Cephalosporines Flashcards
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Cephalosporines, mechanism of action?
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Cephalosporins disrupt the synthesis of peptodiglycan layer which forms the cell wall of the bacteria. They mimic the peptide that penicillin-binding-protein binds to in the final transpeptidation step (as they bind to the muropeptide in order to cross-link the peptidoglycans)
