OVERVIEW
This page is dedicated to laying out the different clinical contexts in which one would need to answer the following important question: what antibiotic should I use?
DIFFEERENT CLINCIAL CONTEXTS THAT REQUIRE ANTIBIOTICS
The different scenarios one will be faced with are organized below. It seems this is the most practical way to organize information regarding antibiotics (given that THIS is how antibiotics will be prescribed in real clinical life).
Pharyngeal Infections:
Pneumonia:
- Community acquired pneumonia (outpatient)
- Community acquired pneumonia (inpatient)
- Hospital acquired pneumonia
- Nursing home acquired pneumonia
Intra-Abdominal Infections:
- Intra-abdominal infection (unspecified)
- Cholecystitis
- Appendicitis
- Diverticulitis
- Colitis/gastroenteritis
- Intra-abdominal abscess
- GI Tract Perforation
- Peritonitis/”acute abdomen”
- Pelvic inflammatory disease
- C. Diff
- Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis
Urinary Tract Infections:
- Uncomplicated urinary tract infection
- Complicated urinary tract infection
- Asymptomatic bacteriuria during pregnancy
- Acute cystitis during pregnancy
- Acute pyelonephritis during pregnancy
Other Active infection:
Prophylaxis
Page Updated: 09.10.2016