Category Infectious Disease
Fulminant pneumococcal pneumonia
Gram Negative Diplococci
Moriz Kaposi
Kaposi Sarcoma
Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines 2012
Reviewed and revised 8 January 2016 OVERVIEW The Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC) is a joint collaboration of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine that seeks to reduce mortality from severe sepsis and septic shock…
Antibiotic Guidelines in ICU
Nosocomial Infections in ICU
COMMON NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS COMMON NOSOCOMIAL ORGANISMS MRSA Coag negative Staph Enterococcus (faecalis, faecium) -> produces VRE Pseudomonas aeruginosa Acinetobacter baumanii Stenotrophomonas maltophilia Enterobacter spp. Klebsiella spp. E. coli Serratia marcescens Proteus spp. Candida spp. (albicans, glabrate, krusei) RISK FACTORS Patient…
Other Bacteria
MYCOBACTERIUM organisms: Mycobacterium tuberculosis, M. bovis, M. africanum, M. microtti, and M. canetti Tb insoniazid + rifampicin + pyrazinamide + ethambutol streptomycin ciprofloxacin Non-Tb rifampicin dapsone clofazimine kansassi: ciprofloxacin fortuitum: ciprofloxacin avium-intracellulare: clarithromycin, azithromycin chelonae: clarithromycin, azithromycin INTRACELLULAR ORGANISMS Mycoplasma…