antibiotics shorthand

B-lactams classes include
- penicillin
- cephalosporin
- cephamycin
- carbapenems
- monobactam
what is mechanism for B-lactam classes

inhibits PG synthesis of cell wall
what is mechanism for vancomycin

inhibits cross linkage of PG layers
what is mechanism of daptomycin

causes depolarization of cytoplasmic membrane, disrupting ionic gradient
what is mechanis of bacitracin

inhibits bacterial cytoplasmic membrane and movement of PG
what is mechanism of polymyxins

inhibit bacterial membrane
what are the antibiotics that are involved with inhibiting protein synthesis
- aminoglycosides
- tetracyclines
- macrolides
- clindamycins
what is mechanism of aminoglycosides

produce premature release of peptide chains from 30s ribosome
what is mechanism of tetracyclines

prevent polypeptide elongation at 30S ribosome
what is mechanism for macrolides and clindamycin

prevent polypeptide elongation at 50S ribosome
what antibiotics inhibit nucleic acid synthesis
- quinolones
- rifampin
- rifabutin
what is mechanism of quinolones

bind and inhibit topoisomerases
what is mechanism of rifampin and rifabutin

prevent transcription by binding to RNA polymerase
what is mechanism of sulfonamides

inhibit dihydropteroate synthase and disrupt folic acid synthesis
what is mechanism of trimethoprim

inhibit dihydrofolate reductase and disrupt folic acid synthesis
what are the antibiotics that are antimetabolites
- sulfanomides
- trimethoprim

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antibiotics shorthand

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mechanisms for antibiotics

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