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ANTIBIOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITIES IN INTENSIVE CARE

Antibiotic spectra made simple(r). Version 2, now updated with new bugs &
#Classes #Bacterial ... #Spectra #Spectrum ... #Coverage #Susceptibility ... CriticalCare #Overview ... #Pharmacology #
Antibiotics - Spectrum and Coverage Antibiogram

#Antibiogram #Antibiotics #Classes #Bacterial #Spectrum #Coverage #Susceptibility #Susceptibilities #InfectiousDiseases #Pharmacology
Antibiotics - Spectrum ... and Coverage Antibiogram ... #Classes #Bacterial ... #Spectrum #Coverage ... InfectiousDiseases #Pharmacology
General Bacterial Antibiogram - Antibiotics and Spectrum of Coverage
Make sure you consult your local antibiogram!
VRE -
General Bacterial ... and Spectrum of ... - carbapenems, aztreonam ... #Spectrum #Coverage ... Susceptibilities #Pharmacology
Tigecycline (IV) - Antibiotics Class Overview

Mechanism: Glycylcycline class - structurally related to Tetracyclines (bacteriostatic).  Only
Tigecycline (IV) - Antibiotics ... Class Overview ... Spectrum: Broad ... coverage - Gram ... #Pharmacology #Antibiotics
Monobactam - Aztreonam - Antibiotics Class Overview

Spectrum: only has activity vs. aerobic gram negatives, no gram
Monobactam - Aztreonam ... Overview Spectrum ... empiric double coverage ... #Pharmacology #Antibiotics ... #Review #Overview
For my UME micro course, I made a figure that captures this terminology and lets learners
clinically important bacteria ... ‘broaden’ this coverage ... holes” in their coverage ... #coverage #antibiogram ... #pharmacology #
Vancomycin and Dalbavancin (lipoglycopeptide antibiotics) - Antibiotics Class Overview

Mechanism: Glycopeptide -  inhibits cell wall synthesis
Class Overview ... Spectrum: gram positive ... gram negative coverage ... #Pharmacology #Antibiotics ... #Review #Overview
Tetracyclines – Doxycycline, Tetracycline, Minocycline - Antibiotics Class Overview

- 30S Inhibitors (PO and IV)
Spectrum: Fairly broad
Minocycline - Antibiotics ... Class Overview ... : Fairly broad spectrum ... Staph and MRSA coverage ... #Pharmacology #Antibiotics
Sulfonamides - Antibiotics Class Overview

BACTRIM/SEPTRA (TMP/SMX) - inhibit sequential steps in Folate synthesis --> bacteriostatic

Spectrum: Wide
Sulfonamides - Antibiotics ... Class Overview ... : Wide spectrum ... including typical bacterial ... #Pharmacology #Antibiotics
Anti-Pseudomonal - Antibiotics Class Overview

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a non-fermenting Gram-negative bacillus that inhabits a variety of
Class Overview ... Aztreonam – high ... Ciprofloxacin (~70% coverage ... used as double coverage ... Polymyxin B(IV) #Pharmacology