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Carbapenems - Antibiotics Class Overview

Imipenem/Cilastin, Meropenem, Ertapenem, Doripenem 

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

Mechanism: Lipopeptide antibiotic – forms transmembrane channels and depolarizes cells.
Daptomycin - Antibiotics ... No gram negative ... skin/soft tissue infections ... cidal nature) #Pharmacology ... #Antibiotics #Review
Table of Antibiotics for Highly Resistant Gram Negative Infections 

Ceftazidime, Cefepime, Piperacillin/ Tazobactam, Carbapenems, Aztreonam, Aminoglycosides
Table of Antibiotics ... Resistant Gram Negative ... Infections ... #GramNegative #Infections ... #Table #Pharmacology
Aminoglycosides  - Antibiotics Class Overview

Gentamicin, Tobramycin, Amikacin, Streptomycin -30S inhibitor (all IV)
Spectrum: Extremely efficacious vs.
Aminoglycosides - Antibiotics ... . aerobic Gram negatives ... : serious gram negative ... infections especially ... #Pharmacology #Antibiotics
IDSA Suggested Empiric Antibiotic Regimens Based on Clinical Severity for Diabetic Foot Infections
Mild (usually treated with
Suggested Empiric Antibiotic ... Clinical Severity for Diabetic ... Foot Infections ... #Foot #Infections ... #pharmacology #
Diabetic foot infections (DFIs) is a common complication of longstanding diabetes, and it is associated with
Diabetic foot infections ... Aerobic gram-negative ... chronic or follow antibiotic ... Empiric antibiotic ... with antibiotic-resistant
Tigecycline (IV) - Antibiotics Class Overview

Mechanism: Glycylcycline class - structurally related to Tetracyclines (bacteriostatic).  Only
Tigecycline (IV) - Antibiotics ... and VRE), Gram negatives ... intraabdominal infections ... skin/soft tissue infections ... #Pharmacology #Antibiotics
Infective endocarditis - etiology and sources of infection. 
 • Native and prosthetic 
valve endocarditis
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and sources of infection ... • Native and ... • Soft tissue infections ... for TPN) and antibiotic ... Bacteria #Etiology #Differential
Blood culture contaminants
Grouped by gram negative vs gram positive vs other as well as never/maybe/probably
Some additional
Grouped by gram negative ... Sara Dong @swinndong ... febrilepodcast] #ID #Infectious ... Diseases #Infections ... Microbiology #Micro #Differential
Vancomycin and Dalbavancin (lipoglycopeptide antibiotics) - Antibiotics Class Overview

Mechanism: Glycopeptide -  inhibits cell wall synthesis
lipoglycopeptide antibiotics ... ) - Antibiotics ... No gram negative ... gram positive infections ... #Pharmacology #Antibiotics