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IDSA - Conventional Criteria for the Diagnosis of Sinusitis Based on the Presence of at Least
IDSA - Conventional ... the Diagnosis of Sinusitis ... or anosmia • Fever ... (for acute sinusitis ... • Cough • Fever
Antibiotic Stewardship: Shorter is Better
CAP 3-5d = 5-14d
VAP 8d = 15d
Intra-abd 5 or 7d = 10
Antibiotic Stewardship ... ) & Acute Bact Sinusitis ... 42d Neutropenic Fever ... Longer #Course #Antibiotics
Antibiotic treatment durations for first line antibiotics recommended by Public Health England (PHE) guidance
 • Acute
Antibiotic treatment ... for first line antibiotics ... guidance • Acute sinusitis ... days • Scarlet fever ... Gastroenteritis 5-7 days #Antibiotics
Campylobacter
Clinical 
 • Fever 
 • Abdominal pain 
 • Diarrhea (bloody stools) 
 • Vomiting
Clinical • Fever ... self-limited) • Antibiotics ... Diagnosis #Management #Overview
Flutycosine - Antibiotics Class Overview
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Mechanism: 5-FC interferes with DNA and protein synthesis.  Only
Flutycosine - Antibiotics ... Class Overview ... - Virtually never ... #Pharmacology #Antibiotics ... #Review #Overview
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
 • Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
initiation of smoking; Fever ... allergies; Cough, SOB, sinusitis ... brown sputum, fever ... Travel hx, food hx; Fever ... Variable) - NSAIDs, antibiotics
IDSA Clinical Practice Guideline for Acute Bacterial Rhinosinusitis
Algorithm for the management of acute bacterial rhinosinusitis.
IDSA Clinical Practice ... www.thennt.com/nnt/antibiotics-for-clinically-diagnosed-acute-sinusitis ... Diagnosis #Management #IDSA ... Rhinosinusitis #Bacterial #Antibiotics
IDSA Algorithm for Neutropenic Fever - Initial Management, Subsequent Management and Prolonged Fever
Figure 1. Initial management
IDSA Algorithm for ... Neutropenic Fever ... days of empirical antibiotic ... days of empirical antibiotics ... #IDSA #Algorithm
Antifungal Echinocandins  - Antibiotics Class Overview

Mechanism: Inhibit glucan synthesis in fungal cell wall by blocking
Echinocandins - Antibiotics ... Class Overview ... salvage therapy, never ... #Pharmacology #Antibiotics ... #Review #Overview
IDSA Algorithm for the Management of Neutropenic Fever - Reassess after 2-4 days of empirical antibiotic
IDSA Algorithm for ... of Neutropenic Fever ... days of empirical antibiotic ... #neutropenic #fever ... #IDSA #Algorithm