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Empiric treatment for Meningitis for newborn to 1 month - ️️ampicillin plus either cefotaxime or an AG empiric treatment for meningitis for 1 month old to 50 year old - ️️vanco + ceftriaxone or cefotaxime empiric treatment for meningitis 50 y/o or older - ️️vanco + ampicillin + ceftriaxone or cefotaxime what is bacterial organism that causes meningitis is not treated with single therapy of ceftriaxone, cefotaxime, ampicillin or pen G (i.e. none of those drugs are rec'd trx))? - ️️strep pneumoniae Which two organisms that cause meningitis have a recommended treatment with ampicillin or pen G? - ️️listeria monocytogenes and streptococcus agalactiae what is the recommended therapy for meningitis caused by neisseria meningitidis, H. influenza, or E. coli? - ️️ceftriaxone or cefotaxime what is the preferred treatment for MRSA meningitis? - ️️vancomycin with possible add of rifampin (consider 25-30 mg/kg LD of vanc). alternative can use linezolid or TMP-SMX what is the empiric initial treatment for endocarditis? - ️️vancomycin, to cover MRSA unless the MIC of s. aureus is > 2mg/dL -> use daptomycin is Linezolid a good choice for catheter-related infections? - ️️no, only as secondary trx for VRE catheter infections