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IDSA Recommendations for empirical antimicrobial therapy for purulent meningitis based on patient age and specific predisposing
IDSA Recommendations ... condition #IDSA ... #Meningitis #Antibiotics ... #Coverage #InfectiousDiseases ... #Pharmacology #
IDSA Suggested Empiric Antibiotic Regimens Based on Clinical Severity for Diabetic Foot Infections
Mild (usually treated with
IDSA Suggested Empiric ... Antibiotic Regimens ... Foot #Infections #empiric ... #antibiotics #pharmacology ... #idsa #podiatry
Spectrum of activity for systemic antifungal agents
Antifungals: 5FC, flucytosine; AMB, amphotericin B; ANI, anidulafungin; CAS, caspofungin;
fluconazole; ISA ... Candida albicans ... , Candida krusei ... antibiogram #management #pharmacology ... #spectrum #coverage
Coverage of common antibiotics used in the hospital

For empiric coverage, first define the type of infection,
Coverage of common ... antibiotics used ... hospital For empiric ... infectiousdisease #antibiotics ... #pharmacology
Cephalosporin Comparison - Coverage 
1st Generation Cefazolin, Cephalexin 
2nd Generation Cefaclor, Cefotetan, Cefoxitin, Cefuroxime 
3rd Generation
Cephalosporin Comparison ... commonly used antibiotics ... Cephalosporin #Comparison ... Naming #Names #Pharmacology ... #Antibiotics
Candidemia Workup and Management - IDSA Guidelines
1) Antibiotics
 • Empiric: Echinocandins (e.g. micafungin) for most patients
and Management - IDSA ... Guidelines 1) Antibiotics ... • Empiric: Echinocandins ... #Candidemia #IDSA ... Guidelines #Management #candida
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Mucosal Candidiasis in HIV-AIDS
Oropharyngeal Candidiasis: Initial Episodes (Duration of Therapy: 7–14 days)
Preferred
IDSA Recommendations ... suspension 4–6 mL ... #Candidiasis #candida ... #mucosal #IDSA ... infections #HIVAIDS #pharmacology
Monobactam - Aztreonam - Antibiotics Class Overview

Spectrum: only has activity vs. aerobic gram negatives, no gram
- Aztreonam - Antibiotics ... combination with other antibiotics ... institutions, so empiric ... double coverage ... #Pharmacology #Antibiotics
Antimicrobial Regimens for Acute Bacterial Rhinosinusitis in Adults
Initial empirical therapy: 
 • Amoxicillin-clavulanate (500 mg/125 mg
Adults Initial empirical ... qd) Risk for antibiotic ... Antimicrobial #empiric ... #idsa #antibiotics ... Adults #management #pharmacology
Anti-Pseudomonal - Antibiotics Class Overview

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a non-fermenting Gram-negative bacillus that inhabits a variety of
Anti-Pseudomonal - Antibiotics ... Ciprofloxacin (~70% coverage ... used as double coverage ... monotherapy for empiric ... Polymyxin B(IV) #Pharmacology