Antibacterial drugs

1.    Microbiology

2.    Inhibition of cell wall synthesis

a.    Penicillins

b.    Cephalosporins

c.    Other Beta-lactam antibiotics

3.    Inhibition of protein synthesis

a.    Aminoglycosides

b.    Tetracyclines

c.    Macrolides

d.    Clindamycin

e.    Chloramphenicol

f.    Metronidazole

4.    Inhibition of nucleic acid synthesis

a.    Sulphonamides

b.    Quinolones

5.    Antituberculosis drugs

a.    Isoniazid

b.    Rifampicin

c.    Ethambutol

d.    Pyrazinamide

e.    Streptomycin

6.    Antimalarials

a.   Chloroquine

b.    Halofantrine

c.    Mefloquine

d.    Quinine

e.    Other antimalarials

7.    British Medical Journal

Colbridge M J et al 1995 Antibiotics carried in general practitioners' emergency bags

Aronson J k, Reynolds 1992 Aminoglycosides antibiotics

Bignell C 1994 The eradication of gonorrhoea

Tabaqchali S, Jumaa P 1995 Diagnosis and management of Clostridium difficile infection

Bourke S J 1993 Chlamydial respiratory infections