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Antibiotic Options for Treating MRSA Infections

PO: Doxycycline, Clindamycin, TMP-SMX, Linezolid
IV: Linezolid, Vancomycin, Ceftaroline, Daptomycin, Tigecycline

By Dr.
Treating MRSA Infections ... Ceftaroline, Daptomycin, Tigecycline ... Antibiotics #MRSA #saureus ... #aureus #staph
Bacteremia Quick Reference - Treatment Duration

Gram Negative Bacteremia:
 • Avoid: Aminoglycosides and tigecycline
 • Catheters should
Aminoglycosides and tigecycline ... thrombophlebitis, IE, infection ... Bacteremia: • S. aureus ... of metastatic infection
Tigecycline (IV) - Antibiotics Class Overview

Mechanism: Glycylcycline class - structurally related to Tetracyclines (bacteriostatic).  Only
Tigecycline (IV) ... intraabdominal infections ... skin/soft tissue infections ... Review #Overview #Tigecycline
IDSA Surgical Wound Infection Algorithm
Algorithm for the management and treatment of surgical site infections (SSIs). 
*For
Surgical Wound Infection ... surgical site infections ... Where the rate of infection ... Staphylococcus aureus ... infection is high
Acute Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis Framework
1)  Diagnostic studies only for dysentery, severe disease, >7 days
2)
recommended Infectious ... perfingens, Staph aureus ... , Bacillus cereus ... belli, Cyclospora Infectious ... Cytomegalovirus Non-Infectious
IDSA Treatment of Necrotizing Infections of the Skin, Fascia, and Muscle
 • Mixed infections
 • Streptococcus
of Necrotizing Infections ... Muscle • Mixed infections ... Staphylococcus aureus ... #Necrotizing #Infections
Antibiotics and CNS Diffusion

1. Drugs with good CNS diffusion:

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

2. Drugs
Daptomycin, Colimycin, Tigecyclin ... no use in CNS infections
IDSA Aspergillosis Treatment
 • Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA)
 • CNS aspergillosis
 • Cardiac Aspergillus infection
 •
Cardiac Aspergillus infection ... • Aspergillus infections ... of eye Infectious
IDSA Suggested Empiric Antibiotic Regimens Based on Clinical Severity for Diabetic Foot Infections
Mild (usually treated with
Diabetic Foot Infections ... Staphylococcus aureus ... Methicillin-resistant S. aureus ... Diabetic #Foot #Infections
IDSA Algorithm for the Management of Purulent skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs). 
Mild infection: for
and soft tissue infections ... Mild infection: ... Moderate infection ... Severe infection ... Staphylococcus aureus