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Antibiotics for Intraabdominal Infection. 
Use your local antimicrobial susceptibility data for selecting the best empiric treatment!
Antibiotics for ... Intraabdominal Infection ... Use your local antimicrobial ... #antimicrobials ... infectiousdiseases #management #pharmacology
Considerations for progression of disease while on antimicrobial therapy:
 - Source Control?
 - Wrong bug?
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- Wrong diagnosis ... Sara Dong @swinndong ... InfectiousDiseases #Infections ... #antibiotics #checklist ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Antibiotics and CNS Diffusion

1. Drugs with good CNS diffusion:

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

2. Drugs
Antibiotics and ... no use in CNS infections ... Macrolides #Antibiotics ... Perfusion #CSF #Pharmacology ... #Penetration #Antimicrobials
Anti-infective stewardship, including tips for using anti-infectives wisely, criteria for stepdown from IV to PO dosage
including tips for using ... anti-infectives ... IV to PO anti-infectives ... #pharmacology #antibiotics
IDSA - Clinical Strategy to Build an Individualized Treatment Regimen for Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB)
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Build a regimen using ... are contacts of infectious ... management #Treatment #antimicrobials ... #regimens #pharmacology ... #dosing #idsa #
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Infectious: • Pre-existing ... devices (CIED) Non-Infectious ... Differential Diagnosis ... • IV Antibiotics ... of appropriate antimicrobial
Power of Antibiotics - Mortality before and after antibiotics
 • Community Pneumonia 35% → 10%
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Power of Antibiotics ... before and after antibiotics ... → 30% • Heart Infection ... mortality #power #pharmacology ... #diagnosis
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 ... in clinical CNS infections ... Penetration #CNS #Antimicrobials ... InfectiousDiseases #Pharmacology
Acute Pancreatitis - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Presentation: 
 • Epigastric abdominal pain (90%, characteristically
Pancreatitis - Diagnosis ... dysfunction), Familial, Infectious ... only to clarify diagnosis ... • Antibiotics ... cholecystectomy during
Antimicrobial Regimens for Acute Bacterial Rhinosinusitis in Adults
Initial empirical therapy: 
 • Amoxicillin-clavulanate (500 mg/125 mg
Antimicrobial Regimens ... qd) Risk for antibiotic ... PO qd) Severe infection ... empiric #idsa #antibiotics ... Adults #management #pharmacology