Abx Spectrum Chart

[Pharmacy Kid]

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For anyone whose strength is not ID (aka me), I found a really useful chart.

 

[PA_dud3]

Can someone explain gram positive and gram negative to me? I have always wondered what the difference is. I know it has something to do with staining (?) But that's all I know. Kinda interested to learn about them.

 

[Rouelle]

Can someone explain gram positive and gram negative to me? I have always wondered what the difference is. I know it has something to do with staining (?) But that's all I know. Kinda interested to learn about them.

You’ll learn this when you take microbiology, but:

Bacterial cells stain a certain color based on the composition of their cell wall. Certain antibiotics’ mechanism of action involves acting on the cell wall. Thus we care.

 

[PA_dud3]

You’ll learn this when you take microbiology, but:

Bacterial cells stain a certain color based on the composition of their cell wall. Certain antibiotics’ mechanism of action involves acting on the cell wall. Thus we care.

Very interesting. Thank you for the clarification!

 

[Chriskahn]

How is that useful?

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Yeah, ID isn't so cut and dried. There's so much more to deciding the right abx than following a chart (allergies, PO or IV availability, local susceptibility, site of infection, adverse effects, pregnancy, age, etc)

 

[confettiflyer]

Is it April 1st?


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[Niosh]

I guess this is nice from a very broad view of things. There's a more useful chart in the Sanford guide.

 

[Rockinacoustic]

Delafloxacin has a bone to pick with your chart

 

[BidingMyTime]

Well I think it's a really cool visual, even if it can't convey all the necessary info.