Empiric Antibiotic Selection
Channel: randomletter42
Date: 2022-03-04

My thought process on determining empiric antibiotic selection based off of the likely source of infection. Most infections originate from one of three sources of bacteria in the body and once the source has been determined, it is easier to determine what type of empiric coverage you need. There are certainly unusual infections that fall outside of this method, but many of the common infections that we encounter fall into this algorithm.

3 sources for most infections: Skin, Oropharynx, GI tract.