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Recommended antibiotics for pediatric pneumonia 

Dr. Rasha Buhumaid @RBuhumaid

#antibiotics #pediatrics #pneumonia #management #peds #dosing #pharmacology
for pediatric pneumonia ... antibiotics #pediatrics #pneumonia ... #peds #dosing #pharmacology
IDSA - Prophylaxis to Prevent First Episode of Opportunistic Disease in HIV-AIDS
 • Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP)
• Pneumocystis pneumonia ... Streptococcus pneumoniae ... IDSA #management #pharmacology
IDSA - Prophylaxis to Prevent First Episode of Opportunistic Disease in HIV-AIDS
 • Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP)
• Pneumocystis pneumonia ... Streptococcus pneumoniae ... IDSA #management #pharmacology
Cephalosporin Coverage
First-generation cephalosporins: 
 - Gram (+) cocci: Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Streptococcus pyogenes,
Streptococcus pneumoniae ... coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae ... Streptococcus pneumoniae ... Streptococcus pneumoniae ... antimicrobial #pharmacology
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
Community Acquired Pneumonia ... community-acquired pneumonia ... Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia ... InfectiousDiseases #Infections #Pharmacology
Typical therapeutic applications of Tetracyclines (Doxycycline)
Gram (+) cocci: Staphylococcus aureus (including methicillin-resistant strains), Streptococcus pneumoniae
Gram (+)
Streptococcus pneumoniae ... Mycoplasma: Mycoplasma pneumoniae ... indications #coverage #pharmacology
Modified penicillin binding proteins as mechanism of resistance to antibiotics.
Penicillin Binding Proteins (Transpeptidases) cross link peptidoglycan
Streptococcus pneumoniae ... a complicated pneumonia ... or pneumonia in ... Proteins #AMR #PBP #pharmacology
Outpatient Treatment of with Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP)
No comorbidities or risk factors for MRSA or Pseudomonas aeruginosa:
Community-Acquired Pneumonia ... Community #Acquired #Pneumonia ... Management #Guidelines #pharmacology
Tigecycline (IV) - Antibiotics Class Overview

Mechanism: Glycylcycline class - structurally related to Tetracyclines (bacteriostatic).  Only
sometimes for pneumonia ... #Pharmacology #Antibiotics
Antibiotic treatment durations for first line antibiotics recommended by Public Health England (PHE) guidance
 • Acute
Community acquired pneumonia ... Community acquired pneumonia ... outpatient #treatment #pharmacology