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Summary table of mechanism of action, side effect and contraindications of commonly used drugs for tuberculosis.
Summary table of ... used drugs for tuberculosis ... #pharmacology #medications ... #table #management ... #overview #tuberculosis
Carbapenems - Antibiotics Class Overview

Imipenem/Cilastin, Meropenem, Ertapenem, Doripenem 

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

Gentamicin, Tobramycin, Amikacin, Streptomycin -30S inhibitor (all IV)
Spectrum: Extremely efficacious vs.
Antibiotics Class Overview ... . aerobic Gram negatives ... infections especially ... #Pharmacology #Antibiotics ... #Review #Overview
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
Linezolid (Zyvox) (PO and IV) - Antibiotics Class Overview

Mechanism: Oxazolidinone class –unique ribosomal inhibitor (acts on
Antibiotics Class Overview ... good activity vs tuberculosis ... skin/soft titssue infections ... #Pharmacology ... Antibiotics #Review #Overview
Brief Overview of Treatment Agents for COVID-19 - Version 2.01 4/11/2020

#Drugs #Medications #Treatment #COVID19 #Pharmacology #Table
Brief Overview of ... Treatment Agents ... #Medications #Treatment ... #COVID19 #Pharmacology ... #Table #Management
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
Adjuvant therapies in critical ... steroids to treat infectious ... meningitis - Tuberculous ... #Pharmacology # ... Management #Treatment
Daptomycin  - Antibiotics Class Overview

Mechanism: Lipopeptide antibiotic – forms transmembrane channels and depolarizes cells.
Antibiotics Class Overview ... No gram negative ... skin/soft tissue infections ... cidal nature) #Pharmacology ... Antibiotics #Review #Overview
Tigecycline (IV) - Antibiotics Class Overview

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

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
result with no clinical ... testing (TST) False-negative ... viral infections ... because false-negative ... sample = 95% • A negative