Antimicrobials
Antimicrobials in PetriKey
Drug classes, mechanisms of action, and resistance vocabulary.
36 reference cards
Aminoglycosides
30S protein-synthesis class concept
Gram −Antimalarial mechanism concepts
How antimalarials hit the parasite (concepts only)
Azoles
Ergosterol-synthesis antifungal concept
Benzimidazole antiparasitics
Bind parasite beta-tubulin
Beta-lactams
Cell-wall synthesis drug class concept
Carbapenems
Broadest-spectrum beta-lactam cell-wall class
Chloramphenicol
50S peptidyl-transferase inhibitor
Echinocandins
Fungal cell-wall class concept
Ethambutol
Arabinogalactan synthesis inhibitor
Flucytosine
5-FC converted to antifungal 5-FU
Fluoroquinolones
DNA gyrase/topoisomerase concept
Fosfomycin
MurA inhibitor of early cell-wall synthesis
Glycylcyclines (tigecycline)
Tetracycline derivative evading tet resistance
Griseofulvin
Microtubule-disrupting keratin-depositing antifungal
Isoniazid
KatG-activated mycolic acid synthesis blocker
Lincosamides (clindamycin)
50S peptidyl-transferase blocker, anaerobe-active
Gram +Lipoglycopeptides
Lipid-tailed glycopeptides for Gram-positives
Gram +Lipopeptides (daptomycin)
Calcium-dependent membrane depolarizer
Gram +Macrolides
50S protein-synthesis class concept
Metronidazole
Anaerobe/protozoa DNA-damage concept
Monobactams (aztreonam)
Monocyclic beta-lactam, Gram-negative only
Gram −Neuraminidase inhibitors
Block influenza virion release
Nitrofurantoin
Reactive-intermediate urinary agent
Nucleoside analog antivirals
Fake nucleosides cause chain termination
Oxazolidinones (linezolid)
50S initiation-complex inhibitor for Gram-positives
Gram +Polyenes
Ergosterol-binding antifungal concept
Polymyxins (colistin)
Cationic outer-membrane detergent
Gram −Protease inhibitors
Block viral polyprotein cleavage
Pyrazinamide
Acid-pH prodrug via pncA activation
Reverse transcriptase inhibitors
Block viral RNA-to-DNA copying
Rifamycins
RNA polymerase antimicrobial concept
Streptogramins
Synergistic 50S protein-synthesis blockers
Gram +Sulfonamides and trimethoprim
Folate-pathway antimicrobial concept
Terbinafine (allylamine)
Squalene epoxidase inhibitor
Tetracyclines
30S tRNA-entry class concept
Vancomycin
Glycopeptide cell-wall concept
Gram +