Faced with innumerable micro-organisms, evolving susceptibility patterns, and patient antibiotic allergies, clinicians –especially those in training like myself—often struggle with antimicrobial regimen choices in the management of infectious diseases, in both the inpatient as well as outpatient settings.
What antibiotics should I order (or not order) for a penicillin-allergic postpartum patient with a fever, a hypotensive nursing home resident with a sacral ulcer, an otherwise healthy middle-aged man with dysuria, a diabetic with foot cellulitis, or a cystic fibrosis patient with an infiltrate on chest x-ray?
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