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Recommendations for specific antimicrobial therapy in bacterial meningitis based on isolated pathogen and susceptibility testing.

#IDSA #Meningitis
therapy in bacterial meningitis ... #IDSA #Meningitis ... #Antibiotics #Antimicrobial ... Pathogens #Isolated #InfectiousDiseases ... #Pharmacology #
IDSA Recommendations for empirical antimicrobial therapy for purulent meningitis based on patient age and specific predisposing
therapy for purulent meningitis ... condition #IDSA #Meningitis ... #Antibiotics #Antimicrobials ... Empiric #Coverage #InfectiousDiseases ... #Pharmacology #
Coverage of common antibiotics used in the hospital

For empiric coverage, first define the type of infection,
Consult ID if needed ... #management #infectiousdisease ... #antibiotics ... #antibiogram #pharmacology ... #table #sensitivities
Antibiogram - Antibiotic Resistance Table for Severe Multidrug Resistant Bacteria

ESBL Enterobacteriaceae
Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae
MDR Pseudomonas Aeruginosa
Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter

Adapted from
Antibiogram - Antibiotic ... Resistance Table ... #Resistance #InfectiousDiseases ... Resistant #Comparison #Table ... #Pharmacology #
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
- Bacterial meningitis ... - Tuberculous meningitis ... jirovecii pneumonia, id ... Corticosteroids #Adjuvant #InfectiousDiseases ... #Infections #Pharmacology
The following table from MacGregor (1997) summarizes the bioavailability of many commonly used antibiotics:
#EBM #Pharmacology #InfectiousDiseases
The following table ... commonly used antibiotics ... : #EBM #Pharmacology ... #InfectiousDiseases ... #Oral #Antibiotics
CSF Penetration of Antimicrobials

Despite the poor CSF penetration, beta-lactams have the most research documenting successful treatment
community-acquired meningitis ... compared to other antibiotic ... agents in bacterial meningitis ... Antimicrobials #InfectiousDiseases ... #Pharmacology