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IDSA Treatment of Necrotizing Infections of the Skin, Fascia, and Muscle
 • Mixed infections
 • Streptococcus
IDSA Treatment of ... Staphylococcus aureus • Clostridium ... fasciitis #Skin #IDSA ... #Treatment #management ... #antibiotics #pharmacology
IDSA Recommendations for the Treatment of Clostridium difficile Infection in Adults
Source: https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/cix1085

#Management #Clostridium #CDifficile #IDSA2017 #Guidelines
IDSA Recommendations ... for the Treatment ... of Clostridium ... difficile Infection ... #Management #Clostridium
Carbapenems - Antibiotics Class Overview

Imipenem/Cilastin, Meropenem, Ertapenem, Doripenem 

Spectrum: Broadest spectrum antibiotics, cover Gram positive, Gram
Carbapenems - Antibiotics ... Class Overview ... positive, Gram negative ... resistant gram negatives ... #Review #Overview
Daptomycin  - Antibiotics Class Overview

Mechanism: Lipopeptide antibiotic – forms transmembrane channels and depolarizes cells.
Daptomycin - Antibiotics ... Class Overview ... No gram negative ... skin/soft tissue infections ... #Review #Overview
Aminoglycosides  - Antibiotics Class Overview

Gentamicin, Tobramycin, Amikacin, Streptomycin -30S inhibitor (all IV)
Spectrum: Extremely efficacious vs.
Aminoglycosides - Antibiotics ... Class Overview ... . aerobic Gram negatives ... infections especially ... #Review #Overview
IDSA - Antimicrobial Therapy for Staphylococcal and Streptococcal Skin and Soft Tissue Infections
 • Impetigo (Staphylococcus
IDSA - Antimicrobial ... and Soft Tissue Infections ... Streptococcal #Antibiotics ... #management #treatment ... #idsa #cellulitis
IDSA 2017 CDiff Guidelines - Table 7. Potential Treatment Agents for Treatment of the Primary Clostridium difficile
IDSA 2017 CDiff ... Potential Treatment ... Agents for Treatment ... difficile infection ... IDSA2017 #Adjunct #Antibiotics
Anti-C. Difficile - Antibiotics Class Overview
 1. Metronidazole – (see anti-anaerobe section above for more details).
Difficile - Antibiotics ... Class Overview ... severe C.diff infection ... #Review #Overview ... #CDifficile #Clostridium
IDSA Surgical Wound Infection Algorithm
Algorithm for the management and treatment of surgical site infections (SSIs). 
*For
IDSA Surgical Wound ... Infection Algorithm ... management and treatment ... allergy to β-lactam antibiotics ... #Algorithm #IDSA
Tigecycline (IV) - Antibiotics Class Overview

Mechanism: Glycylcycline class - structurally related to Tetracyclines (bacteriostatic).  Only
Tigecycline (IV) - Antibiotics ... Class Overview ... and VRE), Gram negatives ... intraabdominal infections ... #Review #Overview