. Drugs with good CNS diffusion:

- Fluoroquinolones, Fluconazole, voriconazole, Rifampin, Oxazolidinones, Metronidazole

2. Drugs
Drugs with good ... Drugs with moderate ... Drugs with low CNS ... Drugs of no use ... Perfusion #CSF #Pharmacology
Common toxicities of antifungal agents. 
CNS = central nervous system; 5-FC = flucytosine; GI = gastrointestinal;
CNS = central nervous ... SideEffects #Adverse #Pharmacology ... #InfectiousDiseases
COVID-19 review…here is a list of some of the drugs that are currently being used or
of some of the drugs ... here are the 4 drug ... Pandemic #Outbreak #InfectiousDiseases ... Pharmacotherapy #Pharmacology
Causes of Relative Bradycardia - Note the propensity for intracellular organisms.
Infectious: 
Legionella, Psittacosis, Q fever, Typhoid
: ß-blockers, CNS ... Factitious fever, Drug ... #differential #diagnosis ... #infectiousdiseases
Shock and Vasoactive Drugs 
1) Determine type and etiology of shock
 • Distributive: Sepsis, Anaphylaxis, Neurogenic
and Vasoactive Drugs ... Understand vasoactive drug ... pharmacology ... #pharmacology # ... inopressors #diagnosis
Drugs Implicated in Hemolytic Anemia
 • Hapten (Drug binding to RBC membrane): Penicillin, Cephalosporin, Tetracycline, Tolbutamide,
Drugs Implicated ... Anemia • Hapten (Drug ... Omeprazole, Sulfa drugs ... #differential #diagnosis ... #pharmacology #
ID Approach to Fever and Rash - Diagnostic Algorithm
Central Maculopapular (most common):
Measles, Parvovirus 819 / EBV,
Fever and Rash - Diagnostic ... Leptospirosis, Viral/Drug ... endocarditis, Drug ... Rash #Febrile #Diagnosis ... Algorithm #Schema #InfectiousDiseases
Drugs that Cause Fever
Most commonly:
Amphotericin B, Antihistamines, Asparaginase, Barbiturates, Bleomycin sulfate, Methyldopa, Penicillins, Phenytoin sodium, Procainamide,
Drugs that Cause ... hydrochloride #Drug ... #differential #diagnosis ... #pharmacology
Sedative-Hypnotic Drugs
Benzodiazepines:
 - Bind to specific GABAA receptor subunits at central nervous system (CNS) neuronal synapses
Sedative-Hypnotic Drugs ... nervous system (CNS ... sedative-hypnotic drugs ... Sedative #Hypnotic #Drugs ... #medications #pharmacology
Common sodium channel blockers which cause QRS widening.

Anticonvulsants: 
 - Carbamazepine 
Antidysrhythmics:  
 - Group
Antimalarial drugs ... Phenothiazines Drugs ... widening #ECG #EKG #Pharmacology ... Medications #Toxicology #Diagnosis ... #Differential #Drugs