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IDSA Suggested Empiric Antibiotic Regimens Based on Clinical Severity for Diabetic Foot Infections
Mild (usually treated with
Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA ... Methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA ... agent[s]) • MSSA ... anaerobes • MRSA ... aeruginosa • MRSA
Cephalosporin Coverage by Generation - HENPECKS Mnemonic
1st Gen: PEK (Proteus, E. coli, Klebsiella)
2nd Gen: HNPEK (Add
Streptococcus and MSSA ... Streptococcus and MSSA ... HENPECKS (Add MRSA
IDSA - Antimicrobial Therapy for Staphylococcal and Streptococcal Skin and Soft Tissue Infections
 • Impetigo (Staphylococcus
Streptococcus) • MSSA ... SSTI • MRSA SSTI
Tale of Two Staphylococci: 
Methicillin-Sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). 

MSSA arrived quietly,
Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA ... MSSA arrived quietly ... MRSA, however, was ... MRSA thrived on ... #MSSA #MRSA #ID
Etiology of community acquired empyema determined by 16S rRNA sequencing. MRSA=meticillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; MSSA=meticillin sensitive
MRSA=meticillin ... Staphylococcus aureus; MSSA
Osler's Nodes in a patient with infective endocarditis

67yo presents with R occipital intraparenchymal hemorrhage (IPH) attributed
cultures (+) for MSSA
Antibiotics with MRSA Coverage

Oral: Doxycycline, Minocycline, Clindamycin, TMP-SMX
IV: Vancomycin, Daptomycin, Telavancin, Ceftaroline, Dalbavancin, Oritavancin, Tigecycline
Oral and
Antibiotics with MRSA ... TheIDtrivia #MRSA
Antibiotic Options for Treating MRSA Infections

PO: Doxycycline, Clindamycin, TMP-SMX, Linezolid
IV: Linezolid, Vancomycin, Ceftaroline, Daptomycin, Tigecycline

By Dr.
Options for Treating MRSA ... #Antibiotics #MRSA
An evidence-based algorithm to guide the use of MRSA coverage (in community acquired pneumonia) is shown
guide the use of MRSA ... - MRSA coverage ... the patient has MRSA ... #MRSA #Coverage
Daptomycin  - Antibiotics Class Overview

Mechanism: Lipopeptide antibiotic – forms transmembrane channels and depolarizes cells.
positives including MRSA ... used more for MRSA