{"id":2197,"date":"2020-07-23T18:01:51","date_gmt":"2020-07-23T18:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/?p=2197"},"modified":"2020-07-23T18:01:51","modified_gmt":"2020-07-23T18:01:51","slug":"q-12-describe-the-main-groups-of-antibiotics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/q-12-describe-the-main-groups-of-antibiotics\/","title":{"rendered":"Q.12 Describe the main groups of antibiotics?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Q.12 Describe the main groups of antibiotics?<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Answer:<\/strong><br \/>\nThree major groups of antibiotics are described below:<br \/>\n<strong>1. Cephalosporins <\/strong><br \/>\nCaphalosporins interfere with synthesis of bacterial cell wall and so are bactericidal. They are used to treat pneumonia, sore throat, tonsillitis, bronchitis etc.<br \/>\n<strong>2. Tetracyclines <\/strong><br \/>\nThese are broad spectrum bacteriostatic antibiotics and inhibit bacterial protein synthesis. Tetracyclines are used in the treatment of infections of respiratory tract, urinary tract, intestine etc. Precaution<br \/>\nThese are not used in children under age of 8, and during period of tooth development.<br \/>\n<strong>3. Sulpha Drugs-Sulfonamides <\/strong><br \/>\nSulpha drugs are synthetic antibiotics that contain sulfonamide group. These are broad spectrum bacteriostatic antibiotics.<br \/>\n<strong>Uses <\/strong><br \/>\nThey are used to inhibit folic acid synthesis in bacteria. They are used to treat pneumonia and urinary tract infections.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/unit-18-pharmacology-long-questions\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1462 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/back_button.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"45\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q.12 Describe the main groups of antibiotics? Answer: Three major groups of antibiotics are described below: 1. Cephalosporins Caphalosporins interfere with synthesis of bacterial cell wall and so are bactericidal. They are used to treat pneumonia, sore throat, tonsillitis, bronchitis etc. 2. Tetracyclines These are broad spectrum bacteriostatic antibiotics and inhibit bacterial protein synthesis. Tetracyclines&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/q-12-describe-the-main-groups-of-antibiotics\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Q.12 Describe the main groups of antibiotics?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2197"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2197"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2198,"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2197\/revisions\/2198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}