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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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Sara Dong @swinndong ... InfectiousDiseases #Infections ... #antibiotics #checklist ... Diagnosis #Management #Antibiotics ... #Antimicrobials
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 Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Bacterial Enteric Infections in HIV-AIDS
Preventing Bacterial Enteric Illness:
 • Antimicrobial
Bacterial Enteric Infections ... Enteric Illness: • Antimicrobial ... trip’s duration, antimicrobial ... opportunistic #infections ... #HIVAIDS #pharmacology
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 #
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
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
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Cytomegalovirus Infections in HIV-AIDS
Preventing CMV Disease:
 • CMV end-organ disease is best
Cytomegalovirus Infections ... best prevented by using ... control of the infection ... opportunistic #infections ... #HIVAIDS #pharmacology
Key Color Coded Medications For the Emergency Provider

 
 - Tan indicates antimicrobials/anti-infectives which may include
Tan indicates antimicrobials ... /anti-infectives ... viral or fungal infections ... #Pharmacology #Medications ... Topical #Color #Coding