18. Anti-Infectives
Sheila A Doggrell1, Rinku Tuli1 and Elizabeth Davis2
Discipline of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Queensland University of Technology, Gardens Point, GPO Box 2434, QLD 4001, Australia
Phone +61 7 38705741 Fax +61 7 31381534 Email sheila.doggrell@qut.edu.au
Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Melbourne, Australia
Key words: antibiotics, β-lactams, penicillins, cephalosporins, benzylpenicillin, amoxycillin, clavulanic acid, fluocloxacillin, cephalexin, cefotaxime, cefepime, imipenem, glycopeptides, vancomycin, tetracyclines, doxycycline, aminoglycosides, gentamicin, neomycin, chloramphenicol. Macrolides, erythromycin, lincosamides, clindamycin, oxalazidones, linezolid, trimethoprim, anti-tubercuotic, isoniazid, ethambutol, rifamycin, pyrazinamide, anti-viral, aciclovir, zanamivir, oseltamivir, zidovudine, nevirapine, ritonavir, enfuvirtide, anti-fungal, amphotericin, casofungin, fluconazole, terbinafine, griseofulvin
Contents
18.1 Antibiotics
18.1.1 Introduction to bacteria
18.1.2 Introduction to antibiotics
18.1.3 Inhibitors of bacterial cell wall synthesis
18.1.3.1 β-Lactams
18.1.3.2 Glycopeptides
18.1.4 Inhibitors of bacterial protein synthesis
18.1.4.1 Tetracyclines
18.1.4.2 Aminoglycosides
18.1.4.3 Chloramphenicol
18.1.4.4 Macrolides
18.1.4.5 Lincosamides
18.1.4.6 Oxalazidones
18.1.5 Inhibitors of DNA synthesis
18.2. Anti-tuberculotic drugs
18.2.1 Introduction
18.2.2 Isoniazid
18.2.3 Ethambutol
18.2.4 Rifamycin
18.2.5 Pyrazinamide
18.3. Anti-viral drugs
18.3.1 Introduction to viruses
18.3.2 Drugs used to treat herpesviruses
18.3.3 Drugs used to treat the flu
18.3.4 Drugs used to treat HIV/AIDS
18.4. Antifungal drugs
18.4.1 Introduction to Fungi
18.4.2 Antifungal drugs
In this section, the anti-infectives considered are the antibiotics, including anti-tuberculotic drugs, the anti-viral drugs, and the anti-fungal drugs.