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− | ** Cephalosporins: ceftazidime and ceftolozane |
+ | ** Cephalosporins: ceftazidime and ceftolozane-tazobactam |
** Carbapenems: meropenem (+/- vaborbactam), ''not'' ertapenem |
** Carbapenems: meropenem (+/- vaborbactam), ''not'' ertapenem |
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* Fluoroquinolones: ciprofloxacin, sometimes levofloxacin, but ''not'' moxifloxacin |
* Fluoroquinolones: ciprofloxacin, sometimes levofloxacin, but ''not'' moxifloxacin |
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** S: ''Serratia marcescens'' |
** S: ''Serratia marcescens'' |
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+ | ** P: ''Providencia'' spp. |
** I: Indole-positive ''Proteus'' (that is, ''P. vulgaris'') |
** I: Indole-positive ''Proteus'' (that is, ''P. vulgaris'') |
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** C: ''Citrobacter'' spp. |
** C: ''Citrobacter'' spp. |
Latest revision as of 14:28, 27 March 2024
There are some special bacteria that you should know a little bit about.
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
- A mutation in the penicillin-binding protein confers resistance to all beta-lactams (PBP 2a)
- More common in patients with previous hospitalisations and antibiotic exposures, a history of being in prison or homeless shelters, participation in group sports especially wrestling
Intravenous antibiotics
- Vancomycin is the most common
- Dose is usually 10-20 mg/kg/day split bid to tid
- Get a trough 0 to 60 minutes before the fourth dose after every dose change
- Target trough is typically 10-15 for boring MRSA infections like SSTI, or 15-20 if they have a significant MRSA infection (bacteremia, osteomyelitis, pneumonia)
- No specific target trough for non-MRSA infections, so just make sure that they're safe
- Daptomycin is the step up, but you should probably call ID if you're going to use it
Oral antibiotics
- There's a secret list of oral antibiotics that can be used to treat MRSA infections
- Clindamycin
- Septra (TMP-SMX)
- Doxycycline
- Linezolid ($$$)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
- A very resistant Gram-negative bacterium that is associated with water
- Becomes more common when antibiotics kill off other bacteria
- Can cause pneumonia (usually HAP/VAP), UTI, and bacteremia, and is also implicated in intraabdominal infections
Antipseudomonal antibiotics
- Beta-lactams
- Penicillins: piperacillin-tazobactam
- Cephalosporins: ceftazidime and ceftolozane-tazobactam
- Carbapenems: meropenem (+/- vaborbactam), not ertapenem
- Fluoroquinolones: ciprofloxacin, sometimes levofloxacin, but not moxifloxacin
- Aminoglycosides: tobramycin, gentamicin, amikacin
- Monobactam: aztreonam
- Polymixins: colistin
SPICE HAM organisms
- A group of Gram-negative organisms that have an inducible extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)
- After 48 to 72 hours of antibiotics, they become resistant to all penicillins and cephalosporins, so usually need treatment with carbapenems or aminoglycosides
- They are:
- S: Serratia marcescens
- P: Providencia spp.
- I: Indole-positive Proteus (that is, P. vulgaris)
- C: Citrobacter spp.
- E: Enterobacter spp.
- H: Hafnia spp.
- A: Acinetobacter spp. (not inducible, but very resistant)
- M: Morganella spp.