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Vancomycin Associated Acute Kidney Injury

 • Drug induced acute kidney injury is generally defined as a
Vancomycin Associated ... • Risk of vancomycin ... • Treatment includes ... Kat_Watson #Vancomycin
Septic Arthritis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical Exam: hot, swollen, pain with passive AND active ROM
arthritis diagnosis Treatment ... N. gonorrhoeae Vancomycin ... negative bacilli Vancomycin ... staphylococcus Vancomycin ... patient admitted for treatment
Rhodococcus - Microbiology Overview

Microbiology:
 • Facultative, intracellular, nonmotile, non-spore-forming
 • Aerobic acid-fast gram-positive coccobacilli
 • Produces
trauma Diagnosis Treatment ... following: Rifampin, Vancomycin ... Microbiology #diagnosis #treatment
Treatment of Pouchitis
 • Microbiota-associated - Antibiotics (ciproflaxcin, metronidzole, tinidazole, amoxicillin)
 • Immune-mediated - Budesonide, Mesalamines;
Treatment of Pouchitis ... Mesalamines; Oral vancomycin ... ileal #pouchitis #Treatment
Peritonitis - Spontaneous vs Secondary vs Peritoneal Dialysis Associated Peritonitis
Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis
 • Cirrhosis (high SAAG)
PMN > 250 • Treatment ... Positive Culture • Treatment ... Intraperitoneal vancomycin
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
preferred over vancomycin ... - Alternative: Vancomycin ... despite appropriate treatment ... • Prophylaxis: Vancomycin ... IDSA 2021 CDI Treatment
IDSA Surgical Wound Infection Algorithm
Algorithm for the management and treatment of surgical site infections (SSIs). 
*For
management and treatment ... high, consider vancomycin
Potential Treatment Agents for Treatment of the Primary Clostridium difficile infection Episode
Proven efficacy:
 • Vancomycin -
Potential Treatment ... Agents for Treatment ... efficacy: • Vancomycin ... ClostridiumDifficile #options #treatment
Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome (SSSS) 
(aka Ritter disease) 
Nikolsky positive 
Clinical 
• Typically occurs 3 to
anti-staphylococcal) • Vancomycin ... CA-MRSA or initial treatment
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Bacterial Enteric Infections in HIV-AIDS
Preventing Bacterial Enteric Illness:
 • Antimicrobial
Infection (CDI): • Vancomycin ... IDSA #Prevention #Treatment