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A list of antibiotics, their generic names, common use, possible side effects and mechanisms of action

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Glycopeptide antibiotics are a class of antibiotic drugs. The class is composed of glycosylated cyclic or polycyclic nonribosomal peptides. They are used if infection by methicillin-resistant ...

Domain: Health care; Category: Pharmacy

The cephalosporins are a class of β-lactam antibiotics originally derived from the fungus Acremonium, which was previously known as "Cephalosporium". Together with cephamycins, they ...

Domain: Health care; Category: Pharmacy

Carbacephems are a class of synthetic antibiotics, based on the structure of cephalosporin, a cephem. Carbacephems are similar to cephems, but with a carbon substituted for the sulfur. It prevents ...

Domain: Health care; Category: Pharmacy

Ansamycins is a family of secondary metabolites that show antimicrobial activity against many Gram-positive and some Gram-negative bacteria and includes various compounds. In addition, these ...

Domain: Health care; Category: Pharmacy

Aminoglycoside is a medicinal and bacteriologic category of traditional Gram-negative antibacterial therapeutic agents that inhibit protein synthesis and contain as a portion of the molecule an ...

Domain: Health care; Category: Pharmacy

An antibiotic is an agent that either kills or inhibits the growth of a microorganism. The term derives from "anti" which means against, and Greek "biotikos" which means "fit ...

Domain: Health care; Category: Pharmacy

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