Macrolides Detailed Pharmacology Animated - Mechanism of action, Kinetics, Resistance

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Macrolides are a class of antibiotics derived from Saccharopolyspora erythraea (originally called Streptomyces erythreus), a type of soil-borne bacteria. Macrolides inhibit protein synthesis in bacteria by reversibly binding to the P site of the 50S unit of the ribosome. Macrolides mainly affect gram-positive cocci and intracellular pathogens such as mycoplasma, chlamydia, and legionella. Erythromycin was the first macrolide discovered; other macrolides include azithromycin, clarithromycin, and roxithromycin. Their action is primarily bacteriostatic but may be bactericidal at high concentrations, or depending on the type of microorganism.

tags: Macrolides Saccharopolyspora erythraea bacteria mycoplasma chlamydia legionella Erythromycin


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