Drugs {antibiotic}| can treat infections by killing infectious microorganisms. Penicillin and other beta-lactams inhibit cell-wall protein synthesis. Erythromycin and tetracycline antibiotics inhibit bacterial ribosomes, preventing protein production. Streptomycin and other aminoglycosides bind to rRNA. Quinolones inhibit enzymes used to replicate DNA. Sulfonamides inhibit DNA synthesis. Ciprofloxacin and rifampicin {fluoroquinolone} bind to gyrase enzyme and prevent DNA replication.
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