Category: Health
Created by: marija.horvat
Number of Blossarys: 21
English (EN) 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 ...
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 ...
A lipopeptide is a molecule consisting of a lipid connected to a peptide. Bacteria express these molecules. Certain lipopeptides are used as antibiotics.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
They have the excellent activity against Enterobacteriaceae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa which is similar to ceftazidime. In addition, they also have better gram-positive activity than ceftazidime.
