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Antibiotic Options for Treating MRSA Infections

PO: Doxycycline, Clindamycin, TMP-SMX, Linezolid
IV: Linezolid, Vancomycin, Ceftaroline, Daptomycin, Tigecycline

By Dr.
Antibiotic Options ... SatyaPatelMD and Casey ... #aureus #staph # ... pharmacology #management ... #microbiology #medications
Drugs and Classes Associated with DILI and Type of Liver Injury

#Medications #Differential #DrugInduced #LiverInjury #Hepatology #Pharmacology
Drugs and Classes ... Liver Injury #Medications ... #Differential # ... LiverInjury #Hepatology #Pharmacology ... #Causes #DILI
Causes of Drug-Induced Cardiomyopathies

#DrugInduced #Medications #Cardiomyopathy #Cardiomyopathies #Differential #Causes #Cardiology #Pharmacology
Causes of Drug-Induced ... #DrugInduced #Medications ... Cardiomyopathies #Differential ... #Causes #Cardiology ... #Pharmacology
Acute Diarrhea - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Watery/Large Volume (Small Bowel)
 • Viral
 • Bacterial (e.g. C peffrjngens,
Acute Diarrhea - Differential ... Giardia) • Drugs (Antibiotics ... histolytjca) Nausea ... Staphylococcus aureus ... Acute #Diarrhea #Differential
Medications that cause Hyponatremia

#Diagnosis #Pharmacology #Hyponatremia #Medications #DrugInduced #List #Differential
Medications that ... cause Hyponatremia ... #Diagnosis #Pharmacology ... #Hyponatremia #Medications ... DrugInduced #List #Differential
Acute Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis Framework
1)  Diagnostic studies only for dysentery, severe disease, >7 days
2)
Acute Diarrhea - Differential ... culture 3) Empiric antibiotics ... perfingens, Staph aureus ... Non-Infectious: Medications ... Acute #Diarrhea #Differential
Typical therapeutic applications of Tetracyclines (Doxycycline)
Gram (+) cocci: Staphylococcus aureus (including methicillin-resistant strains), Streptococcus pneumoniae
Gram (+)
Staphylococcus aureus ... #Doxycycline #indications ... #coverage #pharmacology ... #antibiotics
Common Medications Known to Prolong QTc
Antiarrhythmics - Amiodarone, sotalol, flecainide, quinidine, dronedarone, dofetilide
Vasopressors/inotropes - Epinephrine, norepinephrine,
Common Medications ... , venlafaxine Antibiotics ... #Prolongation #Medications ... #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #pharmacology
Stevens Johnson Syndrome and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis - Causative Medications 
and Level of Suspicion 

High Risk:
Antigout:
Necrolysis - Causative Medications ... : allopurinol Antibiotics ... , piroxicam #Differential ... #Medications #DrugInduced ... #Causes #SJSTEN
Causes of Adrenal Insufficiency - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
ACTH-Dependent (Secondary):
 • Pituitary Dysfunction
 • Hypothalamic Dysfunction
ACTH-Independent (Primary):
Causes of Adrenal ... Insufficiency - Differential ... Meningococcemia, Staph Aureus ... Surgery, Radiation, Medication ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes