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ANTIBIOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITIES IN INTENSIVE CARE

Antibiotic spectra made simple(r). Version 2, now updated with new bugs &
Antibiotic spectra ... #Antibiotics #Classes ... #Bacterial #Spectra ... #Spectrum #Coverage ... CriticalCare #Overview
For my UME micro course, I made a figure that captures this terminology and lets learners
‘broaden’ this coverage ... holes” in their coverage ... important drug classes ... #antibiotics #coverage ... #pharmacology #management
Antibiotics for severe community-onset pneumonia 

Atypical coverage always 

- Usually azithromycin 500 mg daily 

- Doxycycline
pneumonia Atypical coverage ... fibrosis) Broad-spectrum ... ) MRSA coverage ... only in selected cases ... #Management
Anti-Pseudomonal - Antibiotics Class Overview

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a non-fermenting Gram-negative bacillus that inhabits a variety of
Antibiotics Class Overview ... soil, water) and causes ... patients (common cause ... #AntiPseudomonal ... #AntiPseudomonas
Monobactam - Aztreonam - Antibiotics Class Overview

Spectrum: only has activity vs. aerobic gram negatives, no gram
Antibiotics Class Overview ... Spectrum: only ... gram-negative limited spectrum ... and 2) Does not cause ... empiric double coverage
The algorithm below shows how pre-test probability could be combined with various criteria to determine which
The algorithm below ... A patient with average ... acyclovir in these cases ... HSV PCR would cause ... is proposed: #Management