Question | Answer |
Penicillin | Inhibit cell wall synthesis, B-lactams, Bactericidal. |
Cephalosporins | Inhibit cell wall synthesis, B-lactams, Bactericidal. |
Vancomycin | Inhibit cell wall synthesis, stops cross linking, Bactericidal. |
Bacitracin | Inhibit cell wall synthesis, interferes with transfer of PTG, Bactericidal. |
Isoniazid | Antimycobacterial |
Ethambutol | Antimycobacterial |
Aminoglycosides | Inhibit protein synthesis, irreversibly binds to 30s ribosomes, bactericidal. |
Tetracyclines | Inhibit protein synthesis, reversibly binds the 30s ribosomal unit, bacterostatic. |
Macrolides | Inhibit protein synthesis. |
Lincosamides | Inhibit protein synthesis, clindamycin. |
Steptoyramins | Inhibits protein synthesis, synercid |
Chloramphenicol | Inhibit protein synthesis, Bacteriostatic |
Rifamycins | Inhibits transcription, Bactericidal. |
Quinolones | Inhibits nucleic acid synthesis, Bactericidal. |
Sulfonamides | Metabolic inhibitors, bacteriostatic. |
Trimethoprim | Metabolic inhibitor, Bacteriostatic. |
Polymixin | Lyses membrane, Bacteriocidal. |
Polyenes | Disrupts membrane, binding to ergosterol. |
Azoles | Inhibits the fungal cytochrome P-450-dependent enzyme ianosterol 14 demethylase. |
Allyamines | Inhibit squalene epoxidace, oral or topic. |
Echinocandins | Inhibit the synthesis of B-glucans |
Flucytosine | Inhibits nucleic acid synthesis in fungi. |
Griseofulvin | Inhibits of mitosis, fungal growth |
Neutralizing antibodies | Attachment inhibitor, injected. |
Receptor antagonists | Attachment inhibitor, completely block interactions. |
Hydrophobic amines | Fusion inhibitor, not very useful. |
Acyclovir | Shuts down polmerase, herpes, viral nucleic acid synthesis inhibitor. |
Azidothymidine | First anti-hiv drug, Viral nucleic acid synthesis inhibitor. |
Non-nucleoside polymerase inhibitors | Shuts down polymerase but not nucleoside, binds to DNA polymerase. |
Protease inhibitor | Enzyme inhibitors, protease, HIV |
Integrase inhibitors | Enzyme inhibitor, intergrase, HIV |
Neuraminidase inhibitors | Inhibits enzyme, influenza. |
Reverse-Transcriptase inhibitors | Enzyme inhibitor. |