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Dr Tom Leach
There are many classes of antibiotics. It is useful to know at least a handful of antibiotics, and
what they are useful for. Below we attempt to summarise the main types of antibiotics, their
mechanisms and their common uses.
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Gram Positive and Gram Negative Bacteria – Click for full size
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Drugs used in TB
Mycobacteria
This is its own genus of bacteria (like G+ or G-). The group include TB and leprosy. They are
acid fast. They are also aerobic.
Acid fast
This basically means the organisms are difficult to stain using normal staining techniques.
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The name refers to the fact they can’t be stained by normal acid (ethanol) staining techniques.
These bacteria are often particularly difficult to culture and identify; e.g. TB takes around 6-8
weeks.
‘Sore Throat’
If you are going to give antibiotics for a suspected tonsillitis, don’t give amoxicillin. If the
infection is glandular fever, then the amoxicillin can cause a widespread skin reaction. The
antibiotics of choice for tonsillitis is penicillin 500mg QID PO.
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