Protein Synthesis Inhibitors (Classification)

Question 1

has a simple and distinctive structure, and no other antimicrobials have been discovered in this chemical class

Answer 1

Chloramphenicol

Question 2

Drugs in this class are broad-spectrum bacteriostatic antibiotics that have only minor differences in their activities against specific organisms

Answer 2

Tetracyclines

Question 2

Are large cyclic lactone ring structure with attached sugars

Answer 2

Macrolides

Question 3

Is a ketolide structurally related to macrolides

Answer 3

Telithromycin

Question 3

Inhibits bacterial protein synthesis via a mechanism similar to macrolides, although not chemicaly related

Answer 3

Clindamycin

Question 4

First of a novel class of antibiotics (oxazolidinones)

Answer 4

Linezolid