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Antibiotics for severe community-onset pneumonia 

Atypical coverage always 

- Usually azithromycin 500 mg daily 

- Doxycycline
severe community-onset ... pneumonia Atypical ... Consider two grams IV ... piperacillin-tazobactam Septic Shock ... #Acquired #Pneumonia
Community Acquired Pneumonia - Severity and Prognosis
Criteria for Severe CAP - Severe CAP present in 1
Community Acquired ... criteria: Septic shock ... responsive to IV ... #Acquired #Pneumonia ... #severe #psi #diagnosis
Community Acquired Pneumonia - Presenting Features
 • History in favor of CAP: Dyspnea, Cough, particularly if
Community Acquired ... Pneumonia - Presenting ... responsive to IV ... #Acquired #Pneumonia ... #diagnosis #signs
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
Community Acquired ... - Diagnosis and ... 96.1% • Empiric antibiotic ... Management #treatment #Pulmonary ... #Community #Acquired
Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis (SBP) - Diagnosis and Management
Ascites PMN > 250/mm3
? Nosocomial or hospital acquired. Recent
Peritonitis (SBP) - Diagnosis ... Nosocomial or hospital acquired ... Presentation in septic shock ... Broad-spectrum coverage ... response Give IV
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
) - Diagnosis and ... Toxic Megacolon, Shock ... post-ABx, but can be community-acquired ... Ileus, Megacolon, Shock ... Bezlotoxumab 10 mg/kg IV
Macrolides - Erythromycin, Clarithromycin, Azithromycin - Antibiotics Class Overview

50S Ribosomal Inhibitor (PO and IV)
Spectrum: Atypical organisms
Azithromycin - Antibiotics ... exacerbations, community-acquired ... pneumonia, sinusitis ... prophylaxis in HIV ... patients with CD4