Antibiotics and Antibiotic Resistance

Different Types of Antibiotics

Antibiotics are also noted as antibacterials, are types of medications that destroy or slow down the growth of bacteria. Alexander Fleming discovered first penicillin, the first chemical compound with antibiotic properties. Some of the common antibiotics are Aminoglycosides, Cephalosporins, Carbapenems, Macrolides, Penicillin, Quinolones, Sulfonamides and, Tetracyclines etc. General fundamentals of antibiotic prescribing are use: First-line antibiotics first, Reserve broad spectrum antibiotics for marked circumstances only, prescribe antibiotics for bacterial infections if Symptoms are significant or severe.

• Hypocholesterolemic agents
• Lipopeptide
• Macrolides
• Monobactams
• Nitrofurans
• Oxazolidinones
• Polypeptides
• Quinolones
• Sulfonamides
• Tetracyclines
• Lincosamides
• Glycopeptides