Antimicrobial Prescribing |
Common terms and phrases
3rd generation cephalosporin abscess acid active Acute Adult agents Alternatives aminoglycoside Amphotericin ampicillin Anaerobes antibiotics associated bacterial Bacteroides beta lactamase Binding blood Candida Carbenicillin cefoxitin cell Cephalexin cephalosporin Chlamydia Chloramphenicol Chronic cillin clindamycin clinically coli common continued Contributing Factors culture decreased determined Diagnosis disease Dosage dose Drug Duration effects Empiric Choices Enterococci erythromycin fever fluid followed gentamicin given gm/day gram gram-negative H influenzae half-life increasing indicated infection inhibits Kidney Klebsiella less levels liver Location meningitis Metronidazole mezlocillin mg/kg mg/kg/day months moxalactam necessary needed Normal occur oral organisms pain Pathogens patients penicillin piperacillin pneumoniae positive Primary Proteus Pseudomonas pyuria rare rash recommended resistant Rifampin Route Secondary Diagnosis sensitive Serum Side Effects Similar species Staph aureus strains strep Streptomycin sulfonamides surgery tetracycline therapy tion TMP/SMX Tobramycin topical toxicity tract treat Unknown urinary Usual Vancomycin Variable weeks