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ANTIBIOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITIES IN INTENSIVE CARE

Antibiotic spectra made simple(r). Version 2, now updated with new bugs &
ANTIBIOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITIES ... spectra made simple ... #Spectrum #Coverage ... CriticalCare #Overview ... #Pharmacology #
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
Tigecycline (IV) - Antibiotics Class Overview

Mechanism: Glycylcycline class - structurally related to Tetracyclines (bacteriostatic).  Only
Tigecycline (IV) - Antibiotics ... Class Overview ... Spectrum: Broad ... coverage - Gram ... #Pharmacology #Antibiotics
Tetracyclines – Doxycycline, Tetracycline, Minocycline - Antibiotics Class Overview

- 30S Inhibitors (PO and IV)
Spectrum: Fairly broad
Minocycline - Antibiotics ... Class Overview ... : Fairly broad spectrum ... infections when suspect community-acquired ... #Pharmacology #Antibiotics
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
Vancomycin and Dalbavancin (lipoglycopeptide antibiotics) - Antibiotics Class Overview

Mechanism: Glycopeptide -  inhibits cell wall synthesis
Class Overview ... Spectrum: gram positive ... gram negative coverage ... #Pharmacology #Antibiotics ... #Review #Overview
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
Monobactam - Aztreonam - Antibiotics Class Overview

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