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Carbapenems - Antibiotics Class Overview

Imipenem/Cilastin, Meropenem, Ertapenem, Doripenem 

Spectrum: Broadest spectrum antibiotics, cover Gram positive, Gram
Class Overview Imipenem ... #Carbapenems #Imipenem
Pseudomonas aeruginosa Resistance to Beta-lactams

Standard Agents: 
Ceftazidime, Cefepime, Piperacillin-Tazobactam, Imipenem, Meropenem

MDR Agents: 
Ceftazidime-Avibactam, CeftoIozane-Tazobactam, Imipenem-Relebactam, Meropenem-Vaborbactam,
Piperacillin-Tazobactam, Imipenem ... CeftoIozane-Tazobactam, Imipenem-Relebactam
Antibiotics used for the Treatment of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa in Adults
 • Penicillin-beta-lactamase combinations: Piperacillin-tazobactam, Ticarcillin-clavulanate
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Meropenem, Doripenem, Imipenem ... Ceftolozane-tazobactam, Imipenem-cilastatin-relebactam
IDSA - Doses of Drugs for Treatment of Adults and Children with Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis
Step 1 Levofloxacin,
Prothionamide, Imipenem–cilastatin ... with carbapenems (imipenem–cilastatin
Lung Abscess
Microbiology:
 • Polymicrobial 
 • Anaerobes (most common) 
Clinical: 
 • Indolent symptoms that evolve
Carbapenem (e.g. imipenem
Rhodococcus - Microbiology Overview

Microbiology:
 • Facultative, intracellular, nonmotile, non-spore-forming
 • Aerobic acid-fast gram-positive coccobacilli
 • Produces
Rifampin, Vancomycin, Imipenem
Causes Abnormal Urine Color - Differential Diagnosis
Turbid White Urine (Albinuria):
 • Chyluria, Filariasis, Schistosomiasis, Malignancy, Phosphaturia,
Furazolidone, Imipenem-cilastatin ... Intramuscular iron, Imipenem-cilastatin
Carbapenem Resistant Organisms - Antibiogram
KPC-producer, NDM-producer, OXA-48-like-producer, Carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
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intravenous) • Imipenem-relebactam
Septic Arthritis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical Exam: hot, swollen, pain with passive AND active ROM
Ciprofloxacin OR Imipenem
Capnocytophaga
Pathogen: Capnocytophaga
 • 9 species, C. canimorsus responsible for the majority of infections
 • Gram-negative rod,
fluoroquinolones • Zosyn, Imipenem-Cilastatin