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Recommendations for specific antimicrobial therapy in bacterial meningitis based on isolated pathogen and susceptibility testing.

#IDSA #Meningitis
therapy in bacterial ... IDSA #Meningitis #Antibiotics ... #Antimicrobial ... InfectiousDiseases #Pharmacology ... #Management
Intern Pocket Cards - Antibiogram and Susceptibilities
VRE - MRSA - GRAM POSITIVES - GRAM NEGATIVES -
- MRSA - GRAM POSITIVES ... metronidazole Antimicrobial ... (e.g., UTI, bacteremia ... Susceptibilities #antibiotics ... #management #pharmacology
Antimicrobial Regimens for Acute Bacterial Rhinosinusitis in Adults
Initial empirical therapy: 
 • Amoxicillin-clavulanate (500 mg/125 mg
Antimicrobial Regimens ... for Acute Bacterial ... qd) Risk for antibiotic ... #Adults #management ... #pharmacology
CSF Penetration of Antimicrobials

Despite the poor CSF penetration, beta-lactams have the most research documenting successful treatment
Penetration of Antimicrobials ... compared to other antibiotic ... line agents in bacterial ... ://twitter.com/foamid ... InfectiousDiseases #Pharmacology
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Blood cultures are positive ... • IV Antibiotics ... • Persistent bacteremia ... of appropriate antimicrobial ... #cardiology
The crusade against “Ab”Normal Saline continues.  This is a non-physiologic fluid that can harm our
and Mg2+ whose positive ... must now lose a positive ... #foamed #criticalcare ... #management #diagnosis ... #treatment #pharmacology
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
differential #algorithm #management ... #cardiology #treatment ... #table #foamed ... heartfailure #chf #criticalcare ... icu #clinical #pharmacology
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
cases Culture Positive ... Treatment • IV antibiotics ... • Persistent bacteremia ... of appropriate antimicrobial ... Differential #Diagnosis #cardiology