Myth: Bactericidal Agents Are Necessary for the Treatment of BSI at #idweek2022
A nice and easy-to-follow account of bactericidal vs. bacteriostatic agents and activity
@SyamhaninA @fikreeahmad @adammashraff @shaharudeen @andrewchangID @Rasidah @suraya_sudenia @cllau888
@SyamhaninA @fikreeahmad @adammashraff @shaharudeen @andrewchangID @Rasidah @suraya_sudenia @cllau888 Cidality is NOT an intrinsic property of an antibiotic
e.g., for the same drug (TMP-SMX), we have 2 different properties against 2 different organisms:
1) Static against Steno
2) Cidal against E. coli
@SyamhaninA @fikreeahmad @adammashraff @shaharudeen @andrewchangID @Rasidah @suraya_sudenia @cllau888 Here's the link to the slides:
dropbox.com/s/p6l8g4irl2dh…
And in a subgroup analysis of LNZ (a bacteriostatic agent), the data favors it over the bacteriocidal agents!
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