In this episode, I’ll discuss when double anaerobic coverage makes sense.
To get a free pdf of my visual critical care antibiotic guide to help you easily remember spectrum of activity, go to pharmacyjoe.com/abx
If you like this post, check out my book – A Pharmacist’s Guide to Inpatient Medical Emergencies: How to respond to code blue, rapid response calls, and other medical emergencies.
Eli Opacich says
seen sepsis/intra abd infxn with eggerthella bacteremia.
Zosyn + Flagyl
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29373647
Pharmacy Joe says
Thank you for the reference Eli!
Once you know it is Eggerthella would you switch to metronidazole monotherapy?
Eli Opacich says
He was in florid septic shock with a perfed bowel and eggerthella bacteremia…so I didn’t argue…but could have done cefepime/flagyl to cover gut and eggerthella