A drug may be classified by the chemical type of the active ingredient or by the way it is used to treat a particular condition. Each drug can be classified into one or more drug classes.
Tetracyclines are broad-spectrum antibiotics derived from cultures of Streptomyces bacteria, and work by inhibiting protein synthesis after uptake into susceptible organisms. They work by reversibly binding to the 30S ribosome of the microbial RNA and preventing the attachment of aminoacyl-tRNA with the acceptor site on the 70S ribosome. Their activity is bacteriostatic and not bacteriocidal.
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Medical conditions associated with tetracyclines:
- Acne
- Actinomycosis
- Amebiasis
- Anthrax
- Anthrax Prophylaxis
- Bacterial Infection
- Bartonellosis
- Bladder Infection
- Bronchitis
- Brucellosis
- Bullous Pemphigoid
- Chlamydia Infection
- Cholera
- Cutaneous Bacillus anthracis
- Ehrlichiosis
- Enterocolitis
- Epididymitis, Sexually Transmitted
- Gastroenteritis
- Gonococcal Infection, Uncomplicated
- Granuloma Inguinale
- Helicobacter Pylori Infection
- Inclusion Conjunctivitis
- Lyme Disease
- Lyme Disease, Arthritis
- Lyme Disease, Carditis
- Lyme Disease, Erythema Chronicum Migrans
- Lyme Disease, Neurologic
- Lymphogranuloma Venereum
- Malaria
- Malaria Prevention
- Melioidosis
- Meningitis, Meningococcal
- Mycoplasma Pneumonia
- Nongonococcal Urethritis
- Ocular Rosacea
- Ornithosis
- Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
- Pemphigoid
- Pemphigus
- Periodontitis
- Plague
- Pleural Effusion
- Pneumonia
- Proctitis
- Prostatitis
- Psittacosis
- Rabbit Fever
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Rickettsial Infection
- Rosacea
- SIADH
- Skin and Structure Infection
- Skin Infection
- STD Prophylaxis
- Syphilis, Early
- Syphilis, Latent
- Tertiary Syphilis
- Trachoma
- Upper Respiratory Tract Infection
- Urinary Tract Infection
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