CLASSIFICATION OF ANTIBIOTICS

CLASSIFICATION OF ANTIBIOTICS
Anti bacterials come in different forms and all differ in their structure, form and the specific effect it has on a bacterial pathogen. despite these differences, there are similarities that enable pharmacologists to classify these drugs for easier understanding and use in clinical practice. below is a list of the major classifications of antibiotics.


  1.                     Beta lactams
  2.                     Macrolides
  3.                    Tetracyclines
  4.                    Quinolones
  5.                     Aminoglycosides
  6.                     Sulfonamides
  7.                     Glycopeptides
  8.                      Oxalozidinones
  9.                      Lipopeptides
  10.                      Cyclopeptides

1. BETA LACTAMS


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