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Table 4. Recommended Initial Empiric Antibiotic Therapy for Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia (Non-Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia) #Management #InfectiousDiseases #Empiric #Antibiotics
Recommended Initial Empiric ... Antibiotic Therapy ... for Hospital-Acquired ... #Antibiotics #HAP ... #IDSA2016
Table 3. Suggested Empiric Treatment Options for Clinically Suspected Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Units Where Empiric Methicillin-Resistant
Suggested Empiric ... Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia ... in Units Where Empiric ... #Antibiotics #VAP ... VentilatorAssociatedPneumonia #IDSA2016
Current guidelines for outpatient treatment of Community Acquired Pnemonia (CAP)

#Management #Outpatient #CAP #Community #Acquired #Pneumonia #Antibiotics
treatment of Community Acquired ... Pnemonia (CAP) ... Management #Outpatient #CAP ... #Community #Acquired ... #Pneumonia #Antibiotics
Outpatient Treatment of with Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP)
No comorbidities or risk factors for MRSA or Pseudomonas aeruginosa:
with Community-Acquired ... Pneumonia (CAP) ... IDSA #Outpatient #CAP ... #Pneumonia #Antibiotics ... Management #Guidelines #pharmacology
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
Pneumonia (CAP) ... Obtain in severe CAP ... Pseudomonas) • Severe CAP ... radiographically confirmed CAP ... #CAP #Diagnosis
Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis (SBP) - Diagnosis and Management
Ascites PMN > 250/mm3
? Nosocomial or hospital acquired. Recent
Nosocomial or hospital acquired ... Recent exposure to antibiotics ... Management Repeat tap ... - 2 days after empirical ... antibiotic therapy
Antibiotics for severe community-onset pneumonia 

Atypical coverage always 

- Usually azithromycin 500 mg daily 

- Doxycycline
Antibiotics for ... community-onset pneumonia ... #Community #Acquired ... #Pneumonia #CAP ... #Antibiotics #Coverage
Macrolides - Erythromycin, Clarithromycin, Azithromycin - Antibiotics Class Overview

50S Ribosomal Inhibitor (PO and IV)
Spectrum: Atypical organisms
Azithromycin - Antibiotics ... exacerbations, community-acquired ... pneumonia, sinusitis ... Ceftriaxone for CAP ... #Pharmacology #Antibiotics
Anti-Pseudomonal - Antibiotics Class Overview

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a non-fermenting Gram-negative bacillus that inhabits a variety of
Anti-Pseudomonal - Antibiotics ... nosocomial infections (HAP ... /VAP, catheter-related ... monotherapy for empiric ... Polymyxin B(IV) #Pharmacology