Drug classes

Primarily acting on Gram-positive and negative bacteria, rickettsia, and viruses

MFDS drug class 06150

Antimicrobial agents effective against Gram-positive and negative bacteria, rickettsia, and viruses.

Representative ingredients

The ingredients most often used in single-ingredient medicines of this type.

Commonly used for

What kind of medicines are these?

These drugs are used to treat infections caused by bacteria, some rickettsiae, and viruses. They help alleviate various symptoms caused by infections.

These drugs work by inhibiting or killing the growth and multiplication of bacteria, rickettsiae, and viruses. They mainly exert their effects through mechanisms such as disrupting cell wall synthesis and inhibiting protein synthesis.

Good to know

Unlike other classes of antimicrobial agents with similar names, this class includes drugs that act on a wide range of strains. They are distinguished from drugs that are specialized for specific strains.

Medicines in this class

Even within the same class, dosage form and prescription status can differ.

15 total

Drug classes are only attached to medicines covered by the MFDS pill identification data, so this list does not include every medicine.

SourceKorea Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (Drug Safety Korea)

Product approval information is based on drug information provided by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety.
Ingredient and class descriptions are not part of MFDS data and were written separately by Cashdoc.
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