Antibiotics-General Flashcards
Classes that inhibit cell wall synthesis
Penicillins, cephalosporins, monobactams, glycopeptides, polypeptides, carbapenems, phosphoenolpyruvate, B-lactamase inhibtors
Penicillins-List
Anything that ends in -illin. Ex. Amoxicillin, ampicillin, penicillin G and V, etc.
Cephalosporins-list
Begin with Cef/Ceph. Ex. Cefazolin, Cefaclor, Cefdinir, Cefixime, Cephalexin, Ceftriaxone
Monobactam-List
Aztreonam
Glycopeptides-List
Vancomycin
Polypeptides-List
Bacitracin
Carbapenems-List
End in -enem. Ex. Doripenem, Ertapenm, Imipenem, Meropenem
Phosphoenolpyruvates-List
Fosfomycin
B-Lactamase Inhibitors-List
Clavulanic Acid
Drug classes that target the Bacterial cell membrane
Lipopeptides, detergents
Lipopetides-List
Daptomycin
Detergents-List
Polymyxin B
Drug classes that inhibit protein synthesis
Tetracyclines, aminoglycosides, macrolides, “other”
Tetracyclines-List
End in -cycline. Ex. Doxycycline, minocycline, tetracycline, tigecycline
Aminoglycosides-List
End in -cin. Ex. Amikacin, gentamicin, kanamycin, neomycin, streptomycin, tobramycin
