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IDSA Treatment of Necrotizing Infections of the Skin, Fascia, and Muscle
 • Mixed infections
 • Streptococcus
IDSA Treatment of ... of the Skin, Fascia ... #IDSA #Treatment ... #management #antibiotics ... #pharmacology
Clindamycin - Antibiotics Class Overview
-50 S inhibitor (PO and IV)
Spectrum: Excellent activity vs. Anaerobes and Gram
Clindamycin - Antibiotics ... 50% of community-acquired ... Used for: skin/soft ... tissue infections ... pyrimethamine) #Pharmacology
Monobactam - Aztreonam - Antibiotics Class Overview

Spectrum: only has activity vs. aerobic gram negatives, no gram
Spectrum: only has activity ... for: hospital acquired ... , sepsis, skin and ... soft tissue infections ... #Pharmacology #Antibiotics
Sulfonamides - Antibiotics Class Overview

BACTRIM/SEPTRA (TMP/SMX) - inhibit sequential steps in Folate synthesis --> bacteriostatic

Spectrum: Wide
other agents are: activity ... choice, both for treatment ... prophylaxis), Community-acquired ... MRSA Skin infections ... #Pharmacology #Antibiotics
Tetracyclines – Doxycycline, Tetracycline, Minocycline - Antibiotics Class Overview

- 30S Inhibitors (PO and IV)
Spectrum: Fairly broad
Minocycline - Antibiotics ... Has activity for ... Doxycycline - Skin ... suspect community-acquired ... #Pharmacology #Antibiotics
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating HHV-8 Diseases—Kaposi Sarcoma (KS), Primary Effusion Lymphoma (PEL), Multicentric Castleman’s
IDSA Recommendations ... involvement of skin ... Antiviral agents with activity ... opportunistic #infections ... #HIVAIDS #pharmacology