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One of the biggest reasons why we need antibiotic stewardship is to avoid creating scary monsters like this⬇️
How are you going to treat this?
Timothy Li
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Timothy Li
@drtimothyli
Hong Kong
Joined October 2019
- Doxycycline is a versatile option for prophylaxis in travellers Here are the conditions that it can protect you from:
- When your patient tells you he has chest pain, don't just order ECG Look at his chest
- Pulmonary infections according to types of immunosuppression
- 🧵Some combinations of antibiotics and non-antibiotics that should be avoided💊🚫
- All azoles are associated with QT prolongation Except isavuconazole, which can cause QT shortening
- Antibiotics are the top causes of idiosyncratic drug-induced liver injury 🏆 = Amoxicillin-clavulanate doi.org/10.1056/nejmra…
- Ceftazidime is the only 3rd generation cephalosporin with anti-pseudomonal activity, but it's weak against Gram positive organisms incl pneumococcus
