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Quinolone Antibiotics - Susceptibility Coverage Table
 - Ciprofloxacin
 - Levofloxacin
 - Moxifloxacin 

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Quinolone Antibiotics ... Coverage Table - Ciprofloxacin ... #Quinolone #Antibiotics
Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis (SBP) - Diagnosis and Management
Ascites PMN > 250/mm3
? Nosocomial or hospital acquired. Recent
Recent exposure to antibiotics ... after empirical antibiotic ... daily norfloxacin, Ciprofloxacin ... Short-term (< 7 days) antibiotic ... prophylaxis with ciprofloxacin
Antibiotics used for the Treatment of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa in Adults
 • Penicillin-beta-lactamase combinations: Piperacillin-tazobactam, Ticarcillin-clavulanate
 •
Antibiotics used ... Fluoroquinolones: Ciprofloxacin ... Pseudomonas #Aeruginosa #Antibiotics
Fluoroquinolones - Antibiotics Class Overview

Mechanism: DNA Gyrase  and Topoisomerase inhibitors bactericidal 
Side effects: QT prolongation
Fluoroquinolones - Antibiotics ... Levofloxacin, but not Ciprofloxacin ... Levofloxacin > Ciprofloxacin ... #Pharmacology #Antibiotics ... Fluoroquinolones #Ciprofloxacin
Treatment of Pouchitis
 • Microbiota-associated - Antibiotics (ciproflaxcin, metronidzole, tinidazole, amoxicillin)
 • Immune-mediated - Budesonide, Mesalamines;
Microbiota-associated - Antibiotics ... (ciproflaxcin,
IDSA Recommended Therapy for Infections Following Animal or Human Bites
Animal bite
 • Amoxicillin-clavulanate 
 • Ampicillin-sulbactam
Fluoroquinolones (Ciprofloxacin ... management #treatment #antibiotics
Oroya Fever
Hematologic disease caused by Bartonella bacilliformis
Restricted to the Andes highlands of Peru & Ecuador
B. bacilliformis:
Supportive and antibiotics ... : ciprofloxacin,
Drug-Induced Prolonged QTc

QTc >500ms is an independent risk factor for developing Torsades des Pointes (TdP)
Drugs causing
Risperidone • Antibiotics ... Ketoconazole, Ciprofloxacin
Anti-Pseudomonal - Antibiotics Class Overview

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a non-fermenting Gram-negative bacillus that inhabits a variety of
Anti-Pseudomonal - Antibiotics ... resistance to most antibiotics ... Fluoroquinolones - Ciprofloxacin ... #Pharmacology #Antibiotics
Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis
DIAGNOSTICS
Paracentesis: 
 • Calculate absolute PMN count (total WBC x PMN %)
 • Correct
improved outcomes 1) Antibiotics ... history of SBP: use ciprofloxacin