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Penicillins - Table of Coverage by Generation

Natural PCN  (1st generation): Benzathine PCN, PCN G 

Aminopenicillins
Generation Natural PCN ... generation): Benzathine PCN ... Coverage #Generation #Pharmacology ... Antibiotics #Table #PCN ... #Management
IDSA Recommendations for empirical antimicrobial therapy for purulent meningitis based on patient age and specific predisposing
Empiric #Coverage #InfectiousDiseases ... #Pharmacology # ... Management
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Recommendations for specific antimicrobial therapy in bacterial meningitis based on isolated pathogen and susceptibility testing.

#IDSA #Meningitis
Pathogens #Isolated #InfectiousDiseases ... #Pharmacology # ... Management
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Here is a quick guide on the common direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) for chronic hepatitis C virus
#medications #infectiousdisease ... HepC #HepatitisC #Management ... #Pharmacology
Antibiotics for Intraabdominal Infection. 
Use your local antimicrobial susceptibility data for selecting the best empiric treatment!
antimicrobials #infectiousdiseases ... #management #pharmacology
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
• Hantavirus PCR ... • Autopsy PCR ... Hantavirus #diagnosis #management ... #microbiology #infectiousdiseases
Cross-Reactivity of Penicillins and Cephalosporins

Cross reactivity of penicillin-allergic patients to cephalosporins has more to do with
Cephalosporins #Allergy #Management ... Reaction #Incidence #PCN ... #Pharmacology
Ivermectin. Old anti-parasitic agent making a comeback with recent headlines from in-vitro study that showed antiviral
Pandemic #Outbreak #InfectiousDiseases ... EmergencyMedicine #Pharmacology ... Virus #Antiviral #Management
Coverage of common antibiotics used in the hospital

For empiric coverage, first define the type of infection,
ampicillin #management ... #infectiousdisease ... #antibiogram #pharmacology
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
Corticosteroids #Adjuvant #InfectiousDiseases ... #Infections #Pharmacology ... #Management #Treatment