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Antibiotics and CNS Diffusion

1. Drugs with good CNS diffusion:

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

2. Drugs
diffusion: - Daptomycin ... no use in CNS infections ... #Penetration #Antimicrobials
Differential Diagnosis of Pulmonary Eosinophilia
Infection:
 • Helminthic: Loffler syndrome (Ascaris, hookworm, Strongyloides), Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia (lymphatic
Eosinophilia Infection ... and Toxins: • Antimicrobials ... : Daptomycin, Nitrofurantoin
Antibiotics for Intraabdominal Infection. 
Use your local antimicrobial susceptibility data for selecting the best empiric treatment!
Intraabdominal Infection ... Use your local antimicrobial ... intra-abdominal infections ... #antibiotics #antimicrobials
IDSA Recommendations for empirical antimicrobial therapy for purulent meningitis based on patient age and specific predisposing
for empirical antimicrobial ... #Antibiotics #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
IDSA Surgical Wound Infection Algorithm
Algorithm for the management and treatment of surgical site infections (SSIs). 
*For
Surgical Wound Infection ... surgical site infections ... Where the rate of infection ... Staphylococcus aureus infection ... consider vancomycin, daptomycin
Daptomycin  - Antibiotics Class Overview

Mechanism: Lipopeptide antibiotic – forms transmembrane channels and depolarizes cells.
Daptomycin - Antibiotics ... skin/soft tissue infections ... Review #Overview #Daptomycin
IDSA - Antimicrobial Therapy for Staphylococcal and Streptococcal Skin and Soft Tissue Infections
 • Impetigo (Staphylococcus
IDSA - Antimicrobial ... and Soft Tissue Infections ... Streptococcal skin infections ... Skin #SoftTissue #Infections
Causes of Antibiotic Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diagnosis:
 • Non-Infectious: Malignant, Autoimmune, Drug-related (NMS, serotonin syndrome,
Diagnosis: • Non-Infectious ... take 48 hrs for infections ... Predisposition to Infections ... Tissue activity (daptomycin ... rxn), Secondary infection
Antibiotic Options for Treating MRSA Infections

PO: Doxycycline, Clindamycin, TMP-SMX, Linezolid
IV: Linezolid, Vancomycin, Ceftaroline, Daptomycin, Tigecycline

By Dr.
Treating MRSA Infections ... , Ceftaroline, Daptomycin