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

#Management #Outpatient #CAP #Community #Acquired #Pneumonia #Antibiotics
outpatient treatment of Community ... Acquired Pnemonia ... #Outpatient #CAP ... #Community #Acquired ... #Pneumonia #Antibiotics
Antibiotic treatment durations for first line antibiotics recommended by Public Health England (PHE) guidance
 • Acute
• Community acquired ... pneumonia and CRB65 ... =0 7 days • Community ... acquired pneumonia ... outpatient #treatment #pharmacology
Antibiotics for severe community-onset pneumonia 

Atypical coverage always 

- Usually azithromycin 500 mg daily 

- Doxycycline
severe community-onset ... pneumonia Atypical ... mg daily - Doxycycline ... for >7 days in ... #CAP #Antibiotics
Typical therapeutic applications of Tetracyclines (Doxycycline)
Gram (+) cocci: Staphylococcus aureus (including methicillin-resistant strains), Streptococcus pneumoniae
Gram (+)
Tetracyclines (Doxycycline ... Streptococcus pneumoniae ... Tetracyclines #Doxycycline ... indications #coverage #pharmacology ... #antibiotics
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
Community Acquired ... Pneumonia (CAP) ... May appear after day ... May appear 1-3 days ... 96.1% • Empiric antibiotic
Lyme Disease Pearls

Epidemiology: Ixodes scapularis carrying borrelia 
have spread and are now found in 
growing areas
Shorter course of antibiotics ... early lyme (10 days ... vs 21 days) is ... Treating with doxycycline ... LymeDisease #Pearls #Map
Power of Antibiotics - Mortality before and after antibiotics
 • Community Pneumonia 35% → 10%
 •
Power of Antibiotics ... before and after antibiotics ... • Community Pneumonia ... 10% • Hospital Pneumonia ... mortality #power #pharmacology
Tetracyclines – Doxycycline, Tetracycline, Minocycline - Antibiotics Class Overview

- 30S Inhibitors (PO and IV)
Spectrum: Fairly broad
Tetracyclines – Doxycycline ... Minocycline - Antibiotics ... Anthrax Used for: Doxycycline ... infections when suspect community-acquired ... #Pharmacology #Antibiotics
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