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===== Mechanisms of action ===== | ===== Mechanisms of action ===== | ||
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+ | Emerging research now suggests that antibiotics have much broader range of actions that once supposed. | ||
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+ | N.B. azithromycin is no longer recommended for use while on the MP | ||
^Name | ^Name | ||
|Minocycline | |Minocycline | ||
- | |Azithromycin (Zithromax) | + | |Azithromycin (Zithromax) |
|Clindamycin | |Clindamycin | ||
|Demeclocycline (Declomycin) | |Demeclocycline (Declomycin) | ||
|Bactrim DS | |Bactrim DS | ||
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==== Inhibition of bacterial ribosome activity (minocycline, | ==== Inhibition of bacterial ribosome activity (minocycline, | ||
- | All the MP antibiotics except Bactrim are bacteriostatic. Bacteriostatic antibiotics are a class of antibiotics that work by disabling bacterial ribosomes – small, dense, structures that allow the pathogens to replicate and survive. When an antibiotics | + | All the MP antibiotics except Bactrim are bacteriostatic. Bacteriostatic antibiotics are a class of antibiotics that work by disabling bacterial ribosomes – small, dense, structures that allow the pathogens to replicate and survive. When an antibiotic |