Antibiotics and antibiotic resistance - Kinds of antimicrobial agents and their primary modes of action

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The four main targets at which bacteria are attacked:

1. Attack bacterial cell walls
2. Interfere with protein synthesis
3. Interfere with RNA/DNA synthesis
4. Inhibition of an essential pathway

4 Most important protein synthesis inhibitors

1. Tetracyclines
2. Chloramphenicol
3. Macrolides
4. Animoglycosides

Erythromycin (derivative = azithromycin) and Oleandomycin

The most important members of the macrolide antiobiotics
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2 most important groups that act on DNA/RNA

1. Quinolones
2. Rifamycins

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