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Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
steroids to treat infectious ... - Bacterial meningitis ... - Tuberculous meningitis ... InfectiousDiseases #Infections ... #Pharmacology #
Flutycosine - Antibiotics Class Overview
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Mechanism: 5-FC interferes with DNA and protein synthesis.  Only
severe fungal infections ... pneumonia and meningitis ... severe candidal infections ... urinary tract infections ... #Pharmacology #Antibiotics
Carbapenems - Antibiotics Class Overview

Imipenem/Cilastin, Meropenem, Ertapenem, Doripenem 

Spectrum: Broadest spectrum antibiotics, cover Gram positive, Gram
: many serious infections ... associated PNA, meningitis ... intraabdominal infections ... and soft tissue infections ... #Pharmacology
Antifungal Polyenes - Amphoterecin B, Abelcet, Ambisome - Antibiotics Class Overview

Mechanism: binds ergosterol in membrane and
severe fungal infections ... , Cryptococcal Meningitis ... 2nd-line for candida infections ... #Pharmacology #Antibiotics
Vancomycin and Dalbavancin (lipoglycopeptide antibiotics) - Antibiotics Class Overview

Mechanism: Glycopeptide -  inhibits cell wall synthesis
standard for MRSA infections ... gram positive infections ... including bacteremia, meningitis ... gram positive infections ... #Pharmacology #Antibiotics
CSF Penetration of Antimicrobials

Despite the poor CSF penetration, beta-lactams have the most research documenting successful treatment
community-acquired meningitis ... in clinical CNS infections ... susceptible CNS infections ... treatment of CNS infections ... InfectiousDiseases #Pharmacology
Modified penicillin binding proteins as mechanism of resistance to antibiotics.
Penicillin Binding Proteins (Transpeptidases) cross link peptidoglycan
amox for an ear infection ... . pneumococcal meningitis ... Proteins #AMR #PBP #pharmacology
IDSA Aspergillosis Treatment
 • Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA)
 • CNS aspergillosis
 • Cardiac Aspergillus infection
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Cardiac Aspergillus infection ... • Aspergillus infections ... of eye Infectious ... Treatment #management #pharmacology
Summary of Infections in which Steroids play a role in treatment
 • TB meningitis
 • TB
Summary of Infections ... treatment • TB meningitis ... (IRIS) (not an infection ... typhoid fever • Infectious ... #Indications #infections
Causes of Acute Onset Fever - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Viral:
 • Rhinovirus
 • Influenza Virus
 • Parainfluenza
Organ Specific Infection ... Respiratory Tract Infection ... Urinary Tract Infection ... Pyelonephritis • Meningitis ... • Skin Infection