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ANTIBIOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITIES IN INTENSIVE CARE

Antibiotic spectra made simple(r). Version 2, now updated with new bugs &
ANTIBIOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITIES ... INTENSIVE CARE Antibiotic ... Care Unit) PDF Source ... CriticalCare #Overview ... Microbiology #sensitivities
Endocarditis checklist
Initial evaluation
 • Peripheral blood cultures (three sets at three different sites)
 • Additional culture
Endocarditis checklist ... phenomena Follow course ... • Adjust antibiotics ... on speciation & sensitivities ... #criticalcare #diagnosis
For my UME micro course, I made a figure that captures this terminology and lets learners
For my UME micro course ... will represent antibiotics ... from above the antibiotic ... Narrow spectrum antibiotics ... spectrum #table #sensitivities
Considerations for progression of disease while on antimicrobial therapy:
 - Source Control?
 - Wrong bug?
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antimicrobial therapy: - Source ... - Wrong diagnosis ... febrilepodcast] #InfectiousDiseases ... #checklist #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Management
Rigors And Bacteremia - Overview

• Rigors are a response to the release of cytokines and prostaglandins
And Bacteremia - Overview ... Indicators (source ... of Bacteremia (source ... Pathophysiology #InfectiousDiseases ... #Diagnosis
Causes of Culture Negative Abscess - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Consider prior antibiotics as a cause of a
- Differential Diagnosis ... Consider prior antibiotics ... as a cause of a ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #InfectiousDiseases
Intraoperative Anaphylaxis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
• Unexplained hypotension
• Unexplained bronchospasm (wheeze may be absent
Important culprits: antibiotics ... as a possible cause ... and >24 hours. ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
Endocarditis - Overview ... and Differential Diagnosis ... Treatment • IV antibiotics ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #cardiology #infectiousdiseases
Babesiosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary 
Disease: Release of merozoites from erythrocytes and associated loss of
Babesiosis - Diagnosis ... renal failure Diagnosis ... Relapse: Repeat course ... of antibiotic therapy ... #microbiology #InfectiousDiseases