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Antimicrobial Drugs. Chapter 20. I. Chemotherapeutics. A. History Paul Ehrlich Structural analogues 1935: Domagk. B. General types of chemotherapeutics. 1. Structural analogues competitive inhibitors growth factors. 2. Antibiotics.
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Antimicrobial Drugs Chapter 20
I. Chemotherapeutics • A. History • Paul Ehrlich • Structural analogues • 1935: Domagk
B. General types of chemotherapeutics • 1. Structural analogues • competitive inhibitors • growth factors
2. Antibiotics • Chemicals secreted by organisms to kill off other organisms • Primarily isolated from
III. Sites of interaction • Cell wall • Cell membrane • Essential metabolite biosynthesis • Protein synthesis • DNA replication and transcription
IV. Cell wall inhibitors • A. Penicillin family • Benzylpenicillin
C. Penicillin family: modifications of side chain • Methicillin • Ampicillin • Carbenicillin • Oxacillin
D. Other cell wall growth inhibitors • Cephalosporins • Bacitracin • Vancomycin
V. Inhibitors of protein synthesis • Aminoglycosides
Aminoglycosides, cont • Tetracyclines • Macrolides
VI. Inhibitors of nucleic acid biosynthesis • Rifamycin • Quinolones
VIII. Viral control • Chemical inhibition • Interferon
IX. Fungal control • Unique membrane components • Folate biosynthesis
Others block • chitin biosynthesis • nucleic acid biosynthesis • microtubule assembly
X. Drug resistance • Prevent entry • Alter binding site • Inactivate drug