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Antibiotic Therapy for Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis  (SBP)

- Standard therapy 
- Uncomplicated SBp• 
- Nosocomial SBP
Antibiotic Therapy ... for Spontaneous Bacterial ... renal failure #Management ... #Pharmacology # ... Hepatology
Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis (SBP) - Diagnosis and Management
Ascites PMN > 250/mm3
? Nosocomial or hospital acquired. Recent
Spontaneous Bacterial ... ) - Diagnosis and ... dysfunction or liver ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #hepatology
Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis 
Clinical 
 • Fever 
 • Chills 
 • Abdominal pain 
Diagnosis
Spontaneous Bacterial ... Clinical • Fever ... stain/culture Management ... #Peritonitis #SBP ... #Diagnosis #Hepatology
 End Stage Liver Disease (Cirrhosis) - Complications 
 • Ascites
 • Esophageal Varices
 • Hepatic
• Spontaneous Bacterial ... Peritonitis (SBP ... Complications #diagnosis ... #management #summary ... #hepatology
Rodent-associated Bacterial infections: Leptospirosis, Rat-bite fever, Tularemia, Plague 

#rodent
#infections
#leptospirosis
#tularemia
#ratbitefever
#plague
#rats
#infectiousdisease
#fever
#differential
#diagnosis
#management
#treatment
#table
Rodent-associated Bacterial ... infections: Leptospirosis ... differential #diagnosis ... #management # ... treatment #table
Suspected catheter-related bloodstream infection - Management Algorithm
 • Temperature 37.8 C   • Rigors
Antibiotic Management ... Hemodynamically stable ... Antibiotic Management ... • Persistent fever ... #CRBSI #diagnosis
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Bacterial Enteric Infections in HIV-AIDS
Preventing Bacterial Enteric Illness:
 • Antimicrobial
IDSA Recommendations ... depending on their level ... #IDSA #Prevention ... #Treatment #management ... #HIVAIDS #pharmacology
Flutycosine - Antibiotics Class Overview
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Mechanism: 5-FC interferes with DNA and protein synthesis.  Only
Flutycosine - Antibiotics ... B for initial management ... - Virtually never ... adverse effects = Hematologic ... #Pharmacology #Antibiotics
Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis
DIAGNOSTICS
Paracentesis: 
 • Calculate absolute PMN count (total WBC x PMN %)
 • Correct
Spontaneous Bacterial ... Peritonitis DIAGNOSTICS ... improved outcomes 1) Antibiotics ... ↓ rebleeding, infections ... #diagnosis #management
“Step by Step” – the new kid on the block – aims to risk stratify this
risk of serious bacterial ... infections (SBI ... CRP < 20 mg/L #Diagnosis ... #Management #Pediatrics ... Algorithm #LP #Antibiotics