drtimothyli.bsky.social
ID physician from Hong KongðŸ‡ðŸ‡°
Antibiotic stewardship • Penicillin allergy • TB/NTM • WikiGuidelines
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I am currently using this for a patient who had SJS while on RIPE
About a month so far, some GI disturbance but tolerable
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Yes
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Usually it's given as oral switch so around 4-5 weeks at most
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Haven't used BD rifampicin at all
And I prefer linezolid monotherapy (no dicloxacillin here)
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This has also been discussed in the UTI WikiGuideline
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There will always be people who just aren't comfortable giving short (but adequate) courses of antibiotics and somehow need biomarkers to guide them. Hopefully it will help in these cases.
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Yes. Mainly ID/Microbiology/ICU/Resp.
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It's a restricted test here, perhaps that makes it better
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Not sure. But what alternatives do we have?
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Have seen other cases of BCGosis but not prostate abscess
Will treat with isoniazid/rifampicin/ethambutol as M.bovis is intrinsically resistant to pyrazinamide
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Can't find the definition but they did specifically talk about hepatotoxicity
And this is from the supplement:
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TMPSMX rechallenge and allergy delabeling should be done much more often, e.g. using SULF-FAST score
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doi.org/10.1001/jama...
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Yes. Haven't seen such a nasty case though (and I hope I won't)
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Dosing recommendations from ISPD peritonitis guideline 2022
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Agree with Alice
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And I forgot to add #IDSky again when posting here