How Antibiotics Work - Mechanisms of Action

Essentially there are only 5 basic mechanisms of action or sites where the antibiotic works, either in the bacterium’s cytoplasm, on its chromosome, at its cell membrane, on its ribosome or on its cell wall. The flagella and plasmid have no role in antibiotic mechanisms of action.

Topics in Antibiotics:

• Antimicrobial Stewardship
• How Antibiotics Work - Mechanisms of Action
• How to Choose an Antibiotic
• Prophylaxis vs. Treatment
• How to Prescribe an Antibiotic
• The Daily Review of Antibiotic Therapy
• Reasons for Failing Antibiotic Therapy
• Intravenous to Oral Switching of Antibiotics
• Therapeutic Drug Monitoring (TDM)
• Interpretation of TDM
• Antibiotic Dosing in Adult Renal Impairment
• Adjustment of Antibiotic Doses in Adult Renal Impairment
• Antibiotic Dosing in Obesity
• What is Antibiotic Resistance?
• How Resistance Occurs - Mechanisms of Resistance
• How is Antibiotic Resistance Spread?
• How is Antibiotic Resistance Detected in the Laboratory?
• Table of Antibiotic Spectrum of Activity
• Table of Antibiotic Tissue Penetration
• Allergy to Beta-Lactam Antibiotics
• Including pages on each: Penicillins, Cephalosporins, Carbapenems and Aztreonam, Trimethoprim and Co-Trimoxazole (Septrin), Erythromycin, Clarithromycin, Azithromycin and Clindamycin, Gentamicin, Amikacin and Tobramycin, Ciprofloxacin and Levofloxacin, Vancomycin and Teicoplanin, Daptomycin, Metronidazole, Doxycycline, Tigecycline and Tetracycline, Linezoli, Rifampicin, Fusidic Acid, Colistin, Chloramphenicol, Nitrofurantoin, Fidaxomicin, Fosfomycin, Antimycobacterials, Antifungals and Antivirals

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