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IDSA Recommendations for empirical antimicrobial therapy for purulent meningitis based on patient age and specific predisposing
IDSA Recommendations ... therapy for purulent meningitis ... condition #IDSA ... #Meningitis #Antibiotics ... InfectiousDiseases #Pharmacology
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Cephalosporin Antibiotics
 • First Generation: Cefazolin, Cefadroxil, Cephalexin
 • Second Generation: Cefuroxime sodium, Cefuroxime axetil
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Cephalosporin Antibiotics ... Generation: Cefepime #Cephalosporin ... #Antibiotics #comparison ... #pharmacology #
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 ... InfectiousDiseases #Pharmacology
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Modified penicillin binding proteins as mechanism of resistance to antibiotics.
Penicillin Binding Proteins (Transpeptidases) cross link peptidoglycan
like PCN and cephalosporins ... ) - Switch to cephalosporin ... . pneumococcal meningitis ... presence of PCNs or cephalosporins ... Proteins #AMR #PBP #pharmacology
Cephalosporin Comparison - Coverage 
1st Generation Cefazolin, Cephalexin 
2nd Generation Cefaclor, Cefotetan, Cefoxitin, Cefuroxime 
3rd Generation
Cephalosporin Comparison ... commonly used antibiotics ... #Comparison #Coverage ... Naming #Names #Pharmacology ... #Antibiotics
Outpatient Treatment of with Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP)
No comorbidities or risk factors for MRSA or Pseudomonas aeruginosa:
clavulanate or cephalosporin ... fluoroquinolone #IDSA ... Acquired #Pneumonia #Antibiotics ... Management #Guidelines #pharmacology