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Antibiotics and Their Uses

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Cephalexin

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Treats skin infections, urinary tract infections, prevents heart valve infection, mechanism: bactericidal action on the bacterial cell wall

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Doxycycline

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Treats chlamydia, acne, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, works by inhibiting protein synthesis

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Metronidazole

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Used for bacterial vaginosis, C. difficile, trichomoniasis, causes DNA strand breakage

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Linezolid

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Used for VRE, hospital-acquired pneumonia, inhibits bacterial protein synthesis

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Levofloxacin

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Treats pneumonia, prostatitis, inhibits bacterial DNA gyrase

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Amoxicillin

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Treats otitis media, pneumonia, Lyme disease, works by disrupting cell wall synthesis

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Trimethoprim/Sulfamethoxazole

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Treats UTIs, PCP pneumonia, inhibits folate synthesis

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Vancomycin

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Treats MRSA, C. difficile colitis, disrupts cell wall synthesis by binding to D-Ala-D-Ala

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Penicillin G

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Treats gram-positive cocci infections, syphilis, acts by inhibiting cell wall synthesis

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Clindamycin

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Used for anaerobic infections, MRSA skin infections, inhibits ribosomal translocation

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Erythromycin

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Used for pertussis, legionnaires' disease, inhibits bacterial protein synthesis

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Azithromycin

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Treats chlamydia, gonorrhea, macrolide, acts by inhibition of microbial protein synthesis

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Meropenem

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Used for complicated body cavity and connective tissue infections, broad-spectrum beta-lactamase resistance

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Isoniazid

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Treats tuberculosis by inhibiting mycolic acid synthesis

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Rifampin

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Used to treat tuberculosis, leprosy, inhibits DNA-dependent RNA polymerase

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Tobramycin

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Treats Pseudomonas infections, aminoglycoside, works by inhibiting protein synthesis

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Nafcillin

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Treats staphylococcal infections (except MRSA), acts by inhibiting cell wall synthesis

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Fidaxomicin

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Treats C. difficile colitis by inhibiting bacterial RNA polymerase

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Gentamicin

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Used for gram-negative bacterial infections, sepsis, mechanism involves disrupting bacterial protein synthesis

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Quinupristin/Dalfopristin

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Treats VRE faecium infections, mechanism: inhibits bacterial protein synthesis

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Daptomycin

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Used for complicated skin infections, bacteremia, disrupts cell membrane potential

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Ciprofloxacin

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Used for UTIs, gastrointestinal infections, works by inhibiting DNA gyrase and topoisomerase IV

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Nitrofurantoin

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Treats uncomplicated UTIs, damages bacterial DNA

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Amikacin

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Used for multi-drug resistant gram-negative bacilli, mechanism: inhibits protein synthesis

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Piperacillin/Tazobactam

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Treats intra-abdominal infections, skin infections, extended-spectrum penicillin plus beta-lactamase inhibitor

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Moxifloxacin

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Treats intra-abdominal infections, pneumonia, inhibits DNA gyrase and topoisomerase IV

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Tetracycline

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Used for acne, Helicobacter pylori, acts by inhibiting bacterial protein synthesis

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Minocycline

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Treats acne, bacteriostatic by inhibiting protein synthesis

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Chloramphenicol

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Treats typhoid fever, Rickettsial infections, inhibits bacterial protein synthesis

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Colistin

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Treats multi-drug resistant gram-negative infections, disrupts the bacterial cell membrane

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