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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
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 ... differential #diagnosis #nephrology
Daptomycin  - Antibiotics Class Overview

Mechanism: Lipopeptide antibiotic – forms transmembrane channels and depolarizes cells.
Daptomycin - Antibiotics ... Rapidly cidal drug ... Review #Overview #Daptomycin
Differential Diagnosis of Pulmonary Eosinophilia
Infection:
 • Helminthic: Loffler syndrome (Ascaris, hookworm, Strongyloides), Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia (lymphatic
and Toxins: • Antimicrobials ... : Daptomycin, Nitrofurantoin
Summary of the adverse effects associated with the use of trimethoprim–sulfamethoxazole

Mnemonic - NOT RISKY?

N - Neurologic
N - Neurologic effects ... Interactions with other drugs ... consider an alternate antimicrobial
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 #Antimicrobials
Creatine Kinase - Causes of Elevated CK Levels
Acute CK Elevation (Pain > Weakness):
 • RHABDOMYOLYSIS
RHABDOMYOLYSIS - Drugs ... fibrates, colchicine, daptomycin ... fibrates, colchicine, daptomycin
IDSA - Doses of Drugs for Treatment of Adults and Children with Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis
Step 1 Levofloxacin,
IDSA - Doses of Drugs ... management #Treatment #antimicrobials ... #dosing #idsa #drugs
Intern Pocket Cards - Antibiogram and Susceptibilities
VRE - MRSA - GRAM POSITIVES - GRAM NEGATIVES -
dalbavancin - daptomycin ... metronidazole Antimicrobial ... → What drug?