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Antibiotics for Intraabdominal Infection. 
Use your local antimicrobial susceptibility data for selecting the best empiric treatment!
Intraabdominal Infection ... Use your local antimicrobial ... intra-abdominal infections ... #infectiousdiseases ... #management #pharmacology
Antibiotics and CNS Diffusion

1. Drugs with good CNS diffusion:

- Fluoroquinolones, Fluconazole, voriconazole, Rifampin, Oxazolidinones, Metronidazole

2. Drugs
no use in CNS infections ... BloodBrain #Perfusion #CSF ... #Pharmacology # ... #Penetration #Antimicrobials
CSF Penetration of Antimicrobials

Despite the poor CSF penetration, beta-lactams have the most research documenting successful treatment
of Antimicrobials ... in clinical CNS infections ... Penetration #CNS #Antimicrobials ... #InfectiousDiseases ... #Pharmacology
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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temporal evolution, CSF ... with appropriate antimicrobial ... therapy • Antimicrobial ... hemorrhage • CSF ... opportunistic #InfectiousDiseases
Coverage of common antibiotics used in the hospital

For empiric coverage, first define the type of infection,
define the type of infection ... , then review prior ... #management #infectiousdisease ... #antibiogram #pharmacology
Blood Culture-Negative Infective Endocarditis (BCNIE)
Definition: No etiology found after 3 separate blood cultures remain negative for
administration of antimicrobials ... • Infection with ... Work-up of BCNIE relies ... , exposure to antimicrobials ... differential #workup #infectiousdiseases
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Disseminated Infections ... nonspecific • DX relies ... MC: CNS CSF: • ... India ink prep CSF ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases