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Daptomycin  - Antibiotics Class Overview

Mechanism: Lipopeptide antibiotic – forms transmembrane channels and depolarizes cells.
Daptomycin - Antibiotics ... Mechanism: Lipopeptide antibiotic ... No gram negative ... #Pharmacology #Antibiotics ... #Review #Overview
Table 3. Suggested Empiric Treatment Options for Clinically Suspected Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Units Where Empiric Methicillin-Resistant
Suggested Empiric Treatment ... Antipseudomonal/Gram-Negative ... Appropriate #Management #InfectiousDiseases ... #Empiric #Antibiotics
Carbapenems - Antibiotics Class Overview

Imipenem/Cilastin, Meropenem, Ertapenem, Doripenem 

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

 • Treatment duration
 • When to give antibiotics for abscesses
 • When to
Antibiotics for ... Cellulitis • Treatment ... • When to give antibiotics ... #Treatment #Management ... #Skin #InfectiousDiseases
IDSA Recommended antimicrobial regimens for treatment of patients with Lyme disease.

#Management #InfectiousDiseases #Antibiotics #LymeDisease #Treatment #Regimens
antimicrobial regimens for treatment ... #Management #InfectiousDiseases ... #Antibiotics #LymeDisease ... #Treatment #Regimens
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Aminoglycosides  - Antibiotics Class Overview

Gentamicin, Tobramycin, Amikacin, Streptomycin -30S inhibitor (all IV)
Spectrum: Extremely efficacious vs.
Aminoglycosides - Antibiotics ... . aerobic Gram negatives ... : serious gram negative ... #Pharmacology #Antibiotics ... #Review #Overview
MonkeyPox Virus - Summary Review - What we know so far

 • History
 • Epidemiology
 •
Virus - Summary Review ... Diagnosis • Treatment ... management #virus #infectiousdiseases ... #microbiology #treatment
Antibiotics for Intraabdominal Infection. 
Use your local antimicrobial susceptibility data for selecting the best empiric treatment!
Antibiotics for ... the best empiric treatment ... #antibiogram #antibiotics ... antimicrobials #infectiousdiseases ... #pharmacology #treatment
Coverage of common antibiotics used in the hospital

For empiric coverage, first define the type of infection,
Coverage of common antibiotics ... infection, then review ... #management #infectiousdisease ... #antibiotics
Tigecycline (IV) - Antibiotics Class Overview

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