fluoroquinolones

In this episode, Emily Heil, PharmD, MS, BCIDP, AAHIVP; Laila Woc-Colburn, MD; and Trevor Van Schooneveld, MD, FSHEA, FACP, discuss their approach to managing infections involving carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB), including: 

• Mechanisms for β-lactam resistance
• Additional resistance mechanisms and virulence factors
• 2023 IDSA guidance recommendations for moderate to severe CRAB infections
• The latest clinical data by antimicrobial therapy/regimen:
• Sulbactam
• Meropenem and colistin
• Carbapenem, sulbactam, and polymyxin B
• Tetracyclines
• Cefiderocol
• Sulbactam/durlobactam and carbapenems
   

Program Director:

Trevor Van Schooneveld, MD, FSHEA, FACP 
Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases
Program Director, Infectious Diseases Fellowship
Medical Director, Antimicrobial Stewardship Program
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, Nebraska

Faculty:

Emily Heil, PharmD, MS, BCIDP, AAHIVP
Associate Professor
Department of Pharmacy
University of Maryland 
School of Pharmacy
ID Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
University of Maryland Medical Center
Baltimore, Maryland

Laila Woc-Colburn, MD
Associate Professor
Division of Infectious Diseases
Emory University School of Medicine 
Atlanta, Georgia

Content based on a CME program supported by an educational grant from Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA.

Follow along with a downloadable slideset at: 
https://bit.ly/476v2wI

Link to full program: 
https://bit.ly/40Mmicz

In this episode, Lilly C. Lee, MD, SM, FACEP, FAAEM, discusses the best practices in management of uUTI in the emergency department, including:

• Patient triage
• Diagnostic stewardship
• Interdisciplinary care
• Strategies to overcome treatment barriers

Presenter:

Lilly C. Lee, MD, SM, FACEP, FAAEM
Chief of Emergency Medicine
Jackson Memorial Hospital
Florida Poison Information Center
Roxcy Bolton Rape Treatment Center
Affiliated Assistant Professor of Surgery
DeWitt Daughtry Family Department of Surgery
Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
University of Miami
Miami, Florida

Find other program activities here: 

• “Uncomplicated” Doesn’t Mean Easy: Recognizing the Burden and Preventing Treatment Failure of Uncomplicated UTIs
• Slides on “Uncomplicated” Doesn’t Mean Easy: Recognizing the Burden and Preventing Treatment Failure of Uncomplicated UTIs
• Podcast 1: Burden on Uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infections
• Podcast 2: Updates in Antimicrobial Selection for uUTIs
• ClinicalThought: When Care Gets Complicated: Uncomplicated UTI Management in Acute Care Settings

In this episode, Lillian Abbo, MD, MBA, FIDSA, discusses appropriate antimicrobial selection for managing uncomplicated UTIs, including:

• Balancing discrepancies in available guidelines 
• Individualizing antimicrobial selection based on patient characteristics and local resistance patterns 
• Incorporating tools, like antibiograms, into daily practice 
• Being a good steward of currently available antimicrobial agents 
• Planning ahead for emerging therapies for uncomplicated UTIs

Presenter:

Lillian Abbo, MD, MBA, FIDSA
Associate Chief Medical Officer 
Infectious Diseases
Jackson Health System
Professor of Clinical Infectious Diseases
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Miami Transplant Institute
Miami, Florida

Find other program activities here: 

• “Uncomplicated” Doesn’t Mean Easy: Recognizing the Burden and Preventing Treatment Failure of Uncomplicated UTIs
• Slides on “Uncomplicated” Doesn’t Mean Easy: Recognizing the Burden and Preventing Treatment Failure of Uncomplicated UTIs
• Podcast 1: Burden on Uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infections
• Podcast 3: When Things Get Complicated: Managing uUTIs in Acute Care
• ClinicalThought: Not Always an Easy Task: Antimicrobial Stewardship for Uncomplicated UTIs

Can you get away with a higher d-dimer value in patients with a low pre-test probability for PE?  Does working more days in a row improve patient outcomes?  How often are people inappropriately prescribing fluoroquinolones?  How often are people using systemic lytics vs catheter directed lytics in acute PE, and what are the outcomes?


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