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Neutropenic Patients Adapted from Guidelines for Skin and Soft-Tissue Infections CID 2005[1]
- Patients with neutropenia require an antimicrobial therapy with a broader coverage.
- The duration of antimicrobial therapy should be individualized in accordance with patient's clinical response.
Microorganism | Duration of Therapy |
▸ Gram-negative Bacteria | 7-14 days |
▸ Gram-positive Bacteria | 7-10 days |
▸ Fungi | Until clinical resolution |
▸ Click on the following categories to expand treatment regimens.
Neutropenia ▸ Gram-Negative Bacteria ▸ Gram-Positive Bacteria ▸ Fungi
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Cellular Immune Deficient Patients Adapted from Guidelines for Skin and Soft-Tissue Infections CID 2005[1]
- Patients with cellular immunodeficiency require a pathogen-specific antimicrobial therapy.
- The duration of antimicrobial therapy should be individualized in accordance with patient's clinical response.
Microorganism | Duration of Therapy |
▸ Nocardia spp | 3-12 months |
▸ Atypical mycobacteria | 3-6 weeks |
▸ Cryptococcus spp | 8-12 weeks |
▸ Histoplasma spp | ≥ 12 months |
▸ Varicella-zoster virus | 7-10 days |
▸ Herpes simplex virus | 7 days |
▸ Cytomegalovirus | 21 days |
Bacteria ▸ Nocardia spp ▸ Atypical mycobacteria Fungi ▸ Cryptococcus spp ▸ Histoplasma spp Viruses ▸ Varicella-zoster virus ▸ Herpes simplex virus ▸ Cytomegalovirus |
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Dennis L. Stevens, Alan L. Bisno, Henry F. Chambers, E. Dale Everett, Patchen Dellinger, Ellie J. C. Goldstein, Sherwood L. Gorbach, Jan V. Hirschmann, Edward L. Kaplan, Jose G. Montoya & James C. Wade (2005). "Practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of skin and soft-tissue infections". Clinical infectious diseases: an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 41 (10): 1373–1406. doi:10.1086/497143. PMID 16231249. Unknown parameter
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ignored (help) - ↑ Griffith, David E.; Aksamit, Timothy; Brown-Elliott, Barbara A.; Catanzaro, Antonino; Daley, Charles; Gordin, Fred; Holland, Steven M.; Horsburgh, Robert; Huitt, Gwen; Iademarco, Michael F.; Iseman, Michael; Olivier, Kenneth; Ruoss, Stephen; von Reyn, C. Fordham; Wallace, Richard J.; Winthrop, Kevin (2007). "An Official ATS/IDSA Statement: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention of Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Diseases". American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 175 (4): 367–416. doi:10.1164/rccm.200604-571ST. ISSN 1073-449X.
- ↑ Wheat, LJ.; Freifeld, AG.; Kleiman, MB.; Baddley, JW.; McKinsey, DS.; Loyd, JE.; Kauffman, CA. (2007). "Clinical practice guidelines for the management of patients with histoplasmosis: 2007 update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America". Clin Infect Dis. 45 (7): 807–25. doi:10.1086/521259. PMID 17806045. Unknown parameter
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