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Anti-infective stewardship, including tips for using anti-infectives wisely, criteria for stepdown from IV to PO dosage
including tips for using ... anti-infectives ... #pharmacology #antibiotics ... medications #table #treatment ... #drugs #pharmacotherapy
Antibiotics and CNS Diffusion

1. Drugs with good CNS diffusion:

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

2. Drugs
Antibiotics and ... in CNS infections ... Macrolides #Antibiotics ... Perfusion #CSF #Pharmacology ... #Classification
Antibiotic classification refers to the categorization of antibiotics based on their chemical structure, mechanism of action,
Antibiotic classification ... drugs that are used ... treat bacterial infections ... Imagine treatments ... #Antibiotics #pharmacology
IDSA - Doses of Drugs for Treatment of Adults and Children with Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis
Step 1 Levofloxacin,
IDSA - Doses of Drugs ... for Treatment of ... antimicrobials #pharmacology ... #dosing #idsa # ... drugs
IDSA - Clinical Strategy to Build an Individualized Treatment Regimen for Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB)
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Individualized Treatment ... Resistant Tuberculosis ... are contacts of infectious ... antimicrobials #regimens #pharmacology ... #dosing #idsa #
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection and Disease in HIV-AIDS
Treating LTBI (to prevent TB disease)
Indications:
Mycobacterium Tuberculosis ... dosing recommendations ... Guidelines for dosing ... Mycobacterium #Tuberculosis ... #HIVAIDS #pharmacology
Hepatic Encephalopathy - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Definition:
 • Alteration in brain function manifested by neuropsychiatric symptoms
Precipitants: Infection ... Initiate empiric treatment ... non-absorbable antibiotic ... Guidelines recommend using ... Encephalopathy #Grading #Classification
Acute Pancreatitis - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Presentation: 
 • Epigastric abdominal pain (90%, characteristically
surgery, Trauma, Drugs ... dysfunction), Familial, Infectious ... • Antibiotics ... cholecystectomy during ... Diagnosis #Management #Treatment
Sulfonamides - Antibiotics Class Overview

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

Spectrum: Wide
Sulfonamides - Antibiotics ... including PCP PNA (drug ... choice, both for treatment ... patients, Salmonella infections ... #Pharmacology #Antibiotics
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Cytomegalovirus Infections in HIV-AIDS
Preventing CMV Disease:
 • CMV end-organ disease is best
best prevented by using ... effective for treatment ... intraocular levels of drug ... control of the infection ... #HIVAIDS #pharmacology