Pharmacy Collaboration Section
Infectious disease pharmacy pearls to help advance and optimize care of patients.
Goals of this section will be to provide infectious disease physicians with information related to the ongoing challenges of care including anti-infective medication optimization, updates on new and upcoming drugs, and management of multi drug resistant pathogens.
Articles/Blog
CRAB (Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii) Treatment Options
- Nathan Skorodin
- Nicholas W. Van Hise
A 67-year-old female presents with worsening shortness of breath, fever, and hypoxemia requiring mechanical ventilation. She was transferred from a Long-Term Acute Care Facility with a chronic tracheostomy.
Echinocandins in PCP
- Nicholas W. Van Hise
- Nathan Skorodin
A 45 y/o man status post heart transplant three years ago was hospitalized with worsening dyspnea for two days.
Carbapenem Resistance - OXA48
- Nicholas W. Van Hise
- Nathan Skorodin
A 39 y/o patient with an infected aortic endograft presents to the ER. He was hypotensive on admission and the above organism was isolated in a blood culture
Carbapenem Resistance - KPC
- Nicholas W. Van Hise
- Nathan Skorodin
A 61 y/o patient with a history of liver transplant two months ago presents with secondary bacterial peritonitis. The patient presented to the emergency room with hypotension and sepsis.
