Antibiotics - Classification

Question 1

What are the 5 main types of antibiotics?

Answer 1

Cell wall inhibitors
Protein biosynthesis inhibitors
DNA/RNA replication inhibitors
Folate synthesis inhibitors
Special cases

Question 2

What are the 2 types of cell wall inhibitors?

Answer 2

Beta lactam antibiotics

Glycopeptide antibiotics

Question 3

What are the 4 types of beta lactam antibiotics?

What class of antibiotics do the beta lactams fall into?

Answer 3

Penicillins
Cephalosporins
Carbapenems
Monobactams

(Cell wall inhibitors)

Question 4

What are the 2 types of protein biosynthesis inhibitors?

Answer 4

Antibiotics targeting 50S ribosome subunit

Antibiotics targeting 30S ribosome subunit

Question 5

What 3 types of antibiotic target the 50S ribosome subunit?

What class of antibiotics are these?

Answer 5

Macrolides
Clindamycin
Chloramphenicol

(Protein biosynthesis inhibitors)

Question 6

What 2 types of antibiotic target the 30S ribosome subunit?

What class of antibiotics are these?

Answer 6

Aminoglycosides
Tetracyclines

(Protein biosynthesis inhibitors)

Question 7

What are the 2 types of DNA/RNA replication inhibitors?

Answer 7

Quinolones

Rifampicin

Question 8

What are the 2 types of folate synthesis inhibitors?

Answer 8

Trimethoprim

Metronidazole

Question 9

What are the 2 types of antibiotics that don’t fit in any other category, i.e. are “special cases”?

Answer 9

UTI antibiotics

Anti-TB antibiotics

Question 10

What are the 4 antibiotics used in TB?

Answer 10

Isoniazid
Rifampicin
Pyrazinamide
Ethambutol