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Current guidelines for outpatient treatment of Community Acquired Pnemonia (CAP)

#Management #Outpatient #CAP #Community #Acquired #Pneumonia #Antibiotics
Community Acquired Pnemonia ... (CAP) #Management ... #Outpatient #CAP ... Community #Acquired #Pneumonia ... #Antibiotics #Treatment
Table 4. Recommended Initial Empiric Antibiotic Therapy for Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia (Non-Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia) #Management #InfectiousDiseases #Empiric #Antibiotics
Initial Empiric Antibiotic ... Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia ... Non-Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia ... InfectiousDiseases #Empiric #Antibiotics ... #HAP #HCAP #HospitalAcquiredPneumonia
Recommended antibiotics for pediatric pneumonia 

Dr. Rasha Buhumaid @RBuhumaid

#antibiotics #pediatrics #pneumonia #management #peds #dosing #pharmacology
Recommended antibiotics ... for pediatric pneumonia ... @RBuhumaid #antibiotics ... #pediatrics #pneumonia ... #peds #dosing #pharmacology
Outpatient Treatment of with Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP)
No comorbidities or risk factors for MRSA or Pseudomonas aeruginosa:
Community-Acquired Pneumonia ... (CAP) No comorbidities ... Community #Acquired #Pneumonia ... #Antibiotics #Treatment ... Management #Guidelines #pharmacology
DKA DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA:
1. Serum glucose >250 mg/dL
2. Arterial pH <7.3
3. Serum bicarbonate <18 mEq/L
4. At least
of infection, antibiotics ... gap metabolic acidosis ... gap greater than ... gap is variable ... gap closes and
Modified penicillin binding proteins as mechanism of resistance to antibiotics.
Penicillin Binding Proteins (Transpeptidases) cross link peptidoglycan
resistance to antibiotics ... Streptococcus pneumoniae ... a complicated pneumonia ... or pneumonia in ... Proteins #AMR #PBP #pharmacology
Linezolid (Zyvox) (PO and IV) - Antibiotics Class Overview

Mechanism: Oxazolidinone class –unique ribosomal inhibitor (acts on
(PO and IV) - Antibiotics ... titssue infections, HAP ... /HCAP/VAP with suspected ... infections #Pharmacology ... #Antibiotics #Review
Antibiotic treatment durations for first line antibiotics recommended by Public Health England (PHE) guidance
 • Acute
Antibiotic treatment ... for first line antibiotics ... Community acquired pneumonia ... Community acquired pneumonia ... outpatient #treatment #pharmacology
Table 3. Suggested Empiric Treatment Options for Clinically Suspected Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Units Where Empiric Methicillin-Resistant
Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia ... InfectiousDiseases #Empiric #Antibiotics ... #VAP #VentilatorAssociatedPneumonia
Typical therapeutic applications of Tetracyclines (Doxycycline)
Gram (+) cocci: Staphylococcus aureus (including methicillin-resistant strains), Streptococcus pneumoniae
Gram (+)
Streptococcus pneumoniae ... Mycoplasma: Mycoplasma pneumoniae ... indications #coverage #pharmacology ... #antibiotics