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IDSA Recommendations for empirical antimicrobial therapy for purulent meningitis based on patient age and specific predisposing
IDSA Recommendations ... condition #IDSA ... Empiric #Coverage #InfectiousDiseases ... #Pharmacology # ... Management
Recommendations for specific antimicrobial therapy in bacterial meningitis based on isolated pathogen and susceptibility testing.

#IDSA #Meningitis
#IDSA #Meningitis ... Pathogens #Isolated #InfectiousDiseases ... #Pharmacology # ... Management
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Perforation) Pathophysiology ... Epidemiology: • #1 ... immunocompromised, IBD ... 10 mg/kg IV x 1 ... #treatment #infectiousdiseases
IDSA - Doses of Drugs for Treatment of Adults and Children with Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis
Step 1 Levofloxacin,
IDSA - Doses of ... Tuberculosis Step 1 ... Tuberculosis #MDRTB #management ... antimicrobials #pharmacology ... #dosing #idsa #
Immune Reactions and Immunosuppressant Drugs

Glucocorticoids - Inhibition of cytokine synthesis, e.g., IL-1, IL-2
Muromonab-CD3 - Monoclonal antibody
Calcineurin
., IL-1, IL-2 Muromonab-CD3 ... Basiliximab - IL ... Suppression of IL ... Immunosuppressant #Drugs #Pharmacology ... #Pathophysiology
Ivermectin. Old anti-parasitic agent making a comeback with recent headlines from in-vitro study that showed antiviral
Old anti-parasitic ... Pandemic #Outbreak #InfectiousDiseases ... EmergencyMedicine #Pharmacology ... Virus #Antiviral #Management
Mild Acne Treatment - Comedones (black/whiteheads), +/- few pustules 
1. Benzoyl Peroxide (BP) 
2. Topical Retinoid
Mild Acne Treatment ... few pustules 1. ... First line pharmacologic ... #Management #Comedones ... #Pharmacology #
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
jirovecii pneumonia, id ... Corticosteroids #Adjuvant #InfectiousDiseases ... #Infections #Pharmacology ... #Management #Treatment
Coverage of common antibiotics used in the hospital

For empiric coverage, first define the type of infection,
Consult ID if needed ... ampicillin #management ... #infectiousdisease ... #antibiogram #pharmacology
Fatigue and IBD Algorithm
 • 40-50% patients have fatigue despite clinical remission
 • Risk factors: BMI,
Fatigue and IBD ... Pearls: • IDA ... differentiate IDA ... disease control • 1/ ... Algorithm #diagnosis #management