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Antibiotic mechanism
Mechanisms of antibiotic actions
Question | Answer |
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Penicillins | Drugs that inhibit bacterial cell wall synthesis or activate enzymes that disrupt the cell wall |
Cephalosporins | Drugs that inhibit bacterial cell wall synthesis or activate enzymes that disrupt the cell wall |
Imipenem | Drugs that inhibit bacterial cell wall synthesis or activate enzymes that disrupt the cell wall |
Vancomycin | Drugs that inhibit bacterial cell wall synthesis or activate enzymes that disrupt the cell wall |
Amphotericin B | Drugs that increase cell membrane permeability |
Daptomycin | Drugs that increase cell membrane permeability |
Ketoconazole | Drugs that increase cell membrane permeability |
Aminoglycosides | Drugs that cause lethal inhibition of bacterial protein synthesis. Bactericidal inhibitors of protein synthesis |
Clindamycin | Drugs that cause nonlethal inhibition of protein synthesis. Bacteriostatic inhibitors of protein synthesis |
Erythromycin | Drugs that cause nonlethal inhibition of protein synthesis. Bacteriostatic inhibitors of protein synthesis |
Linezolid | Drugs that cause nonlethal inhibition of protein synthesis. Bacteriostatic inhibitors of protein synthesis |
Fluoroquinolones | Drugs that interfere with bacterial DNA and RNA |
Metronidazole | Drugs that interfere with bacterial DNA and RNA |
Rifampin | Drugs that interfere with bacterial DNA and RNA |
Sulfonamides | Antimetabolites |
Trimethoprim | Antimetabolites |