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C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
C.diff - Clostridioides ... preferred over vancomycin ... - Alternative: Vancomycin ... • Prophylaxis: Vancomycin ... ciab549 #CDI #Cdiff
Potential Treatment Agents for Treatment of the Primary Clostridium difficile infection Episode
Proven efficacy:
 • Vancomycin -
efficacy: • Vancomycin ... × 10 days #CDiff
Anti-C. Difficile - Antibiotics Class Overview
 1. Metronidazole – (see anti-anaerobe section above for more details).
Oral Vancomycin ... therapy for severe C.diff
Adult Vancomycin Guidelines
The information below provides general dosing guidelines for vancomycin. A maintenance regimen of 15-20
Adult Vancomycin ... guidelines for vancomycin ... Although vancomycin ... #Pharmacology #Vancomycin
Vancomycin Associated Acute Kidney Injury

 • Drug induced acute kidney injury is generally defined as a
Vancomycin Associated ... • Risk of vancomycin ... Kat_Watson #Vancomycin
Antibiotics with MRSA Coverage

Oral: Doxycycline, Minocycline, Clindamycin, TMP-SMX
IV: Vancomycin, Daptomycin, Telavancin, Ceftaroline, Dalbavancin, Oritavancin, Tigecycline
Oral and
, TMP-SMX IV: Vancomycin
Modified penicillin binding proteins as mechanism of resistance to antibiotics.
Penicillin Binding Proteins (Transpeptidases) cross link peptidoglycan
this function - Vancomycin ... unvaccinated) - Add vancomycin ... - Vancomycin again
Antibiotic Options for Treating MRSA Infections

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

By Dr.
IV: Linezolid, Vancomycin
Septic Arthritis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical Exam: hot, swollen, pain with passive AND active ROM
N. gonorrhoeae Vancomycin ... negative bacilli Vancomycin ... staphylococcus Vancomycin
Clostridium Difficile Diagnosis and Management Algorithm

IDAGRAM based on most recent guidelines from @IDSAInfo.

 Infographic by IDagram
@ID_agram

#Clostridium
Management #IDSA #CDiff