The terms synergistic effect (synergism), antagonistic effect (antagonism) and additive effect are all clinical and…
Antimicrobial Agents & Antibiotics
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Antimicrobial Agents & AntibioticsPharmaceutical Microbiology
ISONIAZID – anti-tuberculosis (TB) drug
by DrChikaIsoniazid or isonicotinyl hydrazine (INH) is a first-line antibiotic used for the treatment of tuberculosis…
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Chloramphenicol is a protein synthesis inhibitor but the antibiotic unlike other drugs that interfere with…
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Antibiotic Resistance / Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)Antimicrobial Agents & AntibioticsPharmaceutical Microbiology
MECHANISMS OF TRANSFER OF RESISTANCE GENES IN BACTERIA
by DrChikaBelow are some of the major ways through which bacteria pass on their antibiotic…
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Antibiotic Resistance / Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)Antimicrobial Agents & AntibioticsPharmaceutical Microbiology
GENETIC BASIS OF ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE
by DrChikaGenetic resistance of microbes to antibiotics is due to a chromosomal mutation in the bacterial…
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Pharmaceutical MicrobiologyAntimicrobial Agents & Antibiotics
ANTIMICROBIAL PROPERTIES OF LICHEN SECONDARY METABOLITES
by DrChikaLichens possess varying antimicrobial properties; and they have been shown to be active against a…
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Gentamicin is an aminoglycoside antibiotic. Aminoglycosides are antibiotics that inhibit protein synthesis like the tetracyclines,…
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Ciprofloxacin is a fluoroquinolone antibiotic that is derived from the earlier quinolones. Nalidixic acid is…
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Sulphonamides or sulpha drugs are generally known as folate synthesis inhibitors because they inhibit…
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Tetracyclines are general purpose antibiotics used for a variety of clinical applications, and they include…