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Classification Of Antibiotics Flashcards

Understand how and why the antimicrobial drugs are classified into several groups

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Way to classify antibiotics into categories?

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  1. Chemical structure 2. Bactericidal or Bacteriostatic 3. Mode of action 4. Spectrum of antibacterial activity
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mechanism of action

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*inhibits cell wall synthesis *disturbs cell membrane function *inhibits protein synthesis *inhibits DNA doublication

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Spectrum of antibacterial activity

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Gram + / Gram -/ Gram + - / Mycoplasma/ Anaerobic / Leptospira & Bradyspira

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pharmacokinetics

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ADME

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pharmacodynamics

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What the drug does to the body

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Bacteriostatics

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Tetracycline/ Macrolide/ Lincosamide/ Phenicol/ Sulfamide/

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Bactericidal types

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Concentration dependant and Time dependant

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Bactericidal concentration dependant

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Flouroquinolone (-ve) / Aminoglycoside / polypeptides / Sulfamid + diamimipyrimidin

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Bactericidal time depends

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Beta-lactam/glycopeptide/ flouroquinolone in staph. / rifampicin

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cell wall

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beta lactam, bacitracin

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cell membrane

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polymycin, colistin, amphotericin

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DNA

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Quinolone

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RNA

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rifampin

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protein synthesis

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aminoglycoside, tetracycline, chloramphenicol, macrolide, lincomycin

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