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Antibiotic Options for Treating MRSA Infections

PO: Doxycycline, Clindamycin, TMP-SMX, Linezolid
IV: Linezolid, Vancomycin, Ceftaroline, Daptomycin, Tigecycline

By Dr.
Antibiotic Options ... CKaneshiroMD #Antibiotics ... aureus #staph #pharmacology ... #management #microbiology
Recommendations for specific antimicrobial therapy in bacterial meningitis based on isolated pathogen and susceptibility testing.

#IDSA #Meningitis
IDSA #Meningitis #Antibiotics ... Pathogens #Isolated #InfectiousDiseases ... #Pharmacology # ... Management
IDSA Recommendations for empirical antimicrobial therapy for purulent meningitis based on patient age and specific predisposing
IDSA #Meningitis #Antibiotics ... Empiric #Coverage #InfectiousDiseases ... #Pharmacology # ... Management
Penicillins - Table of Coverage by Generation

Natural PCN  (1st generation): Benzathine PCN, PCN G 

Aminopenicillins
Generation Natural PCN ... generation): Benzathine PCN ... Coverage #Generation #Pharmacology ... #Antibiotics #Table ... #PCN #Management
Antibiotics for Intraabdominal Infection. 
Use your local antimicrobial susceptibility data for selecting the best empiric treatment!
Antibiotics for ... #antibiogram #antibiotics ... antimicrobials #infectiousdiseases ... #management #pharmacology
Coverage of common antibiotics used in the hospital

For empiric coverage, first define the type of infection,
Coverage of common antibiotics ... ampicillin #management ... #infectiousdisease ... #antibiotics ... #antibiogram #pharmacology
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
• Hantavirus PCR ... • Autopsy PCR ... Hantavirus #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #microbiology ... #infectiousdiseases
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
Gastroenteritis) • PCR ... Monocytogenes #diagnosis #management ... #infectiousdiseases ... #treatment #microbiology
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
Gastroenteritis) • PCR ... Monocytogenes #diagnosis #management ... #infectiousdiseases ... #treatment #microbiology
Psittacosis 
Pathogen: Chlamydia psittaci - obligate intracellular gram negative
Transmission:
 • Birds are the primary reservoir
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antibody test • PCR ... Chlamydia #psittaci #microbiology ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #infectiousdiseases