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The large family of antibiotics built around the beta-lactam ring, which kill bacteria by wrecking their cell wall.
Beta-lactams wreck the cell wall (kill growing bacteria, spare human cells); beta-lactamase resists them, so add clavulanic acid; the main harm is allergy, rarely anaphylaxis.
Antimicrobial Classes
Antibiotics grouped by their mechanism of action.
Antimicrobial Stewardship
Using antibiotics responsibly to preserve their effectiveness.
Antimalarial Drugs
Drugs used against the malaria parasite, which act at different stages of its life cycle inside the red cells and the liver.
Antitubercular Drugs
Drugs that kill the slow-growing tuberculosis bacillus, used together in combinations to prevent resistance.
Cephalosporins
A large family of beta-lactam antibiotics, grouped into generations that broadly shift from Gram-positive cover towards Gram-negative and hospital organisms.
Metronidazole and Antiprotozoal Drugs
Drugs that kill single-celled parasites and anaerobic bacteria, with metronidazole the best-known example.