ANTIBIOTICS that inhibit PROTEIN synthesis - The name of the antibiotic, state its subclass and mode of action on which bacterium Flashcards
1
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Gentamicin
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- Aminoglycosides
- Gram negative and staphylococci gram positive
- Useful in serious gram negative infection
2
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Tetracylines
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- Tetracylines
- Broad spectrum
- Useful in genital and respiratory tract
3
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Clarithromycin
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- Macrolides
- Gram positive (and chlamydia psittacci, coxiella burnetti and mycoplasma pneumoniae)
- Good for organisms that cause atypical pneumonia
4
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Erythromycin
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- Macrolides
- Gram positive (and chlamydia psittacci, coxiella burnetti and mycoplasma pneumoniae)
- Bacteriostatic reaction
- Good against organisms causing atypical pneumonia
5
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Azythromycin
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- Macrolide
- Good against chlamydia
6
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Linezolid
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- Oxazolidinones
- Good against MRSA
7
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Daptomycin
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- Cyclic Lipopeptide
- Gram positive and MRSA
8
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Clindamycin
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- Licosamide
- Anearobes and gram positive
- Good against gram positive cocci
9
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Fusidic acid
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- Miscellaneous
- Staphylococci only
