Pharmacology and the Nursing Process, 8e
Pharmacology and the Nursing Process, 8e
8th Edition
ISBN: 9780323358286
Author: Linda Lane Lilley PhD RN, Shelly Rainforth Collins PharmD, Julie S. Snyder MSN RN-BC
Publisher: Elsevier Science
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Chapter 38, Problem 8O
Summary Introduction

To describe:

The mechanism of action, indications, cautions, contraindications, routes of administration, and drug interactions, for the sulfonamides, penicillins, cephalosporins, macrolides and tetracyclines.

Concept introduction:

The antibiotic penicillin were the first antibiotics used against numerous bacterial infections. Cephalosporins are beta lactam antibiotic with bactericidal activity. This group contains five generations of antibiotics. Sulfonamides are sulfur-containing antibiotics.  Macrolides are a group of natural products (polyketide) that contains macro cyclic lactone rings.  Tetracyclines are antibiotics having the same general structure that is derived from teracene, numerous hydroxyl groups, and other groups.

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