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Antibiotic mechanism
Mechanisms of antibiotic actions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |