Antibiotics Flashcards
What are the beta lactams?
penicillins, cephalosporins, and carbapenems
What are the penicillins?
Penicillin, ampicillin, amoxicillin
anything ending in -cillin
What are the tetracyclines?
tetracycline
oxytetracycline
doxycycline
anything ending in -cycline
What are the quinolones?
oxolinic acid
enrofloxacin/marbosloxacin
pradofloxacin/norfloxacin
anything ending in -floxacin AND oxolinic acid
What are the sulfonamides?
sulfiazine
sulfadiazine / trimethoprim
starts with sulfa- AND trimethoprim
What are phenicols?
chloramphenicol
florfenicol
ends with -icol
What are cephalosporins?
Anything that starts with cef- or ceph-
What are macrolides?
erythromycin
tiamulin, tilmicosin
What are lincosamides?
lycomycin / clindamycin
What are aminoglycosides?
streptomycin
gentamicin / neomycin
amikacin
What are polypeptides?
colistin / polymixin
Misc antibiotic?
Metronidazole
What are carbapenems?
imipenem / meropenem
ertapenem / doripenem
What are glycopeptides?
vancomycin/teicoplanin
What are oxazolidinones?
linezolide