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Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
steroids to treat infectious ... diseases - Severe Community ... Acquired Pneumonia ... SCAP severe community-acquired ... Pharmacology #Management #Treatment
Antibiotics for severe community-onset pneumonia 

Atypical coverage always 

- Usually azithromycin 500 mg daily 

- Doxycycline
Antibiotics for severe community-onset ... always - Usually azithromycin ... piperacillin-tazobactam Septic Shock ... Vancomycin #Community ... #Acquired #Pneumonia
Macrolides - Erythromycin, Clarithromycin, Azithromycin - Antibiotics Class Overview

50S Ribosomal Inhibitor (PO and IV)
Spectrum: Atypical organisms
Clarithromycin, Azithromycin ... Antibiotics Class Overview ... exacerbations, community-acquired ... Used for MAC treatment ... Antibiotics #Review #Overview
Rhodococcus - Microbiology Overview

Microbiology:
 • Facultative, intracellular, nonmotile, non-spore-forming
 • Aerobic acid-fast gram-positive coccobacilli
 • Produces
- Microbiology Overview ... Inhalation or ingestion ... trauma Diagnosis Treatment ... : • Azithromycin ... Microbiology #diagnosis #treatment
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Clostridioides Difficile Infection ... Toxic Megacolon, Shock ... #1 nosocomial infection ... post-ABx, but can be community-acquired ... Ileus, Megacolon, Shock
Clindamycin - Antibiotics Class Overview
-50 S inhibitor (PO and IV)
Spectrum: Excellent activity vs. Anaerobes and Gram
Antibiotics Class Overview ... including ~ 50% of community-acquired ... skin/soft tissue infections ... , pelvic infections ... Antibiotics #Review #Overview
Bacteremia Quick Reference - Treatment Duration

Gram Negative Bacteremia:
 • Avoid: Aminoglycosides and tigecycline
 • Catheters should
Quick Reference - Treatment ... removed in septic shock ... thrombophlebitis, IE, infection ... follow up cultures required ... of metastatic infection
Sulfonamides - Antibiotics Class Overview

BACTRIM/SEPTRA (TMP/SMX) - inhibit sequential steps in Folate synthesis --> bacteriostatic

Spectrum: Wide
Antibiotics Class Overview ... choice, both for treatment ... prophylaxis), Community-acquired ... MRSA Skin infections ... Antibiotics #Review #Overview
Tetracyclines – Doxycycline, Tetracycline, Minocycline - Antibiotics Class Overview

- 30S Inhibitors (PO and IV)
Spectrum: Fairly broad
Antibiotics Class Overview ... and soft tissue infections ... when suspect community-acquired ... , and unusual infections ... Antibiotics #Review #Overview
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Syndrome (PRES) Overview ... Preeclampsia, Eclampsia, Infection ... /Sepsis/Shock, Autoimmune ... Diagnosis: • Infection ... epilepticus Treatment