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IDSA Recommendations for empirical antimicrobial therapy for purulent meningitis based on patient age and specific predisposing
IDSA Recommendations ... #Meningitis #Antibiotics ... Empiric #Coverage #InfectiousDiseases ... #Pharmacology # ... Management
Recommendations for specific antimicrobial therapy in bacterial meningitis based on isolated pathogen and susceptibility testing.

#IDSA #Meningitis
#IDSA #Meningitis ... #Antibiotics #Antimicrobial ... Pathogens #Isolated #InfectiousDiseases ... #Pharmacology # ... Management
Mechanism of antibacterial drug resistance


#pharmacology #antibiotics #comparison #review #mechanismofaction
antibacterial drug ... resistance #pharmacology ... #antibiotics #comparison ... #review #mechanismofaction
Flutycosine - Antibiotics Class Overview
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Mechanism: 5-FC interferes with DNA and protein synthesis.  Only
Flutycosine - Antibiotics ... B for initial management ... - Drug levels ... #Pharmacology #Antibiotics ... #Review #Overview
Antifungal Polyenes - Amphoterecin B, Abelcet, Ambisome - Antibiotics Class Overview

Mechanism: binds ergosterol in membrane and
Drug of choice for ... , Cryptococcal Meningitis ... voriconazole is drug ... #Pharmacology #Antibiotics ... #Review #Overview
Coverage of common antibiotics used in the hospital

For empiric coverage, first define the type of infection,
infection, then review ... ampicillin #management ... #infectiousdisease ... #antibiotics ... #antibiogram #pharmacology
Vancomycin and Dalbavancin (lipoglycopeptide antibiotics) - Antibiotics Class Overview

Mechanism: Glycopeptide -  inhibits cell wall synthesis
) - Antibiotics ... including bacteremia, meningitis ... Drug of choice for ... #Pharmacology #Antibiotics ... #Review #Overview
COVID-19 review…here is a list of some of the drugs that are currently being used or
COVID-19 review… ... of some of the drugs ... CoronaVirus #Treatment #Management ... Pandemic #Outbreak #InfectiousDiseases ... Pharmacotherapy #Pharmacology
Oral Antibiotics for Acne - Indicated for Moderate-to-Severe Acne 
First-Line Drug Class: Tetracyclines 

In the last
Oral Antibiotics ... Acne First-Line Drug ... the last post I reviewed ... #Pharmacology # ... Management #Dermatology
Chloramphenicol - Antibiotics Class Overview

– 50S ribosomal inhibitor.   IV or PO (but PO form
Chloramphenicol - Antibiotics ... for bacterial meningitis ... several weeks after drug ... #Pharmacology #Antibiotics ... #Review #Overview