What do you know about the antibiotic drug Class Lincosamide?
Answer
Clindamycin is a commonly prescribed Lincosamide for patients with skin, soft-tissue, and dental infections. Plus, it can be used in PEN allergic patients. Indications are for Gram (+) cocci and anaerobic bacteria (such as Bacteroides fragilis). May disrupt flora of intestine leading to C. difficile. Targets 50S inhibiting protein synthesis. Other medications targeting 50 S are oxazolidinones and macrolides. Targets of the 30 S protein are aminoglycosides (such as tobramycin) and tetracycline (such as doxycycline).