CEFEPIME vs CEFOTETAN

Bill has not been paid. BCBS has also not reimbursed us for any care in 90 days. We’re about to go full hunger games for Zosyn and cefepime. How do I get this to have as much news coverage as a bunch of tik tok stars striking in Minnesota?

69M My dad is critically ill — the hospital keeps changing his diagnosis and refusing to document what’s actually happening. I don’t know what else to do. My dad has Addison’s disease, a rare autoimmune condition that makes him extremely vulnerable to stress and infection. He is considered malnouris

I’ve noticed that even if someone has anaphylaxis to penicillin, they will get a cephalosporin and be fine on it (cefepime for example because it has low cross reactivity?). Are 3rd and 4th generation a good alternative to suggest for anaphylaxis to penicillin? Or should I go with a carbapenem (I.e.

Patient put on IV Cefepime empirically 2/2 fever, congestion, leukocytosis. Tested positive for Influenza A. Pharmacist asked MD to dc antibiotics since...patient has the flu.. MD started Tamiflu and wants to keep IV cefepime to “prevent secondary pneumonia” -insert pikachu face-

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Background 32F, Caucasian, No drug or alcohol use, immunocompromised patient with POTS, Lupus and CVID. Meds include metoprolol, augmentin, oxycodone, Abilify, trazodone, clonidine, plaquenil In a nutshell, I had an infected port a cath removed 2 days ago and am reaching out because I have symptom

You have a patient with confirmed C. Diff with symptoms and positive PCR. Precious chemo. Central line in place. ANC 400 Previous admission for kleb bacteremia. Pt is febrile and clinically stable. Team adds oral vanc, IV vanc and cefepime. Questions: 1. Cultures still arent back in 48 hours, pt st

Hello all of you lovely people! I'm just tossing this out there and need insight. In the world of cephalosporins, I know that Keflex and Rocephin are different gens. If a person's culture shows a resistance to cefazolin but was prescribed Keflex. Will the Keflex cover the organism? The organism is

Welcome back to SAR! Previously, we looked at early antibiotics and ended the post with the [discovery of penicillin](https://www.reddit.com/r/SAR_Med_Chem/comments/tp9c0n/13_min_read_penicillin_is_apparently_better_than/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3). In it we looked at the b

Hi all! 24 F here. Just got diagnosed with recurrent c diff colitis. I had a pretty bad initial infection (wasn't hospitalized but according to my dr probably should have been) that gave me moderate/severe colitis. It took over 3 ER visits to finally get the diagnosis which is why it was so bad. I s

I had an emergency laparoscopic appendectomy 9 days ago for appendicitis. The surgery went well, I came home almost immediately after. I take lexapro, Wellbutrin and adderall for ADHD, depression and anxiety. I’ve been on them for years and they’ve worked well. At least they did before the surgery.

I may have misheard my dentist today. I thought she said "Any new drug allergies?" but she may have said "Any drug allergies?" Just want to double check :) Thanks!