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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 ... diffusion: - Daptomycin ... Drugs of no use ... #Penetration #Antimicrobials
Classification of Some Antimicrobial Agents by Their Sites of Action
Inhibitors of metabolism: Sulfonamides, Trimethoprim
Inhibitors of cell
Classification of Some Antimicrobial ... ß-Lactams, Vancomycin, Daptomycin ... Polymyxins #antimicrobial
Differential Diagnosis of Pulmonary Eosinophilia
Infection:
 • Helminthic: Loffler syndrome (Ascaris, hookworm, Strongyloides), Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia (lymphatic
Differential Diagnosis ... and Toxins: • Antimicrobials ... : Daptomycin, Nitrofurantoin ... Eosinophilia #Pulmonary #Differential
Drugs associated with hypokalemia and hypomagnesemia

Hypokalemia
- Shift from extracellular fluid to intracellular fluid compartment
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Drugs associated ... - Renal - Antimicrobials ... - Renal - Antimicrobials ... Drug-induced renal ... #Medications #differential
Considerations for progression of disease while on antimicrobial therapy:
 - Source Control?
 - Wrong bug?
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disease while on antimicrobial ... - Wrong drug? ... #progression #antimicrobial ... antibiotics #checklist #Differential ... #Antibiotics #Antimicrobials
Daptomycin  - Antibiotics Class Overview

Mechanism: Lipopeptide antibiotic – forms transmembrane channels and depolarizes cells.
Daptomycin - Antibiotics ... Rapidly cidal drug ... Review #Overview #Daptomycin
Drugs Commonly Implicated as Triggers of Drug Induced Thrombocytopenia
#Diagnosis #Hematology #Thrombocytopenia #Differential #DrugInduced #Medications
Drugs Commonly Implicated ... as Triggers of Drug ... Thrombocytopenia #Differential
Creatine Kinase - Causes of Elevated CK Levels
Acute CK Elevation (Pain > Weakness):
 • RHABDOMYOLYSIS
RHABDOMYOLYSIS - Drugs ... fibrates, colchicine, daptomycin ... fibrates, colchicine, daptomycin ... #Elevated #CK #differential
Causes of Palpitations
 • ARRHYTHMiA 
 • SINUS ARRYTHMIA 
 • ATRIAL FIBRILLATION 
 • ATRIAL
MYOCARDITIS DRUGS ... • ILLICIT DRUGS ... SEROTONINERGIC DRUGS ... • THERAPEUTIC DRUG ... Palpitations #Causes #Differential
Causes of Antibiotic Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diagnosis:
 • Non-Infectious: Malignant, Autoimmune, Drug-related (NMS, serotonin syndrome,
Antibiotic Failure - Differential ... pancreatitis), Drug ... Tissue activity (daptomycin ... to Treatment: Drug ... Antibiotic #Failure #Differential