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IDSA Surgical Wound Infection Algorithm
Algorithm for the management and treatment of surgical site infections (SSIs). 
*For
IDSA Surgical Wound ... Infection Algorithm ... allergy to β-lactam antibiotics ... high, consider vancomycin ... #Algorithm #IDSA
Antibiotic Options for Treating MRSA Infections

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

By Dr.
Antibiotic Options ... Treating MRSA Infections ... IV: Linezolid, Vancomycin ... CKaneshiroMD #Antibiotics
IDSA Treatment of Necrotizing Infections of the Skin, Fascia, and Muscle
 • Mixed infections
 • Streptococcus
IDSA Treatment of ... Necrotizing Infections ... Muscle • Mixed infections ... fasciitis #Skin #IDSA ... Treatment #management #antibiotics
IDSA - Antimicrobial Therapy for Staphylococcal and Streptococcal Skin and Soft Tissue Infections
 • Impetigo (Staphylococcus
IDSA - Antimicrobial ... and Soft Tissue Infections ... Skin #SoftTissue #Infections ... Streptococcal #Antibiotics ... management #treatment #idsa
IDSA Suggested Empiric Antibiotic Regimens Based on Clinical Severity for Diabetic Foot Infections
Mild (usually treated with
IDSA Suggested Empiric ... Antibiotic Regimens ... Diabetic Foot Infections ... #empiric #antibiotics ... #pharmacology #idsa
Vancomycin and Dalbavancin (lipoglycopeptide antibiotics) - Antibiotics Class Overview

Mechanism: Glycopeptide -  inhibits cell wall synthesis
Vancomycin and Dalbavancin ... lipoglycopeptide antibiotics ... ) - Antibiotics ... gram positive infections ... Review #Overview #Vancomycin
Modified penicillin binding proteins as mechanism of resistance to antibiotics.
Penicillin Binding Proteins (Transpeptidases) cross link peptidoglycan
resistance to antibiotics ... this function - Vancomycin ... amox for an ear infection ... unvaccinated) - Add vancomycin ... - Vancomycin again
IDSA Algorithm for the Management of Purulent skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs). 
Mild infection: for
IDSA Algorithm for ... Mild infection: ... drainage plus oral antibiotics ... have failed oral antibiotic ... #cellulitis #idsa
Antibiotics and CNS Diffusion

1. Drugs with good CNS diffusion:

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

2. Drugs
Antibiotics and ... , ganciclovir, Vancomycin ... no use in CNS infections ... Macrolides #Antibiotics
Anti-C. Difficile - Antibiotics Class Overview
 1. Metronidazole – (see anti-anaerobe section above for more details).
Difficile - Antibiotics ... mild-moderate C.difficile infection ... Oral Vancomycin ... severe C.diff infection ... #Pharmacology #Antibiotics