• Describe how antibiotics are used and the problems associated with their use
  • Describe the common classes of antibiotics and understand how they target bacteria
  • Describe the principal mechanisms for antibiotic resistance

  • History of antibiotics
  • Antibiotics now...
  • Concepts underlying antibiotic use
  • Ideal characteristics of antibiotics
  • Antibiotic action
  • Antibiotic targets
  • Antibiotic classes
  • Antibiotic resistance