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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 ... #HAP #HCAP #HospitalAcquiredPneumonia ... #IDSA2016
Outpatient Treatment of with Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP)
No comorbidities or risk factors for MRSA or Pseudomonas aeruginosa:
Community-Acquired Pneumonia ... doxycycline or • macrolide ... cephalosporin AND macrolide ... #Antibiotics #Treatment ... Management #Guidelines #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 ... #IDSA2016
Common Medications Known to Prolong QTc
Antiarrhythmics - Amiodarone, sotalol, flecainide, quinidine, dronedarone, dofetilide
Vasopressors/inotropes - Epinephrine, norepinephrine,
, venlafaxine Antibiotics ... - Macrolides, quinolones ... promethazine Antifungals ... differential #diagnosis #pharmacology
Flutycosine - Antibiotics Class Overview
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Mechanism: 5-FC interferes with DNA and protein synthesis.  Only
Flutycosine - Antibiotics ... Severe cryptococcal pneumonia ... #Pharmacology #Antibiotics ... #Flutycosine #Antifungal
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
(CAP) - Diagnosis ... 96.1% • Empiric antibiotic ... : β-Lactam + macrolide ... : β-Lactam + macrolide ... #CAP #Diagnosis
The 8 A’s — drugs that interact with warfarin
Antibiotics 
 - Most agents, but especially co-trimoxazole,
with warfarin Antibiotics ... metronidazole, macrolides ... - Rifampin Antifungals ... Mnemonic #8As #Pharmacology
Macrolides - Erythromycin, Clarithromycin, Azithromycin - Antibiotics Class Overview

50S Ribosomal Inhibitor (PO and IV)
Spectrum: Atypical organisms
Macrolides - Erythromycin ... Azithromycin - Antibiotics ... community-acquired pneumonia ... Ceftriaxone for CAP ... #Pharmacology #Antibiotics
Acute Generalized Exanthematous Pustulosis (AGEP)

AGEP is largely a clinical diagnosis based on classical skin findings in
Antibiotics: - ... cephalosporins - macrolides ... aminopenicillins - antifungals ... - Mycoplasma pneumoniae