Principles of Antimicrobial Selection and Antimicrobial Stewardship

Question 1

What are the terminology encompassing antimicrobrial selection?

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Question 2

How do you confirm the presence of infection? (1)

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Question 3

How do you confirm presence of infection? (2)

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Question 4

Tell me more ways on how to confirm the presence of infection (3)

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Imaging: X-Ray, ultrasound, CT, MRI

Question 5

Selection of Empiric Regimen (1)

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Higher number is good

Question 6

Tell me about the clinical manifestations of HA and CA MRSA

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Question 7

Tell me about ESBLs and where are they exclusively found? What drug works on them (recall from other notes)

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Question 8

Selection of empiric regimen (2)

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Question 9

Selection of empiric regimen (3) combination therapies

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Question 10

What are some common misconceptions?

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Question 11

How do you identify a pathogen? (1)

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Question 12

How do you identify a pathogen and what do u do to finalize it? (2)

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Question 13

What do you monitor for a therapeutic response?

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Question 14

Tell me about antimicrobial stewardship

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Question 15

What is the goal of antimicrobrial stewardship?

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Question 16

What are some antimicrobial stewardship strategies? (1)

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Question 17

What are some antimicrobial stewardship strategies? (2)

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Question 18

What are some antimicrobial stewardship strategies? (3) and the impact of ASP implementation

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