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Antibiotics for Intraabdominal Infection. 
Use your local antimicrobial susceptibility data for selecting the best empiric treatment!
Intraabdominal Infection ... Use your local antimicrobial ... #infectiousdiseases ... #management #pharmacology ... #treatment
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Bacterial Enteric Infections in HIV-AIDS
Preventing Bacterial Enteric Illness:
 • Antimicrobial
Enteric Illness: • Antimicrobial ... trip’s duration, antimicrobial ... if MIC<0.12 ug/ml ... IDSA #Prevention #Treatment ... #HIVAIDS #pharmacology
CSF Penetration of Antimicrobials

Despite the poor CSF penetration, beta-lactams have the most research documenting successful treatment
Penetration of Antimicrobials ... of CNS infections ... Penetration #CNS #Antimicrobials ... #InfectiousDiseases ... #Pharmacology
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Histoplasmosis Treatment ... nonspecific • DX relies ... transplantation • MCC ... MC: CNS CSF: • ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases
Sulfonamides - Antibiotics Class Overview

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

Spectrum: Wide
Antibiotics Class Overview ... choice, both for treatment ... patients, Salmonella infections ... #Pharmacology #Antibiotics ... #Review #Overview
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
Endocarditis - Overview ... Infectious: • Pre-existing ... hematuria, + RF Treatment ... of appropriate antimicrobial ... Diagnosis #cardiology #infectiousdiseases
Anti-Pseudomonal - Antibiotics Class Overview

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a non-fermenting Gram-negative bacillus that inhabits a variety of
Antibiotics Class Overview ... empiric Pseudomonas treatment ... Polymyxin B(IV) #Pharmacology ... #Antibiotics #Review ... #Overview #AntiPseudomonal