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IDSA Recommendations for empirical antimicrobial therapy for purulent meningitis based on patient age and specific predisposing
IDSA #Meningitis #Antibiotics ... #Antimicrobials ... #Empiric #Coverage ... InfectiousDiseases #Pharmacology ... #Management
Antibiotics for severe community-onset pneumonia 

Atypical coverage always 

- Usually azithromycin 500 mg daily 

- Doxycycline
severe community-onset ... fibrosis) Broad-spectrum ... Vancomycin #Community ... #Acquired #Pneumonia ... #Coverage #Management
Antibiotic treatment durations for first line antibiotics recommended by Public Health England (PHE) guidance
 • Acute
acquired pneumonia ... acquired pneumonia ... #management #durations ... #primarycare #outpatient ... #treatment #pharmacology
Outpatient Treatment of with Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP)
No comorbidities or risk factors for MRSA or Pseudomonas aeruginosa:
Treatment of with Community-Acquired ... #Acquired #Pneumonia ... #Antibiotics #Treatment ... #Regimen #Management ... #Guidelines #pharmacology
For my UME micro course, I made a figure that captures this terminology and lets learners
‘broaden’ this coverage ... holes” in their coverage ... #coverage #antibiogram ... #pharmacology # ... management #spectrum
Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis (SBP) - Diagnosis and Management
Ascites PMN > 250/mm3
? Nosocomial or hospital acquired. Recent
Diagnosis and Management ... Nosocomial or hospital acquired ... yes → Broad-spectrum ... coverage (Piperacillin ... SBP: Medical Management
Tetracyclines – Doxycycline, Tetracycline, Minocycline - Antibiotics Class Overview

- 30S Inhibitors (PO and IV)
Spectrum: Fairly broad
Minocycline - Antibiotics ... : Fairly broad spectrum ... Staph and MRSA coverage ... infections when suspect community-acquired ... #Pharmacology #Antibiotics
Monobactam - Aztreonam - Antibiotics Class Overview

Spectrum: only has activity vs. aerobic gram negatives, no gram
Class Overview Spectrum ... for: hospital acquired ... gram-negative limited spectrum ... empiric double coverage ... #Pharmacology #Antibiotics
Clindamycin - Antibiotics Class Overview
-50 S inhibitor (PO and IV)
Spectrum: Excellent activity vs. Anaerobes and Gram
Clindamycin - Antibiotics ... inhibitor (PO and IV) Spectrum ... including ~ 50% of community-acquired ... pyrimethamine) #Pharmacology ... #Antibiotics #Review
Sulfonamides - Antibiotics Class Overview

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

Spectrum: Wide
Sulfonamides - Antibiotics ... bacteriostatic Spectrum ... : Wide spectrum ... prophylaxis), Community-acquired ... #Pharmacology #Antibiotics