Macrolides Flashcards

1
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What are macrolides

A

Macrolides are bacteriostatic antibiotics that attack gram positive bacterial majorly

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2
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Macrolides are given to patients with ———— allergy

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Penicillin allergy

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3
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First ever Macrolides include

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Erythromycin

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4
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Mechanism of action of Macrolides include

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Inhibiting peptidyl transferases by binding to 50s ribosome

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