Drug |
Microorganism |
Mechanism of resistance |
β-lactum (carbapen) |
Enterobactericeae(E.coli) |
Drug degrading enzyme |
β-lactum (methicillin) |
Staphylococcus aureus |
Production of an additional enzyme that avoids binding |
Macrolide |
Streptococcus pneumoniae |
Drug efflux pump |
Vancomycin |
Enterococcus |
Changes in target |
Multiple drugs |
Pseudomonas aeruginosa |
Loss of porin |
Vancomycin |
Staphylococcus aureus |
Cell wall thickening changes in target |
Quinolone |
Gonococci |
Mutation in target |
Sulfonamide |
Enterococcus |
Over production of target site |
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