HOSPITAL MEDICINE, INFECTIOUS DISEASES
“Broad Spectrum antibiotics don’t mean Vancomycin & Zosyn. There is a thought process to it. You have to give antibiotics that are appropriate for whatever system it is that is causing the sepsis. Sometimes you don’t know. That’s when you...
INFECTIOUS DISEASES, Pharmacy and Therapeutics
When doing empiric abx coverage, you want to think of covering the following as needed. MRSA (see risk factors for MRSA) Pseudomonas (see risk factors for Pseudomonas) GNR (Gram-negative rods) Gram positives (Cocci & Rods) Anaerobes Also, see risk factors for...
Clinic A/P, adults, INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Patients with HIV / AIDS and other severe immunodeficiency diseases are at risk for certain opportunistic infections. Susceptibility to opportunistic infections can be measured by CD4+ T lymphocyte counts. Pneumocystis pneumonia: Patients with a CD4+ count <200...
