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Antibiotics for Intraabdominal Infection. 
Use your local antimicrobial susceptibility data for selecting the best empiric treatment!
Antibiotics for ... the best empiric treatment ... antimicrobials #infectiousdiseases ... #management #pharmacology ... #treatment
Aplastic Anemia - Illness Script
Signs and symptoms:
 • Recurrent infections from neutropenia
 • Mucosal bleeding from
Aplastic Anemia ... Treatment: • Consider ... (transfusions, antibiotics ... if neutropenic fever ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Ivermectin. Old anti-parasitic agent making a comeback with recent headlines from in-vitro study that showed antiviral
here is a quick overview ... Pandemic #Outbreak #InfectiousDiseases ... EmergencyMedicine #Pharmacology ... #Treatment #Virus
Antibiotic treatment durations for first line antibiotics recommended by Public Health England (PHE) guidance
 • Acute
Antibiotic treatment ... for first line antibiotics ... days • Scarlet fever ... primarycare #outpatient #treatment ... #pharmacology #
Flutycosine - Antibiotics Class Overview
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Mechanism: 5-FC interferes with DNA and protein synthesis.  Only
Flutycosine - Antibiotics ... Class Overview ... - Virtually never ... #Pharmacology #Antibiotics ... #Review #Overview
Aplastic Anemia - Overview

Who?
• M = F
• 3 peaks:	1) Childhood	2) 15-25 years	3) >60 years

What?
• Aplastic anemia
- Overview Who ... Presentation: • Fever ... - β-lactam antibiotics ... index < 2 • EPO Level ... Treatment:
Antifungal Echinocandins  - Antibiotics Class Overview

Mechanism: Inhibit glucan synthesis in fungal cell wall by blocking
Echinocandins - Antibiotics ... Class Overview ... salvage therapy, never ... Anidulafungin #Pharmacology ... #Antibiotics #Review
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
Pneumonia - Typhoid fever ... Corticosteroids #Adjuvant #InfectiousDiseases ... #Infections #Pharmacology ... #Management #Treatment
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
: • 80% have fever ... Leukocytosis, anemia ... decubitus - air fluid level ... hemorrhage • Treatment ... treatment until
Oroya Fever
Hematologic disease caused by Bartonella bacilliformis
Restricted to the Andes highlands of Peru & Ecuador
B. bacilliformis:
Oroya Fever Hematologic ... Inflammation: high fever ... severe hemolytic anemia ... TREATMENT: ​• Acute ... Supportive and antibiotics