Antibiotics

Question 1

What are the suffix(ex), drug names and potential outlier for the Aminoglycosides antibiotics?

Answer 1

• Gentamicin
• -mycin
• Neomycin
• Streptomycin
• Tobramycin

Question 2

What are the suffix(es), drug names, and potential outlier that we need to know for Cephalosporins?

Answer 2

“cef” or “ceph” in the name.
1st generation : cephalexin
2nd generation : cefaclor, cefoxitin, cefuroxime
3rd generation : cefdinir, cefotaxime, cefpodoxime, ceftriaxone
4th generation : ceftolozane-tazobactam
5th generation: ceftaroline

Question 3

What are the suffix(ex), drug names and potential outlier for the Carbapenems antibiotics?

Answer 3

Common medications “–penem”
* Doripenem
* Ertapenem
* Imipenem-cilastatin
* Imipenem-cilastin-relebactam
* Meropenem
* Meopenem-vaborbactam

Question 4

What suffix(es), drug names and potential outliers should we know for Fluoroquinolones?

Answer 4

Have ‘floxacin” in the name

• Ciprofloxacin
• Levofloxacin
• Moxifloxacin
• Ofloxacin

Question 5

What is the suffix(es), drug names and potential outliers for Penicillin and Penicillinase-
Resistant Antibiotics (Penicillin) ?

Answer 5

Have “-icillin” in the name

• Penicillin G benzathine
• Penicillin G potassium
• Penicillin G procaine
• Penicillin V
• Amoxicillin
• Ampicillin

Question 6

What are the suffix(es), drug names and potential outliers for Sulfonamides?

Answer 6

(“-sulfa”) in the name

• sulfadiazine
• sulfasalazine
• trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole

Question 7

What are the suffix(es), drug names and potential outliers to Tetracyclines?

Answer 7

“cycline”
* tetracycline
* doxycycline
* minocycline

Question 8

What are the suffix(es), drug names and potential outliers for Antimycobacterial/Antituberculosis
Drugs?

Answer 8

• Rifampin
• Isoniazid (INH)
• Pyrazinamide
• Ethambutol

Question 9

What are the other antibiotics that we should know?

Answer 9

• Lincosamides: clindamycin, lincomycin (Lin)
• Lipoglycopeptides: telavancin, dalbavancin, oritavancin, vancomycin (van)
• ADE: Risk of nephrotoxicity; prolonged QT interval; foamy urine
• Macrolides: erythromycin, azithromycin, clarithromycin, fidaxomicin. (omycin)
• Fidaxomycin treats C. diff; not absorbed systemically
• Oxazolidinones: tedizolid, linezolid ADE: HTN (-zolid in the name)
• Monobactam: Aztreonam - IV/IM only