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Table 4. Recommended Initial Empiric Antibiotic Therapy for Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia (Non-Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia) #Management #InfectiousDiseases #Empiric #Antibiotics
Table 4. ... Initial Empiric Antibiotic ... Therapy for Hospital-Acquired ... InfectiousDiseases #Empiric #Antibiotics ... #HAP #HCAP #HospitalAcquiredPneumonia
Antibiotic Stewardship: Shorter is Better 
CAP 
HAP 
VAP 
Intra-abd 
Gram Neg Bacteremia 
AECB 
Cellulitis 
Osteo 
Septic
Antibiotic Stewardship ... Shorter is Better CAP ... HAP VAP Intra-abd ... Longer #Course #Antibiotics ... #Duration #EBM
Specific antibiotic in-hospital treatment for community-acquired bacterial meningitis

#bacterial #meningitis #management #antibiotics #therapy #treatment #table #duration #empiric
Specific antibiotic ... for community-acquired ... meningitis #management #antibiotics ... therapy #treatment #table ... #duration #empiric
Current guidelines for outpatient treatment of Community Acquired Pnemonia (CAP)

#Management #Outpatient #CAP #Community #Acquired #Pneumonia #Antibiotics
treatment of Community Acquired ... Pnemonia (CAP) ... Management #Outpatient #CAP ... #Community #Acquired ... #Pneumonia #Antibiotics
Outpatient Treatment of with Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP)
No comorbidities or risk factors for MRSA or Pseudomonas aeruginosa:
with Community-Acquired ... Pneumonia (CAP) ... IDSA #Outpatient #CAP ... #Community #Acquired ... #Pneumonia #Antibiotics
Community Acquired Pneumonia - Severity and Prognosis
Criteria for Severe CAP - Severe CAP present in 1
Community Acquired ... Criteria for Severe CAP ... - Severe CAP present ... criteria: Septic shock ... EricsMedicalLectures/ #CAP
Community Acquired Pneumonia - Presenting Features
 • History in favor of CAP: Dyspnea, Cough, particularly if
Community Acquired ... History in favor of CAP ... Criteria for Severe CAP ... - Severe CAP present ... EricsMedicalLectures/ #CAP
Antibiotics for severe community-onset pneumonia 

Atypical coverage always 

- Usually azithromycin 500 mg daily 

- Doxycycline
Antibiotics for ... piperacillin-tazobactam Septic Shock ... #Community #Acquired ... #Pneumonia #CAP ... #Antibiotics #Coverage
Antibiotic Stewardship: Shorter is Better
CAP 3-5d = 5-14d
VAP 8d = 15d
Intra-abd 5 or 7d = 10
Antibiotic Stewardship ... Shorter is Better CAP ... 3-5d = 5-14d VAP ... Longer #Course #Antibiotics ... #Duration #EBM
Causes of Antibiotic Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diagnosis:
 • Non-Infectious: Malignant, Autoimmune, Drug-related (NMS, serotonin syndrome,
Causes of Antibiotic ... Pseudo-cellulitis / "CAP ... Treatment: • Antibiotic ... diff) • Hospital-Acquired ... thrombophlebitis), HAP