I thought no ICU-related site is complete without a tribute to the chemical weapons we deploy in the constant violent struggle against the teeming hordes of microorganisms which threaten our precious bodily fluids. This is a list of such weapons, separating them by their functional class. The college has not asked detailed pharmacology-related questions about antibiotics since Question 5 from the second paper of 2000, where the candidates were asked to "utline the indications, contraindications, side effects and details of administration for benzyl penicillin, ciprofloxacin and cotrimoxazole.
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Antibiotics which disrupt bacterial cell walls Beta-lactams
Cephalosporins
Carbapenems
Monobactams
Glycopeptides
Cyclic polypeptides
Lipopeptides
Non-selective biocides
Folate metabolism inhibitors
Antifungal drugs
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Antibiotics which interrupt protein synthesis Macrolides
Aminoglycosides
Aminocyclitols
Tetracyclines
Streptogramins
Nitrobenzenes
Lincosamides
Oxazolidinones
Fusidanes
Anti-tuberculosis chemotherapy Antiprotozoal agents
Antibiotics which disrupt DNA or RNA synthesis Fluoroquinolones
Ansamycins
Antiviral drugs
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