Term | Definition |
Anti-Infectant Therapeutic Classes (7) | Antibacterials, Urinary Anti-Infectives, Antibiotics, Antifungals, Antiparasitic, Antitubercular, Antiviral |
Antibacterial Classes (2) | Antibacterial sulfonamides (Sulfa Agents), other |
Antibiotic Classes (7) | Penicillin, Cephalosporins, Quinolones, Macrolides, Ketolide, Tetracyclines, Glycylcyclines |
Antiparasitic Classes (2) | Antihelminthics, Amebicides |
Antiviral agents treat... (3) | Influenza, Herpes Virus, HIV and AIDS |
Antiviral agents for HIV and AIDS (3) | Protease inhibitors, Non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors, Reverse transcriptase inhibitors |
Pencillins | -cillin Ex: Penicillin, Amoxicillin, Dicloxacillin |
Cephalosporins | Ceph-, Cef- Ex: Cephalexin, Cefaclor, Cefdinir |
Quinolones | -floxacin, -xacin Ex: Ciprofloxacin, Levofloxacin, Cinoxacin |
Macrolides | -thromycin Ex: Erythromycin, Azithromycin |
Ketolide | Telithromycin (Ketek) |
Tetracyclines | -cycline Ex: Tetracycline, Minocycline |
Glycylcyclines | -cycline, -cin Ex: Tigecycline, Gentamicin, Tobramycin |
Aminoglycosides | Glycylcyclines - Used in hospitals |
Antifungals | -in, -zole, -ine Ex: Amphotericin, Ketoconazole, Terbinifine |
Antivirals for the treatment of Influenza | -dine, -vir Ex: Amantadine, Zanamivir |
Antivirals for the treatment of Herpes | -cyclovir Ex: Acyclovir, Famciclovir, Valacyclovir |