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Anti-C. Difficile - Antibiotics Class Overview
 1. Metronidazole – (see anti-anaerobe section above for more details).
Difficile - Antibiotics ... infection (defined ... severe C.diff infection ... Fidaxomicin (PO) #Pharmacology ... #Antibiotics #Review
Antibiotics for Intraabdominal Infection. 
Use your local antimicrobial susceptibility data for selecting the best empiric treatment!
Antibiotics for ... Intraabdominal Infection ... intra-abdominal infections ... antimicrobials #infectiousdiseases ... #management #pharmacology
IDSA 2017 CDiff Guidelines - Table 7. Potential Treatment Agents for Treatment of the Primary Clostridium difficile
Potential Treatment ... infection Episode ... #Pharmacology ... #Clostridium #CDifficile ... IDSA2017 #Adjunct #Antibiotics
Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Clostridioides difficile Infections

Epidemiology
Diagnosis
Prevention
Treatment Algorithm
Suppression and Prophylaxis

By Tina Hang, MD @TinaPhamHang via
Prevention, Diagnosis ... Infections Epidemiology ... Diagnosis Prevention ... clostridium #cdiff #Infections ... #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 ... #antibiotics ... #antibiogram #pharmacology
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Bacterial Enteric Infections in HIV-AIDS
Preventing Bacterial Enteric Illness:
 • Antimicrobial
Bacterial Enteric Infections ... Infection (CDI) ... #Treatment #management ... opportunistic #infections ... #HIVAIDS #pharmacology
Antibiotic classification refers to the categorization of antibiotics based on their chemical structure, mechanism of action,
Antibiotics are ... treat bacterial infections ... Imagine treatments ... and effective relief ... #Antibiotics #pharmacology
Sulfonamides - Antibiotics Class Overview

BACTRIM/SEPTRA (TMP/SMX) - inhibit sequential steps in Folate synthesis --> bacteriostatic

Spectrum: Wide
Community-acquired MRSA Skin infections ... Nocardiosis, Listeria infections ... patients, Salmonella infections ... #Pharmacology #Antibiotics ... #Review #Overview
CSF Penetration of Antimicrobials

Despite the poor CSF penetration, beta-lactams have the most research documenting successful treatment
compared to other antibiotic ... in clinical CNS infections ... susceptible CNS infections ... of CNS infections ... #Pharmacology
Anti-Pseudomonal - Antibiotics Class Overview

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a non-fermenting Gram-negative bacillus that inhabits a variety of
causes nosocomial infections ... catheter-related infections ... empiric Pseudomonas treatment ... serious Pseudomonas infections ... #Antibiotics #Review