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IDSA Recommendations for empirical antimicrobial therapy for purulent meningitis based on patient age and specific predisposing
on patient age and ... #Meningitis #Antibiotics ... Antimicrobials #Empiric #Coverage ... #InfectiousDiseases ... #Pharmacology #
Antibiotics - Spectrum and Coverage Antibiogram

#Antibiogram #Antibiotics #Classes #Bacterial #Spectrum #Coverage #Susceptibility #Susceptibilities #InfectiousDiseases #Pharmacology
Antibiotics - Spectrum ... and Coverage Antibiogram ... #Antibiogram #Antibiotics ... Susceptibilities #InfectiousDiseases ... #Pharmacology
Tigecycline (IV) - Antibiotics Class Overview

Mechanism: Glycylcycline class - structurally related to Tetracyclines (bacteriostatic).  Only
Tigecycline (IV) - Antibiotics ... Class Overview ... Spectrum: Broad coverage ... #Pharmacology #Antibiotics ... #Review #Overview
Recommendations for specific antimicrobial therapy in bacterial meningitis based on isolated pathogen and susceptibility testing.

#IDSA #Meningitis
isolated pathogen and ... #IDSA #Meningitis ... #Antibiotics #Antimicrobial ... Pathogens #Isolated #InfectiousDiseases ... #Pharmacology #
Coverage of common antibiotics used in the hospital

For empiric coverage, first define the type of infection,
Coverage of common ... antibiotics used ... #management #infectiousdisease ... #antibiotics ... #pharmacology
Vancomycin and Dalbavancin (lipoglycopeptide antibiotics) - Antibiotics Class Overview

Mechanism: Glycopeptide -  inhibits cell wall synthesis
) - Antibiotics ... Class Overview ... gram negative coverage ... #Pharmacology #Antibiotics ... #Review #Overview
Fluoroquinolones - Antibiotics Class Overview

Mechanism: DNA Gyrase  and Topoisomerase inhibitors bactericidal 
Side effects: QT prolongation
Fluoroquinolones - Antibiotics ... Class Overview ... Mechanism: DNA Gyrase and ... #Pharmacology #Antibiotics ... #Review #Overview
ANTIBIOTICS WITH ANAEROBE COVERAGE - Antibiotics Class Overview
 1. Metronidazole (Flagyl)(PO and IV)
 2. Clindamycin –
ANAEROBE COVERAGE ... Overview 1. ... Metronidazole (Flagyl)(PO and ... so no need to add ... #Pharmacology #Antibiotics
Tetracyclines – Doxycycline, Tetracycline, Minocycline - Antibiotics Class Overview

- 30S Inhibitors (PO and IV)
Spectrum: Fairly broad
Minocycline - Antibiotics ... Class Overview ... MRSA coverage, ... gram negative coverage ... #Pharmacology #Antibiotics
Monobactam - Aztreonam - Antibiotics Class Overview

Spectrum: only has activity vs. aerobic gram negatives, no gram
Class Overview ... , sepsis, skin and ... empiric double coverage ... #Pharmacology #Antibiotics ... #Review #Overview