Category: Health
Created by: marija.horvat
Number of Blossarys: 21
They have improved activity against Enterobacteriaceae associated with hospital-acquired infections; some agents are also active against Pseudomonas aeruginosa which is a frequent cause of ...
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 ...
Lincosamides prevent bacteria replicating by interfering with the synthesis of proteins. They bind to the subunits of bacterial ribosomes and cause premature dissociation of the peptidyl-tRNA from ...
A lipopeptide is a molecule consisting of a lipid connected to a peptide. Bacteria express these molecules. Certain lipopeptides are used as antibiotics.
The macrolides are a group of drugs (typically antibiotics) whose activity stems from the presence of a macrolide ring, a large macrocyclic lactone ring to which one or more deoxy sugars, usually ...
Monobactams are β-lactam compounds wherein the β-lactam ring is alone and not fused to another ring (in contrast to most other β-lactams, which have at least two rings). They work only against ...
Nitrofurans are a class of drugs typically used as antibiotics or antimicrobials. The defining structural component is a furan ring with a nitro group.