Prior to me employed by a non-academic teaching hospital I spent 11 years teaching Infectious Disease to medical students, Internal Medicine residents and ID fellows at 3 different academic teaching hospitals. I had a vast array of clinical pearls that I would share on teaching rounds. In my last 5 years in a non-teaching setting I am often amazed that no one ever taught physicians who are Board Certified in Internal Medicine these important teaching points. I thought it might be useful to share some of my favorite ID teaching points or "pearls" in this blog. 1) oral Beta lactam agents are not adequate treatment of bacteremia 2) Beta-lactam- beta lactamase drugs (Unasyn, Zosyn) and Carbapenems (Ertapenem and Meropenem) have perfectly adequate anaerobic coverage and do not require the addition of Metronidazole 3) Oral vancomycin has no bioavailability 4) Vancomycin is inferior to Beta lactam drugs for the treatment of serious MSSA infections 5) When awaiting sensiti
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