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IDSA Recommendations for empirical antimicrobial therapy for purulent meningitis based on patient age and specific predisposing
for empirical antimicrobial ... IDSA #Meningitis #Antibiotics ... #Antimicrobials ... Empiric #Coverage #InfectiousDiseases
Antibiotics for Intraabdominal Infection. 
Use your local antimicrobial susceptibility data for selecting the best empiric treatment!
Antibiotics for ... Use your local antimicrobial ... #antibiogram #antibiotics ... #antimicrobials ... #infectiousdiseases
Recommendations for specific antimicrobial therapy in bacterial meningitis based on isolated pathogen and susceptibility testing.

#IDSA #Meningitis
Recommendations for specific antimicrobial ... IDSA #Meningitis #Antibiotics ... #Antimicrobial ... Pathogens #Isolated #InfectiousDiseases
IDSA Recommended antimicrobial regimens for treatment of patients with Lyme disease.

#Management #InfectiousDiseases #Antibiotics #LymeDisease #Treatment #Regimens
IDSA Recommended antimicrobial ... #Management #InfectiousDiseases ... #Antibiotics #LymeDisease
Considerations for progression of disease while on antimicrobial therapy:
 - Source Control?
 - Wrong bug?
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disease while on antimicrobial ... febrilepodcast] #InfectiousDiseases ... #antibiotics #checklist ... Diagnosis #Management #Antibiotics ... #Antimicrobials
Antibiotics and CNS Diffusion

1. Drugs with good CNS diffusion:

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

2. Drugs
Antibiotics and ... Macrolides #Antibiotics ... BloodBrain #Perfusion #CSF ... #Penetration #Antimicrobials
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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temporal evolution, CSF ... with appropriate antimicrobial ... therapy • Antimicrobial ... hemorrhage • CSF ... opportunistic #InfectiousDiseases
CSF Penetration of Antimicrobials

Despite the poor CSF penetration, beta-lactams have the most research documenting successful treatment
CSF Penetration ... of Antimicrobials ... compared to other antibiotic ... Penetration #CNS #Antimicrobials ... #InfectiousDiseases
Amebiasis - Naegleria fowleri - Life Cycle
1) Cysts
2) Trophozoite
3) Flagellated Form
4) Promitosis
→ Water-related activities such as
Trophozoites in CSF ... occasionally in CSF ... pathophysiology #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
massiliense in CF ... Advanced HIV (CD4 ... differential #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases